Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Attala County Mississippi

James Warren Sanders

James Warren Sanders

Jun 21, 2018

James Warren Sanders, 94, passed away on Thursday, June 21. 2018 at Select Specialty Medical in Jackson surrounded by his family. Visitation will be 12-2 p.m. Sunday at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, June 24 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Barry Corbett...

James Floyd Hopkins

James Floyd Hopkins

Jun 18, 2018

James Floyd Hopkins, 82, passed away on Monday, June 18. 2018 at his home in French Camp, MS. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko and 1-2 p.m. Wednesday at Oak Ridge Church of Christ. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 20 at Oak Ridge Church of Christ with burial to follow...

Cynthia Smith Oliver

Cynthia Smith Oliver

Jun 15, 2018

Mrs. Cynthia "Cindy" Smith Oliver, 59, of Vaiden, passed away June 15, 2018, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Sunday, June 17, at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Monday, June 18, at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Michie Cemetery near Vaiden. Rev. Doug Warren...

Larry Dale Palmertree

Larry Dale Palmertree

Jun 12, 2018

Larry Dale Palmertree, Sr., 64, passed away on Tuesday June 12, 2018. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, June 15 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 16 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Hebron Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Palmertree will officiate. He was a member...

Estelle Chandler Odom Lishman

Estelle Chandler Odom Lishman

Jun 6, 2018

Estelle Odom Lishman, 99, passed away on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Attala County Nursing Center in Kosciusko. Visitation will be Monday, June 11, 2018, from 10 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral Services will follow at 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with interment at Center Cemetery. Rev. Walter...

Kathy Pauline Watkins

Kathy Pauline Watkins

Jun 4, 2018

Kathy Pauline Watkins, 63, passed away on Monday June 4, 2018. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Thursday, June 7 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. on Thursday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Harmony Cemetery. Rev. Tommy Allen will officiate. She was a member of Harmony Baptist...

A. T. Dismuke

A. T. Dismuke

Jun 4, 2018

A.T. Dismuke Kosciusko Angus Trenton Dismuke, Jr., 73, passed away on Monday June 4, 2018. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 6 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Marvin Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Junior Davis, Rev. Larry Harvey, and Rev....

Emmette Ernest Armstrong

Emmette Ernest Armstrong

Jun 3, 2018

Emmette Ernest Armstrong, 78, passed away on Sunday June 3, 2018. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 6 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the North Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Kilmichael, MS. Al Franks and Greg...

Joseph Wayne Moffett

Joseph Wayne Moffett

Jun 2, 2018

Joseph Wayne Moffett, 44, passed away on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at the University Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday, June 8 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, June 9 at North Union Baptist Church. Rev. Tony Fortenberry and Rev. Gene Richardson will officiate. He was a...

Cecil Woodson Oakes

Cecil Woodson Oakes

May 26, 2018

TSgt Cecil Woodson Oakes USAF Ret Hesterville Comunity Cecil Woodson Oakes was born in the Hesterville Community of Attala County, Mississippi, on January 12, 1933. After a long and productive life, which included a twenty-year career of military service in the United States Air Force, he retired and returned home to care for his parents and continued to serve...

James Ray Edwards

James Ray Edwards

May 22, 2018

James Ray Edwards, 59, passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, May 26 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Sunday, May 27 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Liberty Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Matt Steed and Rev. Donald Self will officiate. He...

Henry Thomas "Tee Model" Green

Henry Thomas "Tee Model" Green

May 19, 2018

Funeral services for Henry Thomas "Tee" Green, 90, of Kosciusko, will be held Thursday, May 24, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home with burial in Parkway Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. He died May 19, 2018, at his residence following a short illness. He was a native of Attala County, son of the late Henry...

Mitzi G. Brumley

Mitzi G. Brumley

May 18, 2018

Mitzi G. Brumley, 60, passed away on Friday, May 18, 2018 at Kings Daughters Hospital in Brookhaven, MS. Visitation will be Monday, May 21, 2018 from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral Services will be 2:00 pm Monday in Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Shannon Pennington...

George Leslie Hand

George Leslie Hand

May 14, 2018

George Leslie Hand Oxford formerly of Ackerman George Leslie Hand, 87, passed away on Monday, May 14, 2018 at the Mississippi State Veteran's Home in Oxford, MS. Visitation will be 10 – 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 17 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. on Thursday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with...

Thomas Edward Steed

Thomas Edward Steed

May 12, 2018

ETHEL, MS Thomas "Red" Steed, age 89, died May 12, 2018 at his residence in Ethel, MS. Mr. Steed was born July 29, 1928 to Edgar and Dona Burchfield Steed. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 13, 2018 at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Tony Black officiating. Mr. Steed was a Korean War Veteran serving in...

Bernice Joiner Bennett

Bernice Joiner Bennett

May 3, 2018

Bernice Joiner Bennett, 79, passed away on Thursday May 3, 2018 at her home. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Sunday, May 6, 2018 and from 12-2 p.m. Monday, May 7 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, May 7, 2018 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in...

Charlene O'Briant Card Graham

Charlene O'Briant Card Graham

May 2, 2018

Charlene O'Briant Card Graham, 82, passed away on Wednesday May 2, 2018. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 4, 2018 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Kosciusko City Cemetery. Rev. Billy Frazure will officiate. She was member of McCool...

Marie Watkins Clark

Marie Watkins Clark

Apr 26, 2018

Marie Watkins Clark, 69, passed away on Thursday April 26, 2018. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, 2018. Rev. Tony Black will officiate. She was a member of Carson Ridge Baptist Church. She was an accountant for Nowell Funeral Home and Dickerson, Inc. She made pottery and owned T.O.U. Pottery. Survivors include the love of her...

Hugh Lee Ballard

Hugh Lee Ballard

Apr 20, 2018

Hugh Lee Ballard, Jr. died in his home on April 20, 2018 in Ethel, MS. He was 78. Mr. Ballard was born on September 27, 1939 in Kosciusko, MS to his parents, Hugh Lee Sr. and Susie Woodrow Cooksey Ballard. He graduated from Kosciusko High School, Holmes Community College, and attended Delta State University. He married Linda Nell Brunt...