Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Attala County Mississippi

Ruth Elizabeth Smith Canon

Ruth Elizabeth Smith Canon

Oct 5, 2016

Ruth Elizabeth Smith Canon Spring, TX Ruth Elizabeth Smith Canon, 93, passed away on October 5, 2016. Graveside services are 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2016 in the Kosciusko City Cemetery. She was born April 12, 1923. Ruth graduated from Kosciusko High School and attended Mississippi State Women;s College. Ruth and Louis were married on November 17, 1946...

Vonnita Shurden Nunn

Vonnita Shurden Nunn

Oct 1, 2016

Vonnita Shurden Nunn McCool, MS Mrs. Vonnita Shurden Nunn age 69, passed this life October 1, 2016 at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville, MS. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at McCool Baptist Church with burial at McCool Cemetery. Visitation will be at the church from 1-2 p.m. Mrs. Nunn was a member of McCool Baptist...

Ouida Williams Boyles Evans

Ouida Williams Boyles Evans

Sep 26, 2016

Ouida Williams Boyles Evans, age 82, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend went to be with her Lord and Savior, on September 26, 2016. She was a member of Lakeshore Congregational Methodist Church in Byram. Ouida was preceded in death by her father, Herman D. Williams, her mother, Lola Mae Williams, and her brother, Bryan Williams. She is survived...

Nancy Seros Skeen

Nancy Seros Skeen

Sep 20, 2016

Nancy Seros Skeen, 85, passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2016 in the Attala County Nursing Center in Kosciusko. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, September 21 and from 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursday, September 22 at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Thursday, September 22 in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow...

Herman Ray Latham

Herman Ray Latham

Sep 15, 2016

Mr. Latham was born March 12, 1969, in Greenville. He was a self-employed landscaper, and a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church. He had the kindest heart, and would gladly help a stranger. Those surviving him are his, fiancée, Norma Keys, of Kosciusko; sisters, Teresa Hamilton, of Ludlow, and Pam Mangrum, of Philadelphia; nieces and nephews, Tommy Hamilton, Jr., Tricia...

Bessie Virginia Gregory Burroughs

Bessie Virginia Gregory Burroughs

Sep 11, 2016

Virginia Burroughs Brandon, MS Bessie Virginia Gregory Burroughs, 88, passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2016 at the Brandon Nursing Home. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, September 13 and 12-1 p.m. on Wednesday Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in...

John Walter Davis

John Walter Davis

Sep 2, 2016

Mr. J.W. Davis,Jr. passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 at Philadelphia, MS. Services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, September 9, 2016 at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Junior Davis officiating and burial in Parkway Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, September 8, 2016 from 5 - 8 P.M. at the funeral home. Mr. Davis is survived by his wife...

Gladys Eleene Keenum Green

Gladys Eleene Keenum Green

Aug 23, 2016

Gladys K. Green The Woodlands, TX Gladys Eleene Keenum Green, 72, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Texas. Visitation is Saturday, August 27, 2016 from 9-11 a.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Saturday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the McCurtain's Creek Cemetery. Jordan Funeral...

Helen Oldfather Harlos

Helen Oldfather Harlos

Aug 23, 2016

Helen Oldfather Harlos Ethel, MS Helen Oldfather Harlos, 82, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Visitation is Thursday, August 25, 2016 from 5-8 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services are 10 a.m. Friday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Tabernacle Cemetery. Jordan Funeral Home is...

Edna Mae Cain Roseman

Edna Mae Cain Roseman

Aug 7, 2016

Edna Mae Cain Roseman Owensville, MO Edna Mae Cain Roseman, 94, died Sunday, August 7, 2016 at her home in Owensville, MO. Visitation is Thursday, August 11, 2016 from 9-11 a.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the McCurtain's Creek Cemetery. Bro. Al...

Raymond Hill Pee

Raymond Hill Pee

Aug 4, 2016

Raymond H. Pee Kosciusko Raymond Hill Pee, 92, of Kosciusko, died Thursday, August 4, 2016 in the Martha Joe Leslie State Veterans Home in Kosciusko. Visitation is from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are 11 a.m. in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Barry Corbett will officiate....

Charles Edward Grey Burchfield

Charles Edward Grey Burchfield

Jul 25, 2016

Charles Edward Grey Burchfield, age 87, beloved husband and father, passed away Monday, July 25, in Brookhaven, Mississippi. Mr. Burchfield was a lifelong resident of Attala County, but lived his last seven years in Brookhaven so that he and Bettie, his wife of almost 64 years, could be closer to their daughters. Mr. Burchfield was a 1946 graduate of...

Mildred Turner Cummins

Mildred Turner Cummins

Jul 20, 2016

Mildred Turner Cummins Kosciusko Mildred Turner Cummins, 88, died Wednesday, July 20, 2016 in the Attala County Nursing Center in Kosciusko. Visitation is Friday, July 22, 2016 from 9-11 a.m. at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services are Friday, July 22 at 11 a.m. in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Doty Springs Cemetery. Rev....

Reba Faye Black Holdiness

Reba Faye Black Holdiness

Jul 6, 2016

Reba Faye Holdiness Kosciusko Reba Faye Black Holdiness, 73, died Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at the Neshoba County Hospital in Philadelphia, MS. Visitation is Thursday, July 7 from 4-8 p.m. and Friday from 9-10 a.m. at Indian Springs Assembly of God in Winston County, MS. Funeral services will be Friday at 10 a.m. at the church with burial in...

Percy Lyle Wagar

Percy Lyle Wagar

Jun 26, 2016

Percy L. Wagar Jr., age 62 of Kosciusko, Mississippi (formerly of Dexter)passed away Sunday June 26, 2016 at UMMC Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi following a long illness. Percy was born March 28, 1954 the son of Percy L. Wagar Sr. and Kathleen Miller Wagar. He retired from the US NAVY after serving for 20 years, where he was specialized...

John Alan Cheek

John Alan Cheek

Jun 24, 2016

Mr. John Alan Cheek, 55, of Kosciusko died at his residence Friday, June 24, 2016. Mr. Cheek was born August 6, 1960, at West Point Military Academy in Newburgh, New York. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 27, 2016, at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Parkway Cemetery. Reverend Doyle Mitchell will officiate. Visitation...

Edna Earline Blailock Papisan

Edna Earline Blailock Papisan

Jun 17, 2016

Earline Papisan Kosciusko Edna Earline Blailock Papisan, 86, passed away Friday, June 17, 2016 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation is Saturday, June 18, from 10am to 1 pm at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Junior Davis will officiate. She...

Shirley Carol Boyette

Shirley Carol Boyette

Jun 13, 2016

Shirley Carol Boyette Kosciusko Shirley Carol Boyette, 75, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016 at her home in Kosciusko. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14 and 9-10 a.m. on Wednesday at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Jerusalem Cemetery. Rev....

Gordon Raymond Parsley

Gordon Raymond Parsley

Jun 6, 2016

Gordon R. Parsley Kosciusko Rev. Gordon R. Parsley, passed from this life on June 6, 2015 at his home in Kosciusko. He was 69 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray O. and Minnie Parsley. He is survived by his wife, Annette; their sons, Jared and Tyler; his only brother, Rev. James D. Parsley and...