Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Attala County Mississippi

Frances Christine Lofton

Frances Christine Lofton

Aug 12, 2025

Frances Christine Lofton, 87, of Mooreville, Mississippi passed away Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at Rosewood Assisted Living. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 15, 2025, at Jordan Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 1:00 p.m., at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Neal Ramage will officiate the service.

Frances was born May 17, 1938, in...

Billy Dean Cook

Billy Dean Cook

Aug 9, 2025

Billy Dean Cook

Born May 15, 1929 - Died August 9, 2025

Billy was a lifelong resident of Attala County, Mississippi. He spent the last 5 years with his niece, Judy, in Southaven, Mississippi.

Billy was preceded in death by his parents, John David Cook and Ida Grice Cook, his siblings, W.J. Cook, Edith Maxine Newsom, Dorothy Ann Kaye, Vivian Estelle Hodges, and...

Kerry Glynn Gregory

Kerry Glynn Gregory

Aug 7, 2025

Kerry Glynn Gregory, 73, of Kosciusko, Mississippi passed away Thursday, August 7, 2025, at his residence. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, August 10, 2025, at Jordan Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 11, 2025, at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Ebenezer Cemetery. Rev. Kenny Gentry and Rev....

Dennis Dewey Wray, MSGT, Retired

Dennis Dewey Wray, MSGT, Retired

Aug 6, 2025

Dennis Dewey Wray, Master Sergeant, Retired, 89, of McCool, Mississippi passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at his residence. Visitation is from 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 10, 2025, at Doty Springs Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow the visitation at 2:00 p.m., at Doty Springs Baptist Church with burial at Doty Springs Cemetery. Rev. Tony Fortenberry will...

Roy Newton Moore

Roy Newton Moore

Jul 30, 2025

Roy Newton Moore, age 88, resident of the Liberty Chapel Community in McCool, MS, departed this life for his Heavenly home on July 30, 2025. A faithful husband, caring father, and loving grandfather, Roy was a Christian gentleman with a strict moral compass who diligently prayed for his family, friends, and community. A strict rule follower, he never said a...

Melba J. Proctor

Melba J. Proctor

Jul 27, 2025

Melba J. Proctor nee Dixon, age 85, of Beecher, Illinois, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 27, 2025. Beloved wife of the late Thomas E. Proctor. Loving mother of Dev Proctor, Chris (Pam) Proctor and Stephanie Proctor. Cherished grandmother of Natalie Proctor and Jessica Proctor. Dear sister of Larry Dixon. Fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by...

Jimmy Coy Strahan

Jimmy Coy Strahan

Jul 26, 2025

Vaiden, MS

Mr. Jimmy Coy Strahan 66, passed this life Saturday, July 26, 2025 at this residence in Vaiden, MS.

Services will be announced later.

Mr. Strahan was a carpenter and attended Hebron Baptist Church and Vaiden Baptist Church.

Jimmy is survived by his Sister Debra Strahan and Brother Timmy (Tammy) Strahan one niece Nicole (Chris) Schuster, one nephew Timothy (Charlotte) Strahan, one great-niece...

Dr. Donald Weaver

Dr. Donald Weaver

Jul 25, 2025

Donald Quinten Weaver went to be with our Lord and Savior on July 25, 2025, at the age of 79. He was born on July 2, 1946, in Amory, MS to Ira Quinten Weaver and Mildred Holloway Weaver. Don graduated from Morton High School in 1964 where he lettered in football, basketball, and track. He attended Mississippi State University where...

Burl Lamar Hodge, Jr.

Burl Lamar Hodge, Jr.

Jul 23, 2025

Burl Lamar Hodge, Jr., 78, of Ethel, Mississippi passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at Mississippi Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. A visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at Carson Ridge Baptist Church. Graveside services will follow at 3:00 p.m. at Carson Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Matt Steed is officiating the services.

Burl was...

Barbara Kay Musselwhite

Barbara Kay Musselwhite

Jul 23, 2025

Barbara Kay Musselwhite, 72, of Kosciusko, Mississippi, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 10: 30 a.m., Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Springdale Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 10: 30 a.m. at Springdale Baptist Church with burial at Musselwhite Cemetery. Rev. James Culpepper is...

Stephen Frank

Stephen Frank

Jul 23, 2025

Stephen Frank, 79, of Kosciusko, Mississippi passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at his residence surrounded by his family. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 25, 2025, at Jordan Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Parkway Cemetery. Jordan Funeral Home is...

Susan Meffley Frank

Susan Meffley Frank

Jul 19, 2025

Susan Frank, 78, of Kosciusko, Mississippi, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2025, at her residence surrounded by her family. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 25, 2025, at Jordan Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow the visitation at 2 p.m. at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel, with burial to follow at Parkway Cemetery. Rev. Jerry...

Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll

Jul 18, 2025

Mr. Jim Carroll, 84, of Durant, MS, passed away on July 18, 2025, at the Holmes County Nursing Home in Durant, MS. Visitation is 5:00-8:00 p.m. Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Jordan Funeral Home. Visitation is 1:00-3:00 p.m. Sunday, July 20, 2025, at the First United Pentecostal Church of Kosciusko, MS. Funeral Services are 3:00 p.m. Sunday, July 20, 2025,...

Everette Cody Adcock

Everette Cody Adcock

Jul 17, 2025

Everette Cody Adcock, 31, of Greenwood, Mississippi passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at his residence. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday, July 21, 2025, at Immanuel Church of God in Durant, Mississippi. Funeral services will follow the visitation at 1:00 p.m. at Immanuel Church of God with burial at Saron Cemetery.  Rev. Jeff Davis...

Mary Louise "Tennie" Berry

Mary Louise "Tennie" Berry

Jul 16, 2025

Mary Louise “Tennie” Berry, 83, of Ethel, Mississippi passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at Attala County Nursing Home. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2025, and 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Jordan Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Jordan...

Marcie Davis

Marcie Davis

Jul 9, 2025

Marcie Bell Davis, 93, of the Williamsville community in Kosciusko, Mississippi, passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2025, peacefully in her sleep at home. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Jordan Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow the visitation at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel with...

Caterina "Kathy" Posteraro

Caterina "Kathy" Posteraro

Jun 30, 2025

Kathy was born in Brooklyn NY, where she lived until 2016, then she moved to Ethel MS to live out the remainder of her days.

She was a woman of few words to those who didn’t know her, she had a compassionate heart to anything fluffy that didn’t talk back, but to those who knew her knew she had deep Sicilian...

Penny Wasson Dralle

Penny Wasson Dralle

Jun 25, 2025

Penelope "Penny" Wasson Dralle, PhD, was born May 31, 1942, in Kosciusko, MS, to David and Evelyn Wasson. She was the eldest born of four children, with siblings David George Wasson (deceased), Melissa Barrett, and Zachariah Wasson (deceased). At the age of 19, she married Walter Vance Davis III (deceased), and subsequently Werner Fred Dralle (deceased). In 1975, she married...

Gale Crawley Steele Hooker

Gale Crawley Steele Hooker

Jun 17, 2025

With profound sorrow yet steadfast faith in the love and grace of God, the family announces the passing of Gale Crawley Steele Hooker, 78, of Kosciusko, Mississippi, on June 17, 2025. Gale, beloved by all who knew her, was born on October 20, 1946, in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to her devoted parents, Norma Gale Crawley and David E. Crawley, Jr. She...