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CHARLESTON — Jennifer Hawkins, age 43, passed away Wednesday, June 17, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from complications due to a massive heart attack.
She is survived by her husband, Johnny Melton; her mother, Sandra Darleen Hodges Smith; and a brother, Jamie Hawkins.
Visitation will be held at Jackson Grove Church of Christ in the Teasdale community on Thursday, June 25, from 12-2 p.m. with a service to follow at 2.
J Brown Community Funeral Service has charge.
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SOUTHAVEN — Phernando Bearden Sr., a native of Charleston, passed away Saturday, June 20.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, June 27, at Brown Baptist Church, 7200 Swinnea Road, Southaven.
A 1966 graduate of Allen Carver High School, a Mississippi Valley State and Delta State University graduate, he is survived by his mother, Doris Taylor.
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CHARLESTON — Jesse Winters, a much-loved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and uncle, gained his ultimate heavenly reward Sunday, June 21, surrounded by his family. He was born on March 23, 1931, and lived near the Charleston and Cascilla communities all his life.
Visitation will be at Adams Arbor Church near Charleston at 11 a.m. Friday, June 26, followed by a memorial service at 1 p.m., officiated by his nephew Pastor Tim Winters. Interment will follow in the Adams Arbor cemetery.
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CLARKSDALE — Funeral services for Bill Moore, age 90, formerly of Tutwiler, were 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, at Clarksdale Baptist Church with interment following in Oakridge Cemetery. Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
He was a member of the Air Force ROTC and worked for a civil engineering firm until he joined the United States Air Force.
He is survived by a son, William Harold Moore of Oxford; two granddaughters.
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CHARLESTON — Mae Frances Taylor, age 63, passed away Sunday, June 7.
A celebration of life service was held 11 a.m. Saturday, June 20, at Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church near Enid with interment following in Poplar Springs Cemetery.
Clark Williams Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
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GRENADA — Adam Wade Hollis, age 63, of Rosebloom, a painter, passed away Friday, June 19, at his home.
A memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada.
He was preceded in death by a son, Cody Hollis.
He is survived by his daughter, Heather Hollis of Grenada; three brothers and one grandchild.
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GRENADA — Howard Enos Blount, age 89, of Grenada, passed away Sunday, June 14, at his home. He was born June 27, 1936, in Charleston, to Howard Noah Blount and Hazel Mae Burk Blount.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 17, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada with his nephew, Bro. Cayman Blount officiating. Interment followed in the Magnolia Gardens Cemetery at Paynes.
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SUMNER — John William (Will) Morrow passed away Tuesday, June 16, at his home between Webb and Parchman after a battle with cancer. He was born in Clarksdale on July 11, 1956.
A gathering of friends and family to reflect on and celebrate Will’s life will be at the Sumner-Bailey Garden in Sumner on Saturday, July 11, at 1 p.m. with a reception to follow at the Bayou Bend Country Club in Sumner from 2-4 p.m. If weather does not permit, both events will be at the Bayou Bend Country Club. Dress should be casual and comfortable.
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CHARLESTON — Roley Odell White, age age 71, passed away Thursday, June 4.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by J Brown Community Funeral Services in Charleston.
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CHARLESTON — Jerry Lee Cartheron, age 64, passed away Sunday, June 7.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at Massey Grove Missionary Baptist Church near Oakland. J Brown Community Funeral Services in Charleston had charge of arrangements.
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I had a preliminary conversation with Robert Luckett, Director of the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University, en route to a booksigning, while preparing this piece. It was not lost on me that photographs comprising the backdrop to the event were primarily those of white authors: prominently Eudora Welty, William Faulkner and, largest of all, Ernest Hemingway, an author from elsewhere.
The omission of African American authors — Mississippians Margaret Walker, Jesmyn Ward, and Natasha Trethewey among them — is a sin of unintentional omission rather than racism.
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CHARLESTON — Henry Hackman, Jr. age 93 passed away on Tuesday, June 2, following complications from Parkinson’s. His wife, Julia Roberson Hackman, age 94, passed away Thursday, June 4. Married 74 years, they are still together.
A memorial service was held 2 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Charleston First Methodist Church.
Mr. Hackman served his country in the United States Army, and was part owner of Hackman and Roberson Lime and Fertilize in Charleston. Mrs. Hackman operated Julia's Florist in Charleston.
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CHARLESTON — Excel Reed, age 58, passed away Tuesday, June 2.
Visitaiton will be held 1-5 p.m. Friday, June 12, at Clark-Williams Funeral Home in Greanda.
A celebration of life will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at Rocky Branch Missionary Baptist Church near Charleston.
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TILLATOBA — Donna Beth Barbian Box, age 66, of Tillatoba, passed away Wednesday, June 3, at her home.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Willow Springs Assembly of God. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Interment will follow at Union Cemetery at Tillatoba. McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service has charge.
She is survived by her husband, Wayne Box; daughters, Marsha Hillhouse of Lexington, Tenn., Autumn Hillhouse of Grenada, Jackie Box of Fulton and Courtney Box of Fulton; a brother, 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
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CLARKSDALE — Sharon Johnson, age 61, formerly of Clarksdale, passed away on Saturday, May 16, in Memphis.
Visitation will be held 12-1 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Stringer Redmon Chapel in Clarksdale with interment following in Heavenly Rest Cemetery at Lyon.
Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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CHARLESTON — Georgia Anna Ringold Wheeler, age 96, passed away Monday, May 25.
Visitation will be held 12-3 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Century Funeral Home in Clarksales.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at Union Grove Church in Clarksdale.
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COLUMBUS — Augustus Edd Samuel, age 77, of Columbia, Conn., passed away Tuesday, May 26
Visitation will be held 11 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. Saturday, June 6, followed by a celebration of life service at 1 p.m. at Glenn Chapel CME Church in Columbus. Interment will follow in Union Cemetery at Columbus.
Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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GREENWOOD — Ella Frances Gentry, age 100, of Greenwood, passed away Monday, May 25, at her home.
Funeral services 1 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at Williams & Lord Funeral Home with interment following in Bethel Cemetery near Charleston.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Gentry, and children, Emma Palmertree, Roy Dale Gentry, Joyce Baker, Vicki Gentry, Louis Gentry and Scotty Gentry.
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GRENADA — Joseph Paul Eastridge, age 56, formerly of Charleston, passed away Saturday, May 23.
A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Grenada Church of God.
Clark-Williams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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ENID — Sylvia Joyce Beardain, age 83, passed away Saturday, May 23.
Visitation will be held 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, followed by funeral services at 2 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Newsom Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
She is survived by her daughter, Angie White of Marks; sons, Joey Patterson of Cumby, Texas, Derek Beardain of Enid; 8 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
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