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CHARLESTON — April Little Woods, age 46, teacher, passed away Saturday, February 21, at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Funeral services are 11 a.m. Monday, February 23, at Womble Funeral Home chapel with interment following at Adams Arbor Cemetery at Paynes.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Ritha Pearson Fillyaw.
She is survived by her father, Roger Little; two sisters, and three brothers.
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CHARLESTON — Kenneth Brewer, age 47, passed away Wednesday, February 4.
Visitation will be held 1-2 p.m. Saturday, February 21, at J Brown Community Funeral Services in Charleston.
The funeral service will follow at p.m.
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CHARLESTON — Jerry James (Bubba) Porter, age 57, passed away Saturday, February 14.
Visitation will be held 2-3 p.m. Sunday, February 22, at Newsom Funeral Home followed by the funeral service at 3 p.m. Interment will be held in Rice Cemetery near Charleston.
He is survived by his daughter, Kailee Porter of Winona; his son, JJ Porter of Winona; two stepchildren, Tara Peterson of Grenada andTori Morris of Water Valley; and 8 grandchildren.
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CHARLESTON — Floyd Noel, age 69, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, at Grenada Living Center.
Visitation will be held 3-6 p.m. Thursday, February 19, at J. Brown Community Funeral Services in Charleston.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, February 20, at J. Brown Community Funeral Services Chapel.
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CLARKSDALE — Darrell Anderson Jr., age 58, of Clarksdale, passed away Tuesday, February 3, in Memphis.
Visitation will be held 10 - 11:45 a.m. Friday, February 20, with funeral service following at noon at Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale.
Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Pam Knowles, age 56, a native of Charleston, passed away Tuesday, February 3, at Graceland Nursing Home in Memphis.
Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, February 21, at E.H. Ford Funeral Home, Elvis Presley Blvd., in Memphis.
Interment will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, February 23, at J and B Cemetery near Charleston.
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ENID — Veda Mendenhall Evans, age 77, passed away Friday, February 13, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Southaven.
A private graveside service was held 9 a.m. Sunday, February 15, at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, followed by a homegoing celebration was held 5 p.m. Sunday, February 15, at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church near Enid. Womble Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
She worked as the director of Weekday Education in Oxford.
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WATER VALLEY — Betty Evans Gurner passed away at her home in Water Valley, on Thursday, January 29. She was 94 years old.
Mrs. Gurner was librarian at Charleston High School for 23 years, teaching from 1968 until 1991. Her husband, Bruce Gurner, also worked for the school district as the Vocational Guidance Counselor.
At her request, her collection of Charleston High School yearbooks will be donated to the Charleston Public Library.
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Mrs. Betty Evans Gurner passed away at her home in Water Valley, MS, on Thursday, January 29, 2026. She was 94 years old.
Mrs. Gurner was Librarian at Charleston High School for 23 years, teaching from 1968 until 1991. Her husband, Bruce Gurner, also worked for the school district as the Vocational Guidance Counselor.
At her request, her collection of Charleston High School yearbooks will be donated to the Charleston Public Library.
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CHARLESTON — Ruford Allen Williams, age 73, passed away Tuesday, February 10, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.
Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, February 13, at New Hope Cemetery. Womble Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his sister, Bonnie Crabtree of Memphis.
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CHARLESTON — Lisa Cheyvonne Bradford, age 60, of Charleston, passed away Tuesday, February 3, at her home.
A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, February 14, at J Brown Community Funeral Services chapel in Charleston.
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DUCK HILL — James Michael Lancaster, age 62, owner of Lancaster Roofing, passed away Saturday, January 31, in Memphis.
Funeral services were 12 p.m. Friday, February 6, at Duck Hill Baptist Church followed by interment at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Newsom Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his daughter, Maegan D. Wall of Oxford; son, Dylan Lancaster of Batesville; two sisters, 11 grandchildren. and 5 great-grandchildren.
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OAKLAND — Mary Lottie Bynum, age 71, passed away Saturday, January 24.
Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Saturday, February 7, at Union Grove Church near Charleston.
Skeeter Robinson Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
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CHARLESTON — Willie “Rooster” Rounds, age 60, passed away Tuesday, Febuary 3.
A celebration of life was held 3 p.m. Saturday, February 7, at Congregational Church of God in Christ near Grenada.
Clark-Williams Funeral Home had charge of arrangement.
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BRAZIL — Elizabeth Fairlee, age 73, passed away Tuesday, January 27, at her home in Springfield, Ill.
Funeral services were held in Springfield.
Interment will be held 11 a.m.Saturday, February 14, at Frierson Chapel Cemetery in the Brazil community.
Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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CHARLESTON — Orlando Lyons, age 37, of the Sharkey Road community, passed away on Wednesday, January 21.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m., Saturday, February 7, 2026, at J. Brown Community Funeral Services in Charleston.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rodney Henderson, age 31, of Memphis, postal worker, passed away Wednesday, January 21, in a house fire in Memphis.
A memorial service was held 10 a.m. Saturday, February 7, at Greater New Liberty Church in Memphis.
J. Brown Community Funeral Services of Charleston had charge of arrangements.
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HOLCOMB — Sidney Alton Crouch, age 90, passed away Tuesday, February 3, at his home.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Saturday, February 7, at Turkey Foot Fork Church of God of Prophecy with interment following at Bethel Cemetery near Holcomb. Womble Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
He was preceded in death by a son, Paul Guy Courch.
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CHARLESTON — Johnnie Diltz, age 88, passed away Thursday, January 15.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, February 7, at New Town Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston with visitation one hour prior to service. Clark-Williams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Interment will follow in New Town Cemetery.
He served his country in the U.S. Army and worked as a medical supply transporter, and security guard until retirement.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ann Fair Diltz.
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