COLDWATER - The funeral service for Wilma Ashford, 80, former dietitian, will be at noon Saturday at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Coldwater with visitation starting at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in Hopewell Cemetery. She was on the Mother Board and a member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. She leaves her husband, Dvid Ashford of Independence; daughters, Armelia Newsom of Byhalia, Joyce McCain of Senatobia, Anita Ashford of Southaven, Carolyn Davis of Coldwater, Sherry Hamilton of Arlington, Texas; sons, Samuel Johnson of Nashville, Tenn., Dale Ashford of Senatobia, Perry Ashford of Coldwater, Terry Ashford of Coldwater, Carlos Ashford of Holly Springs; 27 grandchildren; 38 great grandchildren.
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Larry Darnell Ashford
MEMPHIS - The funeral service for Larry Darnell Ashford, 57, store manager, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Newall Church of God and Christ in Coldwater with visitation starting at 1 p.m. Interment will be in Mt. Newall cemetery. He leaves two sisters, Dorothy E. Shorty of Coldwater, Rosie Summers of Byhalia; brothers, Charles Howard Ashford of Coldwater, George Howard Ashford of Eupora, James Howard Ashford of Sundusta, Ohio, Ronnie Lee Ashford of Atlanta, Ga., Eddie D. Ashford Sr. of Coldwater, Charlie H.G. Ashford of Memphis
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Melinda Williams McGill
LONG BEACH — The funeral service for Melinda Williams McGill, 34, will be at 2 p.m. today at the Riemann Family Funeral Home, 19130 Commission Road, Long Beach. Immediately following the service a graveside service will be held at Long Beach City Cemetery. Visitation starts at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. McGill died July 14 in Memphis. She had strong family roots in northeast Mississippi. She was employed at Dad’s Super Pawn, where she worked with the love of her life, Jeff. She was preceded in death by her grandparents; Billy Williams of Victoria; Joe Wells of Holly Strings, and Mary F. Wilkerson of Hickory Flat. She leaves her husband, Jeff McGill; two sons, Kaleb Andersen and Brooks McGill; stepdaughter, Taegan Thomas; stepson, Kohen Jenkins McGill; mother, Sherri Clark Smith of Gulfport; father, Charles (Randy) Williams (Denita) of Victoria; sister, Kim Williams Mobley of Southaven; brother, Timothy Clark Williams and grandmother (Nana), Ouida Williams, of Victoria. She also had several nieces and nephews that knew her as Aunt Lulu. Tributes may be offered to the family at www.riemannfamily.com.
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Rachel Nell Tettleton
HORN LAKE — A celebration of life for Rachel Nell Tettleton will be at 1 p.m. at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with visitation starting at noon. Interment will be in Autumn Woods Memorial Park in Olive Branch. Tettleton died July 18. She leaves her siblings, Cathy Williams, Bobby and Joe Green; daughters, Dianna Allen and Nancy Snyder; grandchildren, Summer, Taylor, Anna and Marlee; great grandchild, Brooklyn Grace. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; parents, Ethel and Earl Green.
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William Johnson
HERNANDO - The funeral service for William Johnson, 92, retired from Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, will be at 10 a.m. today at Hernando Funeral Home with interment in Hernando Memorial Cemetery. Johnson died July 17 at his home. He was a member of Love Community Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Katherine Johnson. He leaves a daughter, Sherry McGinnis (John) of Horn Lake; sons, Larry Johnson of Hernando, William Paul Johnson (Geneva) of McKenzie, Tenn.
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Charlotte Gahagan
HERNANDO — The funeral service for Charlotte Gahagan, 60, will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with visitation starting at 1 p.m. Interment will be in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. Gahagan was born May 28, 1953 in Memphis and died July 22 at Baptist-DeSoto. She leaves one son, Michael Gahagan (Christy); one daughter, Audra Young (Andy), all of Hernando; one brother, Ronald Collins of Southaven; and four grandchildren, Elena, Lydia, Carter, and Lucas. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Gahagan; one grandson, James Michael Gahagan; and her parents, Eugene and Geneva Collins.
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John Albert Randle
OLIVE BRANCH - The funeral service for John Albert Randle, 77, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch with visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Brantley Funeral Home. Interment will be in Autumn Woods Cemetery. Randle was born Aug. 11, 1935 in Blue Mountain. He graduated high school in 1953 and attended Northeast Mississippi Junior College. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War, a Mason and member of the Teamsters Local #667. He was a truck driver for more than 49 years, he retired from Roadway Express with 25 years of service. He was a member of Longview Heights Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Emma Louise Randle. He leaves three sons; John E. Randle (Tammy), Eric L. Randle (Peggy), and Timothy H. Randle; five grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, lasting memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association.
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Phil Bieselin
NESBIT — The funeral service for Phil Bieselin, 37, will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at New Discovery Church. He died July 19 at his home in Nesbit. He leaves his son, Chandler Bierselin of Nesbit; parents, Herb and Dorothy Bieselin of Nesbit; sister, Allison Saxton (Scott) of Nesbit; niece and nephews, Shannon, Ryan and logan Saxton of Nesbit. Memorials may be sent to Chandler Rieselin Fund at Bank Plus.
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James "Hoyt" Hass
SOUTHAVEN — The funeral service for James “Hoyt” Haas, 80, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Boulevard Baptist Church in Southaven with interment in Senatobia Memorial Cemetery. Haas died July 23. He was born Feb. 17, 1933 in Tupelo. He graduated from Humes High School in Memphis in 1952, married Jane Reid in 1953. He worked for BellSouth for 33 years and was a veteran serving in the Army in Germany after the Korean War. He was past president of the Senatobia Lions Club. He leaves his wife of 60 years, Jane Reid Hass of Southaven; two daughters, Amanda Haas Boyd of Southaven, Suzanne Haas of Oxford; a son, Wesley Haas of Southaven; seven grandchildren, Jason Hardage, April Haas Kinney, Noah Billingsley, Blake Haas, Hayden Haas, Mason Boyd and Emily Boyd; eight great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Dorinda Billingsley. Pate-Jones Funeral Home has charge. Memorials may be sent to the Ameriican Diabetes Association.
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William Edward “Bill” Skinner
NATCHEZ — The funeral service for William Edward “Bill” Skinner, born Oct. 10, 1928 and died July 20, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Natchez with visitation starting at 1 p.m. Skinner was born in Memphis and raised in Nesbit and attended Hernando High School where he played football and baseball. At the University of Mississippi, he was a member of Army ROTC and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and graduated in 1950 with a B.S. in Pharmacy. He served in the Korean War. In 1960 he opened the Medical Arts Pharmacy in Natchez. He was preceded in death by his parents, Weldon E. Skinner and Katherine Coe Skinner of Nesbit. He leaves his wife, Lawahi B. Skinner of Natchez; four children, Kathy Skinner, Leanne S. Meng (Gregory), all of Senatobia, Chuck Mingee and Elizabeth Thacker (Larry), all of Natchez; eight grandchildren, Weldon Meng, Lyndon Ment, Watts Skinner, all of Senatobia, Harvey Bryant of Vidalia, Lauren Guedon, Drake Thacker, Reagan Anding, all of Natchez, Carly Mingee of Hattiesburg; two sisters, Jean Knudson (Al) of Hanford, Calif, Margaret Skinner of Franklin, Tenn. Any memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society.
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Patricia Gale “Patti” Brewer Ruppert
TAVARES, Fla. — Patricia Gale “Patti” Brewer Rupert, 54, died July 11. She was born June 21, 1959, formerly from Southaven. She was a a musician, songwriter and entertainer, a very talented yet undiscovered writer, poet, and photographer. She leaves her husband, Tommy Ruppert, Her Mother, Opal Brewer, four sisters, Beverly Mitchell (Bill), Anne Gochanour, Rene DeYoung (Harry), Beth Dees (Dickey), one brother, Barry Brewer and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
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Clint Brandon Long
HORN LAKE — The funeral service for Clint Brandon Long, 37, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Ray-Nowell Funeral Home with visitation from 1 to 2 p.m. Interment will be in Surrett Cemetery in Arkabutla. Long died July 19. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Horn Lake and an avid Ole Miss fan. He leaves one daughter, Jaden Elizabeth Long of Arkabutla; his mother, Carolyn Campbell Price and one brother, Donnie J. Long Jr. both of Senatobia; and his grandmother, Elizabeth Parks of Arkabutla. He was preceded in death by his father, the late Donnie J. Long Sr. Memorials may be sent to Southcrest Baptist Church, 70 Rasco Road W. Southaven, MS 38671-4843. Ray-Nowell Funeral Home – Senatobia Chapel has charge of arrangements.
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Joseph R. Lewellyn Jr.
HERNANDO — The funeral service for Joseph R. Lewellyn Jr., 81, was Wednesay at Hinds Chaptel United Methodist Church. Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens in Memphis had charge. Lewellyn died July 22. He was born in the Clarksdale area Dec. 12, 1931 to the late Joseph Sr. and Audie Jenkins Lewellyn. He graduated from Jonestown High School in 1950. He was the founder and former owner of Lewellyn Manufacturing, Inc. and a longtime member of Hinds Chapel United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by two sisters Collie and Bessie; four brothers Red, E.C., Billy and Johnny. He leaves his wife Fran Lewellyn; daughter Diane Listion of Memphis; son Joe Lewellyn, III (Gail) of Cordova, Tenn.; step-children, Carla Flowers of Hernando, Pam Hurt of Austin, Texas, Lee Feil (Samantha) of Bartlett, Glenn Hurt (Wendy) of Germantown; sister Evelyn Surwick; and grandchildren Eric and Daniel Lewellyn, Rachel Listion, Jennifer and Erin Feil, Jacob and Danielle Flowers and Emily Hurt. Online condolences and floral tributes may be offered at www.memphisfuneralhome.net
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Cynthia Sheridan
SOUTHAVEN — The funeral service for Cynthia Sheridan, 56, homemaker, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando with visitation starting at 2 p.m. Sheridan died July 23. She leaves a son, Hunter Shenidan (Sarah); sister, Sherry Bennett; grandchildren, Emma Grace and Hannah Faith.
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Howard A. Dickey Jr.
VERSAILLES, Ky. — The funeral service for Howard A. Dickey Jr., 82, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home in Lexington, Ky. with visitation from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday and from 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Dickey died July 24. He was born Aug. 8, 1930 in Detroit. He was the son of son of the late Howard A. Dickey, Sr. and Margaret Eloise Salyers Dickey. He was a graduate of Detroit County Day School and received his BA from the University of Kentucky at the age of 79. He served his country as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict and was awarded the Bronze Star. He was assigned to the Military Police 1950-1954. In 1960, he was the Republican nominee for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a Saddlebred Horse Trainer for many years and was later employed by the Kentucky Cabinet of Corrections as a food service administrator for Blackburn Correctional Complex. After retiring from Blackburn, he taught at the Kentucky Methodist Home for Children. He was a member of the Versailles Presbyterian Church and was affiliated with several organizations including: The Disabled American Veterans, the American Legion, a Past President of Kentucky Young Republicans, the University of Kentucky Alumni Association, the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, and a member of the Site Selection Committee for the Kentucky Horse Park. He leaves his wife of 45 years, Carol Ann Dickey; his children, Margaret Dickey, Louisville, Ky., Howard A. Dickey, III, Lexington, Bradley Dickey, Southaven, Elizabeth Dickey Grimes, Raleigh, N.C.; eight grandchildren, Rachel Dickey, Katie Haagen, Christopher Dickey, Zach Dickey, Sarah Beth Dickey, Keltin Grimes, Camarian Hill, and Kyra Grimes. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, ATTN: Gift Processing, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301 or Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2312 Alexandria Dr., Lexington, KY 40504.
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John Haywood Jr.
HORN LAKE — The funeral service for John Haywood Jr., 53, retired welder, will be at 11 a.m. today at Second Baptist Church in Coldwater with visitation starting at 10 a.m. Rodgers Funeral Home has charge. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Haywood died July 23. He was a veteran, Mason and member of Ruffin Grove in Como. He leaves a daughter, Barbara Jean Haywood of Melville, Ala.; stepdaughter, Angela Wiltz of Melville; parents, Barbara Jean Haywood of Coldwater; son, Akeem Jamaal Haywood of Killeen, Texas; sisters, Inze Conley of Coldwater, Delores Miller of Huntsville, Ala, Debbie Lee of Kansas City, Kan., Dorothy Haywood of Coldwater, Jackie Simmons of Memphis, Kathrine Haywood of Chicago; three grandchildren.
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James Earl Riley Sr.
EUDORA - The funeral service for James Earl Riley Jr., 75, will be at 2 p.m. today at Hernando Funeral Home with visitation starting at noon. Interment will be at Trinity Baptist Cemetery in Eudora. Riley died July 24. He leaves his wife of 55 years, Robbie Riley; a son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy Earl and Rebecca Riley; two grandchildren, Corey and Brittany Riley; his mother, Geraldine Riley; brother, Paul Riley (Frances) of Eudora; sister, Mary Carter of Birmingham, Ala.
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Robbie Maxwell
OLIVE BRANCH — The funeral service for Robbie Maxwell, 80, former cosmetologist, was Monday at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven with interment in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob Maxwell. She was a Baptist. She is survived by one son, Tim Maxwell of Memphis; three daughters, Teri Butcher of Bangor, Maine, Robin Maxwell of Hernando, and Bonnie Maxwell of Kingston, Tenn.; one brother, Utah Emery of Florida; ten grandchildren, Regina, Billy, Bobby, Jeni, Wendie, Jon-Gavin, Heather, Joshua, Nic, and Lee Michael; and 14 great grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Jerry Hughes
HORN LAKE — The funeral service for Jerry Hughes, 66, former agent for Northwest Airlines, will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 with visitation starting at noon at Twin Oaks Funeral Home in Southaven. Hughes was born April 3, 1947 in Bruce and died July 27 at his home. He was a Navy veteran and a Baptist He leaves his wife of 32 years, Cathy Pennington Hughes of Horn Lake; two sons, Glen Jewell (Sandy) of Covington, Tenn. and Dusty Hughes (Jennifer) of Southaven; one brother, William Hughes of Water Valley; two sisters, Martha Faye Griffin of Bruce, and Anita Howell of Statesboro, Ga.; seven grandchildren, Caleb Lambirth, Hunter Lambirth, Noah Jewell, Carli Jewell, all of Covington, Sarah Jewell of Hernando, Kalen Hughes, and Easton Hughes, both of Southaven. He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Ruth Hughes and one brother, Truman Cantrell Jr.
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Yvonne Bailey Tuck
SOUTHAVEN — The graveside service for Yvonne Bailey Tuck, 78, retired waitress for Holiday Inns, Inc. will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday Wallerville Cemetery in New Albany. Visitation will be at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuck died July 28 at Baptist-DeSoto. She leaves her husband, Robert Tuck of Southaven; daughter, Yolanda Tuck Gipson of Southaven; sons, Dennis Tuck (Cindy) of Long Island, N.Y., Walter Tuck of Abilene, Texas; sister, Hattie Pearl Pettigrew of Plantersville; 11 grandchildren; one great grandchild.
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