Obituaries
William Patterson Jones
Jan 4, 2018
Mr. William Patterson Jones, 88, of Cleveland, MS, passed away on January 4, 2018, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 7, 2018, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life Service will be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 8, 2018, at Ray Funeral Home with Brother Jimmy Breland officiating. Interment will be...
Jonathan Parker Watson
Dec 29, 2017
Jonathan Parker Watson, 12, of Boyle, passed away on December 29, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 31, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 31, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Benny Haynes officiating. Interment will be...
Nathalia Moncada
Dec 27, 2017
Nathalia Moncada, age 9, of Cleveland, MS, passed away on December 27, 2018, at 5:15 p.m. at the UNIMED Heath System Hospital in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, while on Christmas vacation with her family. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 5, 2018, at Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church in Cleveland. A rosary will...
Barbara Eugene Smith Ledford
Dec 25, 2017
Barbara Eugene "Bobbie" Smith Ledford, 89, passed away on December 25, 2017, at Cleveland Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will be from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 29, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life Services will follow at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 29, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home. Interment will be in Shaw Cemetery.Barbara was born...
Ruth Edna Mitchell
Dec 24, 2017
Mrs. Edna Ruth Mitchell, 64, of Greenville, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2017, at Delta Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. John Gentry officiating.Mrs. Mitchell was...
Bula Mae McNeer Sumrall
Dec 22, 2017
Bula Mae (Susie) McNeer Sumrall passed away at her home on December 22 after a lengthy illness. Services will be held on Thursday, December 28, 2017. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. followed by the celebration of life service at 1:00 p.m. at the Ray Funeral Home in Cleveland, Mississippi with interment in the North Cleveland Cemetery.She...
Teresa Carol Norris
Dec 19, 2017
Mrs. Teresa Carol Moody Norris, 60, of Pontotoc, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Crockett Kennedy officiating....
Charlene Russell Barr
Dec 11, 2017
Mrs. Charlene Russell Barr, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017, at her home. Visitation will be 9:30 to 11:00 Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at Covenant Presbyterian Church with Rev. Tim Starnes officiating. Interment will be in North Cleveland Cemetery.Charlene...
Dean Ellis
Dec 8, 2017
Mr. Jessie Dean Ellis, 65, of Drew, MS passed away on December 8, 2017, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN. Graveside service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at Pilgrim Rest Cemetery. Interment will be in Pilgrim Rest Cemetery.Jessie was born on November 19, 1952 to Charles and Ethel Ellis in Indianola, MS. He proudly served his...
Olivia Womack Gilbert
Nov 29, 2017
Olivia Womack Gilbert, 73, passed away on November 29, 2017, at Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland, MS. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 2, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life Service will follow at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 2, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Clarence Edwards officiating. Interment will be in New Cleveland Cemetery.Olivia was...
Dudley Campbell Burke
Nov 29, 2017
Dudley Campbell Burke, 67, of Ruleville, MS passed away on November 29, 2017, at North Sunflower Medical Center. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 1, 2017, at his home. Celebration of Life Service will follow at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, 2017, at Ruleville Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Haney officiating. Interment will be in Lehrton Cemetery.Dudley...
Jason Augustus Cook
Nov 25, 2017
Mr. Jason Augustus Cook, 38, of Cleveland, MS, passed away on November 25, 2017. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 30, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home. A Memorial Service will follow at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 30, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Clarence Edwards officiating. Interment will be in New Cleveland Cemetery.Jason was...
Tully Gene Lewis
Nov 21, 2017
Mr. Tully Gene Lewis, 91, of Cleveland, MS, passed away on November 21, 2017, in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 24, 2017, at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Cleveland. Celebration of Life Services will follow at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 24, 2017, at St. Luke United Methodist Church with...
Juanita McArthur Hutchison
Nov 21, 2017
Mrs. Juanita McArthur Hutchison, 92, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, 21, 2017, at her niece's home in Holcomb, MS. Graveside services will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 26, 2017, at North Cleveland Cemetery with Rev. Milton Burd officiating.Mrs. Hutchison was born in Cleveland, MS, on May 18, 1925, to Carl Luther McArthur and Alice Lola Williams McArthur. Shortly after graduating...
Joan Lynn Kimbriel
Nov 19, 2017
Mrs. Joan Lynn Kimbriel, 62, of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. November 22, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Haney officiating. Interment will be...
Peggy Sue Canady Tyson
Nov 15, 2017
Mrs. Peggy Sue Canady Tyson, 66, of Merigold, MS, passed away on November 15, 2017, at Shelby Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 19, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home. A Memorial Service will follow at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 19, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Bob Hill officiating.Peggy was...
Brenda Kay Beach
Nov 15, 2017
Ms. Brenda Kay Beach, 71, of Memphis, TN, passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Services honoring the life of Mrs. Beach are currently pending.Ms. Beach was born on September 5, 1946, to Jesse K. Beach and Erma Earline Thrash Beach in Cleveland, MS. She worked for many years as a Warehouse and...
Rev. Arthur Eugene Nute
Nov 15, 2017
Arthur "Artie" Eugene Nute, age 72, was received into heaven on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, in Brighton, TN.He was born May 9, 1945, in Memphis, TN to Juanita Baird Nute and Lewis Sinclair Nute. He graduated from Linn High School, earned a bachelor's degree from University of Mississippi, obtained a masters degree in education from Delta State University, and completed...
Ronald Charles Barnett
Nov 10, 2017
Mr. Ronald Charles "Ronnie" Barnett, 70, of Cleveland, passed away on November 10, 2017 at his home. Visitation will be 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 12, 2017, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Don Barnett officiating. Interment will follow in Merigold...

Lowell Richard Semans, II
Nov 7, 2017
Mr. Lowell Richard Semans, II, passed away at Oak Grove Retirement Home on November 7, 2017, in Duncan, MS.Lowell was born on June 16, 1945, in McCook, Nebraska to Lowel R. Semans and Virginia Painter Semans. He proudly served in the Army during the Vietnam War. Lowell worked as a welder at Ingels Ship Yard in Pascagoula for 50 years...