Obituaries

Jul 18, 2016

Mrs. Mary Louise Oswalt, 80, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, July 18, 2016, at Providence Assisted Living. Visitations will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 21, 2016, and 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 22, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 22, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home....

Jul 14, 2016

Mrs. Alice Calmes Dorroh Wood, 93, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 18, 2016, at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Graveside services will follow beginning at 11:15 a.m. Monday, July 18, 2016, at Old Cleveland Cemetery with Rev. Tim Starnes officiating. Mrs. Wood was born in Brooksville,...

Jul 13, 2016

Mr. Oscar Richard Gladden, Jr., 92, of Cleveland, passed away at his home on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Visitations will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 15, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home and at 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 16, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 16, 2016, at...

Jul 12, 2016

Mrs. Edna Reaves, 93, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at Indywood Estates. Visitation will be 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 15, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Services will immediately follow beginning at 10:00 a.m. with Bro. Tim McCarter officiating. Interment will be in New Cleveland Cemetery. Edna was born in Eupora, MS on July 26, 1922,...

Jul 12, 2016

Mrs. Mildred Stevens Braswell, 96, of Cleveland, passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:00 Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Milton Burd officiating.She was born on February...

Jul 9, 2016

Roscoe Lee "Phid" Hooper, 89, of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, July 9th, 2016 at North Sunflower Medical Center. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July, 14, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Kirkpatrick officiating.Phid was born, December 30th, 1926, in Merigold,...

Jul 8, 2016

Kam Yee Mah "Margie" Wong, passed away peacefully at her home in Boyle on July 8, 2016, at the age of 90. Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Interment will be in North Cleveland Cemetery....

Jul 1, 2016

Mrs. Winnie Lee Walker, 91, of Madison, formerly of Shaw, passed away Friday, July 1, 2016, at her daughter's home in Madison. Visitation will be 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home, Cleveland, MS. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 10:00 a.m., at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Matt Clark and Rev....

Jun 28, 2016

Mrs. Peggy Janell Rutledge, 74, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Brad Beckwith and Rev. Chris White officiating. Interment...

Jun 28, 2016

Laura Yolanda Ybarra, 29, of Merigold, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2016, at Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church in Cleveland. A Rosary will immediately follow beginning at 7:00 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2016, at Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church in Cleveland. Mass of...

Jun 27, 2016

John Edwin Hobbs, Sr., 82, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 30, 2016, at First Baptist Church in Cleveland with Rev. Brad Beckwith and Rev. Milton Burd...

Jun 26, 2016

Mr. Harvey R. Brooks, 88, of New Orleans, LA, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2016, at Chateau de Notre Dame in New Orleans. Graveside Services honoring the life of Mr. Brooks will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at Drew Cemetery.Mr. Brooks was born in Sheridan, AR on April 12, 1928, to John Hill Brooks and Sallie Nichols Brooks....

Jun 24, 2016

Mrs. Ruth VanLandingham Whitt, 82, of Cleveland, passed away Friday, June 24, 2016, at Bolivar Medical Center Long Term Care. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 27, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 27, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Breland officiating. Interment...

Jun 22, 2016

Mr. James Roy White, 80, of Ruleville, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Greenwood Leflore Hospital. Visitation will be 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Robert Rawson and Bro. Brent Smith officiating....

Jun 22, 2016

Mrs. Shonnette "Shine" Berger Alexander, 82, of Ruleville, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Providence of Cleveland. Visitation will be 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 10:00 a.m. at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Mary Hutson officiating. Mrs. Alexander was born in Taylorsville, MS...

Jun 21, 2016

Mrs. Doris Jean Mosley Andrews, 81, of Merigold, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at North Sunflower Medical Center. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Hill officiating. Interment will follow in Delta...

Jun 20, 2016

June Hammons Tollison Knight, died on June 20, 2016 at the Cleveland Personal Care Community in Cleveland. She was born in Holcomb, MS on June 9, 1921. Visitation for family and friends will begin at Ray Funeral Home in Cleveland at 10:00 on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. A brief service will follow at 11:00 in the chapel at Ray Funeral...

Jun 15, 2016

Pattie Crenshaw Hendricks, 74, ofBoyle, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 1:00 P.M to 2 :00 P.M. Saturday, June 18, 2016, at Boyle Methodist Church. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow at the church beginning at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 18, 2016, with Bro. Larry Braswell officiating. Interment will be in...

Jun 11, 2016

Jun 8, 2016

Dorothy Ruth Hughes Broadwater, 82, of Cleveland, passed away after a lengthy illness on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at Providence Assisted Living. Visitation will be 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2016, at Yale Street Baptist Church. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow at the church beginning at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2016, with Rev. Robert Haney...