Obituaries
Morris Downs
May 30, 2013
Mr. Morris Enoch Downs, 70, of Shaw, MS passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m Saturday, June 1, 2013 at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life Services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 2, 2013 at Linn Baptist Church. Interment will be in Linn Baptist Church...
Harry Brooks
May 29, 2013
Mr. Harry Pat Brooks, 86, of Cleveland, MS, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be 10:00-11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 1, 2013 at Merigold United Methodist Church in Merigold, MS. Celebration of Life Services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m with Bro. Barry Dickerson. Interment will be in New Cleveland Cemetery.Mr....
Emmit McKnight
May 27, 2013
Mr. Emmitt McKnight, 84, of Indianola, passed away Monday, May 27, 2013, at his home. Visitation will be 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. with Bro. Ed Hall officiating. Interment will be in New Cleveland Cemetery.Mr. McKnight was born September 7, 1928...
Amanda Gilliland
May 25, 2013
Mrs. Amanda Anne Boswell Gilliland, 32, of Cleveland passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life Services will immediately following with Larry Braswell officiating. Interment will be in Merigold Cemetery.Amanda was born on December 25, 1980 to her adopted mother, Mrs. Frances Boswell...
Debra Machell
May 25, 2013
Mrs. Debra Ingold Machell, 60, of Boyle, MS, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013, at her home. Vistitation will be held 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Nell Maki officiating.Mrs. Machell was born...
Benny Sanders
May 22, 2013
Mrs. Benny Martin Sanders, 94, of Cleveland, MS, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Cleveland Personal Care. Visitation will be held 1:00-2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of life services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Bob Hill and Bro. Larry Braswell officiating....
Amelia Beckham
May 17, 2013
Mrs. Frances Amelia Turpin Beckham, 100, of Cleveland, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013, at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Celebration of Life Services will begin at 3:00 p.m. at the Covenant Presbyterian Church with Rev. Tim Starnes Officiating. Interment will be in Shaw Cemetery.Mrs. Beckham...
Miriam Esch
May 15, 2013
Mrs. Miriam Litton Esch, 75, of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at her home. First visitation will be 6:00 p.m- 8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Ray Funeral Home a second visitation will be held 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013 at Ray Funeral Home. A graveside service will immediately follow at Delta Heights...
Wanda Ray
May 15, 2013
Mrs. Wanda Nell Milum Ray, 61, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at her home. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013 at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home with Dr. Steve Huber officiating. Interment will be held in Shaw...
Troy Daugherty
May 13, 2013
Mr. Troy Lavelle Daugherty Sr., 71, of Shaw, passed away Monday, May 13, 2013 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 with Bro. Robert Haney and Bro. John Chouccoli officiating....
Ardene Fullilove
May 11, 2013
Mrs. Ardena Lajeune Fullilove, 87, of Shelby, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Tunica Nursing Home. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 13, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home. Services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. May 13, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Danny Smith officiating. Interment will be in Shelby Cemetery.Mrs. Fullilove was...
Sandra Carroll
May 6, 2013
Sandra Jo Carroll, 54, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, May 6, 2013 in her home. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 10, 2013 at the Calvary Episcopal Church in Cleveland with Rev. Sylvia Czarnetzky officiating.Ms. Carroll was born February 21, 1959 to Carl and Jimmie Ruth Weeks Carroll. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and...
Mary Peckenpaugh
May 6, 2013
Mary Lee Luckett Peckenpaugh, age 86, of Cleveland, Mississippi, died May 6, 2013, at Indywood Estates in Cleveland. Visitation will be 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Immanuel Baptist Church with memorial services following beginning at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Immanuel Baptist Church. She requested donation of her body to University Hospital in Jackson,...
Shirley Dean
May 4, 2013
Shirley Jean Bullock Dean, 72, of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, May 4, 2013, at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home with Matthew Reed Buckley leading the ceremonies. Interment will...
Robert Hutchison
May 2, 2013
Robert Allen "Bob" Hutchison, Sr., of Merigold, passed away May 2, 2013, at Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Bobby Turner and Bro. Ed Hall officiating. Interment...
Robert Goss
Apr 27, 2013
Robert J. Goss, 73, of Cleveland, passed away April 27, 2013 at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be held Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. with the Celebration of Life Services following at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Ed Hall officiating.Robert was born June 7, 1939 to Clarence and Minnie Lee Minga Goss. He married Ruth Lara Goss on...
Nell Kent
Apr 23, 2013
Nell W. Kent, 88, of Rosedale, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at her home surrounded by family. Visitation will be held Monday, April 29, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. with the memorial service following at 11:00 a.m. at Gunnison United Methodist Church.Nell was born on November 26, 1924, in Memphis, TN to Harvey Ralph Whiteside and Robbye Cheshier Whiteside....
Elizabeth Hodges
Apr 19, 2013
Elizabeth Smith Hodges, 86, of Sunflower, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013, at South Sunflower Hospital in Indianola. Visitation will be 3:00-5:00 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life Services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2013, at Sunflower Baptist Church with Bro. AllenRobison and Bro. Gene Henderson officiating. Interment will be in Linn...
Willo Cole
Apr 19, 2013
Mrs. Willo Mae Cook Cole, 97, of Cleveland, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 10:00 -11:00 a.m Monday, April 22, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 22, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Milton Burd officiating. Interment will be in...
Delvene Freeman
Apr 18, 2013
Mrs. Delvene "Dell" Smith Freeman, 88, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 1:00-2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life Services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Ray Funeral Home with Dr. Mark Worsham officiaiting. Interment will follow in New Cleveland...