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Melvin Holiday

Melvin Holiday Sept. 14, 1946 – Aug. 22, 2021 Funeral services for Melvin Berlet Holiday Jr., 74, of Tylertown, was held at Hartman-Hughes Funeral Home Aug. 25, 2021, with Rev. Jim Ennis and Rev. Lonnie Case officiating, interment at New Zion Cemetery. Holiday died Aug. 22, 2021. He was born Sept. 14, 1946, in Franklinton,…

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Patricia Wood

Patricia Wood Oct. 29, 1952 – Aug. 26, 2021 Funeral services for Patricia Ann Wood, 68, of Tylertown, were at Hartman-Hughes Funeral Home on Aug. 28, 2021, at noon with Rev. Randall Griffin officiating, interment at Tylertown Cemetery. She died Aug. 26, 2021. She was born Oct. 29, 1952, in Tylertown to the late Robert…

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Yvonne Dillon

Yvonne Dillon July 31, 1935 – Aug. 24, 2021 Funeral services for Yvonne Dillon, 86, of Tylertown, were held at Capps Funeral Home Aug. 27, 2021, with Bro. Ivory “Bubba” Disotell officiating, interment at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Dillon died Aug. 24, 2021. She was born July 31, 1935, in Walthall County to the late…

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Zelma Fletcher

Zelma Fletcher Nov. 14, 1927 – Aug. 16, 2021 Zelma Singleton Fletcher, 93, of Gulfport, died on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport. Born Nov. 14, 1927, in Walthall County, she was the daughter of the late Solomon and Ollie Emma Lowe Singleton. A funeral service was Aug. 28, 2021, at Second…

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COVID affecting athletic events

Not long after Salem Attendance Center announced virtual classes due to COVID cases at the school, Salem Coach Chris McCallum said the school’s athletic events have been affected as well. McCallum said the Wildcats’ first football game of the season, set for Friday, Aug. 27 with St. Andrews has been cancelled. For the present, that…

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Roger Rushing

Roger Rushing March 27, 1948 – Aug. 21, 2021 Funeral services for Roger William Rushing, 73, of Tylertown, were set for 11 AM on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, at Capps Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Wicker and Rev. J. M. Whittington officiating, burial in the Ford Rushing Family Cemetery. Rushing died at his residence in…

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Coraleen Ervin

Coraleen Ervin Sept. 20, 1959 – Aug. 22, 2021 Funeral services for Coraleen Ervin, 61, of Tylertown, were set for Aug. 23, 2021, at Hartman-Hughes Funeral Home with Rev. Danny Stevens and Rev. Pat King officiating, burial in the Seals Cemetery in Washington Parish. Ms. Ervin died in Tylertown Aug. 22, 2021. She was born…

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Robert Bowers Sr

Robert Bowers Sr Aug. 18, 1967 – Aug. 18, 2021 Memorial services for Robert Lloyd Bowers Sr., 54, of Tylertown, were held at Hartman Hughes Funeral Home Aug. 21, 2021. Bowers died at his residence Aug. 18, 2021. He was born Aug. 18, 1967, in Algiers, LA, to the late Betty and Andrew Bowers. Along…

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Marcell Foxworth Sr.

Marcell Foxworth Sr. Nov. 24, 1936 – Aug. 8, 2021 Marcell Foxworth Sr. was born Nov. 24, 1936, son of Hertis and Linnieteen Magee Foxworth of Tylertown. He attended Magee’s Creek Public School. During his youth, his parents were farmers and taught him many skills concerning planting and livestock. In 1952, Foxworth married Sarah Vivian…

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Josiah Mendoza

Josiah Mendoza Aug. 13, 2021 – Aug. 13, 2021 Funeral services for infant Kaleb Josiah Mendoza, son of Gaspar and Kendra Mendoza, were set for Aug. 23, 2021, at Dexter Pentecostal Church with Rev. Jerry Terrell officiating, burial in the Duncan Family Cemetery in Mt. Hermon. Baby Josiah died at Regional One Health Medical Center…

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