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Earnie Pierce

Earnie Pierce May 21, 1963 – Sept. 17, 2020 A funeral service for Earnie Pierce, 57, of Tylertown, was Sept. 20, 2020, at Capps Funeral Home with Rev. Millard Moak and Rev. Brad Cooper officiating. Burial was in the Rushing Cemetery. Pierce died at St. Tammy Hospital in Covington Sept. 17, 2020. He was born…

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Andy Johnson

Andy Johnson July 14, 1950 – Sept. 3, 2020 Andrew Jackson “Andy” Johnson, 70, was born July 14, 1950, in Tylertown. He died Sept. 3, 2020, at his home in East Ellijay, GA. He was a 1968 graduate of Tylertown High School and attended Southwest Junior College. He retired from Hunter Douglas Corp. as a…

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Linda Martin

Linda Martin Dec. 12, 1946 – Sept. 5, 2020 Linda Virginia Martin, 73, of Meridian, died Sept. 5, 2020, at Bedford Nursing Home in Marion. A graveside funeral service was at Boyd Cemetery in Tylertown Sept. 8, 2020, with Rev. Hubert Greer officiating. Ms. Martin was born Dec. 12, 1946, to the late Nolan and…

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George & Brenda Reeves

George Reeves June 4, 1971 – Sept. 6, 2020 Brenda Reeves Aug. 21, 1946 – Sept. 7, 2020 George M. Reeves, Jr., 79, a resident of McComb, died Sept. 6, 2020, in Eads, TN. He was born June 7, 1941 in Pike Co. to George M. Reeves, Sr. and Pearl Forman Reeves. He was a…

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James “Pop” Bridges

James “Pop” Bridges Oct. 15, 1954 – Aug. 19, 2020 James Earl “Pop” Bridges, 65, of Pontiac, MI, formerly of Tylertown, died Aug. 19, 2020, at his residence. A funeral service was Aug. 27, 2020, at Monument of Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Pontiac, MI, pastor James H. Keys, Sr., officiating. Interment was in Perry…

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Bonnie Rushing

Bonnie Rushing Nov. 30, 1941 – Sept. 10, 2020 A graveside service for Bonnie Easter McKenzie Rushing, 78, of Tylertown, was Sept. 12, 2020, at Spence Cemetery. Mrs. Rushing died at Post-Acute Medical in Covington Sept. 10, 2020. She was born Nov. 30, 1941, in Tylertown to the late Lola and Milton McKenzie. She was…

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Warren “Bird” Conerly

Warren “Bird” Conerly May 4, 1945 – Sept. 1, 2020 Warren J. “Bird” Conerly, 75, of Tylertown, died Sept. 1, 2020, in Hattiesburg. Born May 4, 1945, in Tylertown, he was the son of the late N. C. Conerly and Sarah Jane Brister Conerly. Conerly was a member of Mesa Mt. Olive MB Church of…

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Macel Kennedy

Macel Kennedy Dec. 6, 1922 – Sept. 9, 2020 A funeral service for Macel Sorrell Kennedy, 97, of Sandy Hook, was Sept. 13, 2020, at Carson Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Archie Herrin and Rev. Carl Dickens officiating. Burial was in the Carson Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Kennedy died at Diversicare in Tylertown Sept. 9, 2020.…

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Ribbon cutting Saturday at Family Dollar, Dollar Tree

On hand for the ribbon cutting marking the grand re-opening of Family Dollar and Dollar Tree Saturday morning were, from left, Chris Berry, Jasmine Dixon, Tax Assessor/Collector Peggy Hilburn, store manager Nancy McKenzie, Lisa Johnson, Tabitha Brown, Chris Goolsby, Rodney Wood and Lonnie McCaffety.

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