Jerry Leo Kofford May 14, 1944 – Feb. 2, 2020 Jerry Leo Kofford, 75, died Feb. 2, 2020, in Tylertown, after battling a long illness. He was born May 14, 1944, to Leo and June (Simmons) Kofford in Dodge City, KS. Growing up on a farm near Bloom, his parents, a county road worker and…

Bobby Washington July 9, 1951 – Jan. 30, 2020 Bobby Earl Washington, 68, was born on July 9, 1951, in Darbun. He is the eighth of 10 children born to the union of the late Israel and Annie Kate James Washington. A funeral service was Feb. 8, 2020 at Craft-Ginn Funeral Chapel, Rev. Kenneth Preston…

Aubilyn Ballard Feb. 15, 1934 – Feb. 10, 2020 Aubilyn Marvin Ballard, son of the late Ausby and Bertie Rea Ballard, was born Feb. 15, 1934, in Monticello. He died Feb. 10, 2020, at Kings Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven. A funeral service was Feb. 14. 2020, at Bethel Baptist Church, graveside services in the…

Hattie Johnson Oct. 21, 1917 – Jan. 30, 2020 Hattie Johnson, 102, died Jan. 30, 2020, at the Jefferson Davis Community Hospital ECF. She was a native of Jefferson Davis County and a resident of Prentiss. She was born Oct. 21, 1917, to the late Garfield and Rachael Jackson-Ross, the fourth of seven children. A…

Gary Lee Beard Dec. 12, 1957 – Feb. 1, 2020 Gary Lee Beard, 62, a resident of McComb, died February 1, 2020, at Select Medical Hospital in Jackson. A funeral service was Feb. 7, 2020, at Union Primitive Baptist Church, Eld. Mickey Myers and Rev. EJ Didon officiating. Burial was in the Union Primitive Baptist…

Evelyn Faye Penton March 15, 2014 – Feb. 3, 2020 A funeral service for Evelyn Faye Penton, 5, of Tylertown, was Feb. 8, 2020, at Hartman-Hughes Chapel with Bro. Don Jacobs and Bro. Gary Sumrall officiating, burial in the Silver Spring Cemetery. She died at Walthall General Hospital in Tylertown Feb. 3, 2020. She was…

Evelyn Dillon June 8, 1941 – Feb. 2, 2020 Evelyn Smith Dillon, 78, of Tylertown, died at Gulfport Memorial Hospital Feb. 2, 2020, in Gulfport. Born June 8, 1941, in Walthall County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Smith, and Floyd Smith. In 1958 she married Robert James Thompson and had four children.…

Burnell Magee June 28, 1945 – Jan. 29, 2020 Burnell “Skeet” Magee 74, of Tylertown, died Jan. 29, 2020, at his residence. He was the son of the late Albert Magee and Nurlene Thomas Young born June 28, 1945 in Walthall Co. A service was Feb. 3, 2020, at Tylertown First Baptist Church with interment…

Edith Waring June 8, 1925 – Feb. 7, 2020 Edith Rice Waring, born in Liberty, in 1925, died at the age of 94, on Feb. 7, 2020 in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Grady Rice and Susie McCoy Rice, her brothers Tom Rice and Paul Rice; sister Mattie Rice, and…