Lucille Holmes
Lucille Holmes June 26, 1924 – Jan. 31, 2020 A funeral service for Lucille B Holmes, 95, of Tylertown, MS was Feb. 1, 2020, at Capps Funeral Home with Rev. Albert Willis officiating, burial at Hillcrest Memorial Garden. Mrs. Holmes died at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg Jan. 31, 2020. She was born June 26,…
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Leila Smith Jan. 31, 1926 – Jan. 22, 2020 Leila P. Smith, 93, of Tylertown, died Jan. 22, 2020, at The Sanctuary at Passages Hospice in New Orleans. Born Jan. 31, 1926, in Tylertown, she was the daughter of the late Richard Price and Leal James Price. She attended school in Walthall County and was…
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Kenneth Britt Ham Nov. 28, 1971 – Jan. 28, 2020 Funeral services for Kenneth Britt Ham, 48, were Jan. 31, 2020, at Woodlawn Church, Columbia. He died Jan. 28, 2020, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex. Ham spent most of his life at Jayess until moving to Columbia in 2010. He attended New Bethel…
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James Dunaway June 3, 1965 – Nov. 23, 2019 James Randall Dunaway, of Columbia, died Nov. 23, 2019, at the age of 54. James was born in Tylertown, a graduate of Salem High School in Walthall County, and a longtime resident of Marion County. He served in the U.S. Navy. He was preceded in death…
Read MoreO’Donohue presented stadium grass
Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge is getting a new layer of turf and in order to accomplish that, workers had to pull up the old ground cover. Rather than haul it off LSU officials decided to make it available in squares to Tiger fans. Madelyn O’Donohue is a long-time fan of LSU football and gets…
Read MoreLyndora Sauls
Lyndora Sauls Dec. 13, 1937 – Jan. 23, 2020 A funeral service was Jan. 27, 2020, at Magee’s Creek Baptist Church in Jayess for Lyndora Sauls, 82, of Jayess, who died Jan. 23, 2020, at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Interment was at Magee’s Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Dr. Michael Knippers and Dr. Farris “Buddy” Smith…
Read MoreMLK AWARDS
Receiving awards at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Day program at Southwest Events Center were, from left, Doris Coleman Holmes, receiving the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award on behalf of her son, the late Marvin Darnell Holmes; Rhonda Varnado, RN, receiving the Business of the Year Award on behalf of Eagle Health Care…
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