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Doris Carol Boatman
Jun 11, 2025
Doris Carol Allen Boatman age 86, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at Merit Health River Region in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Doris was born on August 7, 1938 in Sallis, Mississippi to Cecil William Allen and Loraine Turner Allen. Mrs. Boatman was a homemaker and faithful member of Bible Holiness Church in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She...
Janet Lynn Bailey Hubbard
Jun 6, 2025
Janet Lynn Bailey Hubbard age 67, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2025, at AMG Specialty Hospital - North Mississippi in Batesville, Mississippi with her family by her side. Janet was born in Eupora, Mississippi on February 26, 1958, to Ralph Bruce Bailey and Mary Lou Batchelor Bailey. She was a retired business owner of Eupora Jewelry and a member...
Catherine Cowan Sinclair
May 30, 2025
Catherine Cowan Sinclair age 87, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 30, 2025, at OCH Regional Medical Center in Starkville, Mississippi. Catherine was born on January 16, 1938, in Morven, Scotland to Hugh and Katherine McRae Sinclair. She was reared with sisters, Margaret and Morag in Innellen, Scotland, where her father was the local pier master. At the completion of...
Angela Kay Morgan Lewis
May 26, 2025
Angela Kay Morgan Lewis age 83, of Maben, Mississippi, passed away on May 26, 2025, at her residence. Kay was born on August 3, 1941, in Calhoun County, Mississippi to the late Henry David Morgan and Flora Bell Kirksey Morgan. She was a retired Elementary School Teacher and member of First Baptist Church in Mathiston, Mississippi. Kay is survived by...
Mable Ruth Johnson Orr
May 23, 2025
Mable Ruth Johnson Orr passed away Friday evening May 23, 2025, at home at the age of 98 at her residence in Laurel, Mississippi. Mable was born on October 19, 1926, in Choctaw County, Mississippi to Fred and Charlotte Johnson. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother and loyal friend. Mable was a beautician for...
Carroll Leland McCarty
May 22, 2025
Carroll Leland McCarty age 87, of Columbus, Mississippi and formerly of Eupora, Mississippi, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 22, 2025, with his family by his side at his residence in Columbus, Mississippi. Carroll was born on April 29, 1938, in Choctaw County, Mississippi to the late Leland B. McCarty and Gertrude Marie Lewis McCarty. He was a retired Civil...
Tammy Cummings Baker
May 21, 2025
Tammy Lynn Gurley Cummings Baker age 64, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Tammy was born on January 25, 1961, in Ackerman, Mississippi to the late James E. Gurley and Bonnie Jo Brooks Gurley. She was a retired Elementary School Teacher for thirty-three years and a member of Sapa Baptist Church in...
Johnnie Douglas "J.D." Robertson
May 19, 2025
Johnnie Douglas "J.D." Robertson, age 83 of Eupora, Mississippi, passed away surrounded by his family on Monday evening, May 19, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Eupora, Mississippi. J.D. was born in Gordo, Alabama on May 4, 1942, to James Barrett Robertson and Hassie Ethel Harris Robertson. After receiving his Bachelor's Degree in College, J.D began work as the...
Anita Louise McKnight Cummins
May 16, 2025
Anita Louise McKnight Cummins age 88, of Bentonia, Mississippi and formerly of Choctaw County, Mississippi, passed away peacefully at her home in Bentonia, Mississippi on Friday, May 16, 2025. Anita was born on September 24, 1936, in Cleveland, Mississippi to Earl McKnight and Clara Sorey McKnight. She was a homemaker and member of Ogden Baptist Church in Bentonia, Mississippi and...
John Edward Uribarri
May 9, 2025
John Edward Uribarri, age 78 of Eupora, Mississippi, passed away at his residence on Friday, May 9, 2025. John was born on April 8, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois to Charles Miguel Uribarri and Joan Lawlor Uribarri. He was a retired Computer Systems Analyst and attended First Baptist Church in Eupora, Mississippi. John was also a member of the US Army...
Thomas Craig Shaw
May 6, 2025
Thomas Craig Shaw age 51, of Eupora, MS, passed away at his daughter's residence in Starkville, MS on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Craig was born on May 30, 1973, to the late Thomas Eugene Shaw and Helen Jean Bright Shaw. Before he became ill, he was employed by Direct TV. He was a member and Deacon of Bluff Springs Baptist...
Lisa Diane Cummins Anderson
May 4, 2025
Lisa Anderson, age 64 of Alvin, Texas, departed this life and went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at UTMB Health Clear Lake Campus Hospital in Webster, Texas. Lisa was born in Texas City, Texas to Willis Oscar Cummins and Lorene Schaefer Cummins on October 27, 1960. After graduating from LaMarque High School in...
Nellie Ann Whitt Long
May 1, 2025
Nellie Ann Whitt Long age 88, of Eupora, Mississippi, passed away peacefully at North Mississippi Long Term Care Unit in Eupora, Mississippi on Thursday night, May 1, 2025. Nellie was born on June 20, 1936, in Reform, Mississippi to John Q. Whitt and Plummie Lee Reed Whitt. She was a member of Antioch Church in Choctaw County, Mississippi and a...
Joseph "Joe" Kellum Martin
Apr 20, 2025
Joseph "Joe" Kellum Martin, age 84 of Eupora, Mississippi, passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Eupora, Mississippi. He was born on January 19, 1941, in Choctaw County, Mississippi to Hugh Doris Martin, Sr. and Jewel Kellum Martin. Joe was a member of First Baptist Church in Eupora, Mississippi and co-owner of Joe and...
Shirley Ann Floyd Swindle
Apr 12, 2025
Shirley Ann Floyd Swindle, age 83, of Magee, Mississippi, passed away at her home on April 12, 2025. Shirley was born on July 10, 1941, to James and Jettie Floyd. She attended High School at Kilmichael High School in Kilmichael, Mississippi. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Science from Blue Mountain College in Blue...
Martha Alice Rogers
Apr 11, 2025
Martha Alice Rogers age 91, of Eupora, Mississippi, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 11, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center Long Term Care in Eupora, Mississippi. Martha was born on July 1, 1933, to John Thomas Thornburg and Clara Bell O'Bryant Thornburg in Theodore, Alabama. She was employed at Wells Lamont for thirty-eight and a half years. After retiring,...
Rickey Dale Sturdivant
Apr 10, 2025
Rickey Dale Sturdivant age 73, of Eupora, MS, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North in Oxford, MS, on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Rickey was born in Maben, MS on September 14, 1951, to Hugh Allen Sturdivant and Bonnie Bernice Ellison Sturdivant. He was a retired truck driver and former EMT. Rickey is survived by his wife, Brenda Marie Price Sturdivant,...
Joan Maddox Doolittle
Apr 9, 2025
Joan Maddox Doolittle, age 97 of Eupora, Mississippi, passed away on April 9, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center Long Term Care Center in Eupora, Mississippi. Joan was born on June 1, 1927, in Eupora, Mississippi to the late Dr. Silas Garner Maddox and Clara Mae Kilpatrick Maddox. She attended Eupora High school and Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi. Joan...
Richard "Ricky" Duke Palmer
Apr 6, 2025
Richard "Ricky" Duke Palmer age 66 of Eupora, MS, passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Eupora, MS. Ricky was born on November 4, 1958, to Jesse F. Palmer and Jimmie Estes Palmer. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Mathiston, MS and despite his mental condition which prevented him from sharing...
Charles "Charlie" Robert Privett, Jr.
Apr 6, 2025
Charles "Charlie" Robert Privett, Jr. age 40 of Eupora, MS, passed away unexpectedly in the early hours of Sunday, April 6, 2025, at his residence in Eupora, MS. Charlie was born on February 17, 1985, in Helena, Arkansas to Charles Robert Privett, Sr. and Kathryn Suzanne Stevens. He was an operator at Dewberry Sawmill in Maben, MS and an avid...
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