Local hospital celebrates National Doctors’ Day
Head Start accepting applications for 2021-2022 program year
Five County Child Development Program, Inc. is currently accepting applications for Head Start children ages three and four for the 2021-2022 program year. Head Start services are provided at no cost to families that qualify. Children and families experiencing homelessness, children in foster care or disabled will be given first priority for Head Start. All…
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Verrunia LaShae Brent
Memorial services were held Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel for Verrunia LaShae Brent, 41, who died March 17 in Dallas, Texas. Johnson Funeral Home handled arrangements. Miss Brent was born to Cassie Brent Jr. and Geneva Brent in Jefferson Davis County. She joined New Zion Baptist Church and received her education…
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Funeral services were held March 31, 2021, at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel for Robert Earl Davis, 83, who died March 26 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Rev. Calvin Foxworth officiated, with interment following in Springhill Baptist Church in Silver Creek. Johnson Funeral Home handled arrangements. Mr. Davis was born to the late Joe…
Read MoreJohnnie Ray “Butch” Dear
Johnnie Ray “Butch” Dear, 74, of Monticello, passed away Nov. 25, 2020, of cardiac arrest. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10 at Bethel Baptist Church in Monticello. Butch was a Navy Vietnam veteran, band director, church worship leader, and college instructor. He was an alumnus of Hazlehurst High…
Read MorePete Hartzog
Graveside services for Manford “Pete” Hartzog were held April 1, 2021, at Cliburn Cemetery in Silver Creek. Mr. Hartzog, 84, passed away March at his residence in Silver Creek, with his family at his bedside. Rev. Mike Grenn officiated. Saulters-Moore Funeral Home handled arrangements. Pallbearers were John Rowells, Rusty Rowells, Bryce Hartzog, Garrett Thornton, Nick…
Read MoreMack T. Hedgepeth Jr.
Mack T. Hedgepeth Jr., 82, of Monticello, passed away on April 2, 2021, at his residence in Monticello. Mack was born July 3, 1938, in Monticello to Mack Sr. and Beulah Polk Hedgepeth. Funeral services were held April 6 at Carmel Baptist Church in Monticello, with graveside services following in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in…
Read MoreJohnnie Bernard McDuffey
Graveside services were held April 2, 2021, at North Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in New Hebron for Johnnie Bernard McDuffey, 74, who died March 24 at Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg. Rev. Moses Johnson officiated, with Johnson Funeral Home handling arrangements. Mr. McDuffey was born to the late Hope and Maybell Moore McDuffey in Lawrence…
Read MoreKathleen “Kat” Willamson Petty
Kathleen “Kat” Willamson Petty, of Petal, passed away April 2, 2021. She was born in Lawrence County, on Aug. 31, 1943, as the youngest daughter of Hollis Price Williamson and Lillian Thames. She is survived by her husband, Jake Petty; her daughter, Trish Carney Smith; her stepson, Michael Petty; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; her…
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