Funeral services were held April 22, 2023, at Oak Grove M.B. Church, Monticello, for Donnie Lee Ball Sr., 59, who passed away April 12 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson. Rev. Joseph D. Hooker officiated, with interment following in the church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Ball is the son…

  Funeral services for SSG David Bernard Maye, son of Jay and Carolyn Maye, were held on April 8, 2023, at Fair Hill M.B. Church in Oma. Interment was April 10 at Natchez Memorial Cemetery in Natchez. SSG Maye, an Army veteran and longtime resident of Killeen, Texas, passed away on March 31. He joined…

A memorial service for Archie Andrew “Red” Lord Sr. was held April 13, 2023, at Riverwood Family, with burial in Arm Cemetery. Mr. Lord Sr., 86, of Monticello, died April 9 in Monticello. He was born in Franklin Parish, La., Aug. 18, 1936, to Walter Smith “Jack” Lord and Leila J. Walker Lord. Red loved…

Funeral services were held April 4, 2023, at Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, Sontag, for Artic “CJ” Charles Bennett, 85, who passed away March 29 at Lawrence County Nursing Center, Monticello. Elder Clinton J. Lewis officiated, with interment following in the church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Bennett was the…

A memorial service for Linda Wand Reynolds McRaney was held April 8, 2023, at Shiloh Baptist Church. Riverwood Family handled the arrangements. Mrs. McRaney, 74, of Monticello, died March 31 in Sontag. She was born in Brookhaven on June 15, 1948, to Willie Glenn Reynolds and Ruby Thompson Reynolds. Mrs. McRaney worked in the sewing…

Brantley Barnard Pace, M.D. – beloved husband, devoted father, and esteemed physician in Mississippi – died peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Known simply as Doc, his life was deeply etched by his faith, his commitment to hard work in a field that brought him lifelong satisfaction and joy, and his love of family.…