Area Obituaries

A celebration of life will be held for William Austin Brantley at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 12, 2025, at Riverwood Family. Visitation will start at noon until time of service. Mr. Brantley, 73, of Brookhaven, passed away on June 8 at his residence. He was born in Jackson on Dec. 18, 1951, to Richard Austin…

Funeral services for Toni Samantha Manseill will be held at Carmel Baptist Church at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Graveside services will follow in Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church on Monday evening from 5 p.m. until. Toni was born in McComb on Nov. 23, 1977, and passed…

Funeral services were held on May 31, 2025, at Shady Grove M.B. Church, Silver Creek, for Annie Louise Gholar, 85, of Silver Creek, who died on May 18 at Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg. Rev. Michael Smith officiated, with interment following in the church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Gholar was…

Suzanne Rebekah Schmidt Barras was born April 17, 1960, and passed away on May 25, 2025. She was the daughter of Roy and Annette Schmidt. A memorial is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 31, at Shiloh Baptist Church, with visitation starting at 10. Ms. Barras was an excellent seamstress. She tremendously loved her…

On May 15, 2025, Ronald Wayne McHenry, 61, a longtime resident of Lawrence County, passed away peacefully in Nashville, Ga., while surrounded by his loving family. Ronald was born to Lester R. and Gladys Dugger McHenry in San Angelo, Texas, on May 10, 1964. After graduating high school in Senatobia, Ronald enlisted in the U.S.…

Emily Arlene Morgan, 38, of Silver Creek, MS, passed away on May 15, 2025, at King’s Daughters Medical Center. She was born in Jackson on March 8, 1987, to Matthew Stapleton and Jane Kirkland. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at Riverwood Family in Brookhaven. Visitation…

Funeral services were held on May 17, 2025, at St. Paul M.B. Church, Silver Creek, for Levell Lewis, 78, of Silver Creek, who passed away on May 12 at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, McComb. Rev. Dr. Michael O. Evans officiated, with interment following at Pen Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Silver Creek. Johnson Funeral Home…

Funeral services were held on May 10, 2025, at St. Paul M. B. Church, Silver Creek, for Franklin Jerome Oatis, 70, who passed away on May 3 at his residence. Rev. Michael Evans officiated, with interment following at Pearl River Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Monticello. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. He is…

On April 25, 2025, Myra Sue Williamson Coleman, 74, of Ragland, Ala., went to her heavenly home. She passed away at UAB Medical Center in Trussville, Ala. She was preceded in her journey by her parents, Hollis Williamson, Lillian Williamson Thames, and Howard Thames; sisters, Virginia Williamson Graham, Linda Williamson Wallace, Peggy Williamson Jeans, and…

Ray Edward Roberts, 74, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2025. A service was held May 2 at Wilson Funeral Home, with burial at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Prentiss. Born on Nov. 13, 1950, in Jeff Davis County, Ray was the beloved son of Clara Mae Hamilton and Reggie Roberts. He built a lifelong…