Area Obituaries

In loving memory of Maggie Annelle Viniard Choate, a cherished daughter, sister, wife, nurse, and friend, we humbly invite you to join us in honoring her extraordinary life and legacy. Maggie, born on April 16, 1999, at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center in Germany, and tragically taken from us on Jan. 14, 2025, in Virginia…

Ashley Nicole Fuller Butler, 35 of Monticello, passed away Jan. 24, 2025. She was born on Thursday, Nov. 16, 1989, in Naples, Fla. She was employed by Lifeguard to supervise the EMTs at Georgia-Pacific Paper Mill. Funeral services were held on Jan. 30 at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Monticello. Burial followed in Lambert Cemetery…

Celebration of life services for Louie S. (Buddy) Rutland will be at 3 p.m., Jan. 31, 2025, at Brookhaven Funeral Home in Brookhaven. Mr. Rutland, 92, of Monticello, passed from this life on Jan. 23. He was born in Lawrence County on Feb. 14, 1932, to Jessie V. Rutland and Eula Lee Smith Rutland. He…

Funeral services were held Jan. 25, 2025, at St. Paul M.B. Church, Silver Creek, for Deion Bryant, 32, who passed away on Jan. 18 at his residence. Rev. Michael O. Evans officiated, with interment following in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Silver Creek. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Bryant is the son of…

Joseph Benjamin Davis Sr., 95 of Silver Creek, passed away on Jan. 19, 2025, at Lawrence County Hospital in Monticello. He was born on May 5, 1929, in Lawrence County. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 24, at Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery in Silver Creek.  Bro. Chris Turnage will officiate. Wilson…

Funeral services for Betty Jane King were held at Oak Grove Pentecostal Church in Jayess on Jan. 19, 2025. Graveside services followed in Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery, Monticello. Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. King was born in Brookhaven on Jan. 21, 1943, to Buford L. and Christine Coon Howell. She…

Ophelia Irene Renfroe Davis peacefully passed from this world on Jan. 13, 2025, at Lawrence County Hospital. Known for her love for Jesus and kindness to others, she left a positive impression on everyone she met. Irene is survived by one son, O. C. Davis, of Maryville, Tenn.; and three daughters, Teresa Hedgepeth; Debbie (Charles)…

Funeral services were held Jan. 11, 2025, at New Life Fellowship Baptist Church, Monticello, for Maria Randolph Bridges, 73, who passed away on Jan. 1 at Jefferson Davis Community Hospital, Prentiss. Rev. Harris Bridges officiated, with interment following at Rose Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Silver Creek. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. She…

Our dear “Nanu” Pansy Alexander Dunaway passed away from this life but woke in heaven with her Savior, Jesus Christ, in her home on Jan. 8, 2025, at the age of 81. She was an amazing wife to Winfred Dunaway for 62 years, a devoted mother to Penny Kerr, and the very best grandmother to…

Carl Hubert King, 89, of Monticello, passed away Jan. 7, 2025, at the King’s Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven. He was born on Feb. 15, 1935, in Lawrence County. Visitation will be held from noon until 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 11, at New Hope Baptist Church at 618 Carmel New Hope Road, Monticello. Funeral services…