Area Obituaries

Funeral services for Parker Langston will be conducted at 11 a.m., Thursday morning, April 25, 2024, at Saulters Moore Funeral Chapel, with interment following in the Arm Cemetery.  Rev. Josh Morea will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Eddie Dempsey.  Mr. Langston, 77, entered the eternal rest of his Lord April 21 at the Merit Health-Rankin…

Johnnie Ray Boyd, 74, of Brandon, passed away on April 19, 2024. A visitation for Ray will be held from noon until 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home, 3780 Highway 80 East, Pearl, followed by a funeral service at 2 and burial at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl. Rev. Timothy Mains will…

Funeral services for Elizabeth “Liz” Williams Riley will be conducted at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at New Hebron Baptist Church, with Bro. Mike Grenn officiating, assisted by Bro. Earl Clark and Bro. Jeremy Knowles.  Interment will follow in the New Hebron Cemetery.  Mrs. Riley, 76, entered into the eternal rest of her Lord…

Funeral services were held April 6, 2024, at Ruby K. Johnson Chapel, Prentiss, for Orange Perkins Jr., 76, who died April 1 at St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Perkins was born to the late Orange and Louvenia Perkins in Lawrence County. He joined Oak Ridge Baptist Church, where…

Funeral services were held April 6, 2024, at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Prentiss, for Patricia Ann Tucker, 87, who died March 22 at Wesley Medical Center, Hattiesburg. Rev. Carroll Mitchell officiated, with interment following at Rocky Branch Cemetery, Monticello. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Tucker was born in Monticello to the…

Rebecca Ann Dawsey, 86, of Monticello, passed away April 7, 2024, at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven. She was born Jan. 7, 1938, in Natchez to William W. and Maxine R. Johnston Chisholm. Celebration of life will be held on Thursday, April 11, at Wilson Funeral Home in Monticello. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.…

Lance Wayne Errington, 59, of Oakvale, passed away April 7, 2024, at the University Medical Center in Jackson. He was born Nov. 13, 1964, in Jackson. Celebration of life will be held at a later date. Lance loved his family. He loved to work on cars. Lance had a huge heart and was willing to…

Parham Wilson Williams was born in Belzoni on Aug. 17, 1938, and passed into the presence of Christ on April 2, 2024, following a very brief illness. He was the youngest of three children born to Edwin Winston Williams Sr. and Mary DeLoach Yeates, and he was very close to his sister, Rosemary, and brother,…

Jessica Nicole Troyer, affectionately known as “Jess,” passed away March 30, 2024, at home following a brief illness. She was born in Jackson on Jan. 29, 1981. Jess was 43 years old. Jess was a 1999 graduate of Lawrence County High School and an avid Ole Miss fan. She never met a stranger and was…

John Curtis Griffin, 49, of Sontag, died suddenly March 25, 2024, in Sontag. He was born in Ackerman on Aug. 23, 1974, to Curtis Lee Griffin and Betsy Griffin. A private burial was conducted March 30 at his home. There will be a family memorial at a later date. John enjoyed blacksmithing, homesteading, and building…