Area Obituaries

Funeral services were held on Nov. 22, 2025, at Quin Temple COGIC, Monticello, for Barbara Jean Cooper, 79, of Silver Creek, who passed away on Nov. 15 at her residence. Rev. Thad Easter officiated, with interment following at Cooper’s Garden Cemetery, Silver Creek. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. She is the daughter…

Funeral services were held on Nov. 22, 2025, at Spring Hill M.B. Church, Silver Creek, for Veronica Hooker Lewis, 45, of Silver Creek, who passed away on Nov. 13 at Jefferson Davis Community Hospital, Prentiss. Rev. Roy L. Thompson officiated, with interment following in the church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.…

Funeral services were held on Nov. 15, 2025, at St. James M. B. Church, Oakvale, for James William Lowe, 82, of Silver Creek, who passed away on Nov. 2 at Merit Health Wesley, Hattiesburg. Rev. Alexander Norwood officiated, with interment following at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Jayess. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.…

Arrie Douglas Johnson, 84, of Monticello, was born on June 17, 1941. He passed away peacefully at his home on Nov. 11, 2025. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, Nov. 14, at Bethel Baptist Church at 71 Bethel Road. Funeral services will be held at noon on Friday at Bethel…

Funeral services for Brenda Sue Scanlan Tolbird Robbins will be conducted at 11 a.m., on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, at Divide Memorial Methodist Protestant Church in Monticello, with Pastor Jerron Carney officiating. Interment will follow in the Divide Memorial Church Cemetery, with Pastor Carlos Dawson officiating. Mrs. Robbins, 76, entered into the eternal rest of…

Funeral services were held on Nov. 8, 2025, at New Life Fellowship Baptist Church, Monticello, for Eleanor Bridges Brown, 83, of Jackson, who passed away on Oct. 25 at her residence. Rev. Amos D. Bridges officiated, with interment following in the church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. She is the daughter…

Funeral services were held on Nov. 1, 2025, at Ruby K. Johnson Chapel, Prentiss, for Harvey Jousha Hartzog, 39, of Poplarville, who passed away on Oct. 17 at Pearl River County Hospital, Poplarville. Rev. Robert Barnes officiated. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. He is the son of Harvey Hartzog Sr. and the…

Laura ‘Marie’ Boone was welcomed into heaven on Oct. 17, 2025, two months past her 100th birthday. She was born to Jim and Nannie Foster, of Sontag, and married to Charles Ray (Jack) Boone for 50 years. She was preceded in death by one son and seven siblings. She is survived by two daughters, Rosemary…

Funeral services were held on Oct. 18, 2025, at St. Paul M. B. Church, Silver Creek, for Nicole Lashay Funches Bass, 47, of Silver Creek, who passed away on Oct. 9 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson. Rev. Michael Evans officiated, with interment following at Pen Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Silver Creek. Johnson…

Funeral services were held on Oct. 18, 2025, at Silver Creek Missionary Baptist Church, New Hebron, for Markita Antionetta Gholar, 41, of Silver Creek, who passed away on Oct. 2 in Jefferson Davis County. Rev. Jerry Bryant officiated, with interment following in the church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. She is…