Area Obituaries

Lynn Joseph Rivere, 89, of Jayess, passed away Sept. 26, 2021. He was born Oct. 10, 1931, in Napoleonville, La., to Camille and Rita Perrere Rivere. A funeral service was held Sept. 28 at Divide Memorial Methodist Protestant Church. A graveside service followed in the Divide Memorial Methodist Protestant Church Cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home handled…

Jimbo Barton, 66, of Silver Creek, died Sept. 14, 2021, from complications of his heart and lungs. A funeral service was held Sept. 18 at Calvary Baptist Church in Silver Creek. Wilson Funeral Home handled the arrangements. He was born to Mary Margaret Davis and Jimmy Barton while his father was in Silver Creek acting…

Michael Shane Bullock, 47, of Topeka, passed away Sept. 12, 2021. He was born Jan. 16, 1974. Funeral services were held Sept. 15 at Providence Baptist Church. A graveside service follow at the Providence Cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Shane loved quietly but fierce. He was the sweetest soul. There is no doubt…

Alma Adams Lambert Greer, 92, passed away Sept. 15, 2021, at her home in Baldwyn. She loved all her family dearly. She retired from Kellwood Manufacturing in Monticello in 1984. She was a member of Calvary United Pentecostal Church until moving to Baldwyn, where she was a member of New Bethel Apostolic Church. Services were…

Mac “BoBo” Madison Johnson Jr., 58, of Sontag, passed away Sept. 17, 2021, at King’s Daughters Hospital in Brookhaven. Mac was born Feb. 2, 1963, in Lawrence County to Mac Madison Sr. and Frances Wright Johnson. Funeral services were held Sept. 22 at Shiloh Baptist Church, with graveside services following at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery.…

Byther Smith, 89, peacefully stepped out of this earthly life and into eternal life on Sept. 10, 2021, at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago, Ill. Chicago’s Blues Legend Byther Smith was a native of Jayess and was born in Monticello on April 17, 1932. Graveside service will be held at Salem M.B. Church, 333…

Graveside services for Marylen Butler were held Sept. 8, 2021, at Drummonds Cemetery in New Hebron. Mrs. Butler, 68, passed away Sept. 5 at Merit Health-Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg. Reverend Jay Thompson officiated. Saulters Moore Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Marylen was born April 25, 1953, in Monticello to Eugene and Dorothy Hemphill Letchworth.…

Funeral service for Robert Alan Galey Sr. were held Sept. 10, 2021, at Pleasant Grove Church in Lawrence County, with burial in the church cemetery. Riverwood Family handled the arrangements. Mr. Galey Sr., 61, of Ruth, died Sept. 4 in Byra. He was born Aug. 29, 1960, in Evansville, Ind., to James Kenneth Galey and…