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L.Q. “Sonny” Raper
By Staff Report, 260 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 05:30 PM
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Duck Hill Baptist Church for Mr. L.Q. “Sonny” Raper, 83, of Duck Hill, who died on Sunday, July 25, at his residence. Burial will follow in the Duck Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Tim Buchanan and the Rev. Kerry Gibson will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m.
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Oscar Russell “Rusty” Reed Jr.
By Staff Report, 230 Reads
Fri, 07/23/2021 - 04:00 PM
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at First Baptist Church of Winona for Oscar Russell “Rusty” Reed Jr., 72, of Winona, who died on Monday, July 19. Burial followed in Winona Garden of Memories. Visitation was held from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 21, at First Baptist Church of Winona.
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Cynthia Diane Hodges
By Staff Report, 407 Reads
Tue, 07/20/2021 - 03:35 PM
A time of remembrance will be held from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, 2021, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada for Ms. Cynthia Diane Hodges, 60, of Horn Lake, who died on Wednesday, July 14, in Southaven.

Ms. Hodges was born on Dec. 8, 1960, in Grenada. She was a homemaker.
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Thomas Wayne “Tommy“ Vaughn
By Staff Report, 405 Reads
Tue, 07/20/2021 - 03:15 PM
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at the Mortimer National Funeral Home Chapel in Grenada for Thomas Wayne “Tommy“ Vaughn, 80, of Duck Hill, who died on Monday, July 19, in Winona. Burial will follow in Grenada Memorial Gardens.
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Elise Varner Winter

Elise Varner Winter, former first lady and community activist, dies at 95
By Mississippi Today Staff, 155 Reads
Mon, 07/19/2021 - 11:12 AM
Editor’s note: This obituary was provided to Mississippi Today by the family of Elise Varner Winter and was written by longtime family friend JoAnne Prichard Morris.

Elise Varner Winter, the widow of Mississippi Gov. William Winter, died July 17, 2021, in Jackson. She was 95.
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Glennis Patton
By Staff Report, 783 Reads
Fri, 07/16/2021 - 04:00 PM
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, 2021, at Emmanuel Baptist Church for Glennis Patton. Visitation will be held from noon until service time on Saturday, July 17, at the church. Burial will follow in Red Hill Cemetery.
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Elise Cummings
By Staff Report, 385 Reads
Fri, 07/16/2021 - 03:00 PM
Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 18, 2021, in New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Carroll County for Elise Cummings, 55, of Carrollton, who died on Wednesday, July 14, at her residence. The Rev. Joseph Sansing will officiate. Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. until service time on Sunday, July 18, at the church.
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BB Billingsley Jr.
By Staff Report, 266 Reads
Thu, 07/15/2021 - 06:00 PM
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 16, 2021, at First Baptist Church Coffeeville for Mr. BB Billingsley Jr., 82, of Coffeeville, who died on Friday, June 25, in Oxford. The Rev. Truman Scarborough and the Rev. Craig Baker will officiate.
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Andrew Reagan Green
By Staff Report, 232 Reads
Thu, 07/15/2021 - 04:06 PM
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 8, 2021, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada for Andrew Reagan Green, 29, who died on Sunday, July 4, in a motor vehicle accident in Jonesboro, Ark.
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Sara Ellen Cook Sykes
By Staff Report, 218 Reads
Thu, 07/15/2021 - 04:04 PM
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Magnolia Gardens Cemetery in Paynes for Sara Ellen Cook Sykes, 84, who died on Thursday, July 1, in Ridgeland. Bro. Terry Corley officiated.

Sara was born on Oct. 20, 1936, to the late Roy Cook and Geneva Hall Cook Pynes.
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