All Obituaries

Greenwood, MS: Mrs. Shirley Lott, passed away Thursday, September 16, 2021, at her home in Greenwood. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church in Greenwood with Interment following at Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton, MS. Dr. Andrew Chaney will officiate. Visitation will be from 9:30 am until the time of the service on the day of the funeral in the Parlor at First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Lott was a born in Carroll County and a...

Larry L. Bennett, Jr. 54 passed away suddenly, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.  A memorial service will be 10 A.M. Saturday Sept. 18 at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home with Rev. Randy Clayton officiating.  Visitation is from 9-10 Saturday. Larry was born in Charleston, raised in Holcomb, graduated Grenada High School and Holmes Community College.  He had worked for Circle B. Farms near Itta Bena for the past 8 years. He is survived by a Brother, Danny Wayne Bennett (Cindy) of Holcomb;...

Patricia Holbrook Ball, 77, passed away Friday, September 10, 2021 at her home in North Carrollton, surrounded by her family.  Graveside services are 10:30 Monday, September 13, at Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton, with Rev. Gary Roberson officiating.   Patricia was born in Little Rock, AR to Cecil and Gladys Holbrook and grew up in Greenwood where she graduated from Greenwood High School in 1962. She married Robert L. Ball in 1967 and moved to Carrollton to raise her two...

Terry Wayne Kelly   Terry Wayne Kelly, 71, of Itta Bena, died Tuesday, September 7, after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis.   Born in Greenwood, Miss., on November 18, 1949, to the late Mable Wilson Kelly and Rex O. Kelly, Kelly was raised in Inverness, Miss., and graduated in 1967 from Leflore County High School. Kelly then attended Mississippi Delta Junior College and was in the U.S. Army Reserve at the Greenwood unit in Greenwood, Miss.   In August of 1971, he...

Lowery Wayne Self, 76, passed away suddenly at his home in Cruger on Friday, September 3, 2021.  Memorial services are 6 P.M. Tuesday, September 7 at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home with Rev. Al Different and Rev. Bob Self officiating. Visitation is from 5-6 P.M. prior to the service.  Due to the recent increase in Covid19 cases in the area, the family respectfully requests the strict use of masks or appropriate face coverings during the visitation and service. Wayne was born in...

Nancy Hughes Wood, age 62, of Greenwood, MS died peacefully at home August 23, 2021, after a short illness. There will be a graveside burial service, with the Rev. Patrick Sanders, her nephew, officiating on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 11:00 a.m., at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, MS.  She will be laid to rest in a family plot next to her beloved parents and grandparents. Nancy was an Episcopalian and attended the Church of the Nativity and, also, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in...

Eva Theresa Downs Carr went to her Heavenly home on Friday, August 20, 2021.  Eva was born December 4, 1922, in Water Valley, Mississippi to Reuben Daniel and Isabel Nolan Downs. They were sharecroppers in the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s.  The Great Depression and the Oklahoma dust storms were a part of Eva’s and her 5 siblings’ everyday lives. She told of her mother gathering the children and taking refuge from the dust storm in an old shed in Tallahatchie...

Roy D. Goss, 79, passed away Sunday, August 8, 2021 at Greenwood Leflore Hospital.  Services are 11 A.M. Thursday, August 12, 2021 at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home with interment in Odd Fellows East Cemetery.  Rev. Tim Winters will officiate.  Visitation is from 5-7 P.M. Wednesday and from 10-11 A.M. Thursday at the funeral home. Roy was born in Carroll County to J. M. and Violet Harper Goss.  He resided most of his life in Leflore and Carroll Counties.  He worked...

Margaret Smith Montgomery age 83 of Greenwood, MS passed away Saturday August 7, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family. A visitation for Margaret will be held Monday, August 9, 2021 from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home. Funeral Service will follow at 2:00 PM in the Greenwood Delta Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Carrollton, MS. Reverend Larry Littlejohn & Glen Barlow will officiate the services. Margaret was born October...

Jean Maria Caillouet Kendall, 66, passed away Friday, July 30, 2021 at her home in Vaiden, MS.  Funeral services are 11 A.M., Tuesday, August 3 at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home with Bobby Palmertree officiating.  Interment will be in Hillview-Stone Cemetery.  Visitation is from 9-11 A. M. Tuesday prior to the service. Maria was a native of Greenville, grew up in Morgan City and Belzoni and graduated from Humphreys County High School.  She received her LPN degree from MS...