All Obituaries

Mrs. Ellene Little Ferguson, 92, passed away Monday, November 15, 2021 at her daughter’s home in Starkville.  Funeral services are 1 P.M. Thursday, November 18 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Dennis Gossett, Rev. Glenn Seefeld and Rev. Eddy Carpenter officiating.  Interment will follow in Hickory Grove Baptist Church cemetery in Carroll County.  Visitation is from noon till service time in the church sanctuary. Ellene was born to Boyce and Effie Little and...

Cruger, MS: Mrs. Patsy Ruth Cobb Householder, 93, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021 at the home of her daughter in Sikeston, MO.  Funeral Services are 2 P.M. Sunday, November 21 at Cruger Baptist Church with interment to follow at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery.  Rev. Al Different is officiating.  Visitation is from 1-2 at the church. Patsy was born to George William and Pearl Fleming Cobb in New Madrid, MO, grew up in that area and moved to Cruger in 1982. Mrs....

Joyce Everett, 81, passed away Saturday, October 30, 2021 at Greenwood Leflore Hospital.  Private family graveside services are being held at the Everett Family Cemetery with Rev. Lynn Welch officiating. Joyce was born to Leo and Pearl McDonald Moss in Morgan City.  She had been a lifelong resident of Leflore County.  Joyce had worked as a rural mail carrier with the US Post Office, retiring after 35 years of service.  She was a faithful member of Riverside Baptist...

Donald Eugene Clardy, Sr., 76, passed away Wednesday October 27, 2021 at his home near Holcomb.  Funeral services are 2 P.M. Saturday November 13, 2021 at Leflore Baptist Church with interment in Leflore Baptist Church Cemetery.  Rev. Stanley Turner will officiate.  Visitation iis from 1-2 P.M. prior to the service Donald was born in Grenada to Eugene and Emma Tingle Clardy and was a lifelong resident of Holcomb.  He was an active member of Leflore Baptist Church and...

Bettye Tingle Jackson, 83, passed away Wednesday October 27, 2021 at her home in Avalon surrounded by her family.  Graveside services are 2 P.M. Friday, October 29 at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery with Rev. Lanny Haley officiating.  Visitation is from 11:30 A.M. to 1 P.M. at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home. Bettye was a lifelong resident of Avalon and had worked as a RN for Greenwood Leflore Hospital in numerous departments including ER, Labor and Delivery and Telemetry.  She was a member...

Mary Jo Matthews Bennett, 68 passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021 at her home in Carroll County surrounded by her family.  Funeral services are 1 P.M. Saturday, October 23 at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home with Rev. Kenny Roberson and Rev. Reed McCaleb officiating.  Interment will follow at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. Mary Jo was born to Kimes and Mary D. Matthews in Greenwood and had been a lifelong resident of Leflore and Carroll Counties.  She had worked as a...

Karlis Gercens, Jr., 78, passed away suddenly Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at his home on Egypt Plantation near Cruger, MS.  Funeral services are 3 P.M. Sunday, October 17 at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home with Rev. Al Different officiating. Visitation is from 1-3 P.M. Sunday prior to the service. Karlis was born in Latvia to Karlis and Marija Martinson Gercens.  He and his family moved to Egypt plantation when he was 7.  He grew up there and graduated from Delta State...

David C. Pentecost, 69, passed away early Wednesday morning, October 6, 2021, at his home in Greenwood.  Funeral services are 2 P M.  Friday October 8 at North Greenwood Baptist Church with Dr. Jim Phillips officiating.  Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton. David was born in Jackson to James Madison and Elizabeth Shute Pentecost and raised in Greenwood.  He was a graduate of Greenwood High School where he played in the school...

Jean Dodd Kelly, 89, passed away peacefully at her home Sunday, October 3, 2021.  Funeral services are 11 A.M. Tuesday, October 5 at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home with Rev. Preston “Butch” Kelly officiating.  Interment will follow in Itta Bena Cemetery.  Visitation is from 9-11 A.M. Tuesday prior to the service Jean was born in Quito, MS to Tobie and Rena Duncan Dodd.  She lived all of her adult life on the Kelly place out on Lake Henry.  She was a...

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...