All Obituaries

Thomas Wiggins, 95, passed away Saturday morning, April 27, 2024, at his home in Teoc.  Services are 11 A.M. Tuesday, April 30 at Malmaison Baptist Church, where he was a member, with Rev. Lanny Haley and Rev. Gary Tanner officiating.  Interment is in Malmaison Baptist Church cemetery with military honors provided by American Legion Post # 29.  Visitation is from 9:30 – 11 A.M prior to the service at the church. Thomas was born to Tilman Thomas and Lenora Montgomery...

Sandra White Taylor, 76, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at the University of MS Medical Center in Grenada.  Services are 11 A.M. Friday, April 26 at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Teoc.  Visitation is from 10-11 prior to the service. Sandra was born to Curtis and Sara Frances White.  She was raised in the Greenwood area, graduated from Greenwood High School and attended MS Delta Community College.  She had resided in Teoc for a number of years and was a...

Charles Neal “Chuck Morgan, Jr., 64, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, April14, 2024, in Scobey, MS while visiting family.  Funeral services are 3 P.M. Wednesday, April, 17, at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home with Rev. Mitchell Long officiating.  Visitation is from 1-3 prior to the service Chuck was born to Charles Neal and Bonnie Holland Morgan in Charleston.  He was raised in Greenwood and attended Greenwood High School. He loved to fish, hunt and spend time with his...

Dennis Booth McKay February 9, 1948 – April 12,2024 Bro. Dennis McKay passed away at home following a brief illness on Friday April 12,2024. Services will be Monday April 15,2024 at 11:00 am at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home Chapel. His sons Bryan and Brad McKay along with Bro. Danny Irvin will speak. Bro. Dustin Long will officiate graveside services. Intermittent will be at North Mississippi Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Kilmicheal. Visitation will be 4-6 P.M. Sunday at...

Lana Ferguson Colon, 79, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Golden Age Nursing Home in Greenwood.  Funeral services are 11 A.M. Saturday, April 6, at Greenwood Delta Funeral Home with interment in Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton.  Rev. Joseph Sansing will officiate.  Visitation is from 9-11 A.M. Saturday prior to the service. Lana was born in Cleveland to John L. and Beatrice Abel Ferguson.  She was raised there and graduated from Cleveland High School. ...

John Wayne Busby, Sr., 70, known by his friends and family as “John Wayne” died in his sleep at home on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Graveside services are 11 A.M. Wednesday, April 3 in McCarley Cemetery with Rev. Rupert Ingram officiating. John Wayne was born in Tallahatchie County, MS to James Lofton and Louise Sapp Busby.  He started working at a very young age on area farms and later worked for J.J. Ferguson for over 20 years as a bulldozer operator.  He loved to hunt...

GREENWOOD—Family and friends will celebrate the life of Mary Jane Gallagher of Marion, Indiana. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 19, 2024, in Greenwood, Mississippi. Funeral Services will be Saturday, April 13 at 11:00 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Greenwood, Mississippi, with internment following in Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton, Mississippi. Father Andrew Nguyen will officiate the services. Pallbearers will be Thomas Gallagher,...

Karen Barger, 65, passed away Friday, March 15, 2024, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Grenada with her family by her side.  Funeral services will be 3 P.M. Wednesday, March 20 at the Greenwood Delta Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jim Phillips officiating.  Interment will follow in Odd Fellows East Cemetery. Visitation is from 1-2:45 P.M. prior to the funeral. Karen was born in Greenwood to Charles and Dorothy Turner.  She graduated from Greenwood High School...

Mr. Billy D. Johns, aged 88, peacefully passed away on Friday, March 15, 2024, attended by his sons at St. Dominic Hospital following a recent stroke and a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. The family thanks Arden Hospice for their ministry during his hospitalization. He was born in Scott County to Homer and Viola (White) Johns, where he spent his youth immersed in the family farm alongside his older siblings. There he cultivated values of hard work and dedication. In the course a...

Shirley Hodges, 88, passed away at her home on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.  Graveside services are 12:30 P.M. Thursday, March 7, at Bear Creek Cemetery in Morgan City with Rev. Preston “Butch” Kelly officiating. Shirley was born in Sunflower County to James Wade and Dura May Burchfield and had been a resident of the MS Delta her entire life.  She was a retired teacher’s aide for the Leflore County School system working primarily in the kindergarten department. ...