OBITUARIES
Recent obituaries in the Meridian and surrounding areas
The obituaries in the Meridian Area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy. Their stories serve as a reminder of the richness and complexity Meridian's history and identity.

Gertrude Boone
Nov 21, 2011
Gertrude Trudy Boone Services for Mrs. Gertrude Trudy Boone will be held on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at James F. Webb funeral Home Chapel at 11:30 a.m. with Rev. Kenneth Owens officiating. Interment will be held at Concorde Cemetery in Enterprise, MS. Mrs. Boone, 85, passed away on November 21, 2011 at Golden Living Center in Meridian. Survivors include...

Virginia Gray
Nov 15, 2011
Virginia E. Coleman Gray Services for Virginia E. Coleman Gray will be held Friday at 11 am at Webb Chapel with Bro. Danny Pinter and Bro. Ryan Moore officiating. Burial will be in Stinson Cemetery with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Gray, 89, of Meridian, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at her...

Tony Ward
Nov 12, 2011
Tony Ward Graveside Services for Tony Ward will be held Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 11 am at Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in the House Community with Rev. Dennis Shaw officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Ward, 58, of Meridian, died Saturday, November 12, 2011 at his residence. He is survived...

William Davidson
Nov 11, 2011
WILLIAM FRANK DAVIDSON Graveside Services for William Frank Davidson will be held Monday, November 14, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with Rev. Gary Blair officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Davidson, age 84, a resident of Meridian, passed away Friday, November 11, 2011 in Meridian. He was a Navy veteran...

Ellen Roberson
Nov 9, 2011
Ellen Elizabeth Roberson Services for Ellen Elizabeth Roberson will be held Friday at 11 am at Water Valley Pentecostal Church with Rev. Paul Queen and Rev. Gary McGinnis officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Roberson, 99, of Meridian, died Wednesday, November 09, 2011 at Golden...

Leonard Withers
Nov 8, 2011
Leonard R. Shorty Withers Services for Leonard R. Shorty Withers will be held Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 58 pm at James F. Webb Funeral Home. Mr. Withers, 68, of Meridian, died Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at his residence. He was a retired truck driver with Yellow Freight Company and a member of the Teamsters. He was known as...

Elish Hodges
Nov 2, 2011
E.A. Chief Hodges Services for E.A. Hodges will be held Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 10:30 am at Webb Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Dennis Stovall officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Hodges, 78, of Collinsville, died Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at Anderson Regional Medical Center....

Mary Mcdonald
Oct 28, 2011
Services for Mary Elizabeth McDonald will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Webb Funeral Home Chapel with her cousin, the Rev. Paul McDonald, officiating. Burial will be at New Bethel Cemetery. Mrs. McDonald, 64, died Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was born in Meridian on Aug. 2, 1947. Beth was an enlightened and...

Robert Robbins
Oct 24, 2011
Services for Robert W. Bob Robbins will be held Friday, October 28, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Wesley Chapel UMC on Hwy. 145 South with Rev. Pam Randall and Rev. Alan Randall officiating. Burial will be at Union UMC Cemetery in Kemper County. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Robbins, age 71, a...

Robert Rivers Sr.
Oct 24, 2011
Mr. Robert B. Rivers Sr. Services for Mr. Robert B. Rivers Sr. will be held on Friday, October 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Webb Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Weir and Rev. Lamar Lifer officiating. Interment will be at Magnolia Cemetery. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Rivers, age 89, passed away...

William Smith
Oct 23, 2011
William W. Pete Smith Services for William W. Pete Smith will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at Carmel Baptist Church with Bro. Joe Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Smith, 82, of Meridian, died Sunday, October 23, 2011 at Anderson Regional Medical Center....

Christopher Wilborn
Oct 16, 2011
Christopher Bryant Peanut Wilborn Services for Christopher Bryant Wilborn will be held Wednesday October 19, 2011 at 11 am at Webb Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bob Followell officiating. Burial will be in Henrys Chapel Cemetery in Philadelphia with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Master Wilborn, 8, of Meridian, died Sunday, October 16, 2011...

Franklin Sherven
Oct 11, 2011
Mr. Franklin Carl Sherven Memorial Services for Mr. Franklin Carl Sherven, known by many as Pistolero Paco, will be held on Friday, October 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Owens officiating. Mr. Sherven passed away Tuesday morning, October 11, 2011 in Meridian, Mississippi. He served 6 years in the United...

Danny Murray
Oct 10, 2011
Services for Mr. Danny Murray will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Graveside with Bro. Kenneth Murray officiating. Interment will be in Enterprise Cemetery. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Murray, 61, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2011 at his residence home in Quitman. He is survived by...

Josephine Bradshaw
Oct 9, 2011
Josephine Heard Bradshaw 90 died October 9, 2011, in her home at Aldersgate Retirement Community, Meridian, MS. She was born January 15, 1921, in Indianola to Annie Mae Cooper Heard and William Franklin Heard, III, and reared in Jackson. She was married to John W. J.W. Bradshaw, II, in 1941. They lived briefly in Phoenix, MS, before moving with...

Roy Scott
Oct 8, 2011
A private family memorial service will be held at a later date for Roy Stanton Scott, 79, of Meehan, who died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Scott is survived by his sister, Hazel Henley three brothers: Carl Scott, Robert Scott, and Dennis Scott nieces: Terrie Farmer and Kristen Mayatt and nephews: Van Scott and Rick McCraw....
Lillian Ward
Oct 6, 2011
Lillian Price Ward Lillian Price Ward, 94, of Meridian and Tuscaloosa, died October 6, 2011, at Heritage Health Care and Rehab in Tuscaloosa. Services will be held at Central United Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 8, with Jim Wall officiating and Webbs Funeral Home directing. Burial will follow in St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Winnie Hill
Oct 6, 2011
Winnie Russell Hill Services for Mrs. Winnie Russell Hill will be held Saturday at 10 am at Webb Chapel with Rev. Chuck Fowler officiating. Burial will be in the New Zion Church Cemetery in Monticello, Mississippi with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Hill, 97, of Meridian, passed away Thursday, October 06, 2011 in...

Tony Harbour
Oct 6, 2011
Mr. Tony Bryant Harbour Memorial Services for Mr. Tony Bryant Harbour will be held at a later date. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Harbour, age 76, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was retired from Ferry Transportation and a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist...

Helen Davidson
Oct 5, 2011
Mrs. Helen Allen Davidson Services for Mrs. Helen Allen Davidson will be held on Monday, October 10, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Mt. Horeb Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Belcher officiating. Interment will be at Mt. Horeb Cemetery. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Davidson, age 70, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2011...
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