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.

Mary Swain

Mary Swain

Aug 27, 2021

Graveside services for Mary Anderson Swain will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with Dr. Paul Allen officiating. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Swain, 89, of Meridian, died Friday, August 27, 2021, at Brookdale Senior Living. She and her husband Neill did the accounting at WTOK for many years. She...

Faye Brewer

Faye Brewer

Aug 26, 2021

Graveside services for Mrs. Faye Brewer will be Monday, August 30, 2021, at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, August 29, 2021, from 2 until 4 at Stephens Funeral Home.  Mrs. Brewer, 94, died Thursday, August 26, 2021, at Bedford Care Center of Marion.

Mrs. Faye loved working in her yard and reading.  Her...

Lizzie Archie

Lizzie Archie

Aug 26, 2021

Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Mae Evans Archie will be held Thursday, September 2nd at 10:30 am at Stephens Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in the Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in the Meehan community. Rev. Chuck Overby will be officiating along with David Foster who will offer the eulogy. Stephens Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements....

Betty Johnson

Betty Johnson

Aug 25, 2021

Funeral services for Betty Earl Johnson will be held Saturday, August 28, 2021, 3:00 p.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home with visitation held two hours prior to service. Interment will follow at Concord Cemetery.

Mrs. Johnson, 71, of Meridian, passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.

She is survived...

Clement "Kem" Banks

Clement "Kem" Banks

Aug 24, 2021

Services for Mr. Clement E. “Kem” Banks will be held Monday, August 30, 2021, 10:00 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Mazzaferro officiating. Interment will be held at 1:00 p.m. at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton, MS.

Visitation will be held Sunday, August 29th, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the funeral home....

George Hall

George Hall

Aug 23, 2021

Graveside services for George Richard Hall will be Friday at 11:00 am at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Rev. John Sweeny will be officiating along with Sara Gibson, Tommy Beck and Caleb Corvelle. Stephens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.

George Richard Hall, 90 years old, passed On to GLORY on Monday, August 23rd, 2021, in...

Margaret Watkins

Margaret Watkins

Aug 17, 2021

Private graveside services for Margaret A. Watkins, 90, who passed away Tuesday August 17, 2021 at Anderson Regional Medical Center will be held Saturday August 21, 2021 at New Hope Cemetery with Bro. Steve Taylor of Russell Baptist Church officiating. Services will be under the direction of James F. Webb Funeral Home.

Mrs. Watkins was born May...

Georgia Budinich

Georgia Budinich

Aug 16, 2021

Ms.Georgia Lin Budinich of Meridian, died peacefully early Monday, August 16, 2021. Ms. Georgia, as she was affectionately known, was born in Port Gibson, Mississippi December 24, 1934. Her parents were Merlin Lawrence (Maxwell) of Brookhaven, and Elmer Leon Lawrence of Port Gibson. The family moved to Biloxi in search of employment opportunities in the mid 1940's. Georgia graduated from...

Janice Wood

Janice Wood

Aug 16, 2021

Graveside services for Janice “JJ” Burrage Wood will be held Wednesday at 2pm in Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery in the Meehan Community. Bro. Tommy Miller will be officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.

Janice, 66, of Enterprise, was born in Meridian to Jimmy Poncit Burrage and Mary Frances Higginbotham Burrage on April 29th, 1955....

Kenneth "Ken" Scruggs

Kenneth "Ken" Scruggs

Aug 14, 2021

In loving memory of Kenneth Wayne Scruggs.  Ken was born on May 5, 1971 and he passed away on August 14, 2021.  Ken was a a loving husband and father.  He was passionate about animals and rescued several dogs and treated them like they were his children.  He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family.  He would do...

Danny Herrington

Danny Herrington

Aug 13, 2021

Danny Franklin Herrington, age 72, passed away August 13th at Rush Hospital. He was born on August, 14 1948.

He is survived by a daughter, Dusti Parker; sisters, Lydia Minor, Jean Fisher, and Mary Kathryn Godwin; many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Lanoel Herrington, and mother, Margie Fuller Herrington,...

Steveann Bourgeois

Steveann Bourgeois

Aug 13, 2021

Mrs. SteveAnn B. Bourgeois, 74, of Gulf Breeze, FL, died Friday, August 13, 2021, at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, MS. A Celebration of Life/Memorial Service will be held Saturday, August 28, 2021,at 1pm, with food and drink from 12pm to 1pm, at 1st Baptist Church on Fairpoint Drive, in Gulf Breeze, FL.

Ms. Bourgeois loved people...

Lewis Mccraw Iii

Lewis Mccraw Iii

Aug 11, 2021

Visitation will be held  Wednesday, August 18,2021 at the James F. Webb  Funeral Home from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., a private graveside burial to follow with Bro. James H. Dearman officiating.

Lewis Harrell McCraw III. passed away at Anderson Hospital on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at the age of 50. Harrell was proceeded in death by his father,...

Teresa Spears

Teresa Spears

Aug 10, 2021

Funeral services for Teresa Ann Spears will be held Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Webb’s Funeral Home.  Private family burial will follow at New Bethel Cemetery.

Mrs. Teresa Spears, age 55, of Lauderdale, Mississippi passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at Rush Foundation Hospital.

Teresa attended Enterprise High School.  She was a...

James Wilkes

James Wilkes

Aug 10, 2021

Visitation for James Leslie "Zero" Wilkes will be Monday, August 16,2021, 12:00-2:00 at James F. Webb Funeral Home,service to follow immediately afterwards with Bro. Lee Robinson officiating.Internment will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery.  James F. Webb Funeral Home is honored to assist the family during this difficult time.

Mr. Wilkes went to his heavenly home on August 10,2021. He...

William Hunnicutt Jr.

William Hunnicutt Jr.

Aug 10, 2021

William Robert (Billy) Hunnicutt, Jr. passed away on Tuesday, August 10,2021 at age 83 of complications from a fall. There will be no services at this time.

Billy Hunnicutt was born in Meridian and graduated from Meridian High School in 1956. Over the following years, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, gained some college experience,...

Daisy Moulds

Daisy Moulds

Aug 10, 2021

Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy Hollingsworth Moulds will be held Friday at 11 am in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Enterprise Cemetery.

Mrs. Moulds, 94, of Meridian, passed away peacefully at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.

She was a volunteer at The Salvation Army for fifty years and took great...

Patsy Jenkins

Patsy Jenkins

Aug 9, 2021

A graveside service for Mrs. Patsy Ruth Jenkins will be held Friday, August 13, 2013, 10:30 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with Bro. Chris Gully officiating. James F. Webb is entrusted with arrangements.

Mrs. Jenkins, 94, of Meridian, passed away Monday, August 9, 2021, at her residence.

Patsy retired from AT&T after 30 years of service....

Helen Brown

Helen Brown

Aug 8, 2021

Helen Hyatt Burcham Brown, age 98, passed away August 8th at the home of her daughter in Meridian, Mississippi.  Helen was born on April 27, 1923 in Egan Park, Georgia, the sixth and youngest child of Hattie Reynolds Hyatt and Jessie Elmer Hyatt.  She lost her father at the age of 4, and eventually became her mother's caretaker until...

Eula Caraway

Eula Caraway

Aug 8, 2021

Services for Mrs. Eula Pauline Brown Caraway will be held on Friday, August 13, 2021, at Webb Funeral Home Chapel, at 10:30 a.m. with Dr. Gary Blair officiating.  Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 12th from 5 - 7 p.m. at the funeral home.  Interment will be in Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery in the Zero Community.  James...

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