Sep 8, 2019

Graveside services for Ralph E. Newell will be held Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at 10 am at Magnolia Cemetery. Brother Chuck Overby will be officiating. Stephens Funeral Home has been entrusted with his arrangements. Mr. Newell, 92, of Meridian, MS, died Sunday, September 8, 2019, at Lakeside Health and Rehabilitation Center in Quitman, MS. He was an owner and...

Sep 5, 2019

Memorial Services for Mrs. Bessie Louise Pierce Harper will be 11 am Monday September 9, 2019 at James F. Webb funeral home. Brother Davey Wilkinson will officiate the service.

Mrs. Harper 97 of Meridian passed away Thursday September 5th 2019 at her home in Meridian, MS. She loved spending time with her family, Gardening and...

Sep 3, 2019

Graveside services for Mr. Thomas Clay Williams will be held Saturday at 10 am in Antioch Baptist Church cemetery in Kemper Co. Rev. Wilson Kendrick will be officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.

Coach Williams, 78, of Scooba, passed away Tuesday at Jeff Anderson Medical Center.

He was a...

Sep 1, 2019

Merle Harrison Jeffares died Sunday, Sept. 1, at Brookdale Senior Living, Meridian. She was 97.

Born Jan. 16, 1922, in Chicora (Wayne County), MS, she was the only child of Willie Jane Mozingo and Charles Mack Harrison.

A native Mississippian, Merle grew up in Meridian and graduated from Meridian High School in 1939. She earned...

Sep 1, 2019

Willard Mann 84, of Meridian passed away September 1, 2019. He was survived by his wife Jackie, his children Larry Mann (Kathy), Bruce Mann (Melanie), Peggy Honeycutt, Doris Butler (Peewee), Rita Lindsey and the mother of his children Ila Mann. He has 15 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; 4 great great grandchildren; his siblings Louise Scribner, Margie Beckman (John), Aline...

Aug 28, 2019

Memorial services for Mr. Charles Thomas “Tommy” Bullard will be held Tuesday at 3pm in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home.  Rev. Charles Robinson will be officiating.

Mr. Bullard, 57, of Bailey, passed away Wednesday at his residence. He, along with his wife Tina, were the owners of T&T Auto and was known as the "best mechanic...

Aug 26, 2019

Services for Mrs. Mable Starnes will be Friday, August 30, 2019 at James F. Webb chapel at 11 a.m. Visitation will be same day from 10 to 11 a.m. Interment will be at Meridian Memorial Park cemetery in Meridian. Ministers conducting the service will be Brothers Jim Rickles and Paul Trosper.

Mrs. Starnes, 90 of Meridian passed away...

Aug 24, 2019

Helen (Joyce) Savelle, 83, died Saturday, August 24th, 2019, at her home. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, August 28th at 2:00 p.m. at Beason Cemetery, Hwy 19 N. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements and Rev. Chuck Overby will be officiating.

She is survived by a brother, Delen Savell (Mary Alice) of...

Aug 20, 2019

Funeral services for Mr. William E. Jackson will be held Friday at 2pm at Barham Funeral Home-Forest Lawn Chapel. Rev. Larry Reynolds will be officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens with military honors.

Mr. Jackson, 96, of Dalewood, passed away at his residence on Tuesday. Mr. Jackson served his country as an...

Aug 19, 2019

Services for Norman “Lil Papaw” Beitzel will be Thursday, August 22nd, 12:00 p.m., at James F. Webb Funeral Home with Bro. Billy Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Meridian Memorial Park.

Mr. Beitzel, 77, of Meridian, passed away Monday at his residence.

Norman retired from the Navy as an air traffic controller after 33 years....

Aug 17, 2019

A memorial visitation for James Wesley Thomas will be held Monday, August 26th, 10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., at James F. Webb Funeral Home.

Mr. Thomas, 51, of Meridian, passed away August 17th at his residences.

He is survived by his children, Breanna Renee Thomas, Jessica Avery Thomas, and James Wesley Thomas Jr.; friend, Jammie...

Aug 17, 2019

Alan C. Topcik, Sr, 75, of Meridian, Ms., passed away August 17th, 2019.

Mr. Topcik was predeceased by his parents Aaron and Margariet. He is survived by his four brothers, Gerold, Roland, Dennis, Philip, his two sons, Alan Jr. and Andrew, and his seven grandchildren.

Barham Funeral Home Forest Lawn Chapel is honored to be...

Aug 14, 2019

Services for Mrs. Harriet “Tootsie” Burroughs Clark will be held Friday, August 16, at 12 noon at Stephens Funeral Home in Union. Interment will follow at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton.  Brother Thomas Fortenberry will be officiating. Visitation will be from 10 - 12. Stephens Funeral Home of Union is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Clark,...

Aug 11, 2019

A Memorial service for Mickey Ray Parker will be Monday at 11 am at Stephens Funeral Home.

Bro. Tommy Miller will be officiating.

Mr. Parker 58, of Zero community passed away Sunday at University Medical Center in Jackson.

He is survived by his brothers Doyle Parker, David Parker, Curtis Parker and wife Sherry;...

Aug 8, 2019

Services for Mrs. Billie Marlynn Partridge will be held Saturday, August 10th, 11:00 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home with Dr. Danny Lanier officiating. Burial will follow at Meridian Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Partridge, 88, of Meridian, passed away Thursday evening at Bedford Care Center of Marion.

She is survived by her husband, H....

Aug 7, 2019

A memorial service for Mrs. Sharon Kay Carmichael will be held Wednesday, August 14th, 1:00 p.m., at James F. Webb Funeral Home.

Mrs. Carmichael, 70, of Meridian, passed away Wednesday, August 7th, at Queen Center Nursing Center.

She is survived by her husband, Charles T. Carmichael; son, Darron Scarbrough; grandchildren, Chelsea Scarbrough, Zachary Scarbrough, Tessa...

Aug 4, 2019

A private memorial service for Louis Marshall Hoidahl will be held at a later date. Mr. Hoidahl, 82, died Sunday, August 4 at Diversicare Nursing Home. Stephens Funeral Home is handling his arrangements. Mr. Hoidahl was retired from Cookbook Bakery in Chicago, Illinois where he was a truck driver. After moving to Mississippi, he started his own carpet cleaning business,...

Aug 2, 2019

Services for Mrs. Annie Melton will be on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at 11 a.m., at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with visitation from 10 - 11 a.m. at the church. Interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery.

Mrs. Melton, 100, of Meridian, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. She...

Aug 2, 2019

Services will be held at a later date for Mrs. Terrie LaDonna Mabry.

Mrs. Mabry, 53, of Meridian, passed away Friday, August 2nd at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.

She will be most remembered for being a devoted wife and loving mother. She was a Familiar face at Jean’s Restaurant

She is survived...

Aug 1, 2019

A celebration of life service will be held for Mrs. Clemencia Ariza on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, at 5:30 p.m., at James F. Webb Funeral Home.

Mrs. Ariza, 88, passed away on August 1, 2019 at The Oaks Rehab. She loved to sew, do crafts, and gardening. She had a passion for cooking and had an excellent...