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Mamie Ella Waller

Mamie Ella Waller

Mar 29, 2025

Mamie Ella Waller

“I Can’t Give Up Now”….Artist: Lee Williams

Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at Newton Chapel United Methodist Church, (White Sand Community), 5 Moore Road, Poplarville, MS. Visitation will be held Friday, April 4, 2025 at Brown’s Funeral Home Chapel from 5-7:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 5, 2025 one hour prior to service...

Desmond Lashay Honeycutt

Desmond Lashay Honeycutt

Mar 14, 2025

Desmond Lashay Honeycutt

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. Matthew 5:17 KJV

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 22, 2205 at 1:00 p.m. at Rose of Sharon Church of God in Christ, 500 North Beech Street, Picayune, MS 39466,  with visitation one hour prior to...

Lucy Nell Washington Preston

Lucy Nell Washington Preston

Mar 9, 2025

Lucy Neil Washington Preston

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4 KJV

Funeral service will be held Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at East Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to...

Idella Potts

Idella Potts

Feb 27, 2025

 Idella Potts

“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present your faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.” Jude 1:24

The Funeral Services will be held Saturday, March 8, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. with visitation at 10:00 a.m. at East Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 1124 E. Jerusalem Avenue, Picayune, MS 39466. Rev. Russell...

Robert Darold Dixon

Robert Darold Dixon

Feb 23, 2025

Robert Darold Dixon 

“And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John 11:26 

Memorial services will be held Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Home Chapel, 1011 Rosa Street, Picayune, MS 39466 for Robert Darold Dixon, 61 of Picayune, MS.

Robert was a kind and gentle man to all who knew and loved him....

Demetrious Jarrell Mitchell

Demetrious Jarrell Mitchell

Feb 17, 2025

Demetrious Jarrell Mitchell 

“I can do all things through Christ which strengthemeth me.” Philippians 4:13 

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. at Pilgrim Bound Missionary Baptist Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Reverend Henry S. Marshall, Pastor will officiate at the services. Interment will be in the New Palestine Cemetery.

Demetrious Jarrell Mitchell...

Joshua Amon Littles

Joshua Amon Littles

Feb 12, 2025

Joshua Littles 

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” ~ Proverbs 3:5

Funeral services for Brother Joshua Littles will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 12:00 pm at St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, located at 2106 James Thomas Road, Picayune, MS 39466. Visitation will take place on Saturday from 11:00 am to...

Inez Linece Hinton

Inez Linece Hinton

Feb 8, 2025

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1

Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. with visitation one hour prior to service time at First Cornerstone Baptist Church, 917 Cayten Street, Picayune, MS 39466. Bishop Vernon...

Shannon Brown Davis

Shannon Brown Davis

Feb 7, 2025



Shannon L. Brown-Davis

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1

Funeral service will be held Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM, with visitation one hour prior to service at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 2445 Fourth Street, Slidell, LA. Rev. Norman...

Mrs. Louvern Lee

Mrs. Louvern Lee

Feb 6, 2025

Mrs. Louvern Lee

 From sharecropping to entrepreneurship, Louvern Lee made Picayune, MS her home and built a legacy of agape love in her extensive community of family and friends

Louvern Lee never met a stranger and reared generations of God’s children she never birthed. Her life story is a testament on agape love.

Born in Quentin, MS (Franklin County) on July 22, 1928...

David Williams

David Williams

Jan 21, 2025



David Williams

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2 Timothy 4:7

Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at Rose of Sharon Church of God in Christ. The Visitation will be one hour prior. Pastor Elder David Simmons will officiate at service.

David was born October 6, 1938...

Alice Irene James Kelley

Alice Irene James Kelley

Jan 18, 2025

Alice Irene James Kelley 

"Precious Lord, Take My Hand"   

On January 18,2025, Alice Irene James Kelley went home.to be with the Lord at the age of 87. She was born on June 2, 1937, in Mount Hermon, LA. to the late Nathaniel James and Mythes Estell Magee.  A native of Picayune, MS and later moved to Pfugerville, TX. 

She left behind four...

Janet C. Peters-Lindsey

Janet C. Peters-Lindsey

Jan 4, 2025

Janet C. Peters-Lindsey 

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:” 2 Timothy 4:7

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pastor Wyman Gauldin will officiate at the services. Interment will be in the New Palestine...

Edward Nixon

Edward Nixon

Jan 4, 2025



Edward Nixon 

“I Won’t Complain.” The Lord has been good to me.

Funeral service will be held Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Interment will be in the New Palestine Cemetery. Reverend Brian K. Dees will officiate at the service, Reverend Wyman Gauldin is Pastor.

Edward Nixon was...

Conel Evette Bolden

Conel Evette Bolden

Dec 22, 2024



“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” 2 Timothy 4:7-8

The funeral service will be...

Frederick Lee Williams

Frederick Lee Williams

Dec 21, 2024

Frederick Lee Williams 

Frederick Lee Williams transitioned peacefully on December 21, 2024, surrounded by the love and support of his family and cherished ones. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Fred carried a vibrant spirit of his birthplace throughout his life. At the time of his passing he resided in Picayune, Mississippi.

 Fred was preceded in death by his devoted mother, Carolyn Williams;...

Ray "Peter" Antoine Hurd

Ray "Peter" Antoine Hurd

Dec 20, 2024

Ray "Peter" Antoine Hurd 

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”

Graveside services will be held Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. in New Palestine Cemetery for Ray “Peter” Antoine Hurd, 60, of San Francisco, CA who died December 20, 2024 in San Francisco, CA.

The Elder...

Nicklas Stewart Jones

Nicklas Stewart Jones

Dec 16, 2024

Nicklas Stewart Jones 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 KJV 

Nicklas Stewart Jones was born on December 14, 1967, in New Orleans, Louisiana. On Monday, December 16, 2024, God spoke to Nicklas and took him home.

Nicklas was preceded in death by...

Christian Jay Bates

Christian Jay Bates

Nov 28, 2024

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Revelation 21:4

Christian Jay Bates age 36 passed away Thursday, November 28, 2024 in Pearl, MS. Christian Jay Bates was born to Eileen Bates and Christian...

Minister Elizabeth "Bessie" Trotter

Minister Elizabeth "Bessie" Trotter

Nov 23, 2024



Minister Elizabeth “Bessie” Trotter

“Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10 

Elizabeth Trotter was born August 15, 1946. On Saturday, November 23, 2024, she peacefully gained her wings at Slidell Memorial Hospital in Slidell, LA at the age of 78.

She leaves in love, four daughters; nine grandchildren; six great grandchildren; five sisters; one brother;...

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