Family Obituaries




















Alfred, Charlesteen Wilson 1924-1998
Amos, Mary Ellen Bowie 1913-2013
Anderson, Hazel Reed 1935-2008
Anderson, Jessie Young 1910-2009
Aultmann, Claudine Culver 1921-1985

Bailey, James "Pete" 1912-2000
Bailey, Willie 1950-1988
Banks, Gilmore 1919-1991
Banks, Queen Ester Pierce 1919-2012
Baker, Gilbert 1906-1982
Baker, Nannie Benson 1907-1991
Barnes, Lucretia Harris 1919-1993
Beard, Amy Victoria Coleman 1915-1992
Beard, Elnora 1950-2013
Beard, James Ray 1944-2013
Beard, Louis 1914-1996
Benson, R W Jr 1965-1999 (Page 1)
Benson, R W Sr 1925-1992 (Page 2)
Best, Josephine Demyers 1912-1986
Black, Clara T Scott 1941-1996
Boatman, Nina Millette 1960-2003
Brewer, Luther 1912-1991
Brice, Gertrude Thomas 1900-1988
Brown, Hugh 1920-1995
Brown, Matilda Stackhouse 1868-1974
Brown, Terri Middleton 1961-2011
Brown-Powe, Rubia Earnestine Goodwin 1908-1997
Bryant, Ruby Lee Brothern 1932-1998
Bryant, Willie Mae "Babe" Coleman 1910-1995
Byrd, Johnnie 1914-1996
Byrd, Mary Louise Durr 1910-1982

Calcote, Daniel 1898-1987
Calcote, John 1903-1992
Calcote, Maebelle Williams 1939-1989
Carter, Arthur J 1905-1998
Carter, Mary Tyler Sartin 1898-1989
Catchings, Jessie Mae Rudd 1941-2000
Causey, Andrew 1919-2002
Causey, Orera LaDean 1948-2008
Christmas, Larry Darnell Sr 1953-2008
Clark, Beulah M Pierce 1927-1996
Clark, Hollis 1951-2009
Clark, Ida Mae Benson 1928-1998
Clark, Narciss Jones 1902-1998
Coates, Ola B Freeman 1939-2011
Coleman, Ed Brady 1929-1980
Coleman, Edna "Faye" 1956-1999
Coleman, Edward Lee 1951-2001
Coleman, Emmett Agustus Coleman 1901-1976
Coleman, Estella Lee Williams 1905-2003
Coleman, Gary Lyn 1953-2010
Coleman, Henry W 1906-1992
Coleman, Hulda ?-1883
Coleman, J C 1915-1988
Coleman, Joanna Benson 1902-1984 (Page 3)
Coleman, John C 1931-2003
Coleman, Johnny 1908-1981
Coleman, Melvin Jr 1906-1978
Coleman, Mildred Adams 1931-2004
Coleman, Monroe 1896-1982
Coleman, Smylie 1897-1991
Coleman, T C 1908-1989
Coleman, Woodrow Wilson, Sr 1919-2010
Cooke, Reverend Dr Willie P 1917-2012
Crossley, Estella Scott 1902-1993
Crossley, Nathaniel Sr 1901-1986
Crump, Alvie 1924-1988
Culver, Cassie 1882-1985
Culver, Dora V Dixon 1928-2013
Culver, Flora Anna Henderson 1910-2013
Culver, Hazel M Thomas 1930-1992
Culver, James Oliver 1938-2007
Culver, Jerry Ellisworth 1949-1995
Culver, Kathleen Thompson 1900-1996
Culver, Marvin 1928-1990
Culver, Nonie Mae Anding 1912-1996
Culver, Oliver Tolson 1908-1963
Culver, Robert Watson 1926-1999
Culver, Samuel McThay 1937-1988
Culver, Sterling Eugene 1922-1998
Culver, Theodosia Markham 1912-1960

Davis, Winnie Shephard ?-1975
Demyers, George 1924-1989
DeMyers, Timothy Sr 1945-2012
Dent, Alice Durr 1924-2000
Diggs, Bernice Tillman 1912-1985
Diggs, Danny Earl Sr 1947-2011
Diggs, Denon 1910-1997
Diggs, Earline Magee 1924-2008
Diggs, Ephraim 1920-2009
Diggs, Ephraim "E J" 1943-2002
Diggs, Henry Sr 1931-2009
Diggs, Herman 1909-1987
Diggs, Johnny 1926-2000
Diggs, Marilda Louise Markham 1920-1987
Diggs, Maxine Smith 1904-1998
Diggs, Watson Sr 1904-1997
Dixon, Blanchie Hayes 1907-1988
Dixon, Johnnie Celestine 1949-2003
Dixon, Julius 1910-1990
Dixon, Lonnie "Boot" 1930-1990
Dixon, Lonnie B Sr 1923-1013
Dixon, O C 1925-1994
Dixon, Tom 1902-1991
Driggs, Henry "Jack" William 1874-1962
Durr, Ike 1936-1982
Durr, Mike Jr 1921-2004
Durr, Wilmer 1920-2015

Ealy, Elijah 1906-1996
Essix, Brunetta Coleman 1935-2009

Flowers, Preston Franklin 1875-1971

Gant, Bettye Catherine Spencer 1951-2007
Good, Edward 1933-2012
Goodwin, Charlie Moses 1919-1981
Goodwin, Theolia Mae Hunter 1923-2000
Green, Beulah Mae Thomas 1913-2003
Green, Lizzie Bess 1938-1989
Greer, Esters Jr 1950-2000
Guiser, Ulysses 1911-1993
Guiser, Willie Mae McDaniel 1914-1990

Haney, Anna 1896-1997
Harris, John P 1924-1988
Henderson, Anthony "Tony" Sylvester 1971-1900
Henderson, Arthur L 1923-1990
Henderson, Charles Alexander 1944-1998
Henderson, Ruby Coleman Smith 1927-2000
Henderson, Travis Jamaal 1980-2008
Henderson, Walter "Buddy" 1926-2007
Henderson, Willie 1898-1992
Herring, Archie Lawrence 1936-2014
Herring, Cora Brown 1899-1994
Herring, Harvey Lee 1933-2007
Herring, Lessie Hilliard 1913-1999
Herring, Miner 1894-1975
Herring, Robert Gus, Sr 1913-1998
Hilliard, Leatha Brown 1889-2000
Hilson, Eli Sr Abt 1811-1903
Holloway, Bessie Markham 1906-1996
Hooker, Roosevelt 1913-1999
Houston, Naomi Pierce 1913-1996
Howard, Louella Markham 1885-1966
Howard, Mattie Frances Martin 1921-2011
Humphrey, Octavia Queen 1925-2002
Humphrey, Priscilla 1895-1987
Humphrey, Woodrow, Sr 1920-1986
Hunter, Elisha 1911-1981
Hunter, Louis T 1919-1996
Hunter, Rosie Lee Johnson 1916-2005
Hunter, Ruth Young 1913-2010
Hunter, Velma "China" Markham 1929-2017

Jackson, Lula Mae Coleman 1906-1991
Johnson, Adelaide Sanders 1921-2000
Johnson, Annie Pearl Holloway 1935-1997
Johnson, Beatrice Markham 1899-1989
Johnson, Clarence 1911-1990
Johnson, Dora Mae Markham 1907-2001
Johnson, Ora Lee Markham 1910-2002
Johnson, Robert Lee ?-1981
Jones, Caledonia "Donie" 1914-1988
Jones, Gennie Mae Roundtree Holloway 1914-1999
Jones, L S 1911-1991
Jones-Okocha, Josephine

Kelly, Allie Culver 1915-2005
Kelly, John C 1931-2006
Kelly, Mary Helen White 1929-2002
Kelly, Minor Tyree 1936-2005
Kelly, Robert Lee Sr 1941-2006
Kelly, Thelma Lee McCall 1925-1995

Langston, Gertha Lee McCrory 1930-1998
Lee, Mary Ann Henderson 1908-1996
Lenoir, Lamar 1921-1998
Lenoir, Lyntine Culver 1919-2004
Lewis, Caroline Ross 1919-2010
Lowe, Calvin 1923-1987
Lowe, Linda Henderson Thompson 1959-1998
Lowe, Odessa Banks 1926-2001

Markham, Ada Louise 1913-1989
Markham, Christine Holloway 1909-1992
Markham, Elizabeth 1908-1989
Markham, Eva Jane 1907-1993
Markham, Fredonia Culver 1888-1977
Markham, Houston Sr 1906-1996
Markham, Jessie Mae 1925-2006
Markham, Louvella 1913-1994
Markham, Louvenia 1913-1996
Markham, Mable Ruth Smith 1926-1993
Markham, Mamie Culver 1881-1971
Markham, (M L) Mary Louise Tillman 1900-1981
Markham, Ophelia 1909-1999
Markham, Otis Sr 1902-1984
Markham, Robert Winfield 1922-1999
Markham, Roseanna Thomas 1899-1966
Markham, Samuel David 1898-1981
Markham, Virgil 1905-1983
Markham, Willie Edward 1921-1993
Markham, Willie Louis 1888-1971
Markham, Willie Mae 1948-1989
Mason, Martha J Young 1908 - ?
McCall, Nellie Byrd 1923-1997
McDaniel, Barbara Ann 1942-2013
McDaniel, David Sr 1915-2005
McDaniel, Rufus 1904-1995
McDaniel, Sadie Mae Havard 1919-2006
McDaniel, Willie Mel 1918-2007
McDuffie, J P 1892-1985
McGee, Onell Hooker 1938-1982
McGinnis, Patricia Culver 1940-1987
McNair, Johnnie 1921-1982
Moncrief, John Henry 1912-1980
Montgomery, Robert L 1919-1986

Newton, Ruth Roberts 1924-1997

Patton, Willie Mae Merchant 1917-2001
Paxton, Mattie Wilson 1903-1997
Perry, Charles 1921-1990
Perry, Mattie Lene Pierce Amos 1915-2005
Pierce, Lonzie L 1943-1978
Pierce, Oscar 1936-2016
Pierce, Sallie 1908-1986
Pierce, William Jr 1894-1971
Pierce, William Henry 1917-2010
Powell, Lucille Culver 1905-1982

Queen, Earnesteen Johnson 1921-1987
Queen, Nehemiah 1917-1987

Ray, Rosana Byrd 1899-1981
Reed, Jewel W, Jr 1927-1992
Reed, Precious Adams 1942-1993
Reese, Carl Earnest Culver 1945-2008
Robinson, Ada Markham 1913-1999
Robinson, Ethel Maxine Smith 1945-2007
Robinson, N Z 1898-1994
Robinson, Priscilla Patton 1906-1992
Robinson, Sallie Humphrey 1924-1999
Robison, Willie D 1939-2012
Rudd, James Earl 1942-2012
Rudd, Johnnie Lewis 1924-1990

Sanders, Jimmie Leola McDaniel 1920-2012
Sanders, Mack Neese Jr 1918-1996
Sartin, John Alton 1936-2002
Sartin, Ruth Latoka Walker Flowers 1915-2000
Scott, Fannie Thomas 1905-2002
Scott, James Earl Jr 1982-2013
Scott, Josie Pierce Abt 1899-1990
Scott, Lamar Jr 1952-1971
Scott, Lamar Sr 1926-1989
Scott, Mamie Dixon 1890-1981
Scott, Mary Lou McDaniel 1902-1982
Scott, Pearlie Jr 1900-1992
Scott, Phillip 1896-1976
Scott, Robert Lee 1921-1996
Scott, Rosie Lee Durr 1928-1990
Seaberry, Mollie Brown 1899-1961
Shannon, May Belle McClure 1886-1994
Shannon, Charles Herman 1910-1997
Shepherd, Annie Bell 1912-2000
Shepherd, James Sr 1895-1970
Shepherd, Robert 1897-1975
Sims, Allie Mae Coleman 1930-2013
Smith, Bessie Haney 1894-1979
Smith, Diane 1952-2014
Smith, Eunice Spencer 1926-2011
Smith, Henry Davis 1915-2002
Smith, Lillie Sartin 1894-1980
Smith, Maggie Lean Scott 1927-2015
Smith, Robert Lee 1917-2004
Smith, Willia Mae Markham 1919-2000
Spencer, Ada Markham 1892-1985
Spencer, Cleo Odell Nelson 1941-2006
Spencer, Emsley Wallace 1902-2000
Spencer, Ernest Mark 1914-2004
Spencer, Herbert Hollis 1922-2009
Spencer, Percy Harold, Sr 1924-2012
Stamps, Kathryn Lynn Byrd Aultmann 1951-1980
Stubbs, Evelyn Howard 1921-1993

Thadison, Denon 1892-1977
Thadison, Ronald Thomas 1955-1999
Thomas, Albert Hollis 1923-1985
Thomas, Anderson 1922-2000
Thomas, Annie Lee Thomas 1916-2005
Thomas, Boston J 1921-1977
Thomas, Earline Smith 1927-1986
Thomas, Hattie 1912-1992
Thomas, John Henry 1902-1989
Thomas, L F 1905-2000
Thedford, X L, Sr 1919-1985
Tillman, George 1937-1990
Tillman, Howard Carter 1889-1978
Tillman, Leola Banks 1914-1997
Tillman, Pearlie Lee Scott 1919-1984
Turner, Ruth Elizabeth Cameron 1929-20011
Tyler, Willie Mae Thomas 1912-1999

Vaughn, James Davis 1922-1999

White, Rosie Lee Adams 1924-2006
Whitting, Ora Lee Culver
Williams, Bryan M, Jr. 2011-2011
Williams, Curtis Lee 1933-2011
Williams, Dorcas Ethel Coleman 1910-2000
Williams, Ernestine 1944-2002
Williams, Hardy 1914-1999
Williams, Homer 1912-1992
Williams, Larry Pernell 1969-1990
Williams, Lillian Merchant 1918-2010
Williams, Lizzie Mae Henderson 1923-1997
Williams, Mary Alice Coleman 1916-1993
Williams, Merphie Dennis 1931-2011
Williams, Oliver Wendell 1917-1999

Young, Cecil Sr 1910-1983
Young, Olivia Banks 1928-2013

The online obituaries and the newspaper copies are mostly from the Daily Leader Newspaper, Brookhaven, MS. Newspaper obituaries and funeral program obituaries are from author's and contributors' personal collections.

Contributors:
Edward Adams
Annie Thompson Brown
Lela Coleman
Shelia Easley
Katherine Evans
Shawnmarie Jordan Gonzalez
Cheri Herring
Robin Diane Hunter
Velma "China" Markham Hunter
Jessie Mae Markham
Allie Mae Markham Moncrief
Anthony Neal Sr
Carl & Karen Pierce
Willie L Robinson
James E Scott
Beverly Smith
Veronica Ramsey Swift
Christi Young

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