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.

Frank Long Jr.

Frank Long Jr.

Jan 13, 2020

Services for Mr. Frank Long will be held at St. Patrick Catholic Church on Friday, January 17, 2020, at 12:30 p.m. with Father Augustine officiating.  Visitation will be held on Friday from 11 - 12 at James F. Webb Funeral Home.  Interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Mr. Long, 72, of Meridian, passed away at Anderson...

Billy Boyette

Billy Boyette

Jan 10, 2020

Graveside services for Billy Joe Boyette will be Saturday, January 18, 2020, 3:00 pm, at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Bro. Frankie Boyette will be officiating. Barham Funeral Home Forest Lawn Chapel is handling his arrangements. Mr. Boyette, 77, died Friday at The Specialty Hospital of Meridian. He was retired from the Meridian Fire Department, with 21 years of service...

Charles Garrett

Charles Garrett

Jan 8, 2020

Graveside services for Mr. Charles Ray Garrett will be held Friday, January 10th at 11 am at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Rev. Sephus Garrett will be officiating. Stephens Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Mr. Garrett, 72, of Meridian, passed away Wednesday at Rush Foundation Hospital. Prior to his retirement, he was an employee of...

Ethel Overdorf

Ethel Overdorf

Jan 8, 2020

Services for Ms. Ethel Mae Overdorf will be held Friday, January 10th, 2:00 p.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home with Pastor Paul LeBlanc and Pastor Samuel Riemersma officiating. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery.

Ms. Overdorf, 95, of Meridian, passed away Wednesday, January 8th, at Aldersgate Retirement Community.

Ms. Ethel was born in Jersey...

Richard Holloway

Richard Holloway

Jan 5, 2020

Graveside services for Richard Wayne Holloway will be Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at 1:00 pm at Briggs Chapel Cemetery in Porterville. Stephens Funeral Home has been entrusted with his care. Mr. Holloway, 75, died at home Sunday, January 5, 2020. Mr. Holloway was preceded in death by his parents Robert and Birdie Holloway. He is survived by his wife, Linda;...

Kathryn Boyette

Kathryn Boyette

Jan 5, 2020

Kathryn died on January 5, 2020 at Regency Hospital in Meridian. She had a short illness after suffering complications for treatment for cancer. Kathryn to acquaintances; Kathy to very close family; Kitty to grandchildren, nieces, and nephews; and Boyette to colleagues, she answered to most.  Whatever you chose to call her, she would tell you she loved to teach....

Dorothy Yochim

Dorothy Yochim

Jan 3, 2020

Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Lowe Yochim will begin at 11:30 am Monday, January 20, 2020 at Webb’s Funeral Home of Meridian with the Reverend Tom McGing and Father Augustine of St Patrick’s officiating. Visitation will be on Monday from 11:00 am until service time.  Interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery.

Dot Yochim of Meridian passed away...

Richard Gibson

Richard Gibson

Jan 3, 2020

A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 12, 2020 with Pastors Jack Kern and Kyle Naylor officiating.

Richard Lavatle Gibson, 75, of Meridian, MS passed away on January 3, 2020, Richard was born in Collins, Mississippi to Hunon Sherwood "Charlie" and Anne Gibson on April 24, 1944. He went to school at the...

John Taylor

John Taylor

Jan 1, 2020

John Phallioan Taylor, 89, of Meridian, Mississippi, passed away January 1, 2020, at his home in the Long Creek Community. He was retired from 25 years of service in the U.S. Army, which included combat in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and numerous other overseas deployments. He was born December 29, 1930, in Quitman, MS, the son of the...

Alice Ware

Alice Ware

Dec 31, 2019

Funeral services for Alice Ledbetter Ware will be Saturday, January 4, 2020, at 1:00 pm at Stephens Funeral Home in Meridian, with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery. Bro. Kenneth Owen will be officiating. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service. Mrs. Ware, 95, died Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at Poplar Springs Nursing Center. Mrs. Ware was born...

Teresa Hazelett

Teresa Hazelett

Dec 30, 2019

The family of Mrs. Teresa Kay Hazelett will hold a celebration of life ceremony at a later date.

Mrs. Hazelett, 70, of Meridian, passed away on December 30th at her home surrounded by loved ones.  She enjoyed spending time with family and friends, traveling through the hills and mountains of Tennessee.  She was born in Harlan County, Tennessee...

Robert Blass

Robert Blass

Dec 28, 2019

Services for Mr. Robert Wayne Blass will be held Friday, January 3, 2020, at 10 am at Stephens Funeral Home in Union. Interment will follow at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery in Decatur, MS. Brother William Rose and Brother Mike Powell will be officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 8 pm at the funeral home. Mr. Blass, 65,...

Betty Stewart

Betty Stewart

Dec 21, 2019

Services for Mrs. Betty Jean Keely Stewart will be held on Monday, December 23, 2019 at Pine Hill Baptist Church, at 11:00 a.m.  Visitation will be on Sunday, December 22, 2019 from 5 - 7 p.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home and on Monday from 10 a.m. until service time, at the church.  Interment is in Pine Hill...

Paul Zimmer

Paul Zimmer

Dec 19, 2019

Graveside services for Mr. Paul D. Zimmer will be Friday, December 27, 2019, at Union City Cemetery at 2:00pm. Stephens Funeral Home – Union is in charge of his arrangements. Mr. Zimmer, of Norman Oklahoma, loving husband and father of two, passed away in the early hours of Thursday, December 19, 2019, at the age of 82 after an illness...

Opal Dukes

Opal Dukes

Dec 19, 2019

Services for Mrs. Opal Dukes will be held on Saturday, December 21, 2019, at 10 a.m., at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be on Saturday from 9 a.m. until service time. Interment will be in Meridian Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Dukes, 89, of Meridian, passed away at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center on Thursday,...

Paula Michelle Brown

Paula Michelle Brown

Dec 13, 2019

Funeral services for Paula Snowden Brown will be held Sunday at 2pm at Stephens Funeral Home of Meridian. Dr. Danny Lanier will be officiating. Burial will follow in Fellowship Baptist Church cemetery. Ms. Brown, 48, of Meridian, passed away Friday at her residence. Her job as a waitress showed her spirit as she loved to talk and never met...

Davis Ervin

Davis Ervin

Dec 13, 2019

Memorial services for Mr. Davis Harold Ervin will be held at a later date.

Mr. Ervin, 67, of Rose Hill, passed away Friday at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.

Friends may sign the online register at www.stephensfunerals.com

Gwendolyn Vincent

Gwendolyn Vincent

Dec 11, 2019

A graveside service will be held for Mrs. Gwendolyn Smith Vincent at 11:00 am at Magnolia Cemetery with Dr. Rhett Payne officiating.

Mrs. Vincent, 100, of Meridian, passed away December 11th at Brookdale of Meridian.

Betsy Rawson

Betsy Rawson

Dec 11, 2019

Services for Bessie Mae (Betsy) Lackey Rawson will be held Saturday December 14th at 11:00am at First Presbyterian Church in Meridian.  Visitation will start at 10:00am.  Mrs. Rawson, 88, of Meridian, died Wednesday December 11, 2019 at her home.  She was a dedicated member of First Presbyterian Church and a longtime member of The Galaxy Club.  Mrs. Rawson was...

Agnes Lewis

Agnes Lewis

Dec 6, 2019

Services for Agnes Norsworthy Lewis was held Sunday, December 8th, 2:00 p.m., at James F. Webb Funeral Home with Dr. Danny Lanier officiating. Burial followed at Meridian Memorial Park.

Mrs. Lewis, 96, of Meridian, passed away Friday, December 6th at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.

Agnes was born in Crandall, MS on November 29, 1923...

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