All Obituaries

Mary Allred of Porterville, Mississippi passed away on Jan 19, 2020. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.

Funeral services for Frances Lee Skelton Herrington will be held Monday, Jan. 20, at 2 p.m., at Antioch Southern Methodist Church in Collinsville, with interment to follow at Antioch Cemetery. Bro. David Sellers will be officiating. Ms. Skelton Herrington, 84, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Frances was born on Jun. 18, 1935, in Martin, MS to William Ernest Lee and Gertrude White. She was the 9th of 10...

Dorothy Mae Rainwater, 92, former resident of Meridian, Ms. passed away at Bailey Manor in Fayetteville, Tn. on January 17, 2020. Stephens Funeral Home has been entrusted with her arrangements. Funeral services will be Friday, January 24, 2020, at 11:00 am, at Stephens Funeral Home with a visitation from 10:30 until service time. Burial will follow at New Hope UMC cemetery in Waynesboro, MS. The daughter of the late Charles Dewey Graham and Ellen Jane Leggett, she was born June 20, 1927 in...

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 American Can. Friends may sign the register at www.stephensfunerals.com

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; son Richard “Rich” Holloway; a daughter Shanon McElroy; two grandchildren Whitney Kristen McElroy and John Clinton McElroy; a sister...

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 on January 9, 1924, in Birmingham, AL to Mitchell Porter Ledbetter and Alice Wilson Ledbetter. She graduated from the University...

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, died Saturday, December 28, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Mr. Blass is survived by his three sisters; Karen McMahan (Micky) of Little Rock, MS;...

Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Alexander Moore will be held Saturday at 1pm in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home of Union. Rev. Chris Wells will be officiating. Burial will follow in Duffee Baptist Church cemetery. Mrs. Moore, 76, of Little Rock, passed away at Specialty Hospital of Meridian on Wednesday, December 25th. She served as store manager for Bill’s Dollar Store and in several other office manager positions. Mrs. Moore enjoyed telling jokes with her dry, witty sense of...

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 beginning in 2014. Paul was born on August 20th, 1937 in Elma, IA to Donald and Dorothy (Tripp) Zimmer. He served in the United States Air Force from 1959...

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 a stranger. She had a big heart and the love of her life were her children. Ms. Brown enjoyed LSU football and the Dallas Cowboys. She is survived by...