All Obituaries

Alva Conrad Moore, 61, died Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Anderson Regional Medical Center. At the family’s request, there will be a private memorial service at a later date. Alva owned his own company, Image Sign, and enjoyed installing his custom designed products throughout the southeast. His greatest enjoyment was, however, not limited to his work outdoors, but included, as well, the expression of his artistic ability and wit through his custom designs. A local notable example of...

  Graveside services for Mrs. Maudine Peavy will be held Thursday at 12 noon at Meehan Cemetery. Rev. John Wesley Leek will be officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Peavy, 84, of the Meehan Community, passed away Monday at her residence. She will always be remembered as a loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed working in her garden and fishing. She is survived by her children Joey Alsup (Cathy), Dickie Alsup (Sherry), Chuck Alsup (Tina), Pam...

Graveside services for Annette B. Hayes, 71, will be Friday, June 4, 2021, at 11:00, at Pine Forest Cemetery in Collinsville. Dr. Ronald Kitchens will be officiating. Mrs. Hayes passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at Anderson Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hayes loved working in her yard and planting flowers. She loved playing with her great grandchild Houston and was anxiously awaiting the arrival of the latest great grandchild Hawkins Anne. She also loved watching Westerns on television,...

RUBY PEARL GRICE IS GONE, BUT WILL BE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER, RIP!!!! Graveside Services for Ruby Pearl Grice, 86, will be Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 10:00 am at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens Cemetery.  Bro. Tommy Miller will be officiating.   She is survived by two of her children: Ricky Pullen, wife (Lori Ann) and Carol Falcone, husband (Patrick); her grandchildren Kenneth Pullen, Krystal Barnes, Mary Pullen, and Terry Falcone; sisters Pauline Parker and Sissy Kellum as well as...

Graveside services for Lola Estelle Burks Briggs Watts will be held Saturday at 2pm at Cedarlawn Cemetery in Scooba. Bro. Jamie Bailey and Bro. James Granger will be officiating.  Stephens Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.   Mrs Watts, 92, formerly of Kemper County, passed away Wednesday in Ridgeland, MS.   Lola Estelle Burks was born on December 13, 1928, in Electric Mills, Mississippi, to Ed and Estelle Persons Burks. Lola lived her early childhood...

Jane Catherine Whitener, 86, passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021 at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, MS. Services will be held Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. at Salem Baptist Church, 128 Kellis Store Loop Rd., Preston, MS 38354. Longtime family friend Neville Vandenburg will minister. Stephens Funeral Home is entrusted with her arrangements. Jane was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, March 1, 1935 and graduated from Tupelo High School. She then continued on to Southwestern of Memphis...

Graveside services for Brenda Johnson will be held Wednesday at 10am at Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery in Enterprise, MS. Rev. Ralph Henson will be officiating.  Stephens Funeral Home is charge of arrangements.  Ms. Johnson, 69, of Enterprise, passed away Sunday at her home. She was retired as a long time waitress including Country Corner, Red Hot, Queen City Restaurant. Ms. Johnson is survived by daughters Donna Ray of Enterprise, Rhonda Johnson of Enterprise; son John...

Obituary for Betty Jean Cheatham Dawkins 12 September 1930 - 18 May 2021 Betty Jean Cheatham Dawkins passed peacefully in her sleep on 18 May 2021. She was 90 years old. Betty was born in Meridian on 12 September 1930 to Thomas Lipsey Cheatham, Jr., and Bertha Elizabeth Kitchens (née Strauss). She was pre-deceased by her parents, a sister (Jerry Ann) who died in infancy, her stepmother Mamie Ruth Cheatham (née Glenn), her stepfather James Francis Kitchens, her husband of 49...

John Steiner passed away on May 12, 2021. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.

A private graveside service for Ms. Judith Nutt was held Monday, May 17, 2021 at Meridian Memorial Park. Bro. Tommy Miller officiated. Stephens Funeral Home was honored to handle the arrangements. Ms. Nutt, 68, of Meridian, was a retired bank teller. She enjoyed talking on the phone especially to her best friend Cathy. She is survived by her brother John Nutt (Brenda), aunt Charity Marlow and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends may sign the online register at...