All Obituaries

Services for James “Bo” Sessions will be held Friday October 18, 2019 at 11am at Stephens Funeral Home of Meridian. Bro. Derrick Wilson and Bro. Ron Cooper will be officiating. Interment will follow in Meridian Memorial Park cemetery. Mr. Sessions, 90, passed away Sunday October 13th at Wisteria Manor. Born May 25, 1929 in Vicksburg, MS, he was the son of John Pete and Rosie Emma Sessions and brother to nine siblings. After serving his country as an Army Sergeant in...

A memorial service will be held later for Victoria McBride. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ms. McBride, 63, of Meridian, passed away at her residence Saturday. Friends may sign the online register at www.stephensfunerals.com

Funeral services for Bonnie Jean Butts Scarbrough will be held Wednesday at 10 am in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home of Union. Burial will follow in Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church cemetery. Bro. James McMillan will be officiating. Mrs. Scarbrough, 74, formally of Collinsville, passed away at her residence in Highlands, TX. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who made her family the love of her life. She enjoyed spoiling her grandchildren and...

A memorial service will be held at a later date for Mrs. Mildred Collins. Mrs. Collins,91, of Meridian, passed away at her residence on Monday. Friends may sign the online register at www.stephensfunerals.com.

Graveside services for Ralph E. Newell will be held Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at 10 am at Magnolia Cemetery. Brother Chuck Overby will be officiating. Stephens Funeral Home has been entrusted with his arrangements. Mr. Newell, 92, of Meridian, MS, died Sunday, September 8, 2019, at Lakeside Health and Rehabilitation Center in Quitman, MS. He was an owner and operator of a vending machine and amusement business. Ralph had a heart of gold, loved his vending machines and his dogs, and...

Funeral services for Mrs. Inez Warren Chesney will be held Sunday, September 8th at 3pm at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock, MS. Rev. Lynn Chesney and Rev. Phillip Gandy will be officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Stephens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Mrs. Chesney, 106, of Union, passed away Thursday at J.G. Alexander Nursing Facility. She was a homemaker to her husband and children and a longtime member of...

Graveside services for Mr. Thomas Clay Williams will be held Saturday at 10 am in Antioch Baptist Church cemetery in Kemper Co. Rev. Wilson Kendrick will be officiating. Stephens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Coach Williams, 78, of Scooba, passed away Tuesday at Jeff Anderson Medical Center. He was a graduate of Mississippi State University with his Masters degree and Education Specialist certification. During his career, Coach Williams impacted many...

Merle Harrison Jeffares died Sunday, Sept. 1, at Brookdale Senior Living, Meridian. She was 97. Born Jan. 16, 1922, in Chicora (Wayne County), MS, she was the only child of Willie Jane Mozingo and Charles Mack Harrison. A native Mississippian, Merle grew up in Meridian and graduated from Meridian High School in 1939. She earned a bachelor’s degree in history and business from Mississippi State College for Women. Merle met the love of her life, Robert M. Jeffares, Jr., while he was...

Memorial services for Mr. Charles Thomas “Tommy” Bullard will be held Tuesday at 3pm in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home.  Rev. Charles Robinson will be officiating. Mr. Bullard, 57, of Bailey, passed away Wednesday at his residence. He, along with his wife Tina, were the owners of T&T Auto and was known as the "best mechanic around." During his spare time he enjoyed hunting and fishing.  He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Tina McCarter Bullard;...

Services for Mrs. Harriet “Tootsie” Burroughs Clark will be held Friday, August 16, at 12 noon at Stephens Funeral Home in Union. Interment will follow at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton.  Brother Thomas Fortenberry will be officiating. Visitation will be from 10 - 12. Stephens Funeral Home of Union is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Clark, 85, died Wednesday August 14 at Hilltop Manor.  She loved reading her Bible, working puzzle books and playing...