Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Louisville, MS, Winston County & Surrounding Areas
James Joel O'Briant
Jun 13, 2025
Mr. James Joel O’Briant, 85, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025, at his home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, June 16th, at Poplar Flat Baptist Church, with Rev. Doug Wise and Mr. Giles Ward officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. at Porter Funeral Home. Interment will be...
Kayden McCleer
Jun 2, 2025
Kayden William McCleer, age 11, passed away on Monday, June 2, 2025 at Blair Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson, MS. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, June 8th, at South Louisville Baptist Church Family Life Center, with Mr. Allen Krajewski officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the church. Interment will...
Augustus McCleer
Jun 2, 2025
Augustus Dywane “Gus” McCleer, age 8, passed away on Monday, June 2, 2025 at his home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, June 8th, at South Louisville Baptist Church Family Life Center, with Mr. Allen Krajewski officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the church. Interment will be...
Michael Ray Coffey
Jun 2, 2025
Michael Ray Coffey, 65, passed away on Monday, June 2, 2025 at his home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, June 8th, at South Louisville Baptist Church Family Life Center, with Mr. James Johnson officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the church. Interment will be in Memorial...
Jimmy Randal Fulcher, Sr.
Jun 2, 2025
Mr. Jimmy Randal Fulcher, Jr., 78, passed away on Monday, June 2, 2025, at his home in Louisville, MS. Jimmy was born January 8, 1947, in Louisville to John Rye Fulcher and Catherine Alewine Fulcher. He was a graduate of Louisville High School, and worked in construction all of his life. He served for many years in the Mississippi National...
Barbara Young Walker
May 31, 2025
Mrs. Barbara Young Walker, 71, passed away on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Baptist Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, June 3rd, at Calvary Baptist Church, with Rev. Trent Jaudon and Rev. Johnny Collins officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 9:30 A.M. until service time at the church. Interment will...
Alexander "Alex" McGaugh
May 30, 2025
Mr. Alexander D. “Alex” McGaugh, Jr., 78, passed away on Friday, May 30, 2025, at Winston Medical Center. Graveside services and interment will be held on Monday, June 2nd, at 10:00 A.M. at Memorial Park Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Alex was born January 22, 1947, in Louisville, MS, to Alexander Derell McGaugh, Sr. and Helen Quinn...
John Myron Yarbrough
May 22, 2025
Mr. John Myron Yarbrough,74, passed away on Thursday, May, 22nd, at the Choctaw Residential Center in Choctaw, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, May 25th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Taylor Yarbrough officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 12:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
John...
Joan H. Parker
May 20, 2025
Joan Harmon Parker, age 73, passed away peacefully at her home in Noxapater, Mississippi, on May 20, 2025.
She was born in Macon, Mississippi, on December 17, 1951, to the late O.G. and Bessie Harmon. Joan considered West Point, Mississippi, her home growing up. She graduated from West Point High School in 1969, and Hinds Community College School of Nursing in...
Joseph Scott Letteri
May 16, 2025
Joseph Scott Letteri, 36, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2025, in Yazoo City, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, May 21st, at Porter Funeral Home, with Pastor Laurie Cummings officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Scott was born December...
Margie Stuart Kinard
Apr 26, 2025
Mrs. Margie Stuart Morris Kinard, 78, passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Hickory Cottage of the Winston County Nursing Home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. on Tuesday, April 29th, at Porter Funeral Home, with T. J. Jennings officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 9:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home....
Travis Holder
Apr 25, 2025
Travis Leon Holder was born in Winston County, Mississippi, on October 3, 1938, the third son to Clyde Hilton and Mary Sue (Gregory) Holder. He was born to sharecroppers and grew up picking cotton with his two brothers and two sisters. He attended Calhoun School and then Winston School, what is now known as Nanih Waiya. After high school, he...
Barbara Davis Woodward
Apr 25, 2025
Mrs. Barbara Ann Davis Woodward, 82, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2025, at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, April 28th, at First Presbyterian Church, with Dr. Bob Schwanebeck and Dr. Heath Cross officiating. Visitation will be Monday from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the church. Interment will...
Ronald Eaves
Apr 17, 2025
Ronald S Eaves passed away in the very early hours of Thursday, April 17 from pancreatic cancer.
A memorial service will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, April 26th, at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 5950 Terry Road, Byram, MS. Visitation will be from 10:00 A.M. until service time at the church. Also, a memorial service will be held in Louisville, MS,...
William Brian Sims
Apr 2, 2025
William Brian Sims went to be with His Lord and Savior at the Olive Branch Methodist Hospital on April 2, 2025. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Friday, April 4th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Rob Faulk and Rev. Trent Jaudon officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home....
Johnny R. Barron
Mar 29, 2025
Mr. Johnny Roy Barron, age 84, of New Orleans, Louisiana, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at home surrounded by family. Born on October 20, 1940, he was the son of the late John Therrell Barron and Nannie Louise Coleman Barron. In addition to his parents, Johnny was preceded in death by his sister, Judy Barron Taylor.
Born and raised...
Gary O'Neal Hill
Mar 26, 2025
Mr. Gary O’Neal Hill, 72, passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at his home in Louisville. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 29th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Charles Rook officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in Good Hope Cemetery. Porter Funeral...
Jewel Gregory Burrage
Mar 21, 2025
Mrs. Jewell Gregory Burrage, 100, passed away on Friday, March 21, 2025, at Baptist Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus, MS. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 25th, at Harmony Baptist Church, with Rev. Jerry Lundy officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 11:00 A.M. until service time at the church. Interment will be in Harmony Cemetery....
Walter Earnest Lucas
Mar 19, 2025
Mr. Walter Earnest Lucas, 93, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at his home in Jackson, MS. A graveside service and interment will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 22, at Memorial Park Cemetery in Louisville, MS, with Mr. Bobby Baker officiating. Porter Funeral Home of Louisville is in charge of arrangements.
Walter was born in Sunflower, MS,...
Shirley Price Lucas
Mar 14, 2025
Mrs. Shirley Price Lucas, 90, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 14, 2025, surrounded by her family at her home in Jackson, MS. Graveside services and interment will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 22nd, at Memorial Park Cemetery, with Mr. Bobby Baker officiating. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Shirley was born in Tutwiler, MS, on...