Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Louisville, MS, Winston County & Surrounding Areas
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...
Cathy Reason Allen
Feb 21, 2025
Mrs. Cathy Reason Allen, 73, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2025, at her home in Louisville.
Cathy was born March 9, 1951, in Plymouth, NC. She attended Chowan College in Murphreesboro, NC, and was a homemaker. Cathy loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She also enjoyed gardening, raising flowers, and spoiling her cats.
She was preceded in death by...
Betty Ruth Sisson
Feb 18, 2025
Mrs. Betty Ruth Sisson, 91, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at her home in McCool, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, February 21st, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Hank Dempsey officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 12:00 noon until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in Owen Chapel Cemetery....
Sherrie M. Wiygul
Feb 11, 2025
Mrs. Sherrie M. Wiygul peacefully passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at Baptist Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus, MS. She is survived by her husband, Glenn Wiygul of Louisville, MS, her daughter, Shawn Peters (and husband, Jason) of Sacramento, CA, her son, Eric White (and wife, Gigi) of Boerne, Texas, her brother Bruce MacAllister (and wife, Kathy) of Richmond,...
Jannette Nelson
Feb 11, 2025
Carol Jannette Nelson August 29, 1937 - February 11, 2025
Carol Jannette Nelson passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at the age of 87 after a short illness.
Jannette, or “Nette” as her family and many friends knew her, was born to Frederick Joshua Taylor and Mary Arrietta (Spears) Taylor on August 29, 1937 in McCool MS. She was a...
Lana Jo Roland
Feb 8, 2025
Lana Jo Roland, 46, passed away on Saturday, February 8 2025, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, February 14th, at Porter Funeral Home with Rev. Hank Dempsey officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 12:00 noon until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in...
Ann Cox McGowin
Feb 7, 2025
IAnn McGowin, 88, of Louisville, MS, moved to her heavenly home on February 7, 2025 at Bedford Care- Monroe Hall, Hattiesburg, MS. Born on October 26, 1936, in Philadelphia, MS, Ann lived a devoted life of love and dedication to her family and friends.
Ann and her family resided in Greenville for more than forty years where they enjoyed being members...
Franklin Woodruff
Feb 6, 2025
Franklin Lloyd Woodruff Sr. passed away Thursday February 6, 2025 at home on his farm surrounded in prayer by his loving family. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, February 9th, at Flower Ridge Methodist Church, with Rev. Keith Williams officiating. Visitation will be at the church on Sunday from 2:00 P.M. until service time. Interment will...
Lucille Harvey Harris
Jan 23, 2025
Mrs. Lucille Harris, 98, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at the Beehive Home in Louisville. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 25th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Dr. Heath Hillman officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from 10:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Elizabeth Lucille...
Charlotte Quinn Causey
Jan 16, 2025
Charlotte Quinn Causey, 22, passed away on January 16, 2025. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, February 1st, at Porter Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Charlotte was born on September 30, 2002 to Scott and Jodi Causey in Sarasota, Florida....
Margaret Dianne Parks
Jan 13, 2025
Margaret Lee Parks, age 77, of Louisville, Mississippi, passed away peacefully at home, January 13, 2025. A memorial service will be held Friday, January 17, 2025, at 11:00 A.M. at Bethel Baptist Church, with Rev. Charles Rook officiating. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until service time at the church. Interment will be at Perkinsville Hills Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home...