Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Louisville, MS, Winston County & Surrounding Areas
Arthur Lee Hartness
Aug 2, 2020
Mr. Arthur Lee Hartness, 85, passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2020, at his home in Louisville, MS. Graveside services and interment will be held at 2:30 P.M. on Tuesday, August 4th, at Murphy Creek Cemetery with Rev. Junior Davis officiating. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Arthur Lee was born August 12, 1934, in Noxapater, MS. He...
Kay Eaves
Jul 29, 2020
Mrs. Frances “Kay” Eaves, 79, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at Oak Cottage at the Winston County Hospital in Louisville. Graveside services and interment will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, August 1st, at Memorial Park Cemetery, with Dr. Heath Hillman officiating. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Eaves was born August 30, 1940,...
Betty Lou Crowell
Jul 20, 2020
Mrs. Betty Lou Crowell, 77, passed away on Monday, July 20, 2020, at her daughter’s home in Louisville. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, July 22nd, at Murphy Creek Baptist Church, with Rev. Mark Mayo and Rev. Grady Crowell officiating. Visitation will be at Murphy Creek Baptist Church on Wednesday from 2:00 P.M. until service time....
Joyce Bennett Hull
Jul 18, 2020
Mrs. Joyce Bennett Hull, 92, passed away on July 18, 2020, at her home in Louisville, MS. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, July 19th, at 4:00 P.M. at Memorial Park Cemetery, with Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Hull was born in Louisville, MS...
James Walsie Kitchens
Jul 17, 2020
Mr. James Walsie Kitchens, 88, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2020, at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville, MS. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, July 20th, at Sunrise Cemetery in Noxapater, MS, with Rev. Brian James Thrasher and Rev. Brandon Frazier officiating. Interment will be in Sunrise Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of...
Roy Green
Jul 12, 2020
Mr. LeRoy Percy “Roy” Green, Jr., 81, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2020, at his daughter’s house in Brandon, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, July 16th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Dr. Heath Hillman officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 9:30 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in...
Wydell Barrier McAdory
Jul 8, 2020
Mrs. Wydell Barrier McAdory, 92, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at Louisville Healthcare. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, July 12th, at 2:00 P.M. at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Noxapater, with Rev. Chris Vowell officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. McAdory was born September 11,...
William Tullos
Jun 26, 2020
Mr. William McDonald Tullos, 79, passed away on Friday, June 26, 2020, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Graveside services will be held at 6:00 P. M. on Friday, July 3rd, at Owens Chapel Cemetery on Spay Road near Louisville, with Rev. Hank Dempsey officiating. Interment will be in Owens Chapel Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home is...
Lila Strickland
Jun 3, 2020
Dessie Delilah “Lilah” Strickland, 56, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at her sister’s home in Ackerman, MS. A graveside service will be held on Friday, June 5th, at 11:00 A.M. at Memorial Park Cemetery, with Rev. Jerry Davis officiating. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Lilah was born November 2, 1963, in Louisville, MS. She was...
Darlyne Livingston Culwell
Jun 1, 2020
Mrs. Peggy Darlyne Culwell, 79, passed away on June 1, 2020, at her home in Louisville after a brief illness. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, June 3rd, at Betheden Cemetery, with Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Culwell was born December 8, 1940, in Louisville. She was a...
James Kenneth Koon
May 28, 2020
Mr. James Kenneth Koon, Sr., 86, a devoted husband and loving father and grandfather, passed away on May 28, 2020, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, June 27, 2021, at First Methodist Church, with Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the...
Glenda McDonald Jennings
May 23, 2020
Mrs Glenda Jean Jennings, 69, passed from this life on May 23, 2020 at Winston County Hospital, Louisville, MS, where she was also born . A graveside service will be held Wednesday May 27th, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery, with Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Jennings was born December...
John Simmons Myers
May 15, 2020
Mr. John Simmons Myers, 71, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2020, at his home in Louisville, MS. While growing up, John lived in several areas of Mississippi as his father was involved in several business ventures. John graduated from Terry High School and attended Mississippi State University. He lived for a while in Florida where he became an electrician....
Richard J. Dickerson, Sr.
May 7, 2020
Mr. Richard Jerl Dickerson, Sr., 77, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at his home in Louisville, MS. Visitation will be Saturday, May 9th, from 11:00 AM till 1:00 P.M. at Porter Funeral Home, followed by a graveside service at Sunrise Cemetery in Noxapater, MS. Rev. Antoine Stokes and Rev. Fred Frazier will be officiating. Porter Funeral Home is...
Dorothy Stewart Hailey
Apr 28, 2020
Mrs. Dorothy Hailey, 86, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, MS. Dorothy was born September 26, 1933, in Winston County, MS, to James Thomas and Grace Alewine Stewart. She graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in Education. She taught school in Lynville, Prince Chapel, Macon, Bond in Neshoba County. She...
Margaret Holman
Apr 25, 2020
Mrs. Margaret Threadgill Holman, 88, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020, at River Place Nursing Center in Amory, MS. Margaret was born April 28, 1931, in Prentiss County, MS. She was a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in Home Economics. She was a retired home economist for Winston County. She was a member of...
Sara Melton Starns
Apr 19, 2020
Sara Melton Starns passed away on April 19th, 2020 at her home in West, MS after a brief illness. She was 76. Sara was born on August 22, 1943 in Lexington, MS to Perry and Louise Melton. She graduated from Castleberry High School in Ft. Worth, TX and later attended Holmes Junior College where she was a basketball cheerleader. She...
Joshua Connor Lovorn
Apr 13, 2020
Joshua Connor Lovorn, 14, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020, at his home in Wiggins, MS. Connor was born January 10, 2006, in Flowood, MS. He was an eighth grade student at Stone Middle School, and a member of Venture Church Stone County Campus. He is survived by his mother, Amy Nunn Stampley of Wiggins, MS; his sister, Shaena...
Anna Jean Allen
Apr 5, 2020
Mrs. Anna Jean Watson Allen, 91, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020, at Winston Medical Center in Louisville, MS. Jean was born September 21, 1928, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was a graduate of East Central Community College and the University of Mississippi. She served as the kindergarten director at First Baptist Church in Holly Springs, MS, and taught school...
Gerardo Sanchez
Apr 5, 2020
Mr. Gerardo Galvin “Little Gary” Sanchez, 21, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020, at Winston Medical Center in Louisville, MS, as a result of an automobile accident that also took the life of his girlfriend, Lexy Deese. Gerardo was born April 17, 1998, in Starkville, MS. He was a graduate of Louisville High School, and was a heavy equipment...