Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Louisville, MS, Winston County & Surrounding Areas
Audrey Nowell
Feb 10, 2017
Mrs. Audrey Elizabeth Nowell, 91, died Thursday, February 9, 2017, at Louisville Healthcare in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, February 13th, at Harmony Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Lundy officiating. Interment will be in Harmony Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday from 2:00 until 5:00 P.M. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of...
Jimmie Blaine Cockrell
Feb 7, 2017
Mrs. Jimmie Blaine Cockrell, 85, died Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at her son’s home in Louisville. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, February 9th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Jonathan Peeples officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 9:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery. Porter...
James F. "Jim" McMillin
Jan 29, 2017
James Frank “Jim” McMillin was born in Winston County on February 15, 1938, and went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 29, 2017. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oliver Frank McMillin and Alice Irene Robison McMillin, his grandparents Albert Luther McMillin and Ella Watson McMillin, and his wife, Glenda Jolley McMillin. Jim, or “Smiley”...
David Lee Staszefski
Jan 29, 2017
Mr. David Lee Staszefski, 60, died Sunday, January 29, 2017, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 31st, at Crystal Ridge Baptist Church, with Rev. Charles Rook officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 10:00 AM until service time at Crystal Ridge Baptist Church. Interment will be...
Lucille Edwards
Jan 26, 2017
Mrs. Lucille Edwards, 78, died Thursday, January 26, 2017, at Choctaw Residential Center in Philadelphia, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 28th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Wayne Hill officiating. Interment will be in Whitehead Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Porter Funeral Home is...
Katherine C. Pearson
Jan 25, 2017
Mrs. Katherine Cadmus Pearson, 86, died Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at her son’s home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 28th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Dewayne Kelsey officiating. Interment will be in Whitehall Methodist Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 12:00 P.M. until the service time at the funeral home....
Myrtice Gillis
Jan 23, 2017
Mrs. Myrtice Weeks Gillis, 90, died January 23, 2017 at the Winston County Nursing Home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 25th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. James Mills and Rev. Danny Cheatham officiating. Interment will be in Antioch Baptist Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 12:30 P.M. until the...
Dorothy "Dot" Fox
Jan 20, 2017
Mrs. Mary Dorothy “Dot” Fox, 84, died Friday, January 20, 2017, at her daughter’s home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, January 22nd, at Noxapater Methodist Church, with Rev. Dwayne Warren and Rev. Jeff Walton officiating. Interment will be in Noxapater Methodist Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday from 4:00 until 8:00 P.M....
Homer Boydstun, Jr.
Jan 20, 2017
Mr. Homer H. Boydstun, Jr., 66, died Friday, January 20, 2017, at Choctaw Residential Center in Philadelphia, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, January 23rd, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Jason Gross and Rev. Mark Mayo officiating. Interment will be in Good Hope Baptist Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday from 11:30 A.M. until...
Johnny Watts
Jan 13, 2017
Mr. Johnny Wade Watts, 55, died Friday, January 13, 2017, in Winston County, MS. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 17th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Matt Moehring officiating. Visitation will be held Monday from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Rural Hill Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home is...
Margaret Ann Luke Brauner
Jan 13, 2017
Mrs. Margaret Ann Luke Brauner, 82, died on Friday, January 13, 2017, at her home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, January 16th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Visitation will be Monday from 10:00 A.M. until service time at Porter Funeral Home. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery....
Wesley White
Jan 11, 2017
Mr. Arnold Wesley White, 74, died Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at his home in Louisville, MS. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, January 13th, at Macedonia Baptist Church, with Rev. Larry Odom officiating. Visitation will be held Friday from 10:00 A.M. until the service time at the church. Mr. White was born December 12, 1942, in...
David Covington
Jan 6, 2017
Mr. David Louis Covington, 76, died Friday, January 6, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, January 8th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Wayne Hill officiating. Private family interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 1:00 P.M. until the service time...
Fred Sloan
Jan 2, 2017
Mr. Charles Fred Sloan, 89, of Louisville, departed from Winston Medical Center and headed to his "Happy Hunting Grounds" on January 2, 2017. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at Porter Funeral Home, with burial to follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 4:00 until 7:00 P.M. at the...
Krista Shaw Tackett
Jan 1, 2017
Mrs. Krista Shaw Tackett, 61, died Sunday, January 1, 2017, at the Winston County Nursing Home in Louisville, MS. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, January 4th, at Porter Funeral Home with Rev. Rob Faulk officiating. Interment will be in Murphy Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 10:00 A.M. until the service time at...

Elsie Foster
Jan 1, 2017
Miss Elsie Foster, 84, died January 1, 2017, in Waco, Georgia, where she had been living. Graveside services will be held Thursday, February 9, 2017, at 10:00 A.M. at Memorial Park Cemetery in Louisville, with Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Elsie was born July 12, 1932 to Birdie and R. A. Foster, who owned Foster’s Department Store for many years in...
Bonnie Sloan
Dec 22, 2016
Funeral services for Mrs. Bonnie Sloan will be held Friday, December 23, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. at Porter Funeral Home, Louisville, MS, with Bro. Adam Sloan and Rev. Mike Dowd officiating. Visitation will be held Friday from 1:00 P.M. until the service time at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Whitehall United Methodist Church Cemetery with Porter Funeral...
Fred Reed
Dec 21, 2016
Mr. Fred Price Reed, 97, died Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at Neshoba General Hospital in Philadelphia, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, December 23rd, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Mark Mayo officiating. Interment will be in Murphy Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Porter...
Thomas Fant
Dec 16, 2016
Thomas Stephen Fant Thomas Stephen Fant, 98, died December 16, 2016, at his home in Olive Branch. A native of Louisville, Mississippi, Mr. Fant had been a resident of the Memphis, Tennessee area since 2000. Born October 12, 1918, to Stepp and Allie Files Fant in Choctaw County, Mississippi, Mr. Fant left school at an early age to help provide...
Paul Catledge
Dec 13, 2016
Mr. Paul Dennis Catledge, 51, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at his home in Louisville. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, December 17th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Rob Faulk officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from 10:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be in Murphy Creek Cemetery. Paul was born...