Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Louisville, MS, Winston County & Surrounding Areas
Henry Horace Rhodes
May 9, 2011
Mr. Henry Horace Rhodes, 56, died Monday, May 9, 2011, in Winston County. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, May 12th, at Porter Funeral Home, with interment in Noxubee Hill Cemetery. Mr. Rhodes was born February 13, 1955, in Winston County. He was a graduate of Winston Academy. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mae...
Earnest Walter Benefield, Sr.
May 3, 2011
Mr. Earnest Walter “E.W.” Benefield Sr., 72, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at Winston Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, May 7th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Earnest Flake and Rev. Kenneth Hall officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral...
Ethel Christine White
May 1, 2011
Mrs. Ethel Christine White, 80, died Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Winston Medical Center in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 4, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Billy Higginbotham officiating. Interment will be in Sardis Cemetery. Visitation will Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Porter Funeral Home. Mrs. White was born November...
Owana Hatcher
Apr 27, 2011
Mrs. Owana Hatcher, 78, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, April 29th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Mr. T.J. Jennings officiating. Interment will be in Mars Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Hatcher was...
Catherine Alewine Fulcher
Apr 23, 2011
Mrs. Catherine Alewine “Boots” Fulcher, 87, died Saturday, April 23, 2011, at her home in Louisville. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, April 26th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Ronnie Fulcher officiating. Interment will be in Crystal Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Monday at Porter Funeral Home. Mrs. Fulcher...
Margaret Frazier Cunningham
Apr 17, 2011
Mrs. Margaret Frazier Cunningham, 95, died Sunday, April 17, 2011, at Winston County Nursing Home in Louisville. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 20th, at Porter Funeral Home. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 11:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Cunningham was born January 28,...
Ava Pearl Pickett
Apr 8, 2011
Mrs. Ava Pearl Pickett, 82, died Friday, April 8, 2011, at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, April 11th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Billy Bowie officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Noxapater. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Sunday at Porter Funeral Home. Mrs....
Frances Easley
Apr 6, 2011
Mrs. Frances McGahey Easley, 97, died Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at Winston County Nursing Home in Louisville. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, April 8th, at New Hope Methodist Cemetery, with Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Interment will be in New Hope Cemetery, with Porter Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Easley was born June 14, 1913,...
Jacob Wayne Nowell
Apr 4, 2011
Mr. Jacob Wayne Nowell, 31, died Monday, April 4th, in Memphis, TN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, April 8th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Larry Haggard officiating. Interment will be in East County Line Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Porter Funeral Home. Mr. Nowell was born...
Barbara Ann Gamble
Apr 1, 2011
Mrs. Barbara Ann Gamble, 58, died Friday, April 1, 2011, at her home in Louisville. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 5th, at Good Hope Baptist Church, with Mr. Daniel Howard officiating. Mrs. Gamble was born March 23, 1953, in Winston County. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hugh...
Thomas Long
Mar 30, 2011
Mr. Thomas Aaron Long, 77, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at his home in Louisville. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, April 3rd, at Porter Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Lundy officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held 5:00 to 8:00 PM Saturday at the funeral home. Mr. Long was born May...
Joan Yarbrough
Mar 30, 2011
Mrs. Joan Yarbrough, 71, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at OCH Regional Hospital in Starkville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 2nd, at Whitehall United Methodist Church with Rev. Stacy Parvin officiating. Interment will be in Whitehall Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Friday at Porter Funeral Home. Mrs. Yarbrough was...
Byron F. Barnes
Mar 13, 2011
Mr. Byron Fenwick Barnes, 55, died Sunday, March 13, 2011, at his home in Noxapater, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 18th, at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Noxapater, with Rev. James Dearing officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery....
Kathleen Ehrich
Mar 6, 2011
Mrs. Kathleen D. Ehrich, 80, died Sunday, March 6, 2011, at her home in Louisville. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Ehrich was born July 7, 1930, in Esperance, NY. She was a homemaker and the loving wife of Richard Ehrich. She is survived by four daughters, Deborah Lee of Los Angeles, CA, Cheryl...
Ann Catledge Hardwick
Mar 5, 2011
FORT WORTH -- Mrs. Ann Catledge Hardwick, 82, residing in Fort Worth, Texas, died on Saturday, March 5, 2011 in the home of her niece with whom she had lived for the past several years. Funeral services will be held at Celebration Community Church on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 11 am. A visitation will be held in Louisville, Mississippi...
Jeanette Luke
Mar 4, 2011
Mrs. Jeanette Luke, 67, died Friday, March 4, 2011 at the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham, AL. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 7th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Stacy Parvin officiating. Interment will be in Murphy Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Sunday at the funeral home....
Janette Thomas
Mar 1, 2011
Mrs. Janette Thomas, 80, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at her home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, March 3rd, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Scott Phillips officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Thomas was born...
Elisa Ann Paschal
Feb 26, 2011
Miss Elisa Ann Paschal, 48, died Saturday, February 26, 2011, at Schumpert Highland Hospital in Shreveport, LA. Private family services will be held at Paschal Cemetery in Brandon, MS, at 11:00 A.M., on Monday, Feb. 28th, with Rev. Rick Hughes officiating. Porter Funeral Home of Louisville is in charge of arrangements. Lisa was born March 31, 1962 in Jackson, MS....
Richard G. Ehrich
Feb 16, 2011
Mr. Richard George Ehrich, 80, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at Winston Medical Center in Louisville. Private funeral services will be held at a later date. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Ehrich was born May 3, 1930, in Rochester, NY. He was a retired manager of a tool & die shop, and was a Navy veteran...
Lewis Steadman
Feb 11, 2011
Mr. Lewis Edward “Bubba” Steadman, 81, died Friday, February 11, 2011, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 P.M. Sunday, February 13th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Dr. Brett Golson and Dr. Doug Herring officiating. Visitation will be from 2:30 until service time Sunday. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr....


