Obituaries

Fredrick Eugene Mullen

Fredrick Eugene Mullen

Mar 28, 2015

Fredrick Mullen, 77, of Shaw, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Cleveland Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:00 Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of life services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 PM at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Williamson officiating. Interment will be at Linn Baptist Church Cemetery.Mr Mullen was...

Mildred Skellion

Mildred Skellion

Mar 27, 2015

Mildred Skellion, 79, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015, at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be 2:00 to 2:45 p.m. Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Graveside services will begin at 3:00p.m. Sunday, March 29, 2015, in North Cleveland Cemetery with Rev. Phyllis Milam officiating. Mrs. Skellion was born January 27, 1936, in...

Guy Lattrell Cox

Guy Lattrell Cox

Mar 22, 2015

Mr. Guy Lattrell Cox, 62, of Drew, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015, at his home. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Drew Baptist Church. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Drew Baptist Church. Mr. Cox was born in Drew, MS on October 15,...

JoAnn Pounds Forrest

JoAnn Pounds Forrest

Mar 22, 2015

JoAnn Pounds Forrest, 77, of Decatur, formerly of Boyle, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, MS. Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Memorial services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Interment will be in Delta...

Martha Roberson Cox

Martha Roberson Cox

Mar 18, 2015

Mrs. Martha Roberson Cox, 83, of Cleveland, passed away March 18, 2015, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Graveside celebration of life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Delta Heights Memorial Garden Cemetery with Rev. Blake McCollough officiating. Mrs. Cox...

Eileen Avaltroni Rocconi

Eileen Avaltroni Rocconi

Mar 13, 2015

Eileen Rocconi , age 88, of Cleveland died Friday, March 13, 2015, at Bolivar Medical Center. Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. on March 16, 2015, at Our Lady Of Victories Catholic Church , Bishop Road, Cleveland with Father Kent Bowlds officiating. Burial will be in New Cleveland Cemetery under direction of Ray Funeral Home Visitation will be...

Riley Ward Robertson

Riley Ward Robertson

Mar 12, 2015

Graveside Service 10:00 am Friday, March 13, 2015 Beluah Cemetery Hwy 1 Beluah, Mississippi, United States Graveside

Margaret Salley Ray

Margaret Salley Ray

Mar 10, 2015

Margaret Salley Ray, 85, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015, at her home . Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of life services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Tim McCarter officiating. Interment will be in Old Cleveland Cemetery.Mrs. Ray...

Karrie Ann Smith

Karrie Ann Smith

Mar 2, 2015

Karrie Ann Lawson Smith, 42, of Rosedale, passed away at her home on Monday, March 2, 2015. Visitation will be 2:00 to 3:00 Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Memorial Services will immediately follow beginning at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Robert Haney officiating. Interment will be in North Cleveland Cemetery....

Caroline Lacey 'Connie' Richardson

Caroline Lacey 'Connie' Richardson

Feb 26, 2015

Caroline Lacey Richardson, 92, of Shaw, passed away February 26, 2015, at Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland. Visitation will be 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. March 1, 2015, at Interstate Baptist Church. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Interstate Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Haney officiating. Interment will be in North...

Dennis Leon Braswell

Dennis Leon Braswell

Feb 25, 2015

Dennis Braswell, age 63, of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at his home. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 27, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home in Cleveland, MS. Celebration of life Services will be held 11:00 am on Friday, February 27, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Larry Braswell officiating. Burial will be in...

Don Faris Mixon

Don Faris Mixon

Feb 24, 2015

Don Faris Mixon, 61, of Skene, passed away Tuesday, February 24, 2015, at his home. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 28, 2015, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Shaw, MS. A Mass of Christian Burial will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. with Father Tom Mullally officiating. Interment will be in Shaw Cemetery. Mr....

Effie Antrim Jones

Effie Antrim Jones

Feb 21, 2015

Mrs. Effie Antrim Jones, 104, of Cleveland, MS, passed away on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Cleveland Personal Care in Cleveland, MS. Visitation will be will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February, 25, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life Services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February, 25, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Chaplain...

James Edwin Peacock

James Edwin Peacock

Feb 15, 2015

Mr. James Edwin Peacock, 77, of Boyle, passed away Sunday, February 15, 2015, at his home. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Memorial Services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Wayne Moore officiating.Mr. Peacock was born in Belzoni, MS, on May...

Mary Pauline 'Polly' Marquis

Mary Pauline 'Polly' Marquis

Feb 15, 2015

Mary Pauline (Polly) Tweedle Marquis, 78, of Rosedale, MS passed away Sunday, February 15, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at First Baptist Church, Rosedale, MS. Interment will follow at Beulah...

Gloria Vazquez Edwards

Gloria Vazquez Edwards

Feb 14, 2015

Gloria V. Edwards, 61, of Memphis, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2015, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Memorial services will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Ike Raley officiating. Interment will follow in Shaw Cemetery. Mrs. Edwards was born in Cleveland, MS on November 3, 1953, to Fransisco Vazquez and Erlinda Soliz...

Corrie Holmes McKay

Corrie Holmes McKay

Feb 14, 2015

Corrie Holmes McKay went to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 14, 2015. She was born to William Eugene and Georgie Patterson Holmes on June 4, 1922 in Calhoun County, Mississippi. She was the youngest of seven children. She attended school in Springhill, MS, until her family moved to Bolivar County where she continued her education at Rosedale Schools....

E. Wayne Pittman

E. Wayne Pittman

Feb 14, 2015

Mr. E. Wayne Pittman, 72, of Hernando, died Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Baptist Desoto Hospital. Born March 24, 1942 in Boyle, MS. He was preceeded in death by his parents, Clarence Eli and Mary Lee; and his sister Ethel Lee Pittman Powers. Mr. Pittman leaves his brother, James Clarence Pittman of Vicksburg, MS; sister Mary Lois Pittman Cruse of...

Charles William Boyd, Sr.

Charles William Boyd, Sr.

Feb 13, 2015

Mr. Charles William Boyd, Sr., 76, of Holly Springs, MS passed away February 13, 2015, at Methodist Hospital in Germantown, TN. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life Services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 19, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Joe Sollars, Jr. and Rev. Doug...

Harold Loyd Chambers, Sr.

Harold Loyd Chambers, Sr.

Feb 12, 2015

Harold Loyd Chambers, Sr. , 84, of Benoit, passed away Thursday, February 12, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. Visitation will be 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 14, 2015, at Benoit Union Church. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 14, 2015, at Benoit Union Church with Bro. Floyd Cooper and Bro....