Obituaries

Mary Nell Balducci

Mary Nell Balducci

Feb 9, 2015

Mrs. Mary Nell Balducci, , of Shelby, died Monday, February 9, 2015, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 12, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 12, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Diane Elliott officiating. Interment will follow in Shelby...

Emmett Roland Ray

Emmett Roland Ray

Feb 9, 2015

Mr. Emmett Roland Ray, 83, of Merigold, passed away Monday, February 9, 2015, at Delta Regional Medical Center. Mr. Ray was born in Tutwiler, MS on March 22, 1931, to Emmett Ray and Nora Lucille Monroe Ray. He proudly served our country in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and retired from the Navy after many years of...

Mary Ida Ross

Mary Ida Ross

Feb 3, 2015

Mary Ida Vause Ross, 92, of Benoit, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at Washington Care Center in Greenville, MS. Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 6, 2015, at Benoit Union Church. Celebration of Life services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 6, 2015, at Benoit Union Church with Rev. Luther Robertson and Joe Mitchell officiating....

Irene Stanford Johnson

Irene Stanford Johnson

Feb 2, 2015

Mrs. Irene Stanford Johnson, 91, of Skene, passed away Monday, February 2, 2015, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Starnes officiating, Interment will be in...

Paul C. 'Jay' Ashford

Paul C. 'Jay' Ashford

Feb 2, 2015

Mr. Paul Crawford "Jay" Ashford, 90, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, February 2, 2015, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Tim McCarter officiating. Interment will...

Lois Jenkins Boyette

Lois Jenkins Boyette

Feb 1, 2015

Lois Jenkins Boyette, 82, of Drew, passed away February 1, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be 12:00p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be 2:00p.m. Wednesday 4, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Bro. Hill officiating. Interment will follow at Delta Heights. Ms. Boyette was born November 24, 1932,...

Maurice Braswell

Maurice Braswell

Jan 29, 2015

Maurice Braswell, 98, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2015, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 31, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 31, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Steve McMillon and Rev. Milton Burd officiating.Mr. Braswell was born December 14,...

Bryce Clinton 'B.C.' Ruth

Bryce Clinton 'B.C.' Ruth

Jan 28, 2015

Mr. Bryce Clinton Ruth, Sr., 94, of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at Indywood Estates. Visitation will be 1:00 to 1:45 p.m. Friday, January 30, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Graveside services will immediately follow, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 30, 2015, at Lehrton Cemetery in Ruleville with Rev. Will Wilkerson officiating. Interment will be in Lehrton...

James Edward Goodman

James Edward Goodman

Jan 27, 2015

Mr. James Edward Goodman, 90, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at his home. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. A second visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 30, 2015, with celebration of Life services immediately following beginning at 11:00 a.m. at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy...

Doris McMillian

Doris McMillian

Jan 22, 2015

Doris Lucille Burnside McMillian, 88, of Cleveland, died Thursday, January 22, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Desoto Hospital. Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Greg Chamblee officiating. Burial will follow in the New Cleveland...

Ernestine Walker

Ernestine Walker

Jan 22, 2015

Ernestine Bishop Walker, affectionately known as "Whizzie" to family and friends, died January 22, 2015, at the age of 90. Born on October 3, 1924, in Drew, MS, she was a child of the Great Depression and then World War II. She is preceded in death by her devoted husband of 49 years, William Harrison "Dub" Walker, and her oldest...

William Starnes

William Starnes

Jan 19, 2015

William Dennis Starnes, 89, of Pattison, MS, passed away Monday, January 19, 2015, at Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland, MS. Visitation will be 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at Brandywine Methodist Church. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at Brandywine Methodist Church with Rev. Mike Assink officiating. Interment...

Nancy Webb

Nancy Webb

Jan 17, 2015

Mrs. Nancy B. Webb, 65, of Cleveland, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015, at Joy Health and Rehab. Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Graveside services will begin at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at Delta Heights Memorial Garden Cemetery with Shirley Lamb Turner officiating.Mrs. Webb was born in Front...

Elsie Ouzts

Elsie Ouzts

Jan 16, 2015

Elsie Rachel Marshall Ouzts, 74, of Cleveland, passed away Friday, January 16, 2015, at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Milton Burd officiating. Interment will...

Dolly Jenkins

Dolly Jenkins

Jan 13, 2015

Dolly M. Jenkins, 88, of Rosedale, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Celebration of Life services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Huber officiating. Interment will be in...

Billie Breland

Billie Breland

Jan 13, 2015

Mrs. Billie Wasson Breland, 83, of Cleveland, MS passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at North Sunflower Medical Center. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 15, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home in Cleveland. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 16, 2015, at First Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Huber officiating. Interment will follow the service beginning...

Edna Towles

Edna Towles

Jan 10, 2015

Mrs. Edna Ruth Towles, 87, of Cleveland passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015, at North Sunflower Medical Center. Graveside Service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 12, 2015, in North Cleveland Cemetery.Mrs. Towles was born in Tallahatchie, MS on June 10, 1927, to Jackson Doyne Rice and Leona Genail Rice. On June 7, 1946, she married Carl Towles in Cleveland,...

Joseph Gladden

Joseph Gladden

Jan 8, 2015

Joseph Richard Gladden, 66, of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sunday, January 11, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 12, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Huber officiating. Interment will follow in North Cleveland Cemetery.Joe was...

Sarah Tapley

Sarah Tapley

Jan 6, 2015

Mrs. Sarah Evans Tapley, 82, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming, MI. Visitation will be 9:30 to 11:00 Saturday, January 17, 2015, at First United Methodist Church in Cleveland. Memorial Services will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 17, 2015, at First United Methodist Church in Cleveland with Rev. Will...

Rebecca Austin

Rebecca Austin

Jan 4, 2015

Rebecca Lisanby Austin, of Cleveland, went to be with her Lord Jesus on Sunday, January 4, 2014, at the home of her youngest daughter, Melinda Neill of Brandon, MS. She was 92. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 9, 2015, at Ray Funeral Home and 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 10, 2015, at Covenant Presbyterian Church....