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Brad Oakes
Oct 3, 2025
HAMILTON – Thomas Bradley “Brad” Oakes, 48, passed away Friday, Oct. 3, 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus. He was born July 13, 1977 to Tommy and Lana Oakes. Brad attended Itawamba Community College and East Mississippi Community College and earned his associates degree before joining the U.S. Air Force.
Born in Monroe County, the Air Force took him...
Roland Wayne Brewer
Oct 1, 2025
Roland Wayne Brewer Jr.,62, passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at the NMMC in Tupelo. He was born in Lowndes County, MS on June 22, 1963 to Roland W. Brewer Sr., and Rebecca Sudduth Brewer. He was a graduate of Millport High School in Alabama. He proudly served his country for six years in the United States Army. He...
Donnie Allen
Sep 29, 2025
Donnie Stephen Allen, 73, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2025 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory following a brief illness. Donnie was born in Aberdeen on December 27, 1951 to Boyd and Antionette Sloan Allen. He attended ICC and was widely known as a painting contractor. He enjoyed hunting, going to church and talking about Jesus. Above all,...
Eileen Stark
Sep 28, 2025
Eileen Johnson Stark (Ninny) departed this life for eternal peace on September 28, 2025in residence at Big Pink. Ninie, as she was affectionately called, was born in Sycamore, Illinois on December 6, 1932. She and husband Jim married on New Year’s Eve in 1951 and rapidly birthed four children in five years. The Starks also informally adopted two “outside” children...
Caroline Mitchell Rowzee
Sep 26, 2025
Caroline Mitchell Rowzee, 75, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2025 at her residence. She was born on April 19, 1950 in Meridian, MS.
Caroline was a retired service worker in the food industry where she worked for over 50 years. She loved her family and providing care and support to anyone in need. She was a dedicated advocate for anyone...
Theresa Nelson
Sep 23, 2025
Theresa D. Nelson, 100, passed away at Arcadia Senior Living Center in Pace, Fl on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. She was born on October 30, 1924, in Douglas County, MO to Claude Swearengin and Wilma Williams Swearingen. She was the widow of Oscar Nelson, and she was a member of St. Mark Methodist Church in Aberdeen where she sang in...
Danny Grissom
Sep 18, 2025
Danny J. Grissom, 68, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at his home. He was born on October 13, 1956 in Hayti, MO to Joe Grissom and Betty Ash Grissom. In his younger years, he farmed, and later he was the owner/operator of Three Star Muffler Shop in Tuscaloosa. Drag racing was one of his favorite activities, and was...
James House
Sep 15, 2025
James Loyd House, 99, passed away on Monday evening, September 15, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice in Tupelo. He was born on January 8, 1926, in Aberdeen to Joseph Otto and Clearsie Stella Swinney House and was a lifelong resident of Aberdeen. He volunteered to serve in the Navy during World War II in 1944 and fought in...
Sylvia Simmons
Sep 8, 2025
Sylvia Jean Lee Simmons, 80, passed away on Monday, September 8, 2025 at North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point. Born in Macon on March 15, 1945, she was a daughter, to W.S. Lee and Ethel Vernon Lee. She grew up in West Point where she graduated high school and she was the widow of Ronald Simmons. She worked the family dairy...
William Teddy Putnam
Sep 5, 2025
William Teddy Putnam, 66, passed away on Friday, September 5, 2025 at his residence in Aberdeen. He was born on October 2, 1958 in Eupora, MS to parents William O. Putnam JR., and Gloria Faye (Wright) Cantrell. He was a lease operator in the oil and gas industry and he loved it. William enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding motorcycles and four...
Philip Cockerham
Sep 4, 2025
Philip Lance Cockerham, 77, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at his home in Hamilton surrounding by family and friends. Born on March 12, 1948 in Aberdeen, he was a son to John Allen, Sr. and Georgia Mae Garner Cockerham.
Philip grew up in Hamilton and was a 1966 graduate of Hamilton High School. Graduating from Itawamba Junior College, he...
Larry Barnes
Sep 3, 2025
Larry Barnes, age 66, of Hamilton, MS passed away on September 3, 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital In Columbus. He was born on November 13, 1958 to parents Burney C. Barnes and Evelyn Scott Barnes in Mobile, AL. He was a proud grandfather who loved spending time with his family, as well as an avid hunter and fisherman who found...
Mike Rausch, Sr.
Sep 2, 2025
Alvin Micheal "Mike" Rausch, Sr., 76, passed away on September 2, 2025 at his residence in Plantersville, MS. He was born on August 9, 1949 in Rexburg, Idaho to parents Alma Moses Rausch and Fawntella (Williams) Rausch. He had lived in Plantersville for the last 53 years. Before his retirement he owned his own welder/fabricator shop. Mike enjoyed riding motorcycles,...
Clayton Thompson
Aug 30, 2025
Clayton L. Thompson, 75, passed away on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Hamilton on March 8, 1950, he was the son of Talmadge and Margarite Sanders Thompson. Clayton was a graduate of Hamilton High School and was a dedicated 30-year employee of Kerr-McGee and Tronox. In addition, during those 30 years, he...
Ray Underwood
Aug 29, 2025
Harry “Ray” Underwood, age 86, passed away on August 29, 2025. Born October 22, 1938, in Columbus, Mississippi, to Grace Truman McCullough and Stillman “Lawrence” Underwood, Sr., Ray lived a full life built on love, laughter, and loyalty.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 62 years, Hilda Gaye Springer Underwood, as well as his brothers Bobby, Richard,...
Ann Shidler
Aug 28, 2025
Mavis Ann West Shidler, 76, passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2025 at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Ft. Myers, FL. She was born in Aberdeen on September 17, 1948 to Howard Murff and Mavis Lelia Weaver West. Ann was a 1966 graduate of Aberdeen High School and she went on to graduate from Miller Hawkins Business College in Memphis....
Kathi Rea
Aug 26, 2025
Linda Katherine “Kathi” Adams Rea, 71, passed away on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, Dugan Nursing Home in West Point. She was born in Aberdeen on December 9, 1953, to Dan Adams and Dorothy Dodd Hawkins. A graduate of Aberdeen High School, she worked for P & S Clinic for 30 years prior to her retirement. Later she worked for Dr....
Barbara Bean
Aug 24, 2025
Barbara Jean Smith Bean, 86, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2025 at the Care Center of Aberdeen. Born on December 15, 1938, she was a daughter to Albert Benton and Inez Neal Smith. A devoted member of First Christian Church in Aberdeen, she married Mr. Sidney Bean in 1954. Involved in the greatest work of all, she was a...
Dallas Allen Watson
Aug 20, 2025
Dallas Allen Watson,63, passed away from this life on Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at his his residence in Mantachie. . He was born in Michigan on September 3,1961 to parents Russell Ray Watson and Elizabeth (Williams) Watson. He had lived most of his life in Hartford, Michigan but for the past 2 years he had resided in Mantachie. He was...
William "Bill" Jackson
Aug 16, 2025
William Edward “Bill” Jackson, 97, passed away from this life on Saturday, August 16, 2025 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born in Monroe County on June 29, 1928, he was a son to Hershel and Mary Viola Miller Jackson. Mr. Bill lived most of his life in Monroe County and was married to the former Wren Medley who preceded...
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