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Riley Burnett Collins Sr., 91, died Thursday, January 8, 2026. A graveside service will be held at Parkway Funeral Home on Highland Colony Parkway in Ridgeland on Saturday, January 24, at 2:00 p.m. preceded by a visitation at 1:00 p.m.
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Anne Elizabeth Hemphill Lamb was welcomed into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on January 12, 2026, at Highland Home in Ridgeland.
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James Michael “Mike” Lightsey was born October 6, 1952, in Laurel, to James Joseph Lightsey and Patsy Ruth Boutwell Lightsey. He died January 9, 2026.
Mike graduated from R. H. Watkins High School (1970), Jones Community College (1972), and the University of Southern Mississippi (BSBA 1973, MBA 1974).
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Catherine Powell Klipple, age 99, died peacefully on the evening of December 24, 2025, at The Arbor in Ridgeland. She was born in Jackson, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Frith Powell (Pearl McInnis) on August 18, 1926.
She lived most of her life in Jackson, graduating from Central High School in 1944. She subsequently earned a BA in mathematics from Millsaps College and an MS in biostatistics from Columbia University School of Public Health in New York. Throughout her adult life, she took many Millsaps Enrichment classes and frequently attended Friday Forums.
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Dr. Elizabeth "Bess" Shirley Stanton, age 69, passed away at home in Candler, N.C. on November 9, 2025, surrounded by the love of her wife of 25 years (Vicki), her children, and pets. Bess was born in Jackson on July 24, 1956. She earned an undergraduate degree from Rhodes College in Memphis, her MD from the University of Mississippi, and completed her residency in general adult and child psychiatry at Duke University. Additionally, she completed an MBA program specializing in healthcare administration. Dr.
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Rosalind Butler Ross, age 97, of St. Catherine’s Village in Madison, passed away on January 11, 2026, surrounded by love and the memories of a long and well-lived life.
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Dr. Elizabeth "Bess" Shirley Stanton, age 69, passed away at home in Candler, NC on November 9, 2025, surrounded by the love of her wife of 25 years (Vicki), her children, and pets. Bess was born in Jackson, MS on July 24th, 1956. She earned an undergraduate degree from Rhodes College in Memphis, her MD from the University of MS, and completed her Residency in General Adult and Child Psychiatry at Duke University. Additionally, she completed an MBA program specializing in Healthcare Administration. Dr.
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James Ronald 'Ron' Chapman passed away peacefully at home on Friday, January 9, 2026, at the age of 79.
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Mary Tumasz Lackey, aged 78, passed away peacefully on January 7, 2026, surrounded by her family. Born on September 22, 1947, Mary was the daughter of Eddie and Bobbie Tumasz. She was raised in Jackson and graduated from Murrah High School. Mary then attended the University of Mississippi. In 1967, she married her high school sweetheart, Carl Lackey. Later, their son, Mark, was born in Oxford.
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Mary Ann Reed Bowen, mother of six children and retired educator, playwright, editor and actress died in her own
home on January 5, 2026. The service will be held Monday, January 12, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. at St. Peter’s Episcopal
Church, downtown Oxford, Mississippi. Visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 1:00 P.M. Waller
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. For the family, friends, and fans that are unable to attend, the service
will be streamed on https://m.youtube.com/@stpetersoxford
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Richard Carrington Stockett Jr., 90, a retired realtor, died January 3, 2026, at St. Catherine’s Village in Madison.
A native of Jackson, Richard was born August 5, 1935 to Beth and Richard C. Stockett Sr. An Eagle Scout, Richard graduated from Central High School in 1953, and from Mississippi State University in 1957 with a B.S. in business. While at State, Richard was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa and also served as president of both the campus YMCA and of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
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Mary Polk Montague Yerger passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, December 20, 2025. She was born March 3, 1933, in Hattiesburg, the daughter of the late Ida Lois Polk Montague and Frank Douglas Montague.
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James Robert Jeffries, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. He was born in Akron, Ohio on July 23, 1941, to Callie Mae Porter Jeffries and Theodore James Jeffries. He attended grammar school in Greenwood and went on to graduate from Gulfport High School in 1959. Jim served in the Navy from 1959 to 1965 as Petty Officer Third Class (PO3) in communications. His military service includes a year aboard the USS Forrestal aircraft carrier and later transferred to land duty in Bahrain in the Persian Gulf.
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Dr. Glen Curtiss Warren, aged 94, died on December 18, 2025, at River Oaks Hospital in Jackson, a hospital that he co-founded. Glen was born on November 2, 1931, in D’Lo to Amanda Warren and Leonard Warren during the Great Depression. His father was fascinated with airplanes, so he named his son after Glenn Curtiss, the aviation pioneer, and dropped one of the ‘n’s’. Glen’s humble early years were spent working hard on his family’s small farm during World War II, while many of the men were away in the military.
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Mary Jane Dixon Fuerst, age 96, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
Born September 20, 1929, in Brownsville, Tenn., she was the daughter of Isabel Drake Dixon and Chester Moore Dixon Sr. She attended the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), where she met the love of her life, Robert J. Fuerst Sr. They shared 61 years of marriage and enjoyed traveling, Ole Miss football, playing bridge, and time with family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Fuerst Sr.; her parents; and her son, Robert J. Fuerst Jr.
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Eunice House Nabors passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on December 16, 2025, where her son, Tom, had been her caretaker for the past several years. She passed away in the early morning hours on her birthday and was exactly 99 years old.
Eunice was born on December 16, 1926, to Olivia and Alonzo House in Houston, Miss. She was the youngest of six siblings and the last survivor. She lost her father to pneumonia when she was only seven years old, leaving her mother to raise and provide for the family.
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Barbara Davis Simmons, 93, of Dallas, passed away peacefully and went to be with her Lord on December 11, 2025, surrounded by her loving children.
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Dr. Edward Harold Fisher, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, passed away December 10, 2025. Visitation was Friday, December 12, 2025, in the chapel of First Baptist Church of Jackson. A graveside service was held Saturday, December 13, 2025, at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Oxford.
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John Erik Alexander Olson, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, died peacefully on December 9, 2025, in Houston.
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Ethelene Sellars Stubbs went to be with her Lord on November 24, 2025. Ethelene was born April 23, 1938, the first daughter of John Douglas and Mary Frances Lovern Sellars, in Stewart. Ethelene grew up in the Mississippi Delta where she attended Benoit High School. She spent most of her life in the Jackson area.
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