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Mr. Buddy: The empty chair at Pheba’s Diner: Remembering the town’s ‘true historian’
Whenever you walked through the wooden front door to Pheba’s Diner off Highway 50, there was always one thing that remained constant.
Carrie Gordon
MACON — Carrie Mae Gordon, 88, died Nov 19, 2025, at her residence Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, at St Paul Baptist Church, with Joe N Rice... more
Jerald Smith
Jerald Lamar Smith, 70, of Columbus, MS, passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at his residence Visitation will be Saturday, November 29, 2025,... more
Jimmy Smith
COLUMBUS — Jimmy Wayne Smith, 69, died Nov 25, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford Arrangements are incomplete and will be... more
Rosie Williams
STARKVILLE — Rosie Mae Wiliams, 94, died Nov 14, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point Funeral services are at 11 am Saturday, at First... more
Luther Smith
BROOKSVILLE — Luther C “LC” Smith, 76, died Nov 24, 2025, in Starkville Funeral services will be at 2 pm Sunday, at Harrison Grove MB Church, with the... more
Dora Taifer
COLUMBUS — Dora Young Taifer, 73, died Nov 19, 2025, at her residence Funeral services will be at 11 am Sunday, at Springhill Primitive Baptist Church in... more
Callie Cunningham
Mother Callie Cunningham was born in Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Bessie Henley Conner and Wilson Conner, Sr on October 10, 1929 She confessed hope... more
Alfred Walker, Jr.
Alfred Lanzell Walker, Jr, lovingly known as “June,” was born on November 29, 1935, in Noxubee County, Mississippi, he was the cherished son of... more
Angelo Stewart
HORN LAKE — Angelo Reginald Stewart, 56, died Oct 23, 2025 Funeral services will be at 2 pm Saturday, at Newbirth MB Church in Gore Springs Burial will... more
Johnny Evans
CRAWFORD — Johnny J “JJ” “Big John”, 72, died Nov 18, 2025, at his residence Funeral services will be at 11 am Saturday, at St James MB Church,... more
Emanuel Mallard Jr.
BROOKSVILLE — Emanuel “Jap” Mallard Jr, 66, died Nov 19, 2025, at his residence Funeral services will be at 11 am Saturday, at Mount Samuel MB... more
Dennis Perkins
Dennis Lawrence Perkins, age 66 of Springdale, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Fayetteville He was born November 10, 1958 in... more
Linda Pyle
Linda Walker Pyle, age 75, died Saturday, November 22, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus Services will be held Wednesday November 26,... more
Katia Williamson
TIBBEE — Katia Williamson, 50, died Nov 22, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point Funeral services will be at 3 pm Saturday, at Calvert... more
David Robinson
CALEDONIA — David Wayne Robinson, 74, died Nov 22, 2025, at St Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama Funeral services are at 2 pm Tuesday, at... more
Kattie Walker
WEST POINT — Kattie Mae Walker, 92, died Nov 12, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Funeral services will be at 2 pm Sunday, at Union... more
Saylor Trull
WEST POINT — Saylor Phoenix Trull, 3 weeks, died Nov 18, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point Funeral services will be at 2 am... more
Sandra Black
SULLIGENT, Ala — Sandra Lynn Franklin Black, 66, died Nov 17, 2025, at her residence Funeral services will be at 1 pm Friday, at Otts Funeral Home... more
Emanuel Mallard Jr.
NOXUBEE COUNTY — Emanuel Mallard Jr, 66, died Nov 19, 2025 Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of... more
Joan Atkins
Joan Elizabeth Atkins “Heaven gained the most beautiful angel when you left us” After a sudden illness, Joan Atkins, 83, passed away on... more
