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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.
Eddie Davis
STARKVILLE — Eddie James Davis, 59, died June 15, 2025, in Pearl Funeral services will be at 1 pm Thursday, at Beth-el MB Church Burial will follow at... more
Connie Locke
MURRAY, Ky — Connie Locke, 83, died July 2, 2025, in Murray Funeral services will be at noon Thursday, at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home, with the Rev Klaus R... more
Jimmy Craddieth
COLUMBUS — Jimmy Craddieth, 85, died July 6, 2025, at Windsor Place Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of... more
Mary Davis
MILLPORT, Ala — Mary Laughmiller Davis, 92, died July 7, 2025 Graveside services will be at 11 am Friday at Millport City Cemetery Dowdle Funeral Home of... more
Barbara Harris
STARKVILLE — Barbara Ann Moore Harris, 77, died July 6, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Arrangements are incomplete and will be... more
Charles Pitts
COLUMBUS — Charles Marion Pitts, 80, died June 29, 2025, at the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Funeral services with... more
Cindy Wingo
Cynthia “Cindy” Diane Jaynes Wingo, 65, died at her residence in New Hope, MS A Celebration of Life service will be held at a later date The... more
Josie Jordan
COLUMBUS — Josie “Doris” Jordan, 90, died July 6, 2025, at Dugan Memorial Home in Starkville Funeral services will be at 2 pm Friday, at Lowndes... more
Paul Ray
Paul Rex Ray, 77, passed away on July 5, 2025, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson He was born on May 5, 1948, in Pontotoc,... more
Miriam Killebrew
On July 5, 2025, Miriam Killebrew passed away peacefully in her home in Caledonia, Mississippi, at the age of 91 Miriam was born on December 28, 1933,... more
Minnie McCaa
ALICEVILLE, Ala — Minnie E McCaa, 85, died July 3, 2025, at her residence Funeral services will be at 1 pm Sunday, at Emory Chapel CME Church, with the... more
Roy Whitehead
Roy Whitehead, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday June 30, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus A memorial service will be held at... more
James Stanford
SULLIGENT, Ala — James Lewis Stanford, 62, died July 1, 2025, at his residence A memorial service will be held at 6 pm Monday, at Otts Funeral Home... more
Doris Jordan
WEST POINT — Doris Jordan, 90, died July 7, 2025, at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes... more
Jean Sarsgard
COLUMBUS — Jean King Simpson Sarsgard, 98, died July 1, 2025, at Trinity Healthcare Center Funeral services are at 11 am Tuesday, at First United... more
Murel Cunningham
MILLPORT, Ala — Murel Nabors Cunningham, 81, died July 5, 2025 Graveside services are at 5 pm Monday, at Meadow Branch Cemetery in Kennedy, with Mike... more