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On February 8, 2025 on a quiet reflective day, family came together in both sorrow and celebration to honor the life of Kyle Morris. Born in 1969 in Clinton, Mississippi, Kyle ?known by many as Coach and affectionately as "K Mo"?stormed into our lives with a presence as unforgettable as the roar of a stadium crowd. His size, both in spirit and stature, commanded attention, and his impact on every life he touched will always be with them. Kyle's journey was a life of passion, perseverance, and human connection. These attributes were instilled by his father, Bobby Morris, who coached and mentored Kyle throughout his life and through his formative years as the MVP quarterback at Clinton High...

Harold Edward Waldrop, affectionately called "Poppy" by his family, was born February 24th, 1936 in Vinita, Oklahoma, and passed away on January 24th, 2025, at the age of 88. The family is very thankful for the compassionate care he was given during his time at Highland Home. Growing up in Craig County in northeast Oklahoma, Poppy was an athletic standout at Vinita High School. He married his high school sweetheart, Minta Garland. They celebrated their 69th anniversary last October. After graduating from high school, he went to work for JCPenney in Tulsa. He started as a "stock boy" and rose to manage one of the largest J.C. Penney's store in the United States in Atlanta. He worked for...

Walter Clifton Porter, 83, of Madison, MS, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 22, 2024, at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson. Clifton, as most people called him, was born in Straight Bayou, MS on January 11, 1941, to Grover Clifton and Grace McDuff Porter. When Clifton was five years old, he and his family moved to Valley Park where he grew up working with his family on the farm. The sudden death of his father when Clifton was just 14 years old had a profound impact on his life. Clifton attended Cary School, and while there, played basketball, football, and baseball and was a member of the 4-H Club. After graduating from Cary School in 1958, Clifton went to Mississippi...

JACKSON - Paula Connolly Kemp of Jackson, MS died December 8 with her loving daughter at her side. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Malcom Kemp, her eldest son, Steven Kemp and her parents, John and Paula Connolly. She is survived by her son Brian Kemp and her daughter-in-law Gail of Mt Pleasant, SC, her daughter Sarah Young and her son-in-law Russell of Jackson, MS and her grandchildren Anderson (Rika), Paul and Gabrielle Kemp and Jack, Beth Ann and Garner Young. She also leaves behind her brother Joe (Cindy) Connolly and sister Alyse (Bill) Sparks along with many adored nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Paula was born on November 9, 1943 in San...

Marianne Blair, aged 80, passed away peacefully, October 23, 2024, at St. Catherine's Village in Madison, MS, surrounded by the love of her family. Born on May 6, 1944, in New Orleans, LA, Marianne was raised in New Iberia, where she graduated from New Iberia High School. She went on to attend the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette. A devoted mother, Marianne raised her four children while living across the country and abroad, from California and Texas to Barbados and Alabama, finally settling in Mississippi. There, she pursued her passion for nursing, completing her training and becoming a registered nurse?a career she was immensely proud of?serving veterans at the VA...

Robert Scott Matthews, 80, of Forest, MS passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at home surrounded by family and long time friend, Gail Goode. Robert was born in Clarksdale, MS on June 23, 1944 to Robert Howard and Margaret Foster Matthews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Howard Matthews and Margaret Foster Matthews; brothers, Arnold Monroe Matthews and Larry Glenn Matthews; and step-daughter, Shelia Marie Guidara. Robert is survived by his wife, Bessie Matthews; daughter, Dawn Matthews-Broach; step-daughter, Lisa Dillon; step-son, Joe Asbel; and a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Robert Matthews will be held at Carr Methodist Church in Lake, MS on...

William Theodore (Ted) Crawley, 89, of Madison, MS peacefully passed away August 11, 2024 at St. Dominic Hospital, after a brief illness. Ted was born on April 3, 1935, the youngest of 7 siblings and raised in Hollandale, MS. He met and married his wife, Lee, while attending Mississippi College where he received both his Bachelors and Masters Degrees. They had 4 children and settled in the Jackson area. Ted spent his career as a teacher, coach, and principal. He was principal at Barr Elementary, Bradley Elementary, and retired from Lester Elementary, all in Jackson. He was a long time member of Calvary Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, Sunday School Director, and head of...

Nelle Slay Hamm, 97, went to be with the Lord Jesus on July 16, 2024. Nelle was born on September 21, 1926, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, as the third of six children to George Dewey and Beulah Stevens Slay. She and her siblings shared a special bond, with the four sisters referring to one another as the "Slay Belles." Nelle's childhood was marked with loss as her mother died when she was nine and was kindly raised by the Roland Stevens, Sr. family and the Margaret Stevens Chadwick family. Nelle graduated from Co-Lin High School and Junior College where she was a cheerleader for the Wolves and voted "Most Beautiful". Nelle began work in Jackson as a self-described "career girl" at the...

Dr. John Robert Fuller passed away on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, after waging a hard-fought battle against pancreatic cancer. John was born on July 19, 1948, in Hattiesburg, MS. He was the only child of the late John David Fuller and Ola Mae Adams Fuller. John was a 1966 graduate of R.H. Watkins High School. He attended Mississippi State University, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He then continued his educated at Auburn University, graduating in 1974 as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. John loved all of God's creatures and served them well as a respected vet for over 30 years at Fuller Animal Hospital. After hanging up his stethoscope in 2007, he began a thirteen-year...

Dr. Sydney Smith passed away on Friday, April 26th. He was born August 4th, 1941, in Jackson, Mississippi, to Frances Eager Witty Smith and Sydney Allen Smith, Jr., an estate/tax attorney in Jackson. He grew up in Jackson and excelled as state tennis champion while at Murrah High School and college. He was a Carrier Scholar at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and was in ROTC. He graduated first in his class from college; and for two years was the President of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. After college, he served in the Army before completing medical school at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. His residency was in Lexington, Kentucky. He specialized in neurology, and...

James Michael Ingram, 67, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2024. He was born on November 24, 1956 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to James Oliver and Marie Howard Ingram. James, known to most of his colleagues as "Jim" and also known to close friends and family as "Jamie" was a devoted husband to his beloved wife, Janice, a loving father to two children: Michelle and James Wesley and was a cherished grandfather to his granddaughter, Wesley Marie. Growing up the son of an FBI agent, Jim moved around the country with his parents and two brothers from Oklahoma to Illinois, New Jersey, Mississippi where he attended McWillie Elementary School, and Virginia where he attended James Madison High...

Robbie Bratcher Cross was born on March 3, 1930, in Pelahatchie, Mississippi, to Gaines and Lozine Stegall. Graduating from Morton High School in 1948, Robbie was honored to have been named Miss Morton High her senior year. Robbie had a passion for math and graduated from Mississippi College with a Mathematics degree. She used that gift to assist in the development of the mathematics program at Jackson Preparatory School, teaching there for several years. Following college, Robbie married her first love, Tom Bratcher Jr., and together they had two children, Cheryl Bratcher Jeanes and Ladd Bratcher. Robbie and Tom began a successful construction business and continued to live in the...

Carol Ann Statham Grigsby passed away on April 8, 2024 at the age of 78 at Community Place Nursing Home to join her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in her heavenly home. She was born November 30, 1945, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to her parents Harry Anderson Statham, Jr. and Sadie Marie Purvis Statham, both now deceased. In addition, Carol is predeceased by her only sibling, her brother, Terry Lee Statham and her grandparents Talmadge and Mattie Purvis, of Flora, MS and Harry and Josephine Statham of Jackson, MS. Carol moved with her parents to Jackson, MS following her father's discharge from the Marine Corps after WWII. Surviving to cherish her memory is her husband Robert D. (Bob) Grigsby....

Anne Hollis Cooner Bowlus passed away peacefully Saturday, April 6, 2024, at The Madison Health and Rehab in Madison, Mississippi. She was surrounded all month by family and a large group of caregivers whom she loved dearly. Born February 22, 1935, in Jasper, Alabama, her parents were the late Judge Rufus Andrew Cooner and the late Lucille Hollis Cooner. Reared in Mobile, Alabama, Anne attended Old Shell Road Elementary School and Murphy High School. In the summer of 1951, she was selected to attend the Westminster Choir College summer program in Princeton, New Jersey. During her senior year of high school, Anne wrote a five-day-a-week newspaper column entitled "Tween Us Teens" for The...

Mary Katherine "Katie" Grower Walley, age 77, the proud daughter of John and Mary Catherine Grower, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2024. Katie was a 1964 graduate of St. Joseph Catholic School in Jackson. Katie's surviving siblings are John Grower, Jr. of Gulfport, Mississippi, Judy Grower Reeves of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Michael Grower of Ridgeland, Mississippi, and children Marty McCullough McCoy (Bennie) of Lawton, Oklahoma, James McCullough (Tammie) of Gluckstadt, Mississippi, and Katie McCullough McMahon (Scott) of Woodstock, Georgia. Visitation will be Saturday, April 6, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at St. Richard Catholic Church, 1242 Lynwood Dr, Jackson, Mississippi, followed...

Bettye Smith Pierce passed away peacefully on March 16, 2024 at St. Catherine's Village where she and her husband Jim of 70 years had been residents since November 2014. She was born on October 24, 1933, and was the only child of Bessie and J. Herman Smith of Kosciusko, MS. Bettye was a member of Highland Colony Baptist Church of Ridgeland, MS. She was a graduate of Millsaps College and a member of Kappa Delta Sorority. For many years she and Jim made their home in Yazoo City where for 25 years she owned and operated Bettye Pierce Realty. Afterward, she operated as a Broker representing the buying and selling of property throughout MS and Florida. Bettye was one of the first women to enter...

Mr. Donald Richard Partridge "Richard", 85, passed away peacefully of natural causes on March 8, 2024, at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Richard was born in Omaha, Texas on February 14, 1939, and lived in Pittsburg, Texas for most of his early childhood. Richard has been a resident of Jackson, Mississippi for most of his adult life. Mr. Partridge was a man of great vision and insight. He was always artistic and had a strong entrepreneurial spirit. He enjoyed designing, building, and turning his ideas into reality. To his artistic nature and architectural credit, Richard held several process and utility patents. Mr. Partridge leaves behind a distinguished business reputation and...

Mr. Donald Richard Partridge "Richard", 85, passed away peacefully of natural causes on March 8, 2024, at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Richard was born in Omaha, Texas on February 14, 1939, and lived in Pittsburg, Texas for most of his early childhood. Richard has been a resident of Jackson, Mississippi for most of his adult life. Mr. Partridge was a man of great vision and insight. He was always artistic and had a strong entrepreneurial spirit. He enjoyed designing, building, and turning his ideas into reality. To his artistic nature and architectural credit, Richard held several process and utility patents. Mr. Partridge leaves behind a distinguished business reputation and...

Harold Day "Hal" McDonald, Jr., adored husband, brother, uncle and friend, passed away behind the wheel of a car he had lovingly rebuilt on Sunday, March 3rd. He leaves behind his devoted wife of nearly 28 years, Laurie Ella, as well as his beloved siblings, nieces, nephew, and countless friends. Born and raised in Jackson, Hal was a graduate of Jackson Academy and later the University of Southern Mississippi where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Following college, Hal followed his father's footsteps into the insurance business and later worked with his brother at McDonald Claims. From a young age, Hal began honing his lifelong passion of "tinkering." He had a real...

Virginia Wilson Mounger, known as Ginny, was born on June 24, 1954, and died on March 1, 2024. She was the middle of three daughters born to parents Martha and Earl Wilson. Her husband, John Harbour Mounger, died in 2014. She is survived by her sisters Ann Holifield (Henry) and Amy Lyles Wilson (Henry Granberry); nephews Wilson Holifield (Jennifer) and Lyles Holifield (Katelyn); nieces Martha Grace Gray (Matt) and Mary-Milam Granberry (Ross Hilliard); great-nephews Robert Wilson Gray and Halston Lyles Holifield; great-nieces Cameron Grace Holifield, Ann Lyles Gray, Parker Marie Holifield, and Mary Lyles Holifield. Ginny graduated from Jackson Prep, Mississippi State, and the University of...

William B. Porter "Bill". October 24, 1940 -- February 24, 2024. Services will be held Thursday, February 29, 2024 at Parkway Funeral Home in Ridgeland with visitation starting at 1pm, followed by a celebration of Bill's life at 2pm in the chapel. For Bill's full obituary, please visit Parkway Funeral Home's website at https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/11683248.