All Obituaries

Joy Dolores (Douglass) Crosby, 90, passed away peacefully on February 24, 2019 at home in Flora, MS.  A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, March 1, 2019 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Ridgeland, MS.  Burial will be in Comstock Cemetery near Montville, CT. Joy was born on July 9, 1928 in Huntingdon, PA.  She was the daughter of Clark and Grace Douglass.  She spent much of her childhood in and around Huntingdon.  She attended Juniata...

Rosie Jauquine McPhail died peacefully on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at St. Catherine’s Village in Madison, MS. Jauquine was born August 30, 1934 and grew up in Edinburg MS., where she met and married her childhood sweetheart, John McPhail. One of John and Jauquine’s many ventures in life was to spend a year in Germany while John was in the Service. In 1963 they moved to Flora, where they lived for eight years and made some lifelong connections. In 1971, they moved and settled...

Jimmie Rose Murphy, 87, died Monday, February 11, 2019.  Visitation will be at Breeland Funeral Home on Thursday, February 14, 2019 from 12:00 pm until the 2:00 pm chapel service.  Burial will be in Jessamine Cemetery. Mrs. Murphy was preceded in death by: father, Will Abb Gore; mother, Rosa Lee Barton Gore; husband, Walter Murphy; and sister, Joy Jean Bruce. Survivors include: sons, Anthony Ray Murphy (Lala) of Brandon and Rickey Joseph Murphy (Kay) of Biloxi; sister, Betty Jo...

Wonzie Harrell Ray, 86, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019.  Visitation will be from 5 – 7 pm at Breeland Funeral Home on Friday, February 8, 2019.  Funeral services will be 11:00 am on Saturday at the funeral home.  Burial will be in Raytown Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, parents, step-father, husband, Aubrey F. Ray, and her beloved daughter, Dianne Ray Ervin. “Mrs. Wonzie” was employed 38 years at Canton Academy as high...

Noureen “Boodie” Byrd Ronchetto, 87, passed away peacefully in her sleep, February 5, 2019 at her Beau Ridge home in Ridgeland Mississippi.  Noureen was preceded in death by her parents Lennia Friedman Kendrick and William Lloyd Kendrick, and brother Williams Charles Kendrick.  Noureen was born July 24, 1931 in Virginia, Minnesota. She was a graduate of Daingerfield High School in Daingerfield, Texas. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education from...

Ulysses (Junior) Harvey, 83 passed away January 28th, 2019 at St. Catherine’s Village, Madison, Mississippi after a lengthy illness. Services will be held on January 31st at 11:30 a.m. with visitation at 10:00 at Breeland Funeral Home in Canton, Mississippi. Burial will be at Canton Cemetery.   Junior was born in Morton, Mississippi to Ulysses & Susie Harvey but moved to Canton at an early age. Junior attended Canton High School and excelled in all sports there. He played...

Hugh K. Wilson, 83, died Monday, January 28, 2019.  Visitation will be at First United Methodist Church of Canton on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 from 10:00 AM until the 11:00 AM funeral service.  Burial will be in the Canton Cemetery. Hugh was born in Brookhaven, MS on August 2, 1935. He graduated from Bay Springs High School in 1953 and Southern Mississippi College in 1959.  He worked for the Corp of Engineers at Vicksburg MS Waterways Experiment Station retiring August 27,...

William E. Girod, 85, died Friday, January 25, 2019.  Visitation will be Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at St. Columb’s Episcopal Church from 10:00 am until the 12:00 pm memorial service. William began his career as a draftsman and construction superintendent with Peyton Builders.  Later he began his own construction company, Girod Builders, Inc., specializing in residential, commercial and apartment complex construction.  With his extensive construction knowledge, William...