All Obituaries

Grace Marie Luckett, 63, died Wednesday, May 15, 2019.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for her on Saturday, May 18 at 11:00 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Canton. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 9:30 at the church. Burial will follow in the Canton Cemetery. Born in Jackson on December 12, 1955, Ms. Luckett had lived her entire life in the Canton area. She taught school for over forty years, first at Canton Academy where she was a high school science teacher...

Betty Black Mitchell, 81, a longtime art teacher at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, died Sunday, May 12, 2019 at her home in Madison. Visitation will be at Grace Episcopal Church on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 from 2 pm until the 4 p.m. memorial service.  Burial will follow at Canton Cemetery. Mitchell was born March 20, 1938 in Canton, Mississippi, to Floyd Aldon Black and Eugenia Howell Black. She grew up in Canton and graduated from Canton High School where she played oboe in the...

William “Bill” Souheaver went to his heavenly father and home, Saturday, May 11, 2019.  Bill was born and raised in Greene County Arkansas and married Sue Souheaver 67 years ago.  They moved to Canton, MS and raised four children (Judy (Wayne Irvin), Larry, Chuck (Elizabeth), and Guy (Jennifer).  Their grandchildren are Chasidy (Seth Thomas), Pam (deceased), Grayson and Nathan, Cara, Kaila, and Piper.  Great-grandchildren are Kayla Renfrow, Lee and Dillon...

Canton- Sam Palmer Smith-Vaniz was born in Canton, MS on May 28, 1948 and departed on May 10, 2019. He met Bridget Blackstock at Holmes Junior in 1968 and knew he had met the woman he was going to marry. They married on June 7, 1968 and have been married for fifty years. He was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church of Canton. Sam graduated from Ole Miss in 1970 in Sales and Marketing. He retired from Trustmark National Bank in May 2015 after a long career in banking. Sam was a...

Mary Veronica Brown, daughter of Jessica Lea Wahl and Jeffrey Louis Brown, Jr. died at birth on May 8, 2019.  Graveside services will be 10 am on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at the Canton Cemetery. In addition to her parents Mary Veronica is survived by brothers, Vincent Jude Brown, Malcom Blaise Brown, and Francis Xavier Brown; maternal grandparents, Miriam and Ronald Wahl; and paternal grandparents, Rosalea and Jeff Brown.

Clay L. Pedigo passed away in his sleep on May 7, 2019 in his home at Beau Ridge in Ridgeland, Mississippi.  He lived a full, vibrant, and honorable life, invariably punctuated by laughter and unflinching optimism.  He was a survivor of both prostate cancer and bladder cancer, open heart surgery, and diabetes. In his waning years, he struggled with dementia in addition to the rigors of aging.  He was 84 years old. Clay was born in Lawton, Oklahoma on November 28, 1934, the...

Floyd G. Harris, Jr., 91, died May 6, 2019.  Visitation will be at Breeland Funeral Home on Friday, May 10, 2019 from 10:30 am until the 11:30 am chapel service.  Burial will be in the Canton Cemetery. A native of Lake, MS, Floyd had lived in Jackson before moving to Pearl in 1972.  He was a member of Alta Woods Baptist Church.  Floyd had been a Mason since 1963 and was a past Grand Master of Pearl Lodge #23. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia W. Harris and...

Drake Andrew Ray, 8 went to be with Jesus on Thursday, April 25, 2019.  Visitation will be at Briarwood Presbyterian Church from 10:00 am until the memorial service at 11:00 am on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Drake is survived by: his mother, Dacoda Ray; brother, David Anthony Ray; grandmother, Darla Ray; great grandparents, Pat and David Ray; and uncle, Jerry Ray.

Manning H. (Jimmy) James, III, 74 died Sunday, April 21, 2019.  Visitation will be from 5 – 7 pm at Breeland Funeral Home on Tuesday, April 23, 2019.  Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Canton.  Burial will be in the Canton Cemetery. Jimmy was a retired Senior Master Sargent for the Air National Guard, he had also worked at Canton Fire Department and Jacob’s Aircraft.  He was very mechanically inclined and could fix almost...