All Obituaries

CLEVELAND- Jeffery Lagrone Walls age 63 of Cleveland, Ms passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020, in Jackson, MS. Jeffery was born February 2, 1957, to Haskell Lagrone and Ruby Jean Washington Walls in Ruleville, MS. He grew up in Drew, MS, and Graduated Drew High School in 1974. He drove a long haul truck for KLLM for many years and worked with Cives Steel Corporation for several years until he went to work with Delta Electric Power Company in 1993 where he was a meter reader and a...

BOYLE- Mary Alice Cates, 82, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, Mississippi, died August 5, 2020, following a courageous battle against progressive respiratory illnesses.  Mary Alice was born July 2, 1938, to Lindsey Allen and Mary Alice Meador of Cleveland.  Mary Alice attended Cleveland public schools graduating from Cleveland High School in 1956.  While attending Delta State University she married Albert Dennis Cates of Hollandale, Mississippi.  Thereafter, she and...

RULEVILLE- Frank J. Adkins age 85 of Ruleville, MS passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020, in Madison, Mississippi. Frank was born May 26, 1935, to Sam and Elsie Tillery Adkins in Pine Ridge Arkansas. He grew up in the Pine Ridge, Hot Springs Arkansas area before moving to California where he was enlisted to the United States Army serving during the Korean War. He received the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart Award. After the war Frank moved back to the Delta and became the maintenance...

CLEVELAND- Rodney Lynn Ray age 68 of Cleveland passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at the Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland, MS Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Cleveland Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life Funeral service will follow at 11:00 in the Cleveland Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at the Delta heights Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Reverend Chris Gentry will officiate the services. Due to restrictions from the COVID-19...

Shirley Ann Anstead Cohn of Cleveland, MS, passed away peacefully on July 26, 2020, at Cleveland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.  She was 84 years old.     Ann was born on August 15, 1935, to Carl and Icy Butler Anstead, deceased, of Hammond, LA.  Ann was graduated from Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport in 1957, and upon graduation served as Director of Education at Jefferson Street United Methodist Church, Natchez, MS, where she met and then married...

SHAW- Aubrey Guy Corley, age 73 of Shaw, MS passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at his home in Shaw. Visitation will be held Friday, July 24, 2020 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Cleveland Funeral Home. A celebration of life funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, July 25, 2020, in the Cleveland Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Linn Methodist Church Cemetery. Reverend Robert Haney will officiate the services. Aubrey was born November 22, 1946, to...

SHELBY- Elena Malatesta Tubertini,  98, of Shelby, passed away Wednesday  at Walter B Crook  Long  Term Care.  Funeral Mass will be  10 A M  Friday July 24 at St. Marys Catholic Church with Father Raju Macheria  and  Father Kent Bowlds officiating.  Private family Interment will be in Shelby Cemetery. Elena was owner of Jimmy`s Sundries and Western Auto in Shelby. She was also an agent for Boots Jones Cotton Company, being the only...

James O. Murrell, 86, died in Los Angeles, California on May 13, 2020. He is survived by his children, Mark Murrell of Los Angeles and Amy Murrell Frogge of Nashville; his grandchildren, Anna and Jack Frogge of Nashville; and his sister, Linda Murrell Stivers of Louisville. He was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine Murrell; his parents, Charles Thomas Murrell, Sr., and Otis Turner Murrell; and three siblings, Lena Dell Murrell Burns, Charles Thomas Murrell, Jr., and Ted Murrell. Jim...

BOYLE- Robert Rudolph Taylor, Jr died on July 11, 2020, at University Medical Center Jackson, Ms. He was born July 14, 1938, to Rudolph and Betty Murrell Taylor in Shaw, Ms.  He worked 33 years as a Law Enforcement Officer with the MS Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks in Bolivar County.  He was a long time member and served on the Board of the Hunting Point Hunting Club.  He was also a Member of the American Legion Post #126  of Shaw, Ms...

CLEVELAND - Lamar Hays, age 70, of Cleveland, MS, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at his home in Cleveland after a lengthy illness.  He was born on July 29, 1949, to Theodore Bilbo and Annie Ruth Ray Hays in Shelby, MS. Lamar attended Coahoma County Schools, Mississippi Delta Community College, and Delta State University.  He married Judy Pruett on November 22, 1967, in Cleveland, MS.  He worked at Douglas and Lomason, Baxter Laboratories before opening the family...