In the early hours of November 12, 2025, Dr. Joe M. Pate’s long- standing faith became sight as he left his weary earthly body to be with Jesus. Visitation will be Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 12 ...

PRAIRIE — Missouri Wilson, 97, died Oct. 30, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Cross Road C.M.E. Church, with Cheryl Penson officiating. Burial will follow at ...

COLUMBUS — Gregory Jones, 69, died Nov. 11, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hairston and Hairston Funeral Home.

John Frank Bino, age 88, of Columbus, Mississippi, passed away peacefully on October 26, 2025, surrounded by family and love. Born on December 4, 1937, in Petaluma, California, John was the beloved ...

MACON — William “Whip” Rice, 76, died Nov. 1, 2025. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Macedonia Baptist Church, with Terry Lee Rice Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Oddfellow ...

COLUMBUS — Ethel Blackburn Young Jones, 100, died Nov. 5, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Stephen Chapel M.B. Church, with Joe Lee ...

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Beginning Full Gospel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Tommy Davis officiating. Burial will follow at St. Matthews M.B. Church cemetery. Visitation ...

MACON — Gayle Denise Wood Ford, 65, died Nov. 8, 2025, North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at first Baptist Church in Pickensville, Alabama.

Sammy Ray Wade, 82, passed away September 29, 2025. Stringer Family Funeral Home handled arrangements. A graveside service will be 11 am on November 15, 2025, at Station Creek Cemetery, Collins, MS.

WEST POINT — Jessie Mae Ivy, 65, died Oct. 31, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at noon Friday, at Town Creek M.B. Church, with Charles Davidson ...