Houston High School Mississippi Alumni Obituaries

Raised by a hardworking GodFearing nononsense mother of integrity she is a native of Houston Mississippi and is the third of four children. Barbara was a 1975 graduate of Houston High School a 1979 Graduate of Mississippi University for Women and a 1995 graduate of the University of South Alabama wi...

Keith Murray Long age 71 departed this earthly life on Sunday morning January 4 2026 and entered into his Heavenly home at Magnolia Hospital in Corinth Mississippi surrounded by the love and comfort of his family. Funeral services honoring the life of Mr. Keith will be held at 2 PM on Friday January...

Gene Smith was born on January 9 1950 to Ruby Lee Martin Smith and Douglas Smith in Houston Texas at St. Josephs Hospital. He was raised a cotton farmer and ginners son in Alief Texas. He graduated from Alief High School 1968 Houston Baptist University B.A. 1972 Southwestern Baptist Theological Semi...

Mrs. Donna Faye Hays departed this life for her eternal heavenly home on January 2, 2026, in Mena, Arkansas, at the age of 78.Donna was born on July 16, 1947, in Brady, Texas.She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in Houston, Texas, in 1965 and attended Bethany Nazarene College, where she ...

1st Lady Tarshona Jones was born on November 3 1969 to the late Mr. Mack King and Mrs. Rosie KingMcDavis. At a young age Tarshona accepted Christ as her personal savior and joined Power House Deliverance Templein Indianola Mississippi under the leadership of the late Apostle Terry W. Roberson where ...

Ruby Lee Rushing Daniel was born on March 26 1941 in Kokomo Walthall County Mississippi. She was the fourth of sixteen children born to the union of Elijah Leroy and Georgia Dixie Luter Rushing. Ruby graduated in 1961 from JJ Gulledge Memorial High School in Tylertown Mississippi. She moved to Gulfp...

In Loving Memory of Mrs. Earnestine GrayNovember 14, 1947 – July 23,2025With deep love and heavy hearts, the family of Mrs. Earnestine Gray announces her peaceful transition from this life. Born on November 14, 1947, in Stringtown, Mississippi to the late Joseph Wright Sr. and Lillie Mae (Wigfield) ...

Randy Scott Green 59 of Pearland Texas passed away on February 4 2026. Randy was born on September 2 1966 in Mendenhall Mississippi to Pearl Tutor and Oliver Estal Green. He was a longtime resident of Houston Texas and a proud educator at High School for Law Justice. Randy is preceded in death by h...

George Dexter Walcott age 82 of Greenwood Mississippi peacefully passed away at home on December 14 2025. Funeral services will be held on Saturday December 20 2025 at 1000 am at St. Johns Methodist Church in Greenwood Mississippi with visitation starting at 830 am at the church. Interment will foll...

HoustonAnn Catherine Semmes Landrum beloved wife mother grandmother aunt sister teacher and friend passed away at the age of 77 on September 10 2025 at Diversicare in Amory Mississippi. Ann was born September 8 1948 in Grenada Mississippi to Raphael and Mary Evelyn Cissye Semmes. She graduated from ...

With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Joseph Albert Pryor on February 13 2026 at the age of 89. He lived a life full of passion adventure service and love. Joe entered this world on September 16 1936 in Chattanooga Tennessee the eighth child of James and Annetta Pryor. He was president of the...

Shirley Stean Johnson was born on February 28 1945 in Mendenhall Mississippi to Willie McCullum and Augustine Woods. Shirley attended school at Harper High School and secured a job with Universal Manufacturing Plant. While working there fate smiled upon her when she met and married the love of her l...

Mr. Andre L. Johnson peacefully passed away from us on Monday February 2 2026 at his home surrounded by his family. Andre L. Johnson of Moss Point Mississippi was born on March 27 1974 to the late Azariah Denson Jr. and Ann Johnson Sanders. Andres presence filled every room with warmth and laughter....

Billy Steven Harber also known as Coach Harber to many 72 won his final game and entered Heavens gate on December 17 2025. Coach Harber was a lifelong coach for 51 years where he touched and impacted athletes and students in not only in basketball but also in the game of life. As a proud Mississippi...

On August 4th 1956 a beautiful baby girl Willie Jean Griffin was born to the late Henry and Ann Griffin. She was the youngest of eleven siblings. Willie Jean was a beloved wife mother grandmother great grandmother sister aunt and a devoted woman of God. She went home to be with the Lord on Thursday ...

Funeral services will be held at 1200 noon on Saturday December 20 2025 at the Billy M. KingColonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins for Neil Delbert Rogers 89 of Collins who passed away on Monday December 15 2025 at the Alden Pointe Assisted Living Memory Care in Hattiesburg Mississippi. Dr. Joseph...

Bill was born February 1946 in Bloomington Illinois to Mr. Walter J. Wilkes of Biloxi Mississippi and Mrs. Audrey Genders Wilkes of Bloomington Illinois. He is survived by his wife Dolores De Jesus Wilkes of 26 years his children Wade and wife Jennifer Jonathan and wife Elisabeth Kristin and husband...

Mr. Danny Brown Dedmon of Dyersburg Tennessee passed away January 6 2026 at the age of 80 at his home surrounded by his wife and two children. Danny was born on December 7 1945 in Humboldt TN to the late Jamie and Velma Dedmon. He graduated from Rutherford High School in 1963 and went on to graduate...

A graveside service for Peter "Bo" Leon Carroll 67 of Nacogdoches will be held at 230pm on Monday January 12 2026 at Moral Cemetery officiated by Chris Burris. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 100 to 200pm on Monday January 12 2026 at Laird Funeral Home. Mr. Carroll passed away on...

Adam Ewert passed away on Friday January 9 2026 at the age of 98. He lived a long and rich life of humility and thankfulness which began on December 1 1927 in Mountain Lake Minnesota. Adam was the youngest of David and Agatha Ewerts 12 children and he embraced the family values of faith in God and s...

The former L. Maxine Steele was born on Sunday November 10 1940 in Houston Mississippi the daughter of U.S. and Myrtie Olean Davidson Steele. In 1947 Maxine along with her mother and her siblings moved from Houston to Beloit and rejoined their father who had moved to Beloit a year earlier to find em...

Funeral services will be held at 200 p.m. on Thursday October 16 2025 at the Mount Olive Methodist Church in Mount Olive for John Hayes Powell 55 of Brandon who passed away on Sunday October 12 2025 at the St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson MS. Reverend Steve Parten Reverend Adam Day and Lay Leader Bil...