Meridian High School Mississippi Alumni Obituaries

Thomas Cecil Luke Sr 80 passed away at Thomas Hospital in Fairhope Alabama on Sunday February 1 2026 with his loving family by his side. He was preceded in death by his mother Mary Cecil Luke father Earl Hermon Luke his sister Becky Luke and daughterinlaw Michele Strickland Luke. He is survived by h...

Agnes Hayes Barksdale was born on January 15, 1939, in Jackson, Mississippi. Shortly after the onset of World War II, she and her mother moved to Mobile, Alabama, where she first developed a love of the Gulf Coast. After the war, Agnes’ family settled in Meridian, Mississippi, where she grew into a ...

Mary Joleen Moore, age 79, of Meridian,MS  passed away on February 9, 2026 at Wisteria Manor in Shubuta, MS.    Joleen was born in Meridian, MS on August 7, 1946 to Ferdie and Lois Moore. She graduated from Meridian High School, the University of Southern MS and received her Masters i...

Marian Joy Santiago Howell affectionately known as Marijoy or Joy passed away peacefully on January 4th 2026 after a courageous fiveyear battle with renal cell carcinoma shortly after one of the most beautiful sunsets in Fairhope Alabama. She was surrounded by friends and family as she took her last...

Patricia Carol Hall, 72 of Kirbyville passed away Monday, February 2, 2026 at St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.Funeral service will be 11 am, Friday, February 6, 2026 at Call Junction Baptist Church in Kirbyville. Visitation will begin at 10 am prior to service.Born November 9, 1953 to Shelby Earl...

more commonly referred to as Dot or Ms Dot or Grandma Dot was born on November 3 1944 in Daleville Mississippi to Elijah and Blannie Brown. She attended Middleton Attendance Center High School. While in Meridian MS she had various jobs to help take care of her family and eventually had 4 of her 5 ch...

Dr. SSgt Retired Melissa Lynne Swann passed away on December 19 2025 at the Veterans Home in Oxford Mississippi after a long illness. Melissa was born in Albuquerque New Mexico on August 25 1962 to the late Jimmie Glenn Swann and Medgie Ann Nix both of Pontotoc Mississippi. She graduated from Tupelo...

Carole Lynn Henry 87 of Quitman passed away Monday September 29 2025 at McClelland Compassionate Care in Meridian. She was born Thursday November 4 1937. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday October 1 2025 at 1030 am at Newton County Memorial Gardens with Bro. Bob Followell officiating. She ...

Funeral Services for John "Johnny" Cleveland Allen 74 of Tuscaloosa Alabama will be held on Wednesday February 11 2026 at 200 P.M. from the Chapel of Bumpers Funeral Home in Butler Alabama. Burial will follow in the Mt. Sterling Cemetery. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral servi...

Bruce Allen Cater 70 of Decatur Mississippi passed away Sunday October 19 2025 at the MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson Mississippi. He was born Friday July 8 1955 in Union Mississippi. Visitation will be held on Tuesday October 21 2025 from 600 p.m. until 800 p.m. at Newton County Funeral HomeNo...

Mary Alice Dudley was born on Friday January 10 1944 and took her final breath on December 15 2025just 50 feet from where she was born. The years in between she lived. Mary Alice graduated from Spearsville High School in 1961 and later attended BMI Bish Mathis Institute in Monroe until her marriage ...

​On July 14, 2025, Donna Jean (nee Kellaway) Lowther passed away peacefully after a lengthy battle with dementia. She was born October 7, 1943 in Camden, NJ, to Norman and Marian Kellaway, and was raised in Haddon Heights, NJ along with her 6 younger siblings. In 1961 Donna graduated from Haddon He...

Funeral Services for Jazmine Briana Ford 22 of Citronelle Alabama will be held Monday February 2 2026 at 1100 A.M. from the Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Justin Overstreet officiating. Burial will follow in the Hoboken Baptist Church Cemetery in Marengo County Alabama. Visitation will be hel...

Services for Mr. Carleton will be held 12 p.m. Saturday December 06 2025 at First Presbyterian Church with burial in the Union City Cemetery. Rev. Chris Shelton will officiate. In 1929 Robert Carleton and Lois Monroe from Newton Mississippi married. On June 4 1932 during the midst of the Great Depre...

He was born in Meridian MS in 1976 and went on to become a lifelong educator. Eric attended Columbia High School before studying music education and history at Pearl River Community College the University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University. He had a passion for teaching which led h...

FULTON Sally Ashford Monroe died Monday January 12 2026 at her home. She was a retired first grade teacher who taught at Natchez Jackson Meridian Tupelo and for a majority of her 40 year career at Fulton Grammar School. She was born in Brookhaven Mississippi on August 25 1933 the second of six chil...