CLEWISTON, Fla. — Elijah Smith, 82, died Dec. 22, 2025, in Clewiston, Florida. Funeral services will be at 12 p.m. Saturday, at St. John M.B. Church in Columbus ...

WEST POINT — Ricky Blair, 65, died Dec. 25, 2025, at Baldwyn Nursing & Rehab, Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday, at Carter’s Mortuary Services, with Hazel Brown officiating. Burial will ...

COLUMBUS — Donald “Don” “Duck” Bluitt, 58, died Jan. 4, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Beginning Full Gospel Baptist Church, ...

WEST POINT — Henry Lee Jefferson, 71, died Dec. 19, 2025, in Cedar Bluff. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Hopewell M.B. Church in Cedar Bluff, with Kelly Martin officiating. Burial ...

MACON — Troy Washington, 69, died Jan. 5, 2026, in Macon. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Noxcedar M.B. Church, with Admise Gandy officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery ...

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at St. James United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dwight Prowell officiating. Burial will follow at Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1-5 p.m.

MILLPORT, Ala. — Charles Christopher “Punkin” Mordecai, 52, died Jan. 3, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Poplar Springs Primitive ...

COLUMBUS — Mary Ellen Riordan, 91, died Jan. 3, 2026. Burial will be held at a later date at Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida. Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of ...

COLUMBUS — Edwin Clanton “Eddie” Mauck, 76, died Jan. 6, 2026, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory of Columbus.

Mary Jane “Janie” Yarbrough, age 75, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital—Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Thursday, ...

SULLIGENT, Ala. — John D. Allen, 87, died Jan. 5, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with David Sullivan ...

MSU receiver Jordan Mosley, left, celebrates a touchdown with Anthony Evans, right, against Alcorn State at Davis Wade Stadium. It was Mosley’s first score of the 2025 season, and the fifth touchdown ...