Recent Burials & Services

Timothy Joel Hansen
Died April 4, 2025
Service: Friday, April 18, 2025, graveside at 11:00 a.m. at LOFC

Eric and Marti Truitt
Service: Saturday, June 27, 2026 Funeral Service: 2:00 p.m. Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery 965 Rockport Rd Lexington, MS 39095

Wanda Hortense (Truitt) Seals
Died May 8, 2026
Service: Saturday, June 27, 2026 Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery 965 Rockport Rd Lexington, MS 39095

Guy Kenner Ellis, Jr.
Died January 15, 2026
Service: Friday, February 6, 2026 Memorial Service: 3 p.m. Fossum Funeral and Cremation Service 510 2nd Ave S. Onalaska, Wisconsin (608) 783-9777 Wednesday, Februay 11, 2026 Additional Services: 11 a.m. Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery 965 Rockport Rd Lexington, MS 39095 At the Hooker Grave Site

Gene Austin
Died January 12, 2026
Service: Friday, January 16, 2026 Visitation: 10 a.m. Mortimer-Southern Funneral Home 100 Pine Street Lexington, MS 662-834-2607 Memorial Service: 11 a.m. First First Presbyterian Church 103 Church St Lexington, MS 39095 Graveside Service: Following the Memorial Service Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery 965 Rockport Rd Lexington, MS 39095

Byron Sharpe, Jr.
Died January 5, 2026
Service: Saturday, January 10, 2026 Memorial Service: 10 a.m. at Tchula Presbyterian Church 800 E Main St, Tchula, MS 39169 Graveside Service: 11:30 a.m. at Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery

Joane Berman Burwell
Died November 28, 2025
Service: Sunday, December 7, 2025 Visitation Service: 1 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel 5315 Old Canton Road, Jackson, MS Memorial Service: 2 p.m. at Temple Beth Israel 5315 Old Canton Road, Jackson, MS Graveside Service: at Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery

Dixie Lee Winborn Chapman
Died September 23, 2025
Service: Saturday, September 27, 2025 Visitation Service: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Natchez Trace Funeral Home 759 Highway 51, Madison, MS 601-898-8565 Memorial Service: 2 p.m. at Natchez Trace Funeral Home 759 Highway 51, Madison, MS 601-898-8565 Graveside Service: Following the Memorial Service at Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery

Theodore "Teddy" Allen Moses
Died September 2, 2025
Service: Thursday, September 4, 2025 Visitation Service: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Mortimer - Southern Funeral Home 100 Pine Street, Lexington, MS 662-834-2607 Memorial Service: Following the Visitation at 2 p.m. at Mortimer - Southern Funeral Home 100 Pine Street, Lexington, MS 662-834-2607 Graveside Service: Following the Memorial Service at Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery

William Elliott Sharpe
Died August 21, 2025
Service: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Service: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery

Phillip "Phil" Raymond Cohen
Died June 4, 2025
Service: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Graveside Service: 11 a.m. at Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery

Fulton Lewis Young, Jr.
Died March 1, 2025
Service: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Graveside Service: 11 a.m. at Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery

Odessa Kellum Pepper
Died January 11, 2025
Service: Saturday, January 18, 2025Visitation: 11 am ti 1 pm at the Mortimer-Southern Funeral home in Lexington Service: Begins at 1 pm at the Mortimer-Southern Funeral Home

Dr. Charles Walton Campbell
Died December 21, 2024
Service: Monday, December 30, 2024Visitation: 10 am at the Howard Allen Education Center (next to the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington) Service: Begins at 11 am in the Sanctuary of the Church

Recil Hammett Elledge
Died October 24, 2024
Service: Monday, October 28, 2024 Visitation: 9:30am to 10:45am Monday, October 28th, 2024 at Mortimer Southern Funeral Home of Lexington, MS. Memorial Service: Monday, October 28th, 2024 at 11am at Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery

Richard Bruce Davis, Jr.
Died September 16, 2024
Service: Thursday, September 19, 2024 & Friday, September 20, 2024 Friends and Family Visitation: 5:30pm to 7:30pm Thursday September 19th, 2024 at Mortimer Southern Funeral Home of Lexington, MS. Memorial Service: Friday September 20th, 2024 at 1pm at Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery

Ed Wilburn Hooker, Jr.
Died August 7, 2024
Service: Saturday, August 10, 2024 Visitation: 1:00 pm at The Lexington Methodist Church Fellowship Hall Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m. in the church sanctuary

Elizabeth Ann Hammett "Libby" Dittmar
Died June 11, 2024
Service: Saturday, July 13, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Eastern time) First Christian Church of Wilton Manors 2725 Northeast 14th Avenue Wilton Manors, FL 33334

David Allen Byrd
Died June 8, 2024
Service: Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Christopher Lee Allen
Died March 3, 2024
Service: Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Patsy Wynne Rogers
Died January 1, 2024
Service: Friday, January 5, 2024

Robert Dudley Rinicker
Died December 17, 2023
Service: Friday, December 29, 2023

James A. "Jim" McNeer, Jr.
Died November 18, 2023
Service: Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Hon. James Robert "Bob" Gilfoy, IV
Died November 16, 2023
Service: Burial & Service: Private Family Service

Jack Brooks Yates
Died November 8, 2023
Service: Wednesday, November 15, 2023Burial: Private Family ServiceVisitation: 1 pm to 2 pm at the Howard Allen Education Center (next to the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington) Service: Begins at 2 pm in the Sanctuary of the Church

Percy Paul Taylor, Jr.
Died August 30, 2023
Service: Saturday, October 7, 2023

Kimberly Machael Winstead
Died August 2, 2023
Service: Saturday, August 5, 2023

Thena Louise Baughn "Tootsie"
Died August 1, 2023
Service: Sunday, August 6, 2023

Emma Joyce King Bethany "Faye"
Died July 30, 2023
Service: Friday, August 4, 2023

Sherry Byrd McClellan
Died July 22, 2023
Service: Family Graveside Service

Benjamin Hughes Lundy
Died July 16, 2023
Service: Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Max Earle Johnson
Died July 15, 2023
Service: Monday, July 24, 2023

Ruth Carolyn Ware Rinicker
Died July 4, 2023
Service: Friday, July 4, 2023

Bettye Faye McBride Carroll
Died June 3, 2023
Service: Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Marilyn Walkins Walker
Died May, 18 2023
Service: Saturday, May, 20, 2023

Glenna Jean Olinger
Died March 5, 2023
Service: Thursday, March 9, 2023

Thelma Lois Horne Grantham
Died March 1, 2023
Service: Friday, March 3, 2023

Carolyn White O'Connell
Died February 4, 2023
Service: Private Graveside Service

Patricia A. McMorrough
Died December 15, 2022
Service: Sunday, December 18, 2022

Ednita Ruth Gillespie Wixon
Died December 4, 2022
Service: Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Jamie Moore
Died November 24, 2022
Service: Thursday, December 1, 2022

Mike Dunn
Died November 12, 2022
Service: Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Mary Elizabeth King
Died October 10, 2022
Service: Monday, October 17, 2022

Vernon Lothaire Richards, II
Died September 12, 2017
Service: Thursday, September 29, 2022

Betsy Alice Kimbrough Padgett
Died September 3, 2022
Service: Thursday, September 8, 202210:30 am (Graveside at Lexington Odd Fellows Cemetery)11:30 am (Visitation at Presbyterian Church)

Frances Regenhardt Hines
Died August 15, 2022
Service: August 19, 2022

Brenda Kay Torrey Howard
Died August 4, 2022
Service: August 12, 2022

Margaret Lillian Keirn Spurgeon
Died July 16, 2022
Service: Private Family Service

Emily Lewis Smith
Died June 18, 2022
Service: June 25, 2022

Jerry Mars Pilgrim
Died July 12, 2022
Service: July 16, 2022 (Private Graveside)

Larry Chesteen Mayo
Died July 8, 2022
Service: July 9, 2022 (Private Graveside)

Patsy Hearn Gray
Died May 25, 2022
Service: July 9, 2022

James Thomas "J.T." Gray
Died May 22, 2022
Service: July 9, 2022

Michael Lewis McCaleb, Jr.
Died May 10, 2022
Service: June 4, 2022

Christopal Opal (Cain) Ware
Died April 23, 2022
Service: April 27, 2022

Martha Ann (Kealhofer) Jordan
Died March 22, 2022
Service: March 26, 2022

Marion Kittrell Ginn, Jr.
Died March 3, 2022
Service: April 30, 2022

"Ted" Buren Theodore Batson
Died February 7, 2022
Service: February 12, 2022

Mary (Gwin) Smith
Died January 27, 2022
Service: February 2, 2022

Sylvia (Barton) Upchurch
Died January 20, 2022
Service: January 22, 2022

Keath Gwin Kilebrew
Died December 3, 2021
Service: December 17 2021

Gwin Sharpe
Died November 22, 2021
Service: December 12, 2021

Dean Christian, Jr.
Died November 17, 2021
Service: November 21, 2021

Sandra (Hammett) Brett
Died October 25, 2021
Service: October 30, 2021

Bettye Sue (Heard) Sims
Died October 21, 2021
Service: October 29, 2021

Jerry Bythel Read
Died October 10, 2021
Service: October 20, 2021

George W. Ellison, III
Died Ocbtober 6, 2021
Service: October 11, 2021

Sonia (Gilliam) Truitt
Died September 30, 2021
Service: October 8, 2021

Addie Jeanette Gilbert
Died August 27, 2021
Service: August 29, 2021

"Bill" Charles William McLellan
Died August 26, 2021
Service: August 28, 2021

"Jim" James Henry Terry
Died August 21, 2021

"Bud" Claud Leake Keirn, III
Died August 10, 2021
Service: September 4, 2021

Mary Elizabeth (Ware) Eubanks
Died July 10, 2021
Service: July 14, 2021

Pat Barrett, Jr.
Died June 26, 2021
Service: June 29, 2021

Lilla Eloise (Moore) Alderman
Died May 11, 2021
Service: May 13, 2021

Fred Carlton Powers
Died April 16, 2021
Service: April 18, 2021

"Ed" Edwin Wilburn Hooker, III
Died March 26, 2021
Service: March 30, 2021

Juanita Payne Smith
Died February 21, 2021
Service: February 26, 2021