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Supreme Court will not hear funeral services case

Associated Press — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:16:16 +0000

OXFORD — The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to hear more appeals in a pre-need funeral services contracts dispute between two Oxford funeral homes. The Supreme Court ruled last fall there was nothing improper about pre-need funeral services contracts written by Waller Funeral Home that forbid their transfer to another provider. The court denied motions [...]

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Cemetery owner indicted; accused of mishandling pre-need funds

MBJ Staff — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:41:39 +0000

TUPELO — Cemetery owner Wayne Hight of Corinth has been indicted, according to a news release from Lee County District Attorney Trent Kelly and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. Hight has been indicted for failing to fund at least 85 percent of funds received for funeral services and merchandise as required by state law and [...]

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Former House member Bowles dies at 78

Associated Press — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:19:25 +0000

HOUSTON — William Eugene “Billy” Bowles, who served 20 years in the Mississippi House of Representatives and ran Bowles Grocery for 34 years, has died. He was 78. Officials with Houston Funeral Home said today Bowles died yesterday at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Houston First United [...]

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Business owner accused of bogus tombstone transactions

MBJ Staff — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:42:00 +0000

NATCHEZ — A Natchez business owner has been arrested and charged with felony false pretense, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Dwight Gibson, 45, owner of Clear Creek Monuments in Natchez, was arrested by investigators of the Attorney General’s Public Integrity Division and the Adam County Sheriff’s Office on two counts of felony false pretense. [...]

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Former Oxford Mayor Leslie to be buried tomorrow

Associated Press — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:29:58 +0000

OXFORD — Gravesite services are scheduled tomorrow for John Leslie, the former longtime mayor of Oxford, who died Saturday at the Mississippi Veterans Home in Oxford. He was 88. Leslie served six terms as mayor and worked as a pharmacist in Oxford for 38 years. Officials with Waller Funeral Homes said today that a graveside [...]

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SoS orders funeral home to cease and desist

MBJ Staff — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:21:06 +0000

VICKSBURG — Williams Funeral Home in Vicksburg has been notified to cease and desist from selling funeral pre-need goods and services to the public and to pay $13,000 in fines to the State of Mississippi in a final order issued by Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. In 2008, Williams was ordered to cease and desist [...]

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Former state Sen. Graham dies at 75

Associated Press — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:55:28 +0000

NEW ALBANY — Former state Sen. Walter A. “Pud” Graham has died. He was 75. Graham died at his home in New Albany Saturday after being in the hospital the previous week, undergoing a medical procedure. Officials with United Funeral Service said services would be held today at Ingomar Baptist Church in New Albany with [...]

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Funeral home under scrutiny

Wally Northway — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:23:33 +0000

NATCHEZ — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says he is hopeful that new pre-need legislation will help prevent similar problems as currently seen at the George F. West Funeral Home in Natchez. Owned by Theodore West, the Secretary of State’s Office found the George F. West Funeral Home is not registered to sell pre-need contracts, [...]

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