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 [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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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