Area Obituaries

Woodrow Clifton, Jr. OAKLAND – Woodrow W. “Woody” Clifton, Jr., passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at his home in Oakland. He was 76. A graveside service was held on Saturday, March 6, at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope. The family received friends prior to the service at the cemetery. Woody was born May 6,…

Bobby Baker PEORIA, ILL. – Mr. Bobby Baker, 58, departed this life on February 13, 2021, at his residence in Peoria, Ill. A former resident of Water Valley, he was a fearless man and he loved his family. Graveside services were held Monday, February 22, at Union Hill C.M.E. Church Cemetery in Water Valley. Serenity…

Bobby Baker PEORIA, ILL. – Mr. Bobby Baker, 58, transitioned on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at his residence in Peoria, Ill. He was former resident of Water Valley. Graveside services were held on Monday, February 22, a 11 a.m., at Union Hill Cemetery in Water Valley. Serenity-Daniels Funeral Home of Water Valley was in charge…

Semmie Sessums Burns WATER VALLEY—Semmie Sessums Burns passed away January 30, 2021, at the age of 88. Born March 15, 1932,  in Scott County, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Cleo Sessums. In 1934 she moved with her family to Bruce Junction, a small railroad community in Yalobusha County. After graduating high…

Margie Katherine Hayles Gill OXFORD—Margie Katherine Hayles Gill, 98, died Wednesday, January 27, 2012, in Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi at Oxford. A private graveside service will be held in Oxford Memorial Cemetery with Rev. Robert Allen officiating. Waller Funeral Home of Oxford has charge of arrangements. Born in Yalobusha County, Mrs. Gill was…

Opal Louise Bell TILLATOBA – Mrs. Opal Louise Dunn Bell, 87, of Tillatoba, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021, at her residence. Born March 24, 1933, in Leachville, Ark., Mrs. Bell was a daughter of the late Thomas Arthur and Fanny Carter Dunn. Opal attended Tillatoba Baptist Church. She had spent a number of years…

Ivy Faye Arbuckle WATER VALLEY—Ivy Faye Arbuckle, age 80, of  Water Valley died Tuesday, January 12, 2021, in Baptist Memorial Hospital– North Mississippi at Oxford. Born in Calhoun County, November 25, 1940, Faye was a daughter of the late William Samuel and Cora Melton Stark. She was a life-long member of Scuna Valley Baptist Church.…

Jackie David Clayton WATER VALLEY— Jackie David Clayton, age 89, of Water Valley, MS died Friday, January 8, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Known as “Rock” from an early age, he was born June 18, 1931 in South Carolina to the late Adam and Julia (Parler) Clayton. After graduating from high school,…

Quinton Thomas Edwards TILLATOBA – Quinton Thomas Edwards, 82, of Tillatoba, passed away Monday, December 28, 2020 in Wichita Falls, Texas.  He was born December 6, 1938, to Q.T. and Ruby Ard Edwards.  Quinton had worked for many years as an electrician.  A respected champion fox hunter, Quinton was best known among his friends as…

William Dalton PARIS – William (Ricky) Dalton of Paris died unexpectedly Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. He was 62. Born to the late James and Lavelle (Harmon) Dalton, he began his earthly journey January 12, 1958, in Water Valley. Part of the well known Harmon family, he worked in a…