WEST POINT — James Lewis Buchanan, 58, died Oct. 12, 2025, in Vardaman. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Vardaman High School Gymnasium, with the Rev. Clarence Buchanan officiating.

COLUMBUS — Nias Austin Jr., 92, died Oct. 19, 2025, in Columbus. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Bible Way Progressive Church, with Tommy Lee Williams officiating. Burial will follow ...

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Bethel M.B. Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 12-6 p.m. Friday, at West Memorial Funeral Home. West Memorial ...

Douglas Anderson Yelverton, Sr., age 84, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2025, peacefully in his sleep in Columbus, MS. Doug was born November 14, 1940, to Peter Anderson (P.A.) Yelverton and Lenore ...

Michael Thorne died October 12, 2025, of a heart attack at home. He was born September 7, 1942, to William Albert and Alice Jeanne Mathis Thorne, in Shreveport, LA. He graduated from LSU with a B.A.