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STARKVILLE – One man is dead after an early morning fire in an apartment complex Friday. The victim is identified as Rodney Jenkins, 72, Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt told The Dispatch.

WEST POINT – Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill doesn’t flinch when confronted with the “B word.” “I’ll lean into it,” she said, prompting laughter Saturday from the audience at the Women ...

COLUMBUS — Sarah E. Morris, 93, died March 10, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at noon Friday, at Abundant Life Christian Church, with Craig Morris officiating. Burial will ...

ALICEVILLE, Ala. — Patricia Ann Bonner died March 9, 2025, at Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Funeral services are at 3 p.m. Friday, at Lavender’s Funeral Service, with the Rev.

MILLPORT, Ala. — The Rev. Benny Will Henry, 78, died March 10, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral ...

COLUMBUS — Linda Spencer, 79, died March 10, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. March 22, at First Baptist Church in Reform. Burial will follow at Hopewell Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at Lavender’s Funeral Service.

SULLIGENT, Ala. — Jerry Ray Woodruff, 67, died March 9, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit in Tupelo. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at Otts Funeral Home, with ...

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Ebenezer Cemetery, with Jerry Ray officiating. Chandler Funeral Home of Vernon is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Ridgeway was born Feb.

SULLIGENT, Ala. — Louise Stanford Knight, 88, died March 10, 2025, in Sulligent, Alabama. Funeral services will be at noon Thursday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with Steven Sanderson officiating.

GUIN, Ala. — Shawna Miles Pace, 31, died March 7, 2025, at DCH Medical Center in Fayette, Alabama. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday, at Sulligent First Assembly of God, with Jerry Oakes ...