HENRY WARD
Dec. 21, 1951 – Jan. 16, 2023 Henry Ward, age 71, of Greenville, passed away on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. A Celebration of Life Service was held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Hopewell Baptist Church, Greenville, with Bro. Larry Gaston and Bro. Rex Reaves officiating. Burial followed in Olive Branch Cemetery, Owassa, with…
Read MoreLINDAY FAYE ANDERSON PEARSON
March 13, 1944 – Jan. 16, 2023 Linda Faye Anderson Pearson, age 78, passed away on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Funeral services were held on Friday, Jan. 20, beginning at 11 a.m. from Jenkins Chapel Methodist Church in Old Texas, with Brother Bobby Crawford officiating and Dunklin Funeral Home directing. Burial followed in the Jenkins…
Read MoreMARY ELLEN BOSWELL GREEN
June 28, 1929 – January 16, 2023 Mary Ellen Boswell Green, age 93, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and dedicated Christian met Jesus’ face to face on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. She dedicated her life to making a loving and comfortable home for her family. Her greatest joys were making family memories and…
Read MoreCLARENCE ANDREW WESLEY, JR.
Jan. 8, 1950 – Jan. 17, 2023 Mr. Clarence Andrew Wesley, Jr., age 73, of Greenville, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Funeral Services were held on Saturday, Jan. 21, beginning at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Dunklin Funeral Home with Brother Lane Simmons officiating and Dunklin Funeral Home directing. The family received…
Read MoreJAMES LEROY FOSTER
March 2, 1935 – Jan. 19, 2023 Mr. James Leroy Foster, age 87, of Greenville, Alabama, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Funeral Services were held on Tuesday, Jan. 24, beginning at 11 a.m. from Damascus Baptist Church with Brother Danny Duncan officiating and Dunklin Funeral Home directing. The family receive friends one hour…
Read MoreJAMES DURWOOD MOODY, SR.
May 30, 1929 – Nov. 9, 2022 Mr. James Durwood Moody, Sr., age 93, passed away on Nov. 9, 2022 at St. Vincent’s East Hospital, Birmingham. The Memorial Service will be held Saturday, Jan. 28, at Southside Baptist Church, 211 King Street, Greenville, with Reverend Herbert Brown officiating. Visitation will be from 10:30-11 a.m. and…
Read MoreMARY DAVID HARRISON MCCRANEY
Oct. 30, 1933 – Jan. 20, 2023 Mary David Harrison McCraney, 89 years old and a lifetime resident of Fort Deposit, left her earthly home on Jan. 20, 2023 for her eternal home in heaven. She was born Oct. 30, 1933 to the late David Wescott Harrison and Daisy Harbin Harrison. The funeral service was…
Read MoreA look back, a look forward
By Carter E. Anthony, CFA After two COVID years, what could be worse? You don’t have to look far to see what the Biden administration, a democrat congress and the Fed have done to the economy and to the country. Wave after wave after wave of greenback dollars have fallen from the democrat heavens…
Read More4th annual MLK Parade held in Greenville
The fourth third annual Martin Luther King Parade was held on Commerce Street in Greenville, Monday, Jan. 16 under partly cloudy skies. Several hundred people lined Commerce Street in Greenville to watch parade entries. Sponsored by Butler County Concerned Citizens, the parade began at 12 p.m. and traveled from the railroad underpass past Greenville City…
Read MoreCollins takes the helm at McKenzie School
BY SHEA ODOM The Greenville Standard McKenzie School is beginning a new era and recently welcomed a new principal, Michael Collins. Collins began his career at a young age of 19 years old. He always wanted to go in to teaching but decided adventure called to him first. He joined the United States Coast…
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