Benjamin Cecil Craft, 73, of Haughton, La., died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 in Shreveport, La. He was born April 12, 1938 in Vicksburg, the son of Walter and Loretta Craft. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force, as a Tech Sergeant, and was a Vietnam War Veteran. He was a Baptist.

Jim Eldridge Green, 93, of Pittsboro, died February 18, 2012 at his home. He was born May 1, 1918 in Pittsboro, the son of Henry Hood and Sarah Ethie Murphree Green. He was a farmer and member of Rocky Mount Baptist Church. His hobbies were hunting and fishing and he was an avid sportsman who loved his horses and dogs, and was “the best dad in the world to his family.”

David George Bray, 82, of Vardaman, died February 19, 2012 at Calhoun Health Services in Calhoun City. He was born July 22, 1929 in Houston, the son of Frances Marion and Tempie Jane James Bray. He was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church and served as a deacon. He was retired from the Mississippi Forestry Commission. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Ora Lee Landreth Ingram, 80, of Coffeeville, passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.  She was born April 29, 1931 in Calhoun County to Joseph Clinton and Iva Lou Chapman Landreth.  She was a member of Elam Baptist Church and retired from Kellwood Company.

Wayne “Willie”?Wilson, 59, of Calhoun City, died February 16, 2012 at his home. He was born June 12, 1952 in Webster County, the son of Dewey Wilson and Frances Swindle Wilson. He was a retired employee of Kellwood and was a U.S. Army Veteran.

Betty F Schaefer, 79, of Elkhorn and formerly of Lyons, WI passed away peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Green Bay, WI. She was born Feb 6, 1933 in Bruce,  to the late Andrew and Mary Brasher. She married young in life and was a single mother of three by age 22. She worked hard to make sure they never did without the necessities, by waitressing, then folding stockings at the Hosiery Mill in Grenada.  In June of 1964 while vacationing and visiting friends in Lyons, she bravely decided to pack up her kids, a small u-haul trailer and move to Walworth County area from Grenada. She then met Richard Schaefer and they were married September 25, 1965 in Elkhorn. They made their home in Lyons where they owned and operated Lyons Market until it burned in January 1979. They relocated to Elkhorn where he managed the ACE Hardware store. She enjoyed her job for over 30 years caring for the residents at Walworth County Retirement Home in Elkhorn (Lakeland Nursing Home) until she retired in 1994 due to health reasons. She continued her presence at the home by volunteering until 2006.  She worked at the resale shop and sold baked goods to help raise money for buying a special van to transport residents.

Cathy Leigh Dunton Weaver, 52, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 at her home in Water Valley, after a long battle with cancer.  She was a homemaker and enjoyed reading, cooking, cross-stitching, taking pictures, playing with her cats and spending time with her grandchildren.

Molly Stone O’Kelly, 77, of Memphis, died Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at Germantown Methodist Hospital. She was born October 4, 1934 in Conway, Ar., the daughter of Mont and Lessie Stone. She was a retired registered nurse and was a member of?St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Memphis.

The memorial service for Rufus Albert Gilder, 71, of Southaven was  at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2010 at Longview Point Baptist Church in Hernando. Burial was in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens in Southaven. A retired truck driver, he was born September 13, 1940 in Vardaman to the late Rufus Rivers and Naomi Spratlin Gilder. He died February 7.

Geneva Doss McCafferty, 84, passed away on February 9, 2012 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS.