CPD obituaries
Billy Wayne Curbow
Dec. 23, 2017
Services for Billy Wayne Curbow, 79, of Eupora were Dec. 27, 2017, at United Funeral Service in New Albany with burial in Enterprise Cemetery in Myrtle.
He was born April 22, 1938, in Tupelo to the late John and Lora Stanford Curbow. Mr. Curbow was a retired mechanic and a Baptist. He died Dec. 23, 2017, at Diversicare of Eupora.
Survivors include two daughters, Debbie Nance of Medina, Tennessee, and Cindy Curbow of Bartlett, Tennessee; a sister, Juanita Price of New York; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Frances Earl Mason
April 22, 2018
Services for Frances Earl Mason, 83, of Florence were April 24, 2018, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Burial was in Glenwood Memorial Park in Richland.
Mrs. Mason died April 22, 2018, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Magee.
Survivors include her children, Larry Mason of Pearl, James Mason of Walthall, Regina Moore of Florence and Philip Mason of Mendenhall; a brother, Fred Benton Jr.; 13 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
William Lamar Ray
April 17, 2018
Services for William Lamar Ray, 72, of Oxford, formerly of Ackerman, were April 21, 2018, at Salem Independent Methodist Church near Ackerman. Burial followed in Salem Cemetery.
He was born Oct. 19, 1945, in Choctaw County to the late Howard and Lucille Black Ray. Mr. Ray was a retired construction company supervisor and member of Anchor Baptist Church in Oxford. He died April 17, 2018, at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Patsy Ray; a daughter, Nicole Cohen of Oxford; a son, Spence Ray of Brandon; five grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Coleman Funeral Home of Ackerman was in charge of arrangements.
