In Song of Songs 3:6-11, we see the joyous caravan of King Solomon, who has gone to Egypt for his bride and is bringing her back through the wilderness to his throne.

Annette G. Joe, 86 of Ridgeland, MS, loving mother, MeeMaw, and piano teacher entered Heaven’s gates on Thursday, November 23 after a short illness.Annette G. Joe

Betty Betts Conner died October 19, 2023, in Madison, Mississippi, surrounded by her family. 

Patsy Smith Ratliff passed away on November 11, 2023 from complications after suffering a stroke. Patsy was born July 19, 1936 in Florence MS to Fred and Drucile Lowther Smith. 

Walter Guy McGarity, age 82, died November 14, 2023. Guy was born October 10, 1941 in Dawson, Georgia. 

John Allen Marley (Papa), 90, passed away peacefully on November 4th, 2023. 

Freda Wallace Harrison died Nov. 4, in Memphis, Tennessee, after a brief battle with cancer. 

Dennis Edmond Lingenfelder Sr., of Gluckstadt, passed away November 1, 2023 surrounded by his loving family at St. Dominic Hospital. 

Clara Kimbrell Johnson born on February 16, 1922, to Claude and Alma Kimbrell in Winona MS. 

Shirley Habeeb Abney, 85 of Madison,MS died November 1, 2023. 

Larry Polk of Madison passed away Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at the V.A. Home in Kosciusko, MS.  Born in 1942 in Shivers, MS, Larry was the youngest son of Olin and Ruth Polk.

Mary (Maria) Lekas Costas was born in Orlando, Florida, on December 23, 1930, to Thomas Basil Lekas originally of Sparta, Greece, and Anastasia Demopoulos Lekas originally of Constantinople, Turkey. 

On October 18, 2023, Elizabeth Luckett Simmons passed away peacefully at age 94. 

Helene Latza Wright, 62, of Madison, MS, passed away on October 13, 2023, surrounded by her friends and family.

Dr. Louis Buford Yerger passed away on October 11, 2023, in Madison, Mississippi, surrounded by his family. 

William Magnum Aden was born on December 6, 1944, in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Dr. Aubrey Aden and Anne Goodman Aden. 

George Martin Walker, age 93, of Madison, departed this world to be with the Lord on October 3, 2023. 

James Harold “Jim” Butler, 74, went to be with our Lord at his residence in the City of Madison. 

Thomas Michael Cole, 72, died at his home in Ridgeland, MS on  August 20, 2023. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas Cole. He grew up in Texas and Mississippi. 

Dr. Frank M. Wiygul Jr. went on the next stage of his journey on July 25, 2023, a few months after his 100th birthday.