Pryor Funeral Home

12/16/2025

UPDATED OBITUARY-EARL HARRIS

Earl Lilburne Harris, Jr., 81, passed away at his home in Slate Springs on Monday, December 15, 2025. Born December 5, 1944 in Booneville, he was the son of the late Earl Lilburne Harris, Sr. and the late Juanita Toole Harris. Earl was a longtime member of Bethany Baptist Church in Slate Springs.

On December 19, 1964, Earl married the love of his life, Brenda Smith Harris, and they have spent nearly 61 incredible years together. Earl served his country overseas as a member of the United States Navy after high school. He was stationed on a ship, and he was able to see many different places across the world. He worked and retired after many years of dedicated service as a department manager from Newsprint South Paper Mill. Earl was a family man at heart, and he always worked to make sure his family was well taken care of. When his grandchildren came along, he couldn’t have been prouder. He loved every second he was able to spend with them, and he cherished each moment. He especially enjoyed playing cards and dominoes with his grands. Seldom were there days that Earl was not a part of the “Morning Crew” at Rydell’s. You could almost always count on seeing him there with his group of friends, eating his sausage biscuit. In his free time, Earl loved to hunt and fish, and he also loved drag racing.

Earl was loved dearly by his friends and family, and they will forever remember him in their hearts.

Pryor Funeral Home has the honor of serving the Harris family.

Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 1:00pm at Bethany Baptist Church. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Bethany Baptist Church. There will also be a visitation held prior to the funeral service on Wednesday from 12:00pm until service time at the church. Interment will be held at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery following the service Wednesday, with Bro. Kevin Tribble and Bro. Kevin Williams officiating.

Serving as pallbearers will be Brent Parker, Kelly Lovorn, Brad Smith, Chris Keenum, John Harrison, and Ben Bennett.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Johnny Cardwell, Tommy Calhoun, and Terry Bounds.

He leaves behind his wife of more than 60 years, Brenda Harris of Slate Springs; sons, Jeremy Earl Harris (DeAnna) and Hunter Alan Harris (Jordan) of Slate Springs both of Slate Springs; brother, J.W. Harris of New Site, Mississippi; and grandchildren, Hope Elizabeth Harris, Zackery Wayne Harris, and Lia Jade Melton; and great-grandchildren, Sydney Layne Harris and Smith Wayne Harris.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl Harris Sr. and Juanita Harris; son, Wayne Harris; sisters Sarah Lee and Joan Harris; and brother, Arnie Harris.

Expressions of sympathy may be left for the family at

Welcome to Pryor Funeral Home. Since 1906 , Pryor Funeral Home has provided dedicated and compassionate care to families of Calhoun City and surrounding communities. Proudly Serving the Communities of Calhoun City, Vardaman, Bruce, Derma, Slate Springs, Big Creek, ALL of Calhoun County.

12/15/2025

Earl Lilburne Harris, Jr, 81, passed away at his home in Slate Springs on Monday ,December 15, 2025.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Bethany Baptist Church in Slate Springs.

Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 1:00pm at Bethany Baptist Church. There will also be a visitation prior to the service on Wednesday from 12:00pm to 1:00pm at the Church.

A complete obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Please keep the Harris family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

12/15/2025

UPDATED OBITUARY-SUE MITCHELL ODUM

Joyce “Sue” Yvonne Mitchell Odum, 82, passed away at Trend Nursing Home in Houston on Saturday, December 13, 2025. Born December 19, 1942, in Vardaman, she was the daughter of the late Emery Mitchell and the late Mable Youngblood Mitchell. She married John Robert “Bobby” Odum, and from that union they had a son, John Odum. Sue was a longtime member of New Liberty Baptist Church. She worked for many years as a seamstress at Kellwood Plant in Calhoun City. She was a tough lady who had so much love in her heart for her Lord, family, and friends. She loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren so very much, and she savored every moment she was able to spend with them. One of her grandsons used to always tell her, “Mamaw Sue, you’re a tough ole bird.” Her family always got a kick out of that because they knew it was the truth. Sue loved doing things outdoors. She was always out working in her yard or taking care of her flowers. Normally when you would see Sue, inside or out, she was always wearing a cap. She loved to travel anywhere, especially out west, and if you said the word “go”, she was always ready. Sue loved her family and friends with all of her heart, and they will forever cherish her memory in their hearts.

Funeral Services will be held on Monday, December 15, 2025, at 2:00pm at Pryor Funeral Home, with Bro. Freddie Buchanan officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 12:00pm until service time at the funeral home. Interment will be held at New Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to the funeral home to help cover expenses.

Pallbearers will be Josh Monaghan, Eric Tedder, Jacob Gulledge, Ty Long, Andrew Landreth.

Honorary Pallbearers Danny Tedder, Jerry Mitchell, Walter Jordan, and a host of nieces and nephews.

Pryor Funeral Home has the honor of serving Sue’s family.

She leaves behind her son, John Odum (Gloria) of Vardaman; brother, Jerry Mitchell (Becky) of Bruce; sister, Sandra Tedder (Danny) of Vardaman; grandsons, Josh Monaghan (Tara) of Vardaman and Jacob Gulledge (Kristen) of Houston; great-grandchildren, Swayzee, Bailey, McCall, Rhett, and Avery; and a host of nieces and nephews who loved their Aunt Sue very much.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Emery and Mable Mitchell; husband, John Robert “Bobby” Odum; daughter, Linda Kay Odum; brothers, Vernell Mitchell and Billy Mitchell; and sister, Emma Nell Mitchell Jordan.

Expressions of sympathy may be left for the family at

Welcome to Pryor Funeral Home. Since 1906 , Pryor Funeral Home has provided dedicated and compassionate care to families of Calhoun City and surrounding communities. Proudly Serving the Communities of Calhoun City, Vardaman, Bruce, Derma, Slate Springs, Big Creek, ALL of Calhoun County.

12/14/2025

Joyce "Sue" Yvonne Odum, 82, passed away at Trend Nursing Home in Houston on Saturday, December 13, 2025.

Visitation will be held on Monday, December 15, 2025, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm at Pryor Funeral Home.

Funeral Services will be held on Monday, December 15, 2025, at 2:00pm at Pryor Funeral Home.

A complete obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Please keep Sue's family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

12/12/2025

Brenda Logan Morgan, 86, passed away at Starkville Manor on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 14, 2025, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at Pryor Funeral Home.

Funeral Services will also be held on Sunday, December 14, 2025, at 3:00pm at Pryor Funeral Home.

A complete obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Please keep the Morgan family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

12/08/2025

UPDATED OBITUARY-BLAKE THRASHER

William Blake Thrasher, 25, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Born April 11, 2000, in Jackson, he was the son of LeeAnn Thrasher Pigg and Cisco Pigg. Blake attended Calhoun City High School, and he was of Christian faith. Blake always enjoyed living life to the fullest, and there was never a dull moment when he was around. He always had a joke to tell, and he knew exactly how to make someone smile. He loved going hunting, fishing, and swimming any chance he was able to.
Blake loved his brothers, sisters and nephews will all of his heart, and they will forever cherish each moment they were able to spend with him.
Pryor Funeral Home has the honor of serving Blake’s family.
Memorial Services will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025 at 2:00pm at Pryor Funeral Home, with Bro. Joey Hamilton officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the memorial service from 1:00pm until service time at the funeral home.
He leaves behind his parents LeeAnn and Cisco Pigg of Calhoun City; brothers, Jedidiah Pigg and Zacariah Pigg; sister, Skylar Pigg; nephew, Nolyn Thrasher; uncles, Lee Thrasher (Brooklyn), Isaac Pigg (Mary), Paul Pigg (Genny), and Stewart Pigg (Chelsea); and aunt, Gina Thrasher.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Kulyn Thrasher; and grandparents, Barbara Adam, Bobby Adam, Lucas Thrasher, and Dennis Pigg.
Expressions of sympathy may be left for the family at

Welcome to Pryor Funeral Home. Since 1906 , Pryor Funeral Home has provided dedicated and compassionate care to families of Calhoun City and surrounding communities. Proudly Serving the Communities of Calhoun City, Vardaman, Bruce, Derma, Slate Springs, Big Creek, ALL of Calhoun County.

12/08/2025

UPDATED OBITUARY-PEYTON HARDIN

Micheal Peyton Hardin, 23, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Born December 18, 2001 in Grenada, he was the son of Matt Hardin and Lisa Patterson. Peyton attended Calhoun City High School and he was a member of Grace Fellowship Church. Peyton was a very outgoing, social person, and he loved to hang out and spend time with his friends. He loved to go fishing, looking for arrowheads, and doing pretty much anything else that involved being outdoors. He also had a huge love for music, and he was always listening to it. He loved to go for rides and listen to his favorite songs. He wasn’t a bad dancer either, and he loved to make tik-toks all the time. Peyton as a huge Mississippi State Bulldogs fan. He was a family man at heart; he loved his sisters and his baby girl so very much. He was also a true momma’s boy, and he showed his mother and grandmother the love he had for them any chance he got.
Peyton was loved dearly by his friends and family, and they will forever remember him in their hearts.
Pryor Funeral Home has the honor of serving Peyton’s family.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 2:00pm at Grace Fellowship Church in Calhoun City. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 11:00am to 2:00pm at the church. Interment will be held at New Providence Cemetery, with Bro. Corey Clark officiating.
Serving as pallbearers will be Mikey Hardin, Shawn Barnett, Brandon Fisk, Antonio Morales, Devin Pierce, and Tyler Patterson.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Allen Fisk, Justin Ferguson, Bronson Logan, Dylan Hardin, and Robert Lee Goodwin.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made directly to the funeral home or to the family’s GoFundMe link, https://gofund.me/e7c86743f, to help cover funeral expenses.
He leaves behind his mother, Lisa Patterson (Jeff Goodwin) of Coffeeville; father, Matt Hardin of Okolona; grandmothers, Pamela Knight (Bill) of Calhoun City and Sue Hardin of Bruce; daughter, Addison Burkeen; brothers, Dylan Hardin of Bruce, Robert Lee Goodwin of Coffeeville, and Bronson Logan of Big Creek; sisters, Paige Patterson of Calhoun City, Chloe Patterson of Bruce, Candace Hardin of Okolona, Alexis Hardin of Okolona, and Cobie Ferguson of Bruce; and a host of cousins and a special new niece.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Kenny Hardin; grandmother, Cathy Hardin; and step-father, Robert Patterson.
Expressions of sympathy may be left for the family at www.pryorfuneralhome.com

Welcome to Pryor Funeral Home. Since 1906 , Pryor Funeral Home has provided dedicated and compassionate care to families of Calhoun City and surrounding communities. Proudly Serving the Communities of Calhoun City, Vardaman, Bruce, Derma, Slate Springs, Big Creek, ALL of Calhoun County.

12/08/2025

William Blake Thrasher, 25, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025.

Visitation will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025, from 1:00pm to 2:00pm at Pryor Funeral Home in Calhoun City.

Memorial Services will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025, at 2:00pm at Pryor Funeral Home in Calhoun City.

A complete obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Please keep Blake's family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

12/08/2025

Micheal Peyton Hardin, 23, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, from 11:00am to 2:00pm at Grace Fellowship Church in Calhoun City.

Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 2:00pm at Grace Fellowship Church in Calhoun City.

A complete obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Please keep Peyton's family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

12/08/2025

UPDATED OBITUARY-PATRICIA MOSER

Patricia E. Moser of Calhoun City, MS, passed away Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Baptist Memorial Nursing Home after an extended illness.
She is survived by her children, Michael (Susan) Moser of Crossville, TN., daughter Leslie Spivey (David) of Calhoun City, MS., son Steven Moser of Hattiesburg, MS., and son David (Tamara) Moser of Birmingham, AL; and, brothers, Richard Welch, of Mansfield, OH; William (Colleen) Welch, of Arlington, Virginia.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Roger R. Moser, who passed away when the couple lived in Jasper, AL, in September 2005; her parents, Gale and Thelma Welch of Mansfield; brother Wendel of Kentucky, and brother Gene of Ohio. She is survived by a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, whom she adored.
Patricia was born in Mansfield, OH, on May 1, 1936, and she married the love of her life, Roger, in 1953.
She spent much of her career in retail store management, but found her true calling in her final position as a United Methodist church secretary in Jasper, AL. A lifelong lover of books, she was passionate about reading and enjoyed staying informed on current events, often engaging in thoughtful conversations with those around her. She also cherished the companionship of her beloved dogs, who brought her great comfort and joy throughout her life.
She loved her friends dearly and her family always came first. She poured so much of herself into the people she cared about and held her family at the center of her world.
She was a member of Lewis Memorial Methodist Church. The family extends their thanks to all of her extraordinary caregivers over the past few years, and particularly the staff from Baptist Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home in Calhoun City. A memorial service will be held at Lewis Memorial Methodist
Church Dec. 12, 2025 at 10:00 am. Interment in Rome Cemetery in Shiloh,
Ohio to be determined at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations may be
made to Lewis Memorial Methodist Church in Calhoun City or charity of
choice.

12/06/2025

UPDATED OBITUARY-EDNA EASLEY

Edna Lois Denton Easley 78 completed her faith journey on Thursday, December 4th, 2025. She passed from this Earth peacefully and quietly after a short illness. She was surrounded by family who loved her with all of their hearts. Our prayers and our tears in that moment were all for ourselves, and not for her. Our world is so very much poorer without her here, but we know that she has gained all as she went to join her savior where we have no doubt she was welcomed to His embrace as the good and faithful servant she had been all of her life.
Edna lived simply but loved her family extravagantly and devoted her life to them entirely. She was the very biblical definition of a virtuous woman and in every way a blessing for her husband and the love of her life, Robert Lee Easley. They lived happily together as husband and wife for almost 56 years. She was in every way a faithful partner who cherished and supported him through every season for all the days of their marriage. Though Robert Lee was and remains sorely bereaved by her passing, he looks forward to their reunion in Heaven and is thankful that God, in His great mercy, allowed him to bear the pain of her passing so that she might be spared the pain of his.
Robert Lee and Edna had two children, Robert “Rob” Easley Jr (Jessica) and Leah Marie Easley Edington (Walt). In becoming a mother Edna discovered her most prodigious gifts, and her many talents found their truest expression. She devoted herself completely to her children and then to her grandchildren. She shared with them her love of learning, her creativity, her gift for music, and her profound faith. She was never happier than when she was surrounded by her family and loved most to feed them. Only her greatness of spirit exceeded her greatness as a cook. To eat her fried chicken, cinnamon rolls, yeast rolls, hot fudge cake or any other of a hundred delicious foods was to understand what it felt like to experience a genuine labor of love performed by truly gifted hands. For these things and so many more she will be joyfully celebrated and missed until that day when we meet her again.
She also leaves behind a sister, Genevieve Denton Edmondson (Carl) of Vardaman; grandchildren, Peyton Cole Easley, Presley Grace Reese (Lane), Kipton Lynn Easley, Emma Cate Alderman, Jack McCoy Alderman, Howard Oakley Edington, Ruby Alaina Edington, Brady Hamilton Edington, and Ava Kerrigan Edington as well as a great-grandson, Benjamin Joe Easley. She had a host of nieces and nephews who she loved dearly.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ellis Hammond Denton and Rachel Pearl Hardin Denton; and sister, Janie Marie Denton Sprayberry.
Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, December 7, 2025, at 3:00pm at Reedy’s Chapel Baptist Church. Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2025, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at Pryor Funeral Home. Visitation will also be held on Sunday, December 7, 2025, from 2:00pm until service time at the church. Interment will be held following the funeral service at Reedy’s Chapel Cemetery, with Bro. Gladwin Carpenter and Bro. Chris Duncan officiating.
Pryor Funeral Home has the honor of serving the Easley family.
Pallbearers will be Peyton Easley, Oakley Edington, Brady Edington, Lane Reese, Kip Easley, and Jack Alderman.
Expressions of sympathy may be left for the family at www.pryorfuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers friends and family may send donations via Venmo to -Edington. All donations will go to local food banks in honor of Edna.

Welcome to Pryor Funeral Home. Since 1906 , Pryor Funeral Home has provided dedicated and compassionate care to families of Calhoun City and surrounding communities. Proudly Serving the Communities of Calhoun City, Vardaman, Bruce, Derma, Slate Springs, Big Creek, ALL of Calhoun County.

12/05/2025

Edna Denton Easley, 78, passed away at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo on Thursday, December 4, 2025.

VISITATION will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2025, from 5:00pm until 8:00pm at Pryor Funeral Home.

FUNERAL SERVICES will be held on Sunday, December 7, 2025, at 3:00pm at Reedy's Chapel Baptist Church in Derma, MS.
****There will also be Visitation time on Sunday from 2:00pm until 3:00pm at the Church****

A complete obituary will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.