Funeral Homes in Greenwood, MS

Facts about the city

• Some of the notable people born here have been: Donna Tartt (writer and novelist), Cleo Lemon (american football player), Todd Wade (american football player), Carlos Antoine Emmons (american football player), C. C. Brown (american football player), Gerald Glass (basketball player), and Leroy Jones (american football player).

Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta, approximately 96 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi, and 130 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. It was a center of cotton planter culture in the 19th century.The population was 16,087 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Greenwood Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Tallahatchie and the Yalobusha rivers meet at Greenwood to form the Yazoo River. Throughout the 1960s, Greenwood was the site of major protests and conflicts as African Americans worked to achieve racial integration and voting access during the civil rights movement.

Greenwood Obituaries

It was noted on October 22nd, 2019 that Timothy Thomas passed on in Greenwood, Mississippi.  Thomas was 94 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Timothy's life.

It was noted by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on October 1st, 2019 that Alphonso Wayne Davis passed away in Waterloo, Iowa.  Davis was 55 years old and was born in Greenwood, MS.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Alphonso Wayne's life.

It was reported by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on September 29th, 2019 that Louise A Miller (Paul) passed on in Waterloo, Iowa.  Ms. Miller was 88 years old and was born in Greenwood, MS.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Louise A's life.

It was noted on July 30th, 2019 that Angela Lynn "Big Ang" Scroggins died in Chicago, Illinois.  Scroggins was 24 years old and was born in Greenwood, MS.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Angela Lynn "Big Ang"'s life.

It was reported on March 14th, 2019 that Robin Jackson passed on in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Jackson was 73 years old and was born in Greenwood, MS.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Robin's life.

It was noted on January 18th, 2019 that John Wesley Jackson passed away in Greenwood, Mississippi.  Jackson was 55 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor John Wesley's life.

It was noted by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on September 23rd, 2018 that Nancy Newell (Martin) passed on in Waterloo, Iowa.  Ms. Newell was 48 years old and was born in Greenwood, MS.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Nancy's life.

It was disclosed by The Commercial Appeal on July 31st, 2018 that Linda Gale Liddell (Carr) passed away in Memphis, Tennessee.  Ms. Liddell was 64 years old and was born in Greenwood, MS.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Linda Gale's life.

It was written on June 30th, 2018 that Billy Dewayne Mims passed on in Greenwood, Mississippi.  Mims was 40 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Billy Dewayne's life.

It was reported on June 7th, 2018 that Mary Florene Blackstone (Walker) died in Greenwood, Mississippi.  Ms. Blackstone was 78 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Mary Florene's life.

History

Grant hatched a new plan to attack from the rear by way of the Tallahatchie and Yazoo Rivers. Long before European ethnic groups migrated to North America the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian nations settled in the Delta's marsh and swampland. In early 1863, it was clear that the Union (American Civil War) intended to attack the strategic port of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. Greenwood is the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi County, Mississippi, United States, located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta approximately 96 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi and 130 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee Tennessee. During that war, Greenwood played an important, if little-known, role in the famous Siege of Vicksburg.

The official website for the city of Greenwood is http://www.greenwoodms.com/1/Home.