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

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

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

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

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

It was reported on May 26th, 2018 that Edith Mae Lindsey (Elliott) died in Greenwood, Mississippi.  Ms. Lindsey was 87 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Edith Mae's life.

It was noted on April 21st, 2018 that Quinten James Beattie passed on in Greenwood, Mississippi.  Beattie was 96 years old and was born in Shelby, NC.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Quinten James's life.

It was reported by The Commercial Appeal on February 17th, 2018 that Georgia Geneva Heffner (Holley) passed away in Memphis, Tennessee.  Ms. Heffner was 82 years old and was born in Greenwood, MS.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Georgia Geneva's life.

It was noted by The Commercial Appeal on January 21st, 2018 that John Andrew Evans died in Memphis, Tennessee.  Evans was 70 years old and was born in Greenwood, MS.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor John Andrew's life.

It was reported by San Antonio Express News on December 31st, 2017 that Helen Louise MacK (McGehee) passed away in San Antonio, Texas.  Ms. MacK was 71 years old and was born in Greenwood, MS.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Helen Louise'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.