Crenshaw obituary remembers Paula Angela Lacomb, 63, and family ties

Paula Angela Lacomb’s husband, JD Alexander, and her children, Kimberly, Kristal Lacomb and Joseph Blaylock, are now the family names tied to her memory in Crenshaw and across Quitman County. Her obituary notice gives neighbors a direct way to reach the right people, while also marking the loss of a 63-year-old woman whose family line remains rooted in the Delta.

Lacomb died on May 26, 2026. The notice lists her birth date as December 12, 1962, and says her grandchildren are Hayden, Carter and Jayden. It also notes that her parents, Charlie Blaylock and Ollie Bernie Gray, died before her, placing her death within a wider family history that already spans generations. For relatives and friends trying to send cards, call, bring food or attend services, those names matter as much as the date itself.

The obituary page also gives the community a place to gather in the way small towns often do now: through a guestbook, a candle feature and a memorial-tree tool. It invites condolences and lets people upload a photo or video, turning a death notice into a shared memory space for people who knew Lacomb through family ties, church life or daily life in town. Kimbro Funeral Home - Marks is caring for the family.

That local reach matters in Crenshaw, a town that sits in both Panola and Quitman counties and had a population of 638 in the 2020 census. Long before it became an incorporated town, Crenshaw grew along the railroad, with churches, schools, stores and a cotton-related industrial base shaping its early life. In a place that small, a death notice can travel quickly through kin networks and Sunday-morning conversations, carrying practical information to people who may not see one another every day.

Quitman County itself was created in 1877 from parts of Tunica, Coahoma, Panola and Tallahatchie counties and was named for Gen. John A. Quitman. That history helps explain why family notices still carry so much weight here: in a county built from overlapping communities, obituary pages often serve as one of the clearest public records of who has passed and who remains to carry the family story forward.