Lynette: Did you go to the Mississippi Dept. of Health website
(mssdh.state.ms.us/)? If copies of death certificates are not sent out, then that website should state that. E-mail the MDH and ask for an explanation if you cannot get a copy of his death certificate. If he died in a hospital, maybe the hospital would be able to give you a document. Also contact the funeral director who would have a copy.

Also try "find.intelius.com/search-names.php," who claim to get copies for a small fee.