OBITUARIES
Beverly Cobb
Oct 6, 2023
Beverly Cobb Tupelo- Beverly Ruth Cobb, 61, passed away October 6, 2023, at her home in Tupelo. She was born January 26, 1961, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of James B. Cobb and Mary Alice Rial Cobb. Beverly worked as a dedicated billing clerk for North Mississippi Medical Center, where her attention to detail and caring nature made a...
Terry Wilson
Oct 5, 2023
Saltillo-Terry Lynn Wilson, age 48, passed away Thursday, October 5, 2023 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born May 27, 1975 in Tupelo to Lavert and Martha Fleming Wilson. Terry attended Saltillo High School. He was a faithful member of Agape Ministries in Saltillo. Terry enjoyed playing video games, reading, adult coloring books. He loved spending time with...
Billy D. Jordan
Oct 5, 2023
Verona- Billy Douglas Jordan, 91, passed away peacefully on October 5, 2023, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born May 4, 1932, in Isola, to Willie E. and Nora Mae Caraway Jordan. Billy’s journey began in the Delta, where he attended and graduated from Moorehead High School. Billy married the love of his life, the late Mary...
Betty Warren
Oct 3, 2023
Betty Warren Tupelo- Betty Harville Warren passed peacefully in her home Tuesday, October 3, 2023, evening surrounded by her loving husband, children and grandchildren. She had battled a long illness and was on home hospice for the third time. Betty was a devout Christian and steadfast in her faith. She was a faithful member of Whitehaven Primitive Baptist church for...
Pauline Bedford
Sep 30, 2023
Pauline Bedford Pauline Malone Bedford, age 93, was called home to Jesus on Saturday, September 30, 2023. She was born to James and Mittie Jane Malone in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1929. Pauline loved gardening and quilting. She was a lifelong resident of Tupelo except for the last two years of her life when she lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was...
Suzy Strain
Sep 29, 2023
Suzy Strain Faytema Jane “Suzy” Treloar Strain, 80, widow of Clark Goodlett Strain, died Friday, September 29, 2023, at Traceway Manor. A graveside service will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at Lee Memorial Park in Verona with Rev. Matt Powell officiating. Suzy was born November 4, 1942, in Bristol, Connecticut, and grew up in Water Valley, Mississippi. She...
Bobby Beasley
Sep 27, 2023
Bobby Beasley Tupelo- Bobby Scott Beasley passed away September 27, 2023, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born in Union County, Mississippi on July 6, 1934, to Ruben Thomas Beasley and Marie McClellan Beasley. Bobby was a retired truck driver, having first driven for his father then Mid-South Packer, Super Sagless, and Wall Lake Door before retiring...
Larry Copeland
Sep 26, 2023
Larry Copeland Mooreville- Larry Dale Copeland at the age of 78 died at North Mississippi Medical Center Tuesday, September 26, 2023. Born in Lee County on August 12, 1945, he was the son of Louis and Katherine Bass Copeland. Following his 1963 Mooreville High School graduation, Larry proudly served his country in the United States Army. During his four-year tour...
Stanley Milward
Sep 24, 2023
Stanley Milward Saltillo- Stanley Milward at the age of 85, died September 24, 2023, after a short illness at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was the first born on August 3, 1938, of identical twins in North Carolina to Stanley Milward and Ruth Gosser. He was a 1957 Steve D. Lee High School graduate in Columbus, Mississippi. Following he...
Sharon Kelly
Sep 24, 2023
Sharon Kelly Plantersville—Sharon Gillentine Kelly, age 75, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2023 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Born September 2, 1948 in Tupelo, Sharon was the daughter of George Allen and Ethel Deason Gillentine. She was employed at the North Mississippi Medical Center where she worked in the food and nutrition department, retiring after 23 years. Sharon was...
Susan Miller Powell
Sep 24, 2023
Susan Miller Powell Tupelo- Susan Elaine Miller Powell, 68, died Sunday, September 24, 2023, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born December 27, 1954, in Waukegan, Illinois to Richard Eugene Miller and Mae Ella Dickerson Miller. During her younger years, she excelled at sports including basketball and especially track, where she earned several blue ribbons and first place at state...
Martha Gibson
Sep 23, 2023
Martha Ophelia White Gibson passed away Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was 84 years old. Born January 20, 1939 in Amory, she was the daughter of Bascom and Maggie Adams Tucker. Martha worked as a seamstress in the garment industry for many years. She enjoyed working crossword puzzles and watching game shows and wrestling....
Jacky Bowers
Sep 23, 2023
Tupelo--Jacquelyne Kay “Jacky” Bowers passed away Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was 81 years old. Jacky was born September 8, 1942 in Marion, Ohio to Roscoe and Joanne Waters Gruber. In 1960 she married the love of her life, Les Bowers, and celebrated 63 years of marriage on September 15th. Jacky was a committed...
Patricia Ann "Pat" Sansing
Sep 23, 2023
Pat Sansing Mooreville—Patricia Ann “Pat” Sansing passed away Saturday, September 23, 2023 at her home in Mooreville. She was 68 years old. Born March 29, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia, she was the daughter of James and Lillian Hackett McFarland. After her high school graduation, Pat attended Atlantic Baptist Bible College. On December 18, 1976 she married the love of her...
Rose Marie LaCroix
Sep 20, 2023
Rose Marie LaCroix departed this life on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi, at the age of 85. She was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She was born on November 14, 1937, in her grandmother’s house in Covington, Tennessee, the daughter of James Leon Cates, Sr. and Viola Elizabeth Smith Cates....
Jean Ramsey
Sep 19, 2023
Jean Ramsey Mantachie—Jean Ramsey passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Countrywood Manor. She was 89 years old. A lifelong resident of Lee and Itawamba Counties, Jean was born April 8, 1934 to Claude and Alma Dodson Starling. She attended Unity and Mantachie Schools where she played basketball. Jean and her husband, Charles Wayne Ramsey, owned a successful furniture store,...
Betty J. Barron
Sep 19, 2023
Betty Joe Barron passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. She was 88 years old. Born February 28, 1935 in Tupelo, she was the daughter of Noel and Alma Turner Webb. Betty worked as an inspector for Tecumseh for 18 years. A woman of strong faith and dedication to her Lord and Savior, she was a...
Cecelia Marie Alford
Sep 19, 2023
Cecelia Marie Alford Amory-- Cecelia Marie Alford, 73, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at Diversicare in Amory. She was born August 7, 1950, to her loving parents, John Czarnik and Monica Gonia Czarnik in Monroe, Michigan, where she lived most of her life. It was the simple pleasures that brought Cecelia immense joy. She found great enjoyment...
Shirley Sanders
Sep 18, 2023
Saltillo—Shirley Ann Tackett Sanders, age 80, passed away Monday September 18, 2023 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Lee County on March 20, 1943 to Hubert and Jessie Frederick Russell. Always a hard worker, Shirley was retired from Olympic products. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Saltillo. She enjoyed...
Faye Morton
Sep 16, 2023
Faye Morton Tupelo- Faye Morton, 92, graced Earth on June 26, 1931, to Florence and PC Smith, and blessed Heaven on September 16, 2023, at home, surrounded by family. Faye knew no stranger and blessed all with her warm smile. She was well known for her proficiency in the kitchen and willingness to share her expertise. Faye inspired others with...
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