OBITUARIES
Gwen Wood
Jul 30, 2017
Gwenette "Gwen" Wood Tupelo - Gwenette "Gwen" Wood, 79, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. She was born September 22, 1937 to Proctor Clifton and Mary Emma Hurst in Roanoke, Virginia. Gwen grew up in Roanoke where she graduated from William Fleming High School in 1955. She later received her bachelor's degree...
Linda A. Dickens
Jul 25, 2017
Dorsey - Linda A. Dickens, 63, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center after suffering a sudden illness at her home. She was born November 9, 1953, to James Kelvis and Ann Warren Parker in Fulton. Linda spent her whole life in Fulton. She married Nickey Dickens, Sr. on December 12, 1967 and moved to the...
Patricia Gail Jones
Jul 25, 2017
Baldwyn - Patricia Gail Jones, 66, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 20, 1950, to Cecil and Lila Kimbrell Black in Red Bay, Alabama. Patricia married Bill Jones in 1969 and was a home maker throughout her life. She loved to sing in the choir at Family Worship Center in Mantachie...
John David Seale
Jul 23, 2017
John David Seale Saltillo, Mississippi - John David Seale, 63, went to be with Jesus Sunday, July 23, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 8, 1953, in Hope, Arkansas to the late Billy Ray Seale and JoAnn Allen Seale. He married Jeanie Cates on November 2, 1972 in Texarkana, Texas. He was a carpenter and...
Jo Kate Scruggs
Jul 21, 2017
Jo Kate Scruggs Tupelo - Jo Kate Scruggs, 91, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2017, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born November 27, 1925, to George Watson and Florence Bain McMahan in Tupelo. Jo Kate lived in Tupelo throughout her life where she graduated from Tupelo High School. In 1943, she married her husband James P. Scruggs, who was...
Diane Sampson Bush
Jul 20, 2017
Diane Sampson Bush June 12, 1953 - July 15, 2017 Diane Sampson Bush was born on June 12, 1953 to the union of Willie and Alberta Sampson of Tupelo, Miss. Diane accepted Christ at an early age. She attended White Hill M.B. Church and later moved her membership to New Providence. She attended George Washington Carver High School and was...
Buddy Coggins
Jul 19, 2017
Buddy Coggins Saltillo- Charles Archie “Buddy” Coggins, 66, died Wednesday July 19, 2017 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Buddy was born December 26, 1950 to Archie and Charlotte Horton Coggins in Baldwyn. He was raised in the Unity Community. In 1968, he graduated from Saltillo High School, where he played every sport available. Buddy joined the United States Navy...
Leonard "Len" S. Shane
Jul 19, 2017
Leonard “Len” S. Shane Tupelo – Leonard “Len” S. Shane, 76, passed away Wednesday July 19, 2017 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born April 20, 1941, to Murray and Mae Shane in Chicago, Illinois. Len grew up in Galesburg, Illinois and graduated from Galesburg High School. He spent his early life as an athlete, musician, coach and teacher....
Carolyn Bedford
Jul 18, 2017
Carolyn Bedford Mooreville - Carolyn Ann Bedford, 72, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility. She was born March 9, 1945, to Jack and Ann Lee Lansdell in Lee County, Miss. Carolyn lived in Mooreville during the course of her life, graduating from Mooreville High School. She was a member of Open Door Worship Center. She worked...
Diane Sampson Bush
Jul 15, 2017
Diane Sampson Bush June 12, 1953 - July 15, 2017 Diane Sampson Bush was born on June 12, 1953 to the union of Willie and Alberta Sampson of Tupelo, Miss. Diane accepted Christ at an early age. She attended White Hill M.B. Church and later moved her membership to New Providence. She attended George Washington Carver High School and was...
Ed Posey
Jul 10, 2017
ED POSEY Tupelo - Ed Posey, 89, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, July 10, 2017 in Tupelo. He was born April 28, 1928 in Plantersville to Montague M. and Nona Ballard Posey. Ed graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in Biology. He retired in 1995 as the manager of the water side of the Tupelo...
Charles Berryhill
Jul 7, 2017
CHARLES BERRYHILL Bissell Community - Charles Edward Berryhill, 88, passed away Friday, July 7, 2017, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born in Oklahoma on July 20, 1928, to Charles Edwin and Della Williams Berryhill. At an early age, he moved to Pontotoc. Charles graduated from Pontotoc High School and attended Itawamba Junior College. He served...
Coach Ben D. Jones
Jul 7, 2017
COACH BEN D. JONES Tupelo --On Friday, July 7, 2017, Coach Ben David Jones passed away at Methodist Hospice Residence in Memphis, Tenn. at the age of 87 years old. He was born in Hatley, Miss. on March 18, 1930 to Woody Victor Jones and Annie Durrett Jones. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 11th from 4 until 7 p.m., and...
Debbie Adkins
Jul 6, 2017
Debbie Adkins Nettleton - Debbie L. Adkins, 60, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2017, at her home in Nettleton. She was born August 18, 1956, to Tommy and Virginia Moore Hosmer. Debbie enjoyed gardening, connecting with friends on facebook, and her cats. Survivors include her special friend, Henery Mayhall; three daughters, Rebecca Adkins of Nettleton, Kacy Heal (Timmothy) of Smithville...
Johnny "J. D." Moore
Jul 6, 2017
JOHNNY “J. D.” MOORE Saltillo – Johnny Douglas Moore, 73, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2017 at home surrounded by his family and friends, after a two year battle with lung cancer. He was born December 12, 1943 to B. C. and Zella Hill Moore of Belmont. He graduated from Belmont High School in 1962, where he excelled in football...
Mary Land
Jul 6, 2017
MARY LAND Montgomery, Texas- Mary Eleanor (Davis) Land, age 78, died July 6th, 2017, in Tupelo, MS. The cause of death was a stroke. Born October 23, 1938 in Houston, TX, she lived in California and Nevada, before settling in Montgomery, TX with her husband Dr. Robert Land. Mary graduated from Louisville High School in Louisville, MS, in 1956, and...
Elena Floyd
Jul 4, 2017
ELENA FLOYD Tupelo - Elena Sandra Floyd, 68, passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Wichita, Kansas on September 4, 1948, to Conrado and Joan Frey Aguirre. In 1963, she moved to Tupelo and graduated from Tupelo High School in the class of 1966. For over 30 years,...
Alfred Cohen
Jul 3, 2017
Alfred E. Cohen Tupelo- Al Cohen, 79, died Monday, July 3, 2017. Al was born September 26, 1937 in New York, New York. Al went to undergrad at Hobart College in Geneva, New York and did graduate work at NYU and Stanford University. Al and his wife, Marilyn, have been members of Temple B'nai Israel since 1974 when they moved...
Debbi Holt Fooshee
Jul 2, 2017
Debbi Fooshee Mooreville - Debbi Holt Fooshee, 60, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2017, at her home. She was born September 14, 1956, to Ronald and Virgina Holt in San Antonio, Texas. Her father was in the United States Air Force and stationed in Berlin, Germany where she was raised. Later moving to Mooreville, she went to Northeast Community College...
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