OBITUARIES
Gary Green
Sep 25, 2015
Tater Hills - Gary Wayne Green, 70, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015, at home. He was born in Lee County, Mississippi on August 27, 1945 to Florene Green. He had a lifelong career working in the heating and cooling and sheet metal industry. Gary was an avid fisherman, enjoyed working in his summer garden and loved visiting with all...
Victor Lee Parker
Sep 21, 2015
Lake Piomingo - Victor Lee Parker, 86, died Monday, September 21, 2015 at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born May 25, 1929 to Doc and Mary Clouse Parker. Victor is survived by his wife, Suzy Parker; children, Victor Lee Parker, Jr., Shirley Parker Chambers (Moises) and Tina Hickman; grandchildren, Clarissa Parker, Catlyn Parker, Channon Parker, Katrina Hickman, Shana Chambers Forman...
Marce Kellum
Sep 19, 2015
Marceline Darby Kellum Tupelo - Marceline Darby Kellum, age 89, swam the chilly waters of the River Jordan and successfully reached her eternal home in Beulah Land Saturday, September 19, 2015. She was born October 24, 1925 as the firstborn child of Roy Darby and Lillian Blackburn Wadley Darby in Arkabutla, MS. She grew up during the Great Depression. That...
Pearl Robbins Wiley
Sep 18, 2015
Pearl Robbins Wiley Tupelo - Pearl Elizabeth Robbins Wiley passed away at home on September 18, 2015, after a short illness. She was born June 3, 1924, to Alvie Vernon Robbins and Lera Knox Robbins in Ingomar, MS, delivered by her grandfather. She graduated Salutatorian from Hickory Flat High School in 1942 and attended Mississippi State College for Women. On...
Peggy Parker
Sep 17, 2015
PEGGY PARKER PLANTERSVILLE - Peggy Maxine Waddle Parker, 68, went to be with the Lord Thursday, September 17, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice unit. She was born June 27, 1947, to Earl and Ethel Beam Waddle. Peggy was a loving, caring, Godly daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother. She loved working in her flower beds, listening to...
Patricia Vickery
Sep 17, 2015
Patricia Vickery, 76, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Tippah County Hospital with family and friends suddenly. She was born December 15, 1938, to Robert and Johnnie Mae Caldwell. She has been baptized Witness of Jehovah since 1952. She enjoyed visiting and talking to people about the Bible. She also enjoyed cooking for family and friends, working with her...
Fannie Lee Walton Lackey
Sep 15, 2015
Tupelo - Fannie Lee Lackey, 97, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, September 15, 2015, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Itawamba County on July 18, 1918, to Eugene and Zelma Lee Hankins Walton. Fannie and her husband Dalton owned and operated Lackey's Grocery in East Tupelo which was established in 1955. Before operating the...
Cynthia Bland
Sep 14, 2015
CINDY MUNN BLAND Algoma - Cynthia Rozelle Munn "Cindy" Bland, 49, died Monday, September 14, 2015, at her residence. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee on December 20, 1965, to Jimmie Clifton and Marshall Jean Wilt Munn. For several years, she worked as a Nurse at North Mississippi Medical Center. Cindy enjoyed crafts, cooking and baking. She was a member...
William E. "Speedy" Rogers
Sep 14, 2015
WILLIAM EDWARD ROGERS "SPEEDY" Tupelo - William Edward Rogers, "Speedy", 79, passed away Monday, September 14, 2015, in his home. He was born October 11, 1935 to William Cylde and Myrtie Faye Butler Rogers. Speedy was a truck driver for many years. He was a Baptist by faith. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, September 17, 2015 at the Jefferson...
Corey Matthew Wilemon
Sep 13, 2015
Nettleton - Corey Matthew Wilemon, 17, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015. He was born August 9, 1998. Corey's first love was music. He played the french horn and mellophone for Nettleton High School Tiger Band. "One band, one sound". Corey had taught himself to play the piano, was learning to play the guitar and loved to sing. He listened...
Gail Moore
Sep 12, 2015
GAIL MOORE Auburn Community - Patricia Gail Moore, 59, died Saturday, September 12, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Booneville on January 29, 1956, to Marlin Clifford and Stella Marie Melton Short. On March 16, 1975, she married James Olen Moore. Survivors include her husband of 40 years, James Olen Moore of...
Lisa Roberts Pirkle
Sep 9, 2015
Tupelo - Lisa Diane Roberts Pirkle, 53, retired math teacher at Tupelo High School, died Wednesday, September 9, 2015, after injuries sustained from a fall in her home. She was a New Albany native, born November 15, 1961 to Jeral Roberts and Anita Speck Roberts. She was raised in and around New Albany where she was a member of Locust...
Jimmy Jackson
Sep 8, 2015
Guntown - Jimmy Jackson, 76, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born February 24, 1939 to General Frank and Nora Mae Markum Jackson. Jimmy was a 32 degree Mason for several years and served eight years in the Mississippi National Guard. He worked for Malone and Hyde as...
Robert L. "Bob" Bolen
Sep 7, 2015
ROBERT L. BOLEN Spring, Texas - Robert L. "Bob" Bolen, 82, passed away Monday, September 7, 2015, at Gamble Hospice in Bossier City, Louisiana. He was born July 19, 1933, in Lacey Springs, Alabama to Will and Daisey Edwards Bolen. Bob grew up in Mooreville and lived a short time in Verona. He loved to fish and to grill for...
Travis Gardner Garrett
Sep 6, 2015
TRAVIS GARRETT Shannon - Travis Gardner Garrett, 98, passed away at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks, Sunday, September 6, 2015. He was born June 14, 1917, to Clarence and Minnie Ola Garrett. Travis was a lifelong farmer and resident of Shannon. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 9, 2015, in The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues, with...
Bob Wiley
Sep 6, 2015
BOB WILEY Robert Allen "Bob" Wiley, 59, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2015, at Eastport Marina on Pickwick Lake, Iuka, after a sudden illness. He was born July 30, 1956, to Thomas Lamar and Pearl Robbins Wiley in Tupelo, Mississippi. A 1974 graduate of Tupelo High School, he went on to Mississippi State University where he graduated in 1978 with...
Julie Whitehead
Sep 5, 2015
Julie Lynne Johnson Whitehead passed away on September 5, 2015, in Round Rock, Texas, after a lengthy struggle with cancer. She was a person of honor, integrity, and strong moral character. She had a sly and dry wit, and she inherited her father's ability to master a sweet deal. Being a true Southern lady, she could charm or crush with...
Willodine Nelms
Sep 2, 2015
WILLODINE B. NELMS Tupelo - Willodine Blake Nelms, 91, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. She was born in Mathiston on December 1, 1923 to William Watkins and Bertha Lee Shaffer Blake. She worked and later retired as a book keeper at Westbrook's. She...
Billy Herring
Aug 31, 2015
Saltillo - Billy Morris Herring, 80, died Monday, August 31, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A native and lifelong resident of Saltillo, he was born December 2, 1934 to Edgar Thurman and Johnnie Brock Herring. Earlier in his life, he was stationed in Germany while serving his country in the United States Army. After 42...
Morgan Taylor
Aug 28, 2015
Sherman - Morgan Taylor, 85, passed away Friday, August 28, 2015, in his home. He was born March 3, 1930, to Warren and Lois Morgan Taylor. Morgan was a self-made man and started his own successful businesses, one of which being, Taylor's Appliances. A lifelong salesman, he thoroughly enjoyed meeting and speaking with the public. Morgan and his wife had...
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