OBITUARIES
Alice Baldwyn
Jun 22, 2015
ALICE BAULCH BALDWYN Nettleton- Alice Baulch Baldwyn, 92, passed away Monday, June 22, 2015 at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice. She was born to Oscar and Floy Webb Baulch in Monroe County on May 12, 1923. She lived most of her life in Shannon, but for the last 20 years in Nettleton. Alice and her husband James "Mutt" Baldwyn,...
Jim Long Livingston
Jun 21, 2015
JIM LONG LIVINGSTON Jim Long Livingston, 91, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born January 20, 1924 to Jim L. and Bonnie Mae Livingston. His love of flying as a teenager led to his joining the Army Air Corps. As a pilot in WWII, he flew a number of different...
M. Jeanette Dillard
Jun 20, 2015
Tupelo - Margaret Jeanette Dillard, 67, died Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the Millington Health Care Facility in Millington, Tennessee. She was born May 23, 1948, to Maurice Dewitt "Buddy" Edwards and Margaret Virginia Mangrum Edwards. A graduate of Watkins Overton High School, she then went on to Memphis State University on a band scholarship where she played the clarinet....
Virginia Hale
Jun 20, 2015
VIRGINIA HALE Tupelo - Virginia C. Hale, 81, died Saturday, June 20, 2015 at her home. She was born September 28, 1933, to Harold and Eleanor Hale Cline in Pitman, Arkansas. Virginia was a member of Oak Forrest Baptist Church in Jackson. She worked as a bookkeeper for a school products company, a floor company, and as a general contractor...
Frances Woods
Jun 20, 2015
FRANCES WOODS Tupelo - Clara Frances Woods, 70, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 20, 1944 to Thomas Jefferson and Cletter Clytie Graves Holmes. Frances was a member of Richmond Pentecostal Church. She enjoyed sewing and was considered an excellent seamstress. She served with her husband while he was in...
Cary D. Newcomb
Jun 19, 2015
CARY DEAN NEWCOMB Tupelo- Cary Dean Newcomb, 46, died Friday, June 19, 2015, at NMMC. He was born in Itawamba County on February 27, 1969 to the late Obie and Pauline Newcomb. At an early age, Cary was baptized. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, and spending time with his family. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday, June 22, 2015 at the...
Ed Riley
Jun 19, 2015
ED RILEY Jackson - James Edwin Riley, Jr., formerly of Tupelo, 43, died Friday, June 19, 2015. He was born in Jackson on December 29, 1971, to James Edwin "Jimmy" and Barbara Jean Robbins Riley. Ed was a 1990 graduate of Tupelo High School. He was the owner of Riley's Residential Services in Jackson. Ed enjoyed fishing and golfing. A...
Colton Brewer
Jun 18, 2015
Infant son of Dr. Justin M. and Brooke Brewer. Graveside services at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Tupelo Memorial Park
Opal Kirschman
Jun 17, 2015
Opal L Kirschman Sun City, AZ - Opal L. Kirschman, 95, passed away on June 17, 2015, at the home of her niece in Tupelo, MS. Opal was born near Prairie Home, MO on June 11, 1920. She was the daughter of Charles Porter Kirschman and Lola Adair Kirschman. She is survived by nieces and nephews. She was a former...
Eddie Shaffer
Jun 16, 2015
EDDIE SHAFFER Eddie D. Shaffer, 56, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Tuesday morning, June 16, 2015 in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis, MO. He was born April 17, 1959, in Waukegan, Illinois, the son of Billie Dean and Erma Brooks Shaffer. He moved with his family to Tupelo, MS at an early age. He made a...
NELLE BAILEY DEVAULT
Jun 15, 2015
NELLE BAILEY DEVAULT Okolona - Nelle Bailey Devault, at the age of 88, passed away June15, 2015, at her home in Okolona. She was born on November 18, 1928, in Saltillo, Mississippi to George Malone and Orella Bates Bailey. Nelle was a graduate of Saltillo High School, class of 1946. She and her husband, Jimmy DeVault, owned and operated Dixie...
Everett Cox
Jun 15, 2015
EVERETT COX Tupelo - Everett Eugene Cox, 76, passed away Monday, June 15, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born November 12, 1938, to Everett Wilder and Irene Kingsley Cox. Everett was an active and faithful member of St. Luke United Methodist Church where he attended every Sunday with the help of loving members of the church...
Ricky Allen Dial, Jr.
Jun 14, 2015
Fulton - Ricky Allen Dial, Jr., 29, died Sunday, June 14, 2015, at his home. He was born in Tupelo on January 8, 1986 to the late Ricky Allen and Bonnie Suzette Carter Dial. He was Baptist by faith. He enjoyed working on cars, racing, helping others and would always give the shirt off his back. However, the great love...
Sandra McGuire
Jun 14, 2015
Sandra Sue McGuire, age 68, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2015, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation in Tupelo, Mississippi after battling a long-standing illness. She was born on October 15, 1946 to Warren Daugherty and Clara Eileen Butler in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She resided in Tupelo, Mississippi for approximately 55 years where she was employed as an insurance agent/educator and...
Joy Friday Hurst
Jun 12, 2015
JOY FRIDAY HURST Verona - Joy Friday Hurst, 58, passed away unexpectedly Friday, June 12, 2015, at her home. She was born October 8, 1956, in Tupelo to Cecil E. Friday and Paulette Cockrell Friday. She attended Verona Elementary School and graduated from Tupelo High School in 1974. In 1978, she graduated from Mississippi State University and for a short...
EVELYN SCHUMPERT YOUNG
Jun 12, 2015
Saltillo - Evelyn Schumpert Young, 84, died Friday, June 12, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit. She was born November 4, 1930 to Clyde and D'Arca Schumpert. She was a graduate of Shannon High School and a member of the first graduating class of Itawamba Junior College. She married Billy Young on June 23, 1950. They were...
Jo Nell Grissom
Jun 12, 2015
JO NELL GRISSOM Tupelo - Jo Nell Pearce Grissom, 96, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born March 10, 1919, in Mooreville to Thomas Dewey and Mozelle Cayson Pearce. Jo Nell was a Tupelo High School graduate. In 1936, she married Horace W. Grissom. Jo Nell retired from Joyner Elementary School as...
Casey Ferguson, Jr.
Jun 11, 2015
Tupelo - Casey H. Ferguson, Jr., 82, died in the early morning hours of Thursday, June 11, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Born in 1932, he was the husband of Bonnie Bouchillon, both growing up in Winston County, Mississippi. Raised in the Ellison Ridge community of Winston County, he was the son of the late Casey Hamlet and Ophelia...
Linda Faye Clayton
Jun 11, 2015
FAYE CLAYTON Belden - Linda Faye Scott Clayton, 78, a lifelong and faithful member of Belden Baptist Church, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Thursday, June 11, 2015, at the Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A lifelong Belden native, she was born May 31, 1937 to Norbin Brownie and Gladys Lorraine Golding Scott. She was a...
Mary Frances Stepp Sutton
Jun 8, 2015
Mary Frances Stepp Sutton Mary Frances Stepp Sutton, 85, went home to be with her Lord on June 8, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. She was born August 17, 1929 in Pontotoc County to Harvey and Mamie Stepp. She married Clarence Richard Sutton, December 25, 1953. She retired from North Mississippi Medical Center after more than 20 years...
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