OBITUARIES
Brenda Collins
May 3, 2015
BRENDA COLLINS Guntown - Brenda Collins 61, died Sunday, May 3, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
John Bolen
May 2, 2015
JOHN BOLEN Tupelo - John Turner Bolen, 80, died Saturday, May 2, 2015, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. He was born October 1, 1934, to Eugene Pruitt and Cecil Elizabeth Hendrix Bolen. John retired in 2000 from Super Sagless, Inc. as a maintenance supervisor. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend who...
James Allen Crone
May 2, 2015
JAMES ALLEN CRONE Shreveport, Louisiana - James Allen Crone, 68, went home to the Lord on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, after an extended illness. Born in Many, Louisiana on August 13, 1946 to Leonard Allen Crone and Dorthea Sunshine Kimbrell Crone, James "Doc" grew up in Zwolle, Louisiana where he graduated...
Nancy Beck
Apr 30, 2015
NANCY BECK Mooreville - Nancy Jane Beck, 73, passed away on April 30, 2015, at her residence. She was born on February 9, 1942, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and was the daughter of John and Gladys Hoppa Peterson. She graduated from Omro High School in 1960 and married her high school sweetheart and love of her life, Robert "Bob" Beck on...
Paul RItter
Apr 30, 2015
PAUL RITTER Blue Springs - Paul Mitchell Ritter, 67, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015 at his home. He was born June 30, 1947, to Mitchell and Edna Ritter. He was a 1955 graduate of Belden High School. Immediately, after graduation he joined The United States Marines and was awarded the Purple Heart for his service during the Vietnam Conflict....
Kim Dahlke, R.N.
Apr 26, 2015
KIM DAHLKE, R.N. Saltillo - Kimberly Hurt Dahlke, R.N. 54, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2015, at her home. She was born in Ripley on September 22, 1960 to Kenneth and Betty Spires Hurt. She graduated from Pine Grove High School and earned a degree as a registered nurse from Itawamba Community College. She enjoyed traveling, camping, gardening and photography....
Doris Parker
Apr 24, 2015
DORIS PARKER Plantersville - Doris Parker, 77, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, April 24, 2015, at her home. She was born on Wilson Street in Tupelo on September 9, 1937 to Frank and Loraine Bouchillon. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Plantersville for over 60 years. She enjoyed gardening, flowers, cooking but...
Sandra Matkin
Apr 21, 2015
SANDRA MATKIN Plantersville - Sandra Marie Matkin, 51, passed away at her home in Plantersville on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. She was born on September 23, 1963, in Springfield, Illinois, to James "Slim" and Sammie Marie Oglesby. She attended Nettleton Schools and lived in Lee County for most of her life. Sandra married Roger Dale Matkin on September 24, 1981....
Linda May WRIGHT-SCHULZ- Panning
Apr 20, 2015
Linda May WRIGHT-SCHULZ-PANNING Of Vardaman, MS passed away Monday, April 20, 2015 in Tupelo, MS. Mrs. Panning was born December 30, 1939 in Nashville, TN. She was the daughter of Jesse Lee "Jack" WRIGHT and Polly CONNER-WRIGHT. She was preceded in death by her son, Timothy Schulz and her previous husband, Terry D. Schulz, Sr. Survived by her husband of...
Sunshine Crone
Apr 19, 2015
SUNSHINE CRONE Bossier City, Louisiana - Dorthea Sunshine Crone, 92, went home to glory on Sunday, April 19, 2015, at the Heritage Manor of Bossier after an extended illness. "Sunshine" was born in Helena, Arkansas on September 14, 1922 to James Oscar and Floy Dedman Kimbrell, and grew up in Zwolle, Louisiana after moving there in 1928. She graduated from...
Dr. James Harry “Buck” Shirley
Apr 18, 2015
DR. JAMES SHIRLEY Tupelo - Dr. James Harry "Buck" Shirley, 82, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 18, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Buck was born in New Hebron on December 12, 1932. He was raised in Deridder, LA where he was a dual-sport athlete in football and Track. He was awarded an athletic scholarship...
Opal M. Stevens
Apr 18, 2015
OPAL M. STEVENS Tupelo - Opal Marie Stevens, 84, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Itawamba County on August 8, 1930, to Donald and Annie Parker Pierce. In 1947, she married the love of her life, G. C. Stevens, and began building a lifetime of memories. She was a longtime...
SMSgt James T. Bowles
Apr 17, 2015
SMSgt JAMES T. BOWLES Brewer Community - James T. Bowles, SMSgt United States Air Force, retired, 83, died Friday, April 17, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center. A Brewer native, he was born April 21, 1931, to Carl Wilford "Billy" and Lottie Agnes Dye Bowles. He graduated from Shannon High School in 1949, he also attended the University of Connecticut...
Edna Sides
Apr 17, 2015
EDNA SIDES Belden - Edna Heavener Sides, 81, entered into eternal rest on Friday, April 17, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born on November 29, 1933, to Leroy and Hazel Marie Wood Heavener. A graduate of Baldwyn High School, she then went on to attend Northeast Community College. Edna played basketball in high...
Billie Crider
Apr 17, 2015
Billie B. Crider Tupelo - Billie Bickerstaff Crider went home to be with the Lord April 17, 2015, after an extended illness. She was born in Tupelo, Mississippi on July 17, 1927, to Clyde Bickerstaff and Maudie Merchant Bickerstaff. She was preceded in death by her son, Eddie Crider; newborn daughter; sister, Helen Richey and her husband, Mike Richey; her...
Earline Wilder Brooks
Apr 16, 2015
EARLINE BROOKS Tupelo - Earline Brooks, 92, died Thursday, April 16, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on September 29, 1922 to Essie Cletis and Geneva Jones Wilder. She enjoyed camping with her late husband, Buster Brooks with the Tombigbee Indians and the Good Sam's R. V. Club. She was a member of First...
Tommy "Big T" Witt
Apr 14, 2015
Tommy "Big T" Witt Tupelo- Tommy Witt, "Big T", went to be with his Lord and Savior Tuesday, April 14, 2015. He was born July 5, 1944, to A.T. and Sarah Witt. He graduated from Tupelo High School and Mississippi State University (1966). He then served in the United States Air Force where he was stationed in San Antonio, Texas....
Carolyn Crone
Apr 14, 2015
CAROLYN CRONE Tupelo - Carolyn Frances Copeland Crone ran into the arms of her Savior on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at the Rush Specialty Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi, after an extended illness. Born in Blytheville, Arkansas on November 3, 1942, to Elzy Calvin Copeland Jr. and Lillian Frieda Carver Copeland, Carolyn grew up in a military family; her father's position...
Margie Morris
Apr 14, 2015
MARGIE MORRIS Tupelo - Margie Lee Morris, 60, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Nettleton on October 31, 1954 to Tommy and Nannie Haywood. An avid reader, she loved romance novels. She worked as a waitress for most of her life. She was baptised as a young woman and was...
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