OBITUARIES
Debra M. Smith
Sep 8, 2014
Debra Middleton Smith, 61, passed away on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014 while vacationing in Alaska. She was born March 3, 1953 to Durward (Dewey) and Ruby Ruth Middleton. Mrs. Smith was a graduate of Tupelo High School and St. Dominic's School of Nursing. She was a registered nurse with North Mississippi Medical Center for over 25 years. Her love of...
Becky Terry
Sep 4, 2014
BECKY TERRY Tupelo - Becky Mae Terry, 57, passed away Thursday, September 4, 2014, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born August 4, 1957, to Ray C. and Annie R. Dyer in Pontotoc. Becky has made Tupelo her home for over 20 years. Becky was a trained cosmologist who owned and operated The Image Salon...
Arvis Gillentine
Sep 4, 2014
Arvis Gillentine Mooreville - Arvis Jackson Gillentine, 87, was welcomed into the kingdom of Heaven on September 4, 2014, while at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born on August 1, 1927, in Itawamba County to Willie and Ireda Moore Gillentine. He moved to Mooreville as a small child where he graduated from Mooreville High School in...
Lawrence Cook Jr.
Sep 3, 2014
LAWRENCE FRANCIS COOK, JR. Saltillo - Lawrence Francis Cook, Jr., 66, passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born October 29, 1947 in Charleston, SC. To Lawrence Francis Cook, Sr. and Queenie Vermella Browder Cook. Lawrence has lived in Saltillo for the past 15 years. He was a service technician for Roper Toyota. He...
Bobby "Bob" J. Earnest
Sep 3, 2014
Bob Earnest Tupelo- Bobby J. "Bob" Earnest died on September 3, 2014 at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born on February 21, 1934, in Itawamba County and was the son of Eulus Marcus and Ethel Montgomery Earnest of Golden, Mississippi. Bob graduated from Itawamba Agricultural High School and married his high school sweetheart, Betty Jane Thomas in 1952....
Robert Reed III
Sep 2, 2014
ROBERT WYLIE REED, III Tupelo- Robert Wylie Reed,III, passed away September 2, 2014. He was born on November 5, 1954, to Bob and Betty Reed of Tupelo, Ms. He graduated from Tupelo High School in 1972 and attended Vanderbilt University as well as The University of Mississippi. He was employed at Reed's Department Store. He joined Reed Manufacturing Company as...
Martha Ann McIlwain Cooper
Aug 31, 2014
MARTHA ANN COOPER Myrtle - Martha Ann McIlwain Cooper, 74, died Sunday, August 31, 2014, at her residence. A Starkville native, she was born April 1, 1940, to William M. and Edna Harmon McIlwain. While growing up, she lived in the Self Creek Community near Maben and also lived in Cleveland. A graduate of Maben High School, she then went...
Sybil Bailey
Aug 31, 2014
SYBIL BAILEY Tupelo - Sybil Bailey, 92, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2014, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona. She was born November 21, 1921 to Arthur and Etta Mullennix Bailey. Sybil was a graceful, southern lady who was a true saint and very dedicated to her church. She was very special and was loved greatly by her...
Dorothy Morris Ford
Aug 29, 2014
Tupelo - Dorothy Morris Ford, 100, died Friday, August 29, 2014, at the Golden Living Nursing Facility. She was born February 2, 1914 in the Auburn Community. She was married to the late Bro. Gordy Lee Ford. She enjoyed reading the Bible, teaching Sunday School classes, and loved serving her church. She was also involved in community service and enjoyed...
Susan McDonald Hughes
Aug 26, 2014
SUSAN MCDONALD HUGHES Tupelo - Susan McDonald Hughes, 66, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born May 21, 1948. Susan was a loving wife and mother who enojoyed cooking for her family. She also enjoyed riding mortorcycles, going to the beach and dancing. Services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, August...
Dr. Michael E. Swindle
Aug 26, 2014
DR. MICHAEL E. SWINDLE Michael Earl Swindle passed away with his wife and daughter by his side in his home in Saltillo on Tuesday, August 26th, 2014. He was born August 17th, 1947 in Tupelo, Mississippi to Lester Earl Swindle and Joyce Lavada Swindle. From being a railroad worker as a child, a lead singer in several bands as a...
Glenn Allen Best
Aug 26, 2014
GLENN ALLEN BEST Saltillo - Glenn Allen Best, 62, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at home. He was born June 1, 1952, in Oakman, Alabama, to Paul and Dorothy Best. He lived most of his life in Illinois before moving to Saltillo. He joined The United States Army serving in Vietnam. He married Patti Ann Patton on September 18, 1976....
Linda Wood Tanner
Aug 26, 2014
LINDA TANNER Saltillo - Linda Jo Wood Tanner, 56, died, Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at the Methodist Hospital, Memphis, TN after an extended illness. She was born in Tupelo, MS, November 23, 1957 to the late Joseph Wood and Geraldene "Jerry" Dickey Wood . She was a graduate of Saltillo High School. She later attended college in Memphis, TN. She...
Mike Brown
Aug 23, 2014
MIKE BROWN Furrs Community - Mike Brown, 63, passed away Saturday, August 23, 2014, at his residence. He was born in Meridian on May 1, 1951, to Walter Marden and Geraldine Gibson Brown and grew up in Columbus. Mike owned and operated Specialty Printing. He was an avid fisherman and hunter and loved fishing and hunting with his grandsons. He...
Tresa Hester Pitts
Aug 22, 2014
TRESA PITTS Booneville - Tresa Sue Hester Pitts, 34, died Friday, August 22, 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on the Natchez Trace. She was born in Tupelo on November 23, 1979, to Oscar Devan Hester and Lillie George Hester McVay. Tresa loved fishing, swimming and anything outdoors. She loved her children and...
Harry Arnold
Aug 20, 2014
HARRY ARNOLD Tupelo - Harry Arnold, 80, died Wednesday, August 20, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 25, 1934 and grew up in Memphis, graduating from Whitehaven High School. In 1970, he moved to Tupelo with Dover Elevator. Harry had an avid love of airplanes, boats and...
Gloria Krumcke
Aug 15, 2014
Gloria Krumcke Tupelo- Gloria Juanita Wood Krumcke, 88, passed away August 15, 2014, at Traceway's Gregory House in Tupelo. She was born in Panama City, FL on December 26, 1925, to Luther Clayton and Lillian Bailey Wood. She grew up in Birmingham, AL and Oxford, MS. Gloria married the love of her life, James Franklin Krumcke, on May 15, 1945,...
Betty Jane Williams
Aug 14, 2014
BETTY JANE WILLIAMS Mooreville- Betty Jane Willams, 74, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit. She was born Feburary 6, 1940 to Walter and Lizzie Clouse Hood. She was a factory worker and homemaker who loved spending time with her family. She liked to read, garden and enjoyed bowling. Services will be 1:30...
Keith Grissom
Aug 13, 2014
KEITH O. GRISSOM TUPELO - Keith O. Grissom, 89, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford, MS after an extended illness. He was born in Mantachie, MS on July 1, 1925, to George C. and Alma Virginia Grissom. He served the Army in the "Hell on Wheels" division during World War II and...
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