OBITUARIES
Ann Powell
Jul 2, 2014
ANN POWELL Tupelo - Elizabeth Ann Powell, 83, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Ann was born September 21, 1930 to James Douglas and Elizabeth Shoulders Powell. For several years, she worked as a cashier in area restaurants, where she made many friends. She was a long time resident of Tupelo, where she was a...
Nelda Fikes Gullick
Jul 2, 2014
NELDA FIKES GULLICK TUPELO- Nelda Sue Fikes Gullick, 93, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at her home. She was born in Fulton on April 7, 1921 to Luther and Lonnie Ella Fikes. She and her late husband, A.N. Guillick, had resided in East Tupelo since 1953. A dedicated member of East Heights Baptist Church,...
Hubbard C Reagh, Jr.
Jun 29, 2014
HUBBARD C. REAGH, JR. Baton Rouge, LA - Hubbard Clifton Reagh, Jr. , 89, died Sunday, June 29, 2014, at Our Lady of The Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge. A native of Pontotoc, Mississippi, he was born November 10, 1924, to Hubbard Clifton and Maudine Reagh. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, retiring after 20 years...
Janet Venetis
Jun 23, 2014
JANET VENETIS Tupelo - Janet Lynn Roberts Venetis, 58, passed away June 23, 2014, at her home in Tupelo, Mississippi. She was born March 31, 1956, to the late E. G. Roberts and Nell Price Roberts of Tupelo. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She graduated from Belden High School in 1974, and then continued her education at...
Carolyn Irene Russell
Jun 23, 2014
CAROLYN RUSSELL Saltillo - Carolyn Irene Russell, 77, died Monday, June 23, 2014, at her home. She was born June 23, 1937 to Jack and Stella Jordan Whitehead. She was a retired seamstress with Hunter Sadler and she never lost her love for sewing. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m at Christian's Rest Cemetery in Lafayette Springs Thursday, June 26,...
Memory Benn "Mimi" Pegues
Jun 22, 2014
Mimi Pegues Tupelo - On June 22, 2014, Memory Benn "Mimi" Pegues, 60, joined her beloved daughter and parents in a heavenly reunion. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, she was born August 8, 1953, to J. R. and Clara Mae Benn Pegues. Mimi passed away due to complications from an aneurysm that had ruptured two weeks earlier. Both...
Robbie Meador
Jun 22, 2014
ROBBIE MEADOR Tupelo - Robbie Johnson Meador passed away suddenly on Sunday, June 22, 2014, at her home. She was born August 14, 1938, in Covington, TN to Robert E. and Alice Crutchfield Johnson. She was an active member of St. Luke United Methodist Church where she loved serving the people of her church. She was a member of the...
Lillie Belle Reed
Jun 17, 2014
LILLIE REED Tupelo - Lillie Belle Reed, 88, passed away at home, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. A lifelong Lee County native, she was born May 18, 1926 to Jack and Fannie Mae Albritton. She was a member of Wheeler Chapel. She retired as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday, June 20, 2014 at Union Cemetery,...
Sonny Paul Morrison
Jun 15, 2014
SONNY PAUL MORRISON New Albany - Sonny Paul Morrison, 54, passed away Sunday, June 15, 2014, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of New Albany. He was born July 24, 1959, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Hershel and Laverne Farrar. For the past twenty-five years he lived in Saltillo and was an employee of Carlock Nissan of Tupelo. Never meeting a stranger,...
Frances Mitchell
Jun 11, 2014
FRANCES MITCHELL Eggville Community - Frances Marilyn Mitchell, 82, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday morning, June 11, 2014, at her residence. She was born in Lee County on October 3, 1931, to Marlow Thomas and Virgie Stokes Christian. On November 10, 1951, she married the love of her life, J. E. "Bill" Mitchell and together began building a...
Frances Inez Nicholson
Jun 11, 2014
FRANCES NICHOLSON Tupelo - Frances Inez Nicholson, 69, passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Inpatient Hospice Unit. She is survived by her mother, Ruby Williams of Saltillo; three sons, Tony Nicholson (Kim) of Millbrook, Alabama, Jared "Bubba" Nicholson (Laura) of Tupelo, and Matt Nicholson (Marsha) of Germantown, Tennessee; and 5 grandchildren. She was preceded...
Shirley Rouse Pierce
Jun 11, 2014
SHIRLEY ROUSE PIERCE Saltillo - Shirley Rouse Pierce, died Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Lee County to Noel and Christine Nichols Robbins. For over 25 years, she was an agent and district coordinator for AFLAC Insurance and previously worked as the Human Resource Manager for Rose Hill Furniture...
Michael Glen Pounds
Jun 7, 2014
MICHAEL POUNDS DERMA - Michael Glen Pounds died Saturday, June 7, 2014, at his home in Derma. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
Cordie Mae Newcomb
Jun 7, 2014
CORDIE MAE NEWCOMB Mantachie - Cordie Mae Newcomb, 93, born November 5, 1920, went to be with her life-long love and soul mate of seventy-two years, Jess Hulon Newcomb on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at the Courtyards Community Living Center in Fulton. She was born and reared in Mantachie. A homemaker, she spent much of her time raising her six...
Joyce Davidson
Jun 5, 2014
JOYCE DAVIDSON Tupelo - Joyce Ann DeVine Davidson, 72, died on Thursday June 5, 2014, after losing her battle to cancer. She was born on November 27, 1942, in Kentucky and raised in Illinois. Joyce was an amazing woman who, throughout her life, has done a little of everything. She served with Lombard Police Department in DuPage County, Illinois, yet...
Hershiel Beaty
Jun 3, 2014
HERSHIEL M. BEATY Guntown - Hershiel M. Beaty, 50, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at his home. He was born December 26, 1963 to Carroll and Letha Beaty. After graduation, he joined the United States Air Force and served his country proudly. Private services will be Friday at W. E. Pegues, Saltillo. Survivors include wife Theresa Beaty of Guntown; son,...
Mamie Marlin
Jun 3, 2014
MAMIE SIMS MARLIN Tupelo - Mamie Lou Sims Marlin died on June 3rd, 2014, at Reed House where she had been a resident for five years. She celebrated one hundred years of life, love, and laughter on October 15, 2013. She was born in the Auburn Community, the daughter of Albert and Nona McGuire Sims. She attended Tupelo High School...
Billy W. Spencer
Jun 1, 2014
BILLY W. SPENCER Tupelo - Billy W. Spencer, 81, passed away Sunday, June 1, 2014, at the Golden Living Center in Tupelo. He was born April 17, 1933, in Mississippi to Hurschel and Lillian Champion Spencer. A veteran, he served in the United States Army during the 1950's and was stationed in Germany. He was a long time employee of...
Virginia Birth
May 29, 2014
VIRGINIA ROBERTSON BIRTH Saltillo - Virginia Robertson Birth, 89, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born November 7, 1924, in Oklahoma, to William Halbert and Phenice Josephine Malone Loftin. For many years she served as a sales representative. Sewing, needlework, crafting and working cross word puzzles were a few of the things she...
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