OBITUARIES
Grace L. Kennedy
May 29, 2014
GRACE L. KENNEDY Tupelo - Grace Lowthorp Kennedy, 88, longtime church secretary at Harrisburg Baptist Church, died Thursday, May 29, 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, she was born on Sherwood Ave. July 26, 1925, to Ernest Floyd and Lessie Mahalia Lynch Lowthorp. Grace was a 1942...
Martha George Hall
May 28, 2014
MARTHA GEORGE HALL Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Martha George Hall, 87, joined family and friends in heaven with Jesus Wednesday morning, May 28, 2014. Martha was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She enjoyed quilting, cross-stitching, gardening, and most of all being with her family. Her greatest contribution and heavenly gift was helping and ministering to others. She was a...
Father Herbert "Ray" Goodman
May 21, 2014
FATHER RAY GOODMAN Tupelo - Herbert Raymond (Ray) Goodman died May 21, 2014 in Tupelo. He was born in El Paso, Texas, October 31, 1932, the son of Herbert Hatton Goodman and Hattie Mae Crosby Goodman. They moved to Summerland, Mississippi, his mother's hometown, when he was five years old. In 1943 they moved to Laurel, Mississippi where he graduated...
Louise W. White
May 20, 2014
LOUISE W. WHITE Tupelo - Dorothy Louise Welsh White, 87, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 at her home in Tupelo. She was born on May 11, 1927, in Highland Park, Michigan to Roy and Lela Welsh. She was raised in Hattiesburg, MS, and graduated from Hattiesburg High School. On April 8, 1950, she and her husband of...
Espie Greer
May 19, 2014
ESPIE GREER Tupelo - Charles Espie Greer, 85, went to be with his Lord Monday, May 19, 2014, at The Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born in the Alpine Community in Union County, on June 18, 1928, to Paul M. and Gladys Plummer Greer. Espie was a veteran of the United States Air Force having served Stateside from 1952 to...
Ernie Comer
May 18, 2014
ERNIE COMER Sheman - Ernest "Ernie" Comer, 84, passed away, Sunday, May 18, 2014, at his residence. He was born September 3, 1929, to Audie and Gippie Brown Comer. He was a veteran of the United States Army Engineers, having served in Germany during the Korean War Conflict. For about 20 years, he worked as a packer in the warehouse...
Virginia French
May 18, 2014
VIRGINIA FRENCH Saltillo - Mary Virginia Turner French, 85, died, Monday, May 19, 2014, at the Countrywood Plantation in Mantachie after an extended illness. She was born on April 19, 1929, to Leonard Jefferson and Carrie Elizabeth Bedford Turner and was one of thirteen children. She grew up in the Tupelo area and attended Lawhon High School. For the past...
Peggy Brock Bishop
May 17, 2014
PEGGY BROCK Eggville Community - Peggy Brock Bishop passed away peacefully after an extended illness on May 17, 2014. She was born May 22, 1945, to Norvin and Irene Brock in Eggville and a member of Eggville Church of Christ. Peggy was married to Harold Bishop for over 51years and together they raised a family and owned Magnolia Wholesale Florist...
Ree Twitty Hester
May 17, 2014
REE HESTER Belden - Ree Twitty Hester, 45, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. Ree loved Jesus and loved her family. Ree was active in the ministries of her church family at Harrisburg Baptist Church. She enjoyed studying God's word in Bible studies with other ladies where she often...
Irene Champagne Chambers
May 14, 2014
IRENE CHAMBERS Tupelo - Irene Champagne Chambers, born Nov. 2, 1917, passed into heaven on Wednesday May 14, 2014, at the age of 96. She was a long time resident of Yonkers, New York and for the last four years was a resident of Traceway Manor in Tupelo, Mississippi. She was a registered nurse who worked for years as a...
Elva Potts Gooch
May 13, 2014
ELVA POTTS GOOCH Plantersville - Mrs. Gooch, 91, entered her eternal resting place on May 13, 2014, at the Orchard-Arbor Center in Ridgeland. She had been in declining health for several years. Her two daughters, Bobbie and Linda, had spent Mother's Day week-end with her. Bobbie was at her Mother's side when the Lord called her home. Mrs. Gooch was...
Gene Mangum
May 12, 2014
GENE MANGUM Tupelo - Gene Preston Mangum, 67, died Monday, May 12, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. Born April 26, 1947, in Mize, Mississippi, Gene was the son of Chester and Carrie Amason Mangum. After twenty years, he retired from BancorpSouth and spent the last seven years as a Deputy Sheriff for Lee County...
Robert N. "Rooster" McWhirter
May 12, 2014
ROBERT "ROOSTER" MCWHIRTER Saltillo - Robert N. "Rooster" McWhirter, 75, passed away Monday, May 12, 2014, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born April 8, 1939, in Chickasaw County to Robert Mitchell and Shirley Irene Naron McWhirter. For over six years he worked for the Tupelo Police Department and was one of the first motorcylce policemen in Tupelo. He...
Mary Freeman
May 12, 2014
MARY FREEMAN Saltillo - Mary Freeman, 74, passed away Monday, May 12, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A long time resident of Saltillo, she was born June 5, 1939, to George Lester and Gertie Brock Palmer in Tupelo. She had a love for children and for over twenty-five years she owned and operated Miss Mary's (Me Me's) Day...
Tommie Bourland
May 11, 2014
Tommie Bourland Martha Wright "Tommie" Bourland died at her home in Tupelo, Mississippi, on May 11, 2014. A native of Paris, Tennessee, she was born on November 1, 1926, to the late Gama Cole Wright and Tilden Hendrix Wright. Mrs. Bourland graduated from Grove High School in Paris, Tennessee, and subsequently graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Nursing...
Barbara Miller Kelly
May 10, 2014
BARBARA MILLER KELLY Tupelo - Barbara Miller Kelly, 73, died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at her residence. She was born December 30, 1940 to Joseph P. II and Edith Anglin Miller at Gilmore Sanatorium in Amory. She married the love of her life, Captain Alfred C. Kelly, on April 18, 1970. He preceded her in death on August 25, 1982....
Bradley Crouch
May 9, 2014
BRADLEY CROUCH Verona - Bradley Crouch died Friday, May 9, 2014 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 16, 2014, at South Green Baptist Church. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors will be in charge of the arrangements.
Cleta Agnes Vinson
May 6, 2014
CLETA VINSON Tupelo - Cleta Vinson, 95, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at The Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. A Lee County native, she was born August 23, 1918, to Burnel Henderson and Yancie Lou Parker Wade. She was raised in Lee County and had graduated from Belden High School. Earlier in her life she had worked a short time...
Bobbie Jean Jennings Thomas
May 6, 2014
BOBBIE THOMAS Tupelo- Bobbie Jean Jennings Thomas, 53, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born December 13, 1960, to Dewayne R. and Mary Evelyn Scott Williams. For twenty years, she was a CNA for Tupelo Manor. She enjoyed helping and taking care of people and loved animals. Her greatest enjoyment was spending time...
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