OBITUARIES
Kathleen Snipes Lawson
May 4, 2014
KATHLEEN SNIPES LAWSON Tupelo - Kathleen Snipes Lawson, 85, died at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS, after an extended illness. A loving wife, devoted mother and grandmother, she was born October 16, 1928, to the late Claudia and Roy R. Snipes. She graduated from Tupelo High School and attended Mississippi University for Women and the University of Mississippi...
Alfred Hutcheson
May 4, 2014
ALFRED ESCUE HUTCHESON Tupelo - Alfred Escue Hutcheson, 91, passed away Sunday, May 04, 2014, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a short illness. A Lee County native, he was born December 5, 1922, to Cass Bianca and Elsie Garrett Hutcheson. For over twenty five years he owned and operated Star Glass & Mirror Company located in Tupelo. A United States...
Dallas C. Brown
May 4, 2014
DALLAS C. BROWN Tupelo - Dallas C. Brown, 79, died Sunday morning, May 4, 2014, at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on March 9, 1935, in Willailla, Kentucky, to Maurice J. and Ora English Cress Brown. He attended a two room school house until the age of eleven when he moved, with his family, to Somerset,...
Steven H. Wolfe
April 29, 2014
STEVEN H. WOLFE Tupelo - Steven H. Wolfe, 67, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
John Servati
April 28, 2014
John Servati Tupelo - John Albert Servati, 21, passed away Monday, April 28, 2014, in Tuscaloosa Alabama. He was born on February 1, 1993, in South Bend, Indiana, to Al Servati and Janet Gaston. A 2011 Tupelo High School graduate, John set multiple state records in swimming as he led his team to four consecutive Mississippi State championships. He was...
Sue M. Tate
April 27, 2014
Sue M. Tate Mrs. William F. "Sue" Tate passed away Sunday, April 27, 2014 in Tupelo, MS at the age of 91. She was born Elizabeth Sue McCormick on September 11, 1922 in Belmont, Mississippi. The daughter of William Rady and Edna Ellen McCormick, she was a graduate of the Corinth High School class of 1940. After high school, she...
Sam Russell
April 26, 2014
SAM RUSSELL Tupelo - Sam Russell, 79, died Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born January 21, 1935 to Curtis Carl and Mildred Ioma Matlock Russell. Private family graveside services will be in Tennessee.
Mert Johnston
April 26, 2014
MARION "MERT" JOHNSTON Plantersville - Marion Manley "Mert" Johnston, 76, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice. She was born in Alabama on April 17, 1938, to George Marion and Edna Batton Manley. For 26 years, she worked in the business office for the North Mississippi Medical Center, retiring in 2002. One of her...
Tense Stanford
April 26, 2014
TENSE STANFORD Pontotoc - Hortense Lee "Tense" Stanford, 88, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Graceland Care Center after an extended illness. She was born in the Ratliff Community on October 16, 1925, to Edward and Ada Rose Hogue Farrar. She was a graduate of Unity High School. Her interests included fishing, singing and playing the guitar, and "making...
Danny Scruggs
April 26, 2014
DANNY SCRUGGS Saltillo - James Daniel "Danny" Scruggs, 68, passed away Friday, April 25, 2014, at his home. He was born in Tupelo on July 21, 1945, to Tommy and Pauline Barnes Scruggs. After graduating from Saltillo High School, he went on to serve in the United States Army. For several years, he was employed with different furniture companies, working...
Herbert Freeman
April 25, 2014
HERBERT FREEMAN Tupelo - Herbert Eugene Freeman, 85, entered into the presence of Christ on Friday, April 25, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice after a brief illness. He was born in Forest, Mississippi on March 2, 1929, to Charlie John and Elsie Grace Simmons Freeman. He began working as a train dispatcher for the Illinois Central Railroad...
Jimmy Westbrook, Jr.
April 25, 2014
JIMMY WESTBROOK JR. Born in Jackson, Mississippi as the only child to Jimmy Westbrook and Mary Tanksley Westbrook, Jim moved to Tupelo in 1949 when his parents opened their retail store Westbrook's in downtown Tupelo. Jim graduated from Tupelo High School in 1954. In 1958 Jim graduated with honors in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. At Vanderbilt, Jim was president...
Johnny Stanford, Sr.
April 25, 2014
JOHNNY STANFORD Auburn - John Allen "Johnny" Stanford, Sr., 71, went to be with the Lord, Friday, April 25, 2014, at his home after a sudden illness. He was born in Lee County on September 13, 1942, to Rex Vernon and Mary Louise Hall Stanford. A 1961 graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to serve in the...
Patsy Stanley
April 22, 2014
PATSY STANLEY Saltillo - Patsy Lee Stanley, 64, died after an extended illness, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at her daughter's home. She was born in Lee County on July 21, 1949 to Leroy and Sybil Van Buskirk Walters. She was a 1967 graduate of Tupelo High School and a long time resident of Saltillo. After 32 years of service, she...
Christine Olson
April 22, 2014
CHRISTINE OLSON Mooreville - Christine Olson, 81, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at the Baldwyn Nursing Facility. She was born in Laurel, Mississippi on August 22, 1932, to William Elbert and Onie Irin Rials Tucker. On December 30, 1950, she married George Albert Olson in Jackson, Mississippi. She was a faithful wife...
Jimmy Johnson
April 21, 2014
JIMMY JOHNSON Jackson - Jimmy H. Johnson, 60, died Monday, April 21, 2014, at his residence in Jackson after a sudden illness. He was born May 19, 1953, to Grover Hoyle and Mary Edith Johnson. A 1971 graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to earn his bachelors and masters degrees from Mississippi College in 1975. He worked...
Yvonne "Janie" Norton
April 20, 2014
JANIE NORTON Tupelo - Yvonne "Janie" Norton, 68, died Sunday, April 20, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice. A native of Lee County, she was born February 13, 1946, to Bud and Anna Doris Hendrix Culver. For over 20 years, she lived in California with a career in the music industry. She was an avid Elvis fan and...
Gus M. Ballard
April 19, 2014
GUS BALLARD Tupelo - Gus M. Ballard, 88, died Saturday, April 19, 2014, at Baptist Hospice North Mississippi in Oxford after a short illness. He was born in Mooreville on May 14, 1925, to David S. and Allie Mae Morgan Ballard. For the past twenty-eight years, he lived in the Endville Community. After graduating from Tupelo High School, he volunteered...
Lorine Fowler Dye
April 19, 2014
LORINE FOWLER DYE Belden - Lorine Fowler Dye, 78, passed away at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2014, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. She was the 13th child born in Lee County on October 5, 1935 to James Arthur and Sula Fowler at their home in Belden. She was the widow of Lawrence Lee Dye who passed away on...
Ottis Eugene Bass
April 16, 2014
OTTIS BASS Shannon - Ottis Eugene Bass, 49, died Wednesday, April 16, 2014. He was born January 21, 1965 to Bayward Talmadge and Carolyn Codelia Halcomb Bass. He was employed as a frame builder at United Furniture and was known for being a hard worker. Previously, he worked for both Ashley Industries and Lane Furniture. His hobbies included fishing and...
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