OBITUARIES
Trentice "Trent" Pannell
Oct 20, 2013
TRENTICE "TRENT" PANNELL Tupelo - Trentice "Trent" Pannell, 76, passed away October 20, 2013, at the Traceway Manor, Green Houses, after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born May 31, 1937, to John Ed and Willie Snipes Pannell. A retired carpenter and painter, he spent most of his life in Tupelo. He was a very creative man...
Charlie Watts
Oct 20, 2013
CHARLIE WATTS Tupelo - Charlie Watts, 72, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013, at his home in Shannon. He was born in Newborn, Tennessee on November 29, 1940, to Murrell and Eloise Watts. A well-known local musician and entertainer, Charlie never learned to read music but he had phenomenal tonal memory which gave him the ability to play musical instruments...
Christy Holmes
Oct 18, 2013
CHRISTIE COKER HOLMES Tupelo - Christie Coker Holmes, 39, died Wednesday, October 16, 2013, in Tupelo after an extended illness. She was born April 6, 1974 to Debbie Hosmer Coker. An avid reader, she loved to read and soaked up knowledge; she was the Cliff Clavin from Cheers. Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, October 26, 2013 at her Mother's...
Helena Shurden
Oct 18, 2013
HELENA SHURDEN Blue Mountain - Helena Shurden, 68, died Friday, October 18, 2013, at her residence near Blue Mountain after a lengthy illness. A Columbus, Ohio native, she was born May 5, 1945, to William Printice and Helen Corrine Averill. She was raised in Fairfax,,Virginia and had lived a number of years in Tupelo where she served as a paralegal...
Clara Thompson
Oct 18, 2013
Clara Thompson Tupelo Clara Crawford Johnson Thompson passed away October 18, 2013 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS. Clara was born September 4, 1926 to Georgia Mae Payne and Mangum Crawford in Greensboro, Alabama. A member of First United Methodist Church in Tupelo, she served as Secretary/Treasurer and President of the UMW, Circle Chairman for her UMW Circle, song...
Frances Yarbrough
Oct 18, 2013
FRANCES YARBROUGH Tupelo - Frances Yarbrough passed away peacefully at the Sanctuary Hospice House Friday, October 18, 2013, after an extended battle with heart disease. She was born April 20, 1927, in the Union Community to Homer and Winnie Griffin. She grew up with her two sisters, Minnie (Marion) and Sue (Sherman). They were early members of Union Methodist Church...
Bobby Taylor
Oct 17, 2013
BOBBY TAYLOR Mooreville - Bobby Taylor, 83, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice. He was born in Lee County on January 12, 1930, to Samuel Lavert "Happy" and Ruby Cole Taylor. A United States Army veteran, he served with the Signal Corp. A successful business man, in 1956, Bobby co-founded with Ed Dickerson,...
Billy Frazier
Oct 15, 2013
BILLY FRAZIER Mantachie - James Billy Frazier, 80, passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice. He was born in Itawamba County on February 8, 1933, to John and Fena Tipton Frazier. He was a life-long resident of Itawamba County and had lived in Mantachie since the early 1960's. He worked at SuperSagless for many years....
Mary J. Roach
Oct 9, 2013
MARY J. ROACH Tupelo- Mary Jeanette "MaMaw" Roach, 77, died Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at The Meadows Nursing Home in Fulton after a short illness. A native of Nashoba County, she was born Christmas Day in 1935 to Erbin Aaron Parker and Ada Almeta Druwry . Mary and her young family lived in Canton for 15 years where she worked...
Mary Roach
Oct 9, 2013
MARY J. ROACH Tupelo- Mary Jeanette ?MaMaw? Roach, 77, died Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at The Meadows Nursing Home in Fulton after a short illness. A native of Nashoba County, she was born Christmas Day in 1935 to Erbin Aaron Parker and Ada Almeta Druwry . Mary and her young family lived in Canton for 15 years where she worked...
James "Buddy" Gortney
Oct 8, 2013
BUDDY GORTNEY Hernando ? James R. (Buddy) Gortney, 82, died Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. due to complications from heart failure. Mr. Gortney was a Lee County native who attended Belden High School and graduated from Mississippi State University with a B S in Business. He retired in 1987 as a Senior Bank Examiner...
Lynn Smith Carr
Oct 8, 2013
Lynn Smith Carr Saltillo - Lynn Smith Carr, 64, went to be with the lord Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. Born in Lee County, she was born February 18, 1949, to Clyde and May Dell Smith Sudduth. She was originally from Mooreville and Skyline until moving to Saltillo in 1992. Lynn was...
Lynn Carr
Oct 8, 2013
Lynn Smith Carr Saltillo ? Lynn Smith Carr, 64, went to be with the lord Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. Born in Lee County, she was born February 18, 1949, to Clyde and May Dell Smith Sudduth. She was originally from Mooreville and Skyline until moving to Saltillo in 1992. Lynn was...
James R. "Buddy" Gortney
Oct 8, 2013
BUDDY GORTNEY Hernando - James R. (Buddy) Gortney, 82, died Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. due to complications from heart failure. Mr. Gortney was a Lee County native who attended Belden High School and graduated from Mississippi State University with a B S in Business. He retired in 1987 as a Senior Bank Examiner...
Pamela Thomas
Oct 8, 2013
PAMELA THOMAS Blue Springs - Pamela Thomas, 47, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at her residence from complications due to a long battle with cancer. An Okolona native, she was born November 23, 1965, to Davis P. and Barbara Louise Howard Henderson. She was a 1983 graduate of Ingomar High School. Raised in the Tupelo, Verona area, she lived...
Cynthia Lowery
Oct 6, 2013
CYNTHIA LOWERY Saltillo - Cynthia Ann Lowery, 56, passed away Monday, October 6, 2013, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility after a lengthy illness. She was born December 9, 1956 at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas to Jimmy Thornton and Treacy Ann Hughes. Raised in Sallis, near Kosciusko, she graduated from Sallis High School and later attended Moorehead Junior College, where...
Thelma Lee Orsborn Holder
Oct 5, 2013
THELMA LEE ORSBORN HOLDER Tupelo - Thelma Lee Orsborn Holder, 100, passed away Saturday, October 5, 2013, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born August 27, 1913, in Lee County to Oliver and Marget Ann Johnson Orsbon. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, cherishing every memory made with them. Quilting and working in...
Thelma Orsborn Holder
Oct 5, 2013
THELMA LEE ORSBORN HOLDER Tupelo - Thelma Lee Orsborn Holder, 100, passed away Saturday, October 5, 2013, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born August 27, 1913, in Lee County to Oliver and Marget Ann Johnson Orsbon. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, cherishing every memory made with them. Quilting and working in...
Eileen Dorroh
Oct 2, 2013
EILEEN HILL DORROH Tupelo - Eileen Hill Dorroh, 83, went peacefully to be with her Lord on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at her home in Tupelo. Eileen was born June 27, 1930 to Leonard and Lorine Hill in Itawamba County. She was a 1948 graduate of Tupelo High School. She married Neal Dorroh on March 26, 1949, and they had...
Mattie Gunter
Oct 2, 2013
SUE GUNTER Tupelo - Mattie ?Sue? Gunter, 85, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, New Albany. She was born in Decaturville, Tennessee on July 28, 1928, to Albert and Gertie Broadway. She was a member of First Baptist Church and dearly loved her church family. In her earlier...
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