OBITUARIES

Russell Yarborough

Russell Yarborough

Mar 22, 2013

RUSSELL YARBOROUGH Tupelo - William Russell Yarborough, 82, died on Friday, March 22, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on August 21, 1930, in Webster County to William Hubert Yarborough and Willie Bell Latham Yarborough. In 1948, he graduated from Eurpora High School, where he was class president and MVP of the...

Willam Hall

Willam Hall

Mar 22, 2013

WILLIAM F. HALL Tupelo ? Master Sergeant William F. Hall, 70, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born March 14, 1943, in the Auburn Community to Leonard Frances and Madie B. Garrett Hall. A decorated Vietnam war veteran, of the United States Air Force, he retired as a Master Sergeant after 20 years of...

Willam F. Hall

Willam F. Hall

Mar 22, 2013

WILLIAM F. HALL Tupelo - Master Sergeant William F. Hall, 70, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born March 14, 1943, in the Auburn Community to Leonard Frances and Madie B. Garrett Hall. A decorated Vietnam war veteran, of the United States Air Force, he retired as a Master Sergeant after 20 years of...

Tommy Dale Bethay, Sr.

Tommy Dale Bethay, Sr.

Mar 22, 2013

TOMMY DALE BETHAY, SR. Tupelo - Tommy Dale Bethay, Sr., 66, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born July 23, 1946, in Tupelo to Johnnie Chesley and Vivian Pennington Bethay. Throughout his life he worked several jobs including Lee Communications, Tupelo Police Department and retired as a respiratory therapist....

Billy Botts

Billy Botts

Mar 19, 2013

BILLY BOTTS Palmetto - Billy Wayne Botts, 76, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born August 11, 1936, in Union County to William Hollis and Maudie Lee Carter Botts. He was raised in the Jugfork Community and was a 1956 graduate of Cedar Hill High School. A United States veteran,...

Nell Mauldin

Nell Mauldin

Mar 17, 2013

NELL MAULDIN Tupelo - Nell Mauldin, 76, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice. She was born January 1, 1937, in Lee County to Oscar Perry and Mary Virginia Raper Putt. She worked for many years as a nurse and was a member of East Heights Baptist Church. Services will be 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, March...

Lee Estes

Lee Estes

Mar 16, 2013

BUD ESTES Tupelo - Lee Everette (Bud) Estes, 77, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in the Auburn Community on December 15, 1935, to Cecil and Mary Morgan Estes. He was a life-long member of the Oak Hill United Methodist Church in Saltillo. He was a self-employed mechanic for many years working...

Dale Clift

Dale Clift

Mar 14, 2013

DALE C. CLIFT Tupelo - Dale C. Clift, 88, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on October 1, 1924 to Fred and Mary Hannah Carmack. A very faithful Christian, Dale served her Lord in many ways. She was a life-long member of the First Christian Church and served as the...

Dale C. Clift

Dale C. Clift

Mar 14, 2013

DALE C. CLIFT Tupelo - Dale C. Clift, 88, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on October 1, 1924 to Fred and Mary Hannah Carmack. A very faithful Christian, Dale served her Lord in many ways. She was a life-long member of the First Christian Church and served as the...

Sadie Wages

Sadie Wages

Mar 14, 2013

SADIE WAGES Tupelo - Sadie Frances Wages, 86, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. She was born July 10, 1926 in New Albany, Mississippi to Prentiss and Kattie Frances Mask Baughman. She enjoyed sewing and making odd end things. She last worked for Hunter-Sadler for many years in the sample department....

Richard Stanford

Richard Stanford

Mar 13, 2013

RICHARD "RICK" STANFORD Amory - Richard Wayne Stanford, 61, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the University Medical Center in Jackson. He was born in Liverpool, England on January 1, 1952 to Archie and Mary Christina Stanford. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 17, 2013 at The Saltillo Chapel of W.E. Pegues. Survivors include one son, Cameron Stanford and...

Clytee Wood

Clytee Wood

Mar 13, 2013

CLYTEE WOOD Belden - Clytee Wood, 98, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in the care of hospice at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Lee County on January 4, 1915, to James and Maude Spearman. She spent her early married life farming and raising her children. After grandchildren came along, she was helping to teach them. She...

Willard Hicks Allen

Willard Hicks Allen

Mar 12, 2013

WILLARD HICKS ALLEN Willard Hicks Allen died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Highlands Cashiers Hospital, Highlands, North Carolina following a brief illness. She was 102 years old. Mrs. Allen was born July 19, 1910 in Belmont, Mississippi and moved to Tupelo as a young girl. She was a talented musician and served her community by teaching music and playing the...

Willard Allen

Willard Allen

Mar 12, 2013

WILLARD HICKS ALLEN Willard Hicks Allen died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Highlands Cashiers Hospital, Highlands, North Carolina following a brief illness. She was 102 years old. Mrs. Allen was born July 19, 1910 in Belmont, Mississippi and moved to Tupelo as a young girl. She was a talented musician and served her community by teaching music and playing the...

Mary Darwin Brooks

Mary Darwin Brooks

Mar 11, 2013

MARY SUE BROOKS Tupelo - Mary Sue Brooks, born December 6, 1927, passed away at The Leeper House of the Green Houses of Traceway Manor on March 11, 2013, at the age of 85. She married Lawrence Wayne Brooks on November 9, 1952, and was a member of Sherman Baptist Church where she was active in WMU and served as...

Mary Sue Darwin Brooks

Mary Sue Darwin Brooks

Mar 11, 2013

MARY SUE BROOKS Tupelo - Mary Sue Brooks, born December 6, 1927, passed away at The Leeper House of the Green Houses of Traceway Manor on March 11, 2013, at the age of 85. She married Lawrence Wayne Brooks on November 9, 1952, and was a member of Sherman Baptist Church where she was active in WMU and served as...

Judy Putt

Judy Putt

Mar 10, 2013

JUDY PUTT Mooreville - Judy Faye Putt, 59, died suddenly on Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. She was born in Waukegan, Illinois on January 25, 1954, to William R. and Joann Lippincott Harbin. Judy graduated in 1972 from Mantachie High School, and then attended Itawamba Community College. She was a 1976 graduate of Mississippi State...

Bobby

Bobby

Mar 9, 2013

REV. BOBBY LEE Tupelo - Rev. Bobby Gerald Lee, 68, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at a nursing home in Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Franklin County on February 13, 1945 to Albert and Iris Lee. He graduated from Delta State University and attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught school in Georgia and Mississippi and pastured churches...

Rev. Bobby G. Lee

Rev. Bobby G. Lee

Mar 9, 2013

REV. BOBBY LEE Tupelo - Rev. Bobby Gerald Lee, 68, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at a nursing home in Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Franklin County on February 13, 1945 to Albert and Iris Lee. He graduated from Delta State University and attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught school in Georgia and Mississippi and pastured churches...

Louise Kelly

Louise Kelly

Mar 9, 2013

LOUISE KELLY Tupelo - Louise Austin Kelly, 98, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at her home in the Briar Ridge Community. She was born August 28, 1914, to Isaac Luke and Lou Ella Austin in Corinth where she spent her early years. After moving to Tupelo she met and married Woodrow W. Kelly celebrating sixty-one years of marriage. They were...

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