OBITUARIES
April Maxwell
Jul 5, 2024
April Maxwell – Ecru, MS
April Dawn Maxwell, 42, passed away Friday, July 5, 2024, at her home after an extensive illness with cervical cancer. She was born May 23, 1982, to Ralph Maxwell and Deborah Mach in Wiesbaden, Germany. April enjoyed coloring, listening to gospel music, gardening, and painting diamonds. Anyone who crossed paths with April would immediately fall in...
David May
Jul 3, 2024
David May – Saltillo
David Laroy May passed from this world into his heavenly home on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at the age of 81. He left his family with a legacy of honesty, dedication, determination, and most importantly, love.
David was born September 14, 1942, in Pontotoc, MS to the late Dow Laroy May and Myrl Bramlett May. He worked diligently...
Tom Abney
Jun 26, 2024
Tom Abney
Tupelo- Thomas “Tom” Alan Abney Sr., 72, died on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, following complications from a stroke. Tom was born in Cleveland on September 18, 1951, to Thomas William Abney and Marie Miller Abney. Greenwood was where Tom grew up and put down his younger roots. Following his graduation from Greenwood Leflore High School and the University of...
Jack Sheffield
Jun 26, 2024
Jack Thomas Sheffield passed away peacefully at the Sanctuary Hospice House on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at the age of 84. He was born in Tupelo on December 4, 1939. Jack proudly served his country in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Vietnam War. In February of 1963, he married the love of his life, Clara Cochran Sheffield and...
Elizabeth Loyd Lacks
Jun 24, 2024
Elizabeth Loyd Lacks
Tupelo- Fairy Elizabeth Loyd Lacks was reunited by death with her late husband, Ralph Lacks on Monday, June 24, 2024, their 64th wedding anniversary. Elizabeth was born in Blountsville, Alabama; she was the daughter of Ernie and Irene McAnally Loyd. Elizabeth graduated from Oneonta High School in 1955. On June 24, 1960, she married James “Ralph” Lacks. Her...
Patsy Huntley Aubuchon
Jun 24, 2024
Patsy June Huntley Aubuchon, 77, passed away Monday, June 24, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, following an extended illness. She was born November 19, 1946, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, the beloved daughter of Eugene Hillard Huntley and Bernice L. Smith.
Patsy cherished her family deeply, always keeping up with them through Facebook and maintaining close ties with her relatives...
Terry Gurley
Jun 23, 2024
Terry Gurley
Guntown- James Terry Gurley at the age of 75 died peacefully at home after an extended illness on June 23, 2024. Terry was born on March 18, 1949, in Tupelo and also raised; he was the son of James Morris Gurley and Mary Francis Easterling Gurley. During his younger years he enjoyed skiing and boating on Pickwick Lake with...
Agatha "Granny" Crallie
Jun 22, 2024
Agatha “Granny” Crallie
Agatha Wanda Crallie died at North Mississippi Medical Center suddenly Saturday, June 22, 2024. She was born in Canton, Ohio to George and Ida Everett Burris during the Great Depression on September 29, 1930.
Best known by Granny, Agatha Wanda Crallie, was a unique spitfire. She didn’t “beat around the bush”, or watch her tongue to protect your feelings,...
Melvin A. Langley
Jun 22, 2024
Melvin A. Langley – Tupelo, MS
Melvin A. Langley, 81, died peacefully in his home on June 22, 2024, after an extended illness. Although Melvin was born in Benton County, Ms, he lived most of his life in Tupelo. He was raised in East Tupelo, attended Lawhon School and graduated from Tupelo High School in 1961. At an early age, he...
William "Bill" Wilson
Jun 21, 2024
William “Bill” H. Wilson
William “Bill” Wilson, 88, of Saltillo, passed away Friday afternoon, June 21, 2024, in the CCU at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.
Services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, 2024, at the Saltillo Chapel of Pegues with Rev. John Brock officiating. Graveside services will be at Corinth National Cemetery 1 p.m. Monday, July 1, 2024....
Virginia Berryhill
Jun 21, 2024
Virginia Berryhill – Mooreville, MS
Virginia “Ginny” Lee Berryhill, 83, gained her angel wings on June 21, 2024, after a long period of illness. She passed peacefully in Tupelo, MS, with her devoted husband of 63 years, Max Berryhill, by her side. Ginny was born in Sheffield, Alabama to Paul Cecil Poag and Ruth Baker Poag. In the 1960’s, she served...
Donna Benton
Jun 21, 2024
Donna Benton – Tupelo, MS
Donna Lee Benton, 60, passed away Friday, June 21, 2024, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. She was born May 22, 1964, to Robert and Dawn Teeters. Donna enjoyed the art of crafting, playing golf with her family, and shopping. The thing that brought her the most joy was spending time with her...
Thomas Moore "Tom" Barnett
Jun 17, 2024
Thomas M. “Tom” Barnett
Tupelo—Thomas Moore “Tom” Barnett passed away Monday, June 17, 2024 at his home in Tupelo. He was 102 years old. A native of Booneville, Tom was born May 12, 1922 the son of John and Ruth Bettersworth Barnett. After graduating high school he proudly served his country during World War II in the United States Army. He...
Brandy Faulkner
Jun 16, 2024
Brandy Faulkner
Mooreville—Brandy Michelle Faulkner passed away Sunday, June 16 at her home in Mooreville. She was 35 years old. Brandy was born in Tupelo on March 5, 1989 to Richard Allen Faulkner and Sherry Ann Duckworth Faulkner. After her graduation from Mooreville High School she then attended Itwamba Community College and Mississippi State University where she earned two degrees in...
Noel David Turner, II
Jun 14, 2024
Noel David Turner II
Saltillo—Noel David Turner II, age 79, passed away Friday, June 14, 2024 at Traceway Retirement Community. He was born July 22, 1944 in Talladega, Alabama to Noel David Turner Sr. and Mary Morris Turner Jones. After his high school graduation, he began his career in trucking, retiring as logistics manager in the furniture industry. Noel also had...
David Bostick
Jun 13, 2024
David Bostick, age 59, passed away Thursday, June 13, 2024 at his home in Belden. He was born January 19, 1965 in Natchez, the son of G.T. Bostick and Doris Sheppard Bostick Lee. His family moved to the Lee County area when he was an infant. David graduated from Mooreville High School in 1983. He worked in sales for Williams...
Mary Logan
Jun 11, 2024
Saltillo—Mary Irene Taylor Logan passed on to her heavenly home on June 11, 2024, at her home in Saltillo after an extended illness at the age of 90. Her daughter and son were holding her hands as she passed away. She was born October 19, 1933 to James Riley Taylor Sr. and Francis Ione Chapman Taylor in Greenwood, Mississippi and...
Jake Davis
Jun 11, 2024
Hernando-Formerly of the Richmond Community—Jake Davis, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at the Baptist-DeSoto Hospital in Southaven. He was 72 years old. Jake was born July 26, 1951 in Tupelo, the son of Charles Quitman Davis and Ruth Ann Walters Davis. After his high school graduation, he proudly served his country in the Mississippi National Guard. He worked as...
William Ennis Prout, Jr.
Jun 5, 2024
William “Will” Ennis Prout, Jr., 74, died peacefully Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in his home with his wife, Sara Prout, and a caregiver from Gentiva Hospice Care in Saltillo, Mississippi. He is now at rest, surrounded by the unconditional love of God.Will was born in Cleveland, Mississippi on January 13, 1950. He married Sara Prout in 1991 and worked alongside...
Jim Hood
Jun 1, 2024
James William “Jim” Hood passed away unexpectedly Saturday, June 1, 2024 while on vacation in Florida. He was born May 31, 1975 in Greenwood to Pamela Conner Lehman. Jim graduated from Saltillo High School in 1993. He and his wife, Lori, are owners of The Vinyl Hippie in Tupelo where they create graphic design for t-shirts. He worked at Weatherall Printing...
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