OBITUARIES
Charles Thomas
Feb 17, 2012
Pontotoc - Charles Richard Thomas, Jr., 67, died Friday, February 17, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was married to Nancy Louise Palmer in June of 1962 who preceded him in death on October 18, 2009 after 49 years of marriage. He was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania on May 16, 1944 to Charles Richard Thomas, Sr. and...
Juanita Robertson
Feb 15, 2012
Verona - Juanita Robertson, 78, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Arkansas, she was born October 9, 1933 to Rev. S.J. and Jimmie Carl Garrett Meador. She was a homemaker and loved spending time with her family. She was a member of South Green Baptist Church. Services will be...
Maggie Evans
Feb 14, 2012
Saltillo - Maggie C. Evans, 93, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona after a lengthy illness. A native of McNairy County, Tenn., she was born February 24, 1918 to Bill and Lora Huggins Curtis. As a teenager she moved to the Lee County area where she has resided since. She worked as a...
Zera Johnson
Feb 12, 2012
Tupelo - Zera Mae Johnson, 76, died Sunday, February 12, 2012, at The Courtyard Nursing Center, Fulton, MS. A life-long Tupelo native, she was born July 3, 1935 to James Evans ?Jim? and Caroline ?Callie? Matilda Burleson Butler. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She loved her family and loved to cook for family gatherings until her...
Donis Deaton
Feb 12, 2012
Fulton - Donis Deaton, 90, died Sunday, February 12, 2012, at The Meadows in Fulton after a short illness. She was born October 16, 1921 in Tupelo to John and Minnie Raper Presley. She was a member of Richmond Pentecostal Church. She loved watching the Hallmark Television channel and the Fulton T.V. Ministry. Most especially she loved her family. Services...
Zera Mae Johnson
Feb 12, 2012
Tupelo - Zera Mae Johnson, 76, died Sunday, February 12, 2012, at The Courtyard Nursing Center, Fulton, MS. A life-long Tupelo native, she was born July 3, 1935 to James Evans "Jim" and Caroline "Callie" Matilda Burleson Butler. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She loved her family and loved to cook for family gatherings until her...
Sandra Gale
Feb 11, 2012
Mantachie - Sandra Gale "Aunt Kay Kay", 51, died Saturday, February 11, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in New Albany on November 23, 1960 to Lonnie and Betty Tallant. She was a member of Cairo Baptist Church in Ecru. She loved shopping, yardsales and collecting light houses. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 14,...
Donald Winders
Feb 10, 2012
Saltillo - Raymond Donald Winders, 76, died Friday, February 10, 2012 at his residence in the Natchez Trace Villas. A Tupelo native, he was born April 22, 1935 to Raymond Lee and Ruby Lucille Kazziah Winders. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a Pilot Cadet. He was raised in The Tupelo Free Will Baptist Church in Tupelo. He...
Jack Dillard
Feb 8, 2012
Mt. Vernon - Jack L. Dillard, 69, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born August 17, 1942, to Leonard Ewing and Billie Quay Short Dillard. A lifelong Lee County resident, he married his high school sweetheart, Sandra Young, and they settled in the Mt. Vernon Community. He worked as...
Jack L. Dillard
Feb 8, 2012
Mt. Vernon - Jack L. Dillard, 69, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born August 17, 1942, to Leonard Ewing and Billie Quay Short Dillard. A lifelong Lee County resident, he married his high school sweetheart, Sandra Young, and they settled in the Mt. Vernon Community. He worked as...
Marie Pickens
Feb 5, 2012
Mooreville - Marie Chapman Pickens, 65, died Sunday, February 5, 2012, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Van Vleet, she was born August 27, 1946, to Lonnie DeWitt and Margaret Eunice Chenault Chapman. She graduated from Houston High School before earning degrees at Mississippi State University. She worked for Mississippi Department of Human Services...
Marie Chapman Pickens
Feb 5, 2012
Mooreville - Marie Chapman Pickens, 65, died Sunday, February 5, 2012, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Van Vleet, she was born August 27, 1946, to Lonnie DeWitt and Margaret Eunice Chenault Chapman. She graduated from Houston High School before earning degrees at Mississippi State University. She worked for Mississippi Department of Human Services...
Grace Potts
Feb 3, 2012
Tupelo - Grace Kathryn Potts, 88, died Friday, February 3, 2012, at her residence. She was born in the Unity Community of Lee County on December 23, 1923 to Samuel Joseph and Nettie Cleo Brown Bishop. She was a high school graduate of Unity High School. She retired from Sadler Manufacturing after 40 plus years of service. She was a...
Judith Hodges
Jan 31, 2012
Tupelo - Judith Joyner Hodges, 63, died on Tuesday, January 31, at 10:45 a.m. of pancreatic cancer. She was born on July 10, 1948 to Ernest Love Joyner, Jr. and Frances Elkin Joyner. A lifelong resident of Tupelo, she graduated from Tupelo High School, attended Lindenwood College for Women in St. Charles, Missouri, and graduated from the University of Mississippi,...
Mary Gladys Hamric
Jan 31, 2012
Weir - Mary Gladys Hamric, 88, died Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Choctaw County on June 28, 1923 to Benjamin Jospeh and Mary Mills Teer. She was a graduate of Weir High School. Memorial services will be February 11, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at New Haven Baptist Church in Weir, Mississippi....
Mary Hamric
Jan 31, 2012
Weir - Mary Gladys Hamric, 88, died Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Choctaw County on June 28, 1923 to Benjamin Jospeh and Mary Mills Teer. She was a graduate of Weir High School. Memorial services will be February 11, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at New Haven Baptist Church in Weir, Mississippi....
Judith Joyner Hodges
Jan 31, 2012
Tupelo - Judith Joyner Hodges, 63, died on Tuesday, January 31, at 10:45 a.m. of pancreatic cancer. She was born on July 10, 1948 to Ernest Love Joyner, Jr. and Frances Elkin Joyner. A lifelong resident of Tupelo, she graduated from Tupelo High School, attended Lindenwood College for Women in St. Charles, Missouri, and graduated from the University of Mississippi,...
Lucille Culver
Jan 30, 2012
Plantersville - Lucille Young Culver, 84, died Monday, January 30, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a long illness. A Nettleton native, she was born March 18, 1927 to William Pruitt and Lilly Pearl Berryhill Young and was a lifelong resident of the Lee County area. At the age of 67 she retired from Lane Furniture in Verona,...
Viola Felts
Jan 29, 2012
Obituary for Viola Felts Tupelo - Viola Felts, 95, died Sunday, January 29, 2012, at the Traceway Retirement Village in Tupelo, Mississippi. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Russellville, Kentucky. She retired after forty-five years in the restaurant and catering business. She was the owner and operator of Felts Finer Foods Restaurant in Russellville, Kentucky. Survivors include...
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