OBITUARIES
Fred Jenkins
Jul 13, 2011
Ft. Myer, Fla. - Fred M. Jenkins, 82, formerly of Tupelo, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the Gulf Coast Hospital in Ft. Myers, Fla. He was born August 21, 1928 in Water Valley. He was a Southern Baptist Minister and served for over 50 years. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, July 17, 2011 at The Jefferson Street Chapel...
Rev Fred Jenkins
Jul 13, 2011
Ft. Myer, Fla. - Fred M. Jenkins, 82, formerly of Tupelo, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the Gulf Coast Hospital in Ft. Myers, Fla. He was born August 21, 1928 in Water Valley. He was a Southern Baptist Minister and served for over 50 years. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, July 17, 2011 at The Jefferson Street Chapel...
Victor Archabal
Jul 13, 2011
Tupelo - Victor Dale Archabal, 51, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at his residence. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee on January 7, 1960 to Sabian Joe and Mary Estelle Hood Archabal. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School. He was employed with Lee County before he became disabled. He loved to fish. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday,...
Victor Dale Archabal
Jul 13, 2011
Tupelo - Victor Dale Archabal, 51, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at his residence. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee on January 7, 1960 to Sabian Joe and Mary Estelle Hood Archabal. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School. He was employed with Lee County before he became disabled. He loved to fish. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday,...
Arnold King
Jul 12, 2011
Tupelo - Arnold Taylor Sonny King, 67, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born June 18, 1944 in Jackson to Louis Madison and Beatrice Stewart Madison. He was a 1962 graduate of Forest High School and a graduate of Mississippi State University. He served in the Mississippi National Guard. He spent most of...
Waymond (Benny) Williams
Jul 9, 2011
Richmond - Waymond B. (Benny) Williams, 90, died Saturday, July 9, 2011, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a brief illness. A native of Dorsey, he was born May 26, 1921, to Walter A. and Mattie Belle Russell Williams. He attended Itawamba Agricultural High School and served in the United States Army, a veteran of World War II. He...
Waymond B.
Jul 9, 2011
Richmond - Waymond B. (Benny) Williams, 90, died Saturday, July 9, 2011, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a brief illness. A native of Dorsey, he was born May 26, 1921, to Walter A. and Mattie Belle Russell Williams. He attended Itawamba Agricultural High School and served in the United States Army, a veteran of World War II. He...
Helen Overley
Jul 8, 2011
Tupleo - Helen Elizabeth Overley, 86, died Friday, July 8, 2011, at Homeplace after a brief illness. A native of Napton, Mo., she was born July 27, 1924 to Newt and Edith Hollywood. She was a homemaker until her children were raised and then she became part of the working force as the manager of the Holiday Shop in Tupelo....
Danny Burroughs
Jul 4, 2011
Belden - Daniel Harmon Danny Burroughs, 57, died Monday, July 4, 2011, at his home. The son of U.S. Air Force parents, he was born in Bermuda on April 11, 1954, to G.J. and Josephine Baldwyn Burroughs. He graduated from Tupelo High School in 1972 where he played football, and then attended Itawamba Junior College. He earned his Bachelors degree...
Lera Henderson
Jul 4, 2011
Pontotoc - Lera Henderson, 93, died Monday, July 4, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Mississippi native, she was born October 11, 1917 to Alfred and May Henderson. In 1932, she married Chester Wilton Henderson. She was homemaker and worked for H.I.S. Manufacturing as a seamstress. She enjoyed sewing, baking and cooking. She was...
Katherine Fountain
Jul 2, 2011
Eggville - Katherine E. Fountain, 65, died Saturday, July 2, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. A Meridian native, she was born February 26, 1946 to Robert and Louise Nolen Hipps. She was a member of Eggville Free Will Baptist Church where she served as the church organist for the past 10 years. For the...
James W.
Jul 1, 2011
Spring Hill Community - James W. Buddy Dillard, 76, went to his Heavenly Home Friday, July 1, 2011, at his residence after a short illness. He was born January 23, 1935, to James Leonard and Carrie Ewing Dillard. He was an active member of Fellowship Baptist Church, where he taught Adult Sunday School. For 34 years he worked at Mid...
James (Buddy) Dillard
Jul 1, 2011
Spring Hill Community - James W. Buddy Dillard, 76, went to his Heavenly Home Friday, July 1, 2011, at his residence after a short illness. He was born January 23, 1935, to James Leonard and Carrie Ewing Dillard. He was an active member of Fellowship Baptist Church, where he taught Adult Sunday School. For 34 years he worked at Mid...
Willard T. Sandberg
Jun 30, 2011
New Albany - Willard T. Sandberg, 80, died Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Chicago native, he was born September 1, 1930, to Willard E. and Margaret B Trevor Sandberg. For the past thirty years he owned and operated W. T. Enterprise Trucking Company of New Albany. He was a very...
Willard Sandberg
Jun 30, 2011
New Albany - Willard T. Sandberg, 80, died Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Chicago native, he was born September 1, 1930, to Willard E. and Margaret B Trevor Sandberg. For the past thirty years he owned and operated W. T. Enterprise Trucking Company of New Albany. He was a very...
Vernie Blaylock
Jun 29, 2011
Tupelo - Vernie Dew Blaylock, 88, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at her residence after an extended illness. A Hamilton native, she was born December 11, 1922, to David J. and Jettie B. Northington Peoples. She was retired from Richey Furniture Manufacturing, where she worked as a seamstress. She enjoyed working in her flower and vegetable garden. Her greatest joy...
Debra Hester
Jun 27, 2011
Tupelo - Debra S. Debby Hester, 54, died Monday, June 27, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Shannon on February 27, 1957, to Harold Gurvis Junior Hester and Betty Jean McNeese Hester. She worked at The North Mississippi Medical Center for 21 years. After retiring from the hospital, she worked three...
Louise Wallis
Jun 22, 2011
Baldwyn - Louise Nolen Hipps Wallis, 84, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at her home in Baldwyn after a sudden illness. She was born in Union County September 10, 1926, the daughter of Guy and Willie Hanson Nolen. She was raised in Matheston where she finished high school. She worked in retail sales for many years and also sewed for...
Reba M Harmon
Jun 22, 2011
Brandon--Reba Jo Monaghan Harmon, 81, died at home on June 22, 2011 surrounded by her family, after a long illness. Reba was born March 5, 1930 in Ballardsville, Mississippi, daughter of Marvin and Lena Monaghan. She graduated as class valedictorian of Mooreville High School in 1948. She was a long-time resident of Jackson and retired as Office Manager of Home...
Barbara Tackitt
Jun 22, 2011
Saltillo - Barbara Ann Sanders Tackitt, 57, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at her residence. She was born in Bellechase, LA on April 12, 1954 to Walter and Katherine McConkey Sanders. She was a long-time active member of Oasis of Love Church in Pontotoc and a new member of the Lord's House of Praise in Saltillo where she loved to...
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