OBITUARIES
Frank Riley
Sep 17, 2010
Tupelo - Frank Allen Riley, Sr., 82, died Thursday, September 16, 2010, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born October 14, 1927 to Harris D. and Louise Allen Riley of Tupelo. Following graduation from Vanderbilt University in 1949, where he served as President of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Frank attended one year of law school at the University...
Dewey Stults
Sep 17, 2010
Benton Ark.--Dewey ONeil Stults, formerly of Saltillo and a Lee County native, 78, died Saturday in Benton, Ark. Most of all, he loved seeing his two grandchildren, watching TV and talking about his farming and fathering in times past. He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Saltillo Chapel of W. E....
Joe C. Walker
Sep 17, 2010
Tupelo--Joe C. Pete Walker, 84, of Tupelo, Mississippi, died September 17, 2010 at Darlington Oaks Hospice, after an extended illness. Mr. Walker was born in Plantersville, Mississippi on December 3, 1925, to Charles Cleon Walker and Hattie Stovall Walker. His mother died while Mr. Walker was very young and he was raised to maturity by his father and step-mother, Sarah...
Clyde Bradley
Sep 16, 2010
Eggville Community - Clyde Bradley, 86, died Thursday, September 16, 2010, at Residence after a lengthy illness. A Saltillo native, he was born May 6, 1924 to Allie and Rosie Fields Bradley. In 1976 he retired from MidSouth Packers after 30 years of service. Some of the things he enjoyed were fishing and working in his vegetable garden and was...
Van (Bim) Rogers
Sep 15, 2010
Tupelo - Van K. Bim Rogers, Jr., 80, died Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, he was born October 10, 1929 to Van K. and Wilburn Hampton Rogers. A 1947 graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to the University of Southern Mississippi...
Van K.
Sep 15, 2010
Tupelo - Van K. Bim Rogers, Jr., 80, died Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, he was born October 10, 1929 to Van K. and Wilburn Hampton Rogers. A 1947 graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to the University of Southern Mississippi...
Ferrell Cork
Sep 13, 2010
Tupelo Rev. Ferrell O. Cork, Jr., 80, died Monday, September 13, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A McLaurin native, he was born April 16, 1930 to Ferrell O. and Margaret Anderson Cork, Sr., and was raised in Akron, Ohio. He graduated from Mississippi College in 1953 and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1959....
Rev Ferrell O. Cork
Sep 13, 2010
Tupelo Rev. Ferrell O. Cork, Jr., 80, died Monday, September 13, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A McLaurin native, he was born April 16, 1930 to Ferrell O. and Margaret Anderson Cork, Sr., and was raised in Akron, Ohio. He graduated from Mississippi College in 1953 and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1959....
Leon Roper
Sep 12, 2010
Belden Francis Leon Roper, 88 died Sunday, September 12, 2010, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born to Gladys and Leonard Roper on June 27, 1922, in the Unity community. They soon moved to Lee County, and he lived in Belden for the remainder of his life. He was a graduate of Belden High School....
Eugenia Grissom
Sep 11, 2010
Tupelo - Eugenia Grissom, 88, died Saturday, September 11, 2010, at Community Hospice after an extended illness. She was born September 13, 1921 to Eugene and Lula Cooper Grissom in the Ratliff community in Itawamba County. She was raised in Guntown where she graduates high school. She then graduated from Mississippi State University where she earned both her Bachelors and...
Kathryn Benney
Sep 7, 2010
Tupelo - Mary Kathryn (Kay) Benney, 94, died Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at her residence after a brief illness. A native of Lancaster, Penn., she was born July 28, 1916, to Charley and Grace Metzler Wenditz. She lived in Tupelo the past 50 years. Earlier in life, she was a hall of fame championship bowler and enjoyed assisting physically challenged...
Nell Green
Sep 7, 2010
Nettleton - Nell Green, 84, died Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at The Meadows in Fulton, after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born November 12, 1925 to Benjamin and Lula Mills Cathcart. She worked over 40 years for Reed Manufacturing in Nettleton, retiring as assistant plant manager. In her earlier years, she enjoyed cooking for her family,...
Agnes Overstreet
Sep 6, 2010
Tupelo - Agnes Overstreet, 86, died Monday, September 6, 2010, at her sons residence after an extended illness. She was born October 15, 1923, in Greenwood where she was raised. She worked as a secretary for Fikes Insurance Company, Sheffield Insurance, and later for Lawhon Company. Earlier in her life, she liked to fish. She also enjoyed crocheting and other...
Janie Shannon
Sep 4, 2010
Shannon - Janie Vaughan Shannon, 105, went home to be with the Lord on September 4, 2010 at her home. A lifelong resident of Shannon, she was born July 22, 1905 to Andrew Jackson Vaughan and Addie Seale Vaughan. She was a 1924 graduate of Shannon High School and the oldest member of Shannon First Baptist Church. She was baptized...
Harold Burleson
Sep 4, 2010
Mooreville - Harold F. Burleson, 88, died Saturday, September 4, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born September 15, 1921 to Otis and Bessie Garmon Burleson. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II stationed at Pearl Harbor. He was a farmer and never lost his love for farming. He...
Keith Smith
Sep 1, 2010
Saltillo - Keith Noel Smith, 52, known to his friends simply as Jethro, died peacefully in his sleep, Wednesday, September 1, 2010, at his home. Services will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday at The Saltillo Chapel of W.E. Pegues. Burial will be in Prentiss Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his mother, Jewel Bumpers Smith; a brother, Kenny Dek Smith; a sister, Vickie...
Rebecca Carter
Aug 31, 2010
REBECCA JACKSON CARTER, age 96, went to her heavenly home on August 31, 2010. She was born on October 26, 1913 in Tupelo, Mississippi to Albert Harrison Jackson and Mary McCord Jackson, the first of their 8 children. When Rebecca was 12 years old, she was run over by a car, which broke her back and kept her in the...
Billy Yant
Aug 30, 2010
West Helena, Ark. - Billy Joe (BJ) Yant, 30, died Monday, August 30, 2010, in West Helena Ark. A Tupelo native, he was born September 1, 1979, to Billy Wilson and Andria Diane Presley Yant. He grew up in Verona and lived there until moving to West Helena, Ark. five years ago. He served as a former certified member of...
Billy Joe Yant
Aug 30, 2010
West Helena, Ark. - Billy Joe (BJ) Yant, 30, died Monday, August 30, 2010, in West Helena Ark. A Tupelo native, he was born September 1, 1979, to Billy Wilson and Andria Diane Presley Yant. He grew up in Verona and lived there until moving to West Helena, Ark. five years ago. He served as a former certified member of...
Suzanne Fowler
Aug 29, 2010
Mooreville - Suzanne Fowler, 42, died Sunday, August 29, 2010, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A lifelong resident of Mooreville, she was born October 30, 1967 to Gither Odell and Rachel Inez Hatley Elliott. She worked over 12 years with the North Mississippi Regional Center, Briar Ridge Community Home in Nettleton as a staff supervisor....
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