OBITUARIES
Bonnie Vandercook
Jul 5, 2010
Tupelo - Bonnie Vandercook, 77, died Monday, July 5, 2010, at Avonlea Assisted Living after an extended illness. A Wisconsin native, she was born November 11, 1932 to Magnus and Laura Mitz Bush. She worked for Appleton Electric Company and also as a bank teller for Community Bank. She was an avid reader and loved to travel. She was the...
Doris Hudspeth
Jul 2, 2010
Belden - Doris Faye Lackey Hudspeth, 81, died Friday, July 2, 2010, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born December 24, 1928 to Jessie James and Eula Mae Morrison Lackey. For many years, she worked for Berl Olswanger Music Store in Memphis as a bookkeeper. She was the last member of her immediate family. For the last...
Vernon Shook
Jun 29, 2010
Mooreville - Vernon Odell Shook, 72, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Muscle Shoals, he was born February 20, 1938 to Claude and Rosella Coggins Shook. He was self employed as a concrete finisher for many years. He enjoyed going to flea markets and auctions. He was a...
Hazel Grisham
Jun 29, 2010
Tupelo - Hazel Davidson Grisham, 73, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at her residence after an extended illness. A Lee County native and longtime resident of Tupelo, she was born October 28, 1936, to William Austin Smokey and Josie Caroline Lyles Davidson. She was retired from Daybrite Industries after 29 years of service. She enjoyed fishing, camping, and her little...
Clyde Whitaker
Jun 28, 2010
Tupelo--Clyde Edward Whitaker, 74, died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi. He was born November 4, 1935, in Sardis, Mississippi, to Darel Wesley and Reba Whitaker. He grew up in Batesville, Mississippi, and graduated from Batesville High School. He was a graduate of Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, where he served as student body...
William H.
Jun 22, 2010
Tupelo - William H. (Bill) Green, 79, died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Jumpertown native, he was born October 30, 1930 to Lloyd Levi and Ethel Pink Yates Green. A graduate of Jumpertown High School, he went on to attend Northeast Junior College. He was a United States Air Force...
William (Bill) Green
Jun 22, 2010
Tupelo - William H. (Bill) Green, 79, died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Jumpertown native, he was born October 30, 1930 to Lloyd Levi and Ethel Pink Yates Green. A graduate of Jumpertown High School, he went on to attend Northeast Junior College. He was a United States Air Force...
Terry Roberson
Jun 21, 2010
Nettleton Terry Roberson,48 , died, June 21, 2010 at The North Mississippi Medical Center. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday, June 25, 2010 at Jones Chapel Cemetery in Nettleton. Expressions of sympathy may be left at ww.peguesfuneralhome.com
Lou Vails
Jun 18, 2010
Tupelo - Lou Allie Vails, 89, died Friday, June 18, 2010, at her residence after a brief illness. She was born July 15, 1920 in Toccopola, to Steve and Lou Emma Brownlee Hanson. She attended Toccopola and Mathiston High Schools, and then attended Wood Junior College. A longtime resident of Tupelo, she worked many years in the catalogue department for...
Edna McLarty
Jun 17, 2010
Tupelo - Edna Faye McLarty, 79, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at her residence after an extended illness. A Union County native, she was born February 4, 1931 to Adam and Pearl Lee Dye. She enjoyed flower gardening and cooking for family. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Graveside Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 19, 2010...
Reba Doris
Jun 15, 2010
Tupelo - Reba Doris Dot Stembridge, 69, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born April 6, 1941 to Henry Brice and Nancy Paralee Crump Martin. In 1959, she graduated from Sherman High School and then attended Itawamba Community College. She loved sewing and time spent with...
Reba Doris " Dot " Stembridge
Jun 15, 2010
Tupelo - Reba Doris Dot Stembridge, 69, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born April 6, 1941 to Henry Brice and Nancy Paralee Crump Martin. In 1959, she graduated from Sherman High School and then attended Itawamba Community College. She loved sewing and time spent with...
Peggy Holt
Jun 11, 2010
Sherman - Peggy J. Holt, 67, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo to William Bonner and Pauline Roberts Summers. She loved canning, gardening and fruit markets. Stateroom services will be 1 p.m Monday, June 14, 2010 at W. E. Pegues with Mr. Sammy Lansdell officiating. Burial will be in Oak...
Lyle Megginson
Jun 11, 2010
Tupelo - Gray Carlisle Lyle Megginson, 50, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. A Tupelo native, Lyle was born November 26, 1959 to Oscar Gray and Madolin Batte Megginson. He was a 1978 graduate of Tupelo High School and then went on to Gem City College in Quincy, Illinois. He owned and...
Peggy J. Holt
Jun 11, 2010
Sherman - Peggy J. Holt, 67, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo to William Bonner and Pauline Roberts Summers. She loved canning, gardening and fruit markets. Stateroom services will be 1 p.m Monday, June 14, 2010 at W. E. Pegues with Mr. Sammy Lansdell officiating. Burial will be in Oak...
Rev William Preston Smith
Jun 10, 2010
Tupelo--William P. (Bill) Smith, III died on Thursday, June 10, while vacationing with his family at Myrtle Beach, SC. He suffered a cardiac arrest while swimming in the ocean with his granddaughter. A Portsmouth, Virginia native, he made his home in Mississippi and received a BA in Speech at Mississippi College in 1959 with a minor in Biblical Studies. He...
Cpl Thomas P. Clifford
Jun 10, 2010
Guntown Cpl. Thomas P. Clifford, 66, died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Baptist Hospital in New Albany after an extended illness. A native of Chicago, IL, he was born July 13, 1943, to James E. and Helen Mae Vickers Clifford. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1960-1965, primarily in Okinawa, Japan, but also in Hawaii and the...
William Smith
Jun 10, 2010
Tupelo--William P. (Bill) Smith, III died on Thursday, June 10, while vacationing with his family at Myrtle Beach, SC. He suffered a cardiac arrest while swimming in the ocean with his granddaughter. A Portsmouth, Virginia native, he made his home in Mississippi and received a BA in Speech at Mississippi College in 1959 with a minor in Biblical Studies. He...
Cpl P. Clifford
Jun 10, 2010
Guntown Cpl. Thomas P. Clifford, 66, died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Baptist Hospital in New Albany after an extended illness. A native of Chicago, IL, he was born July 13, 1943, to James E. and Helen Mae Vickers Clifford. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1960-1965, primarily in Okinawa, Japan, but also in Hawaii and the...
Joyce Gravlee
Jun 9, 2010
Tupelo - Joyce Tyler Gravlee, 85, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. She was born April 12, 1925 to Luther F. and Lucille Higdon Tyler in Picayune. She graduated from Blue Mountain College in 1947 and then moved to Tupelo to teach high school English and Spanish. Later she taught remedial...
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