OBITUARIES
Sgt Billie D. Kennedy
May 13, 2010
Saltillo Sgt. Major Billie David Kennedy, 75, died Thursday, May 13, 2010, at his residence. A native of Amory, he was born April 1, 1935, to Arthur and Nora Lee Wiggington Kennedy. He was retired from AT&T after 35 years of service. A decorated veteran, he served in the U.S. Marine Corp and also was retired from the U.S. Army...
Steve Megginson
May 10, 2010
Saltillo - Steven Paul Megginson, 52, died Monday, May 10, 2010, at his residence. He was born November 17, 1957, to David McNeil and Marilyn Jane Winters Megginson. In 1977, he graduated from Tupelo High School where he played the drums for the THS Band and developed his skill and enjoyment of wood working. He was in the plumbing business...
Lanie Morris
May 9, 2010
Tupelo - Lanie Ruth Davis Morris, 78, died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Bethany, she was born July 13, 1931, to Alvis Mitchell and Lola Mae Melson Davis. She was a certified Eiquette Consultant and retired Director of Special Services of Tupelo Public School District, a public speaker,...
Lanie Ruth Morris
May 9, 2010
Tupelo - Lanie Ruth Davis Morris, 78, died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Bethany, she was born July 13, 1931, to Alvis Mitchell and Lola Mae Melson Davis. She was a certified Eiquette Consultant and retired Director of Special Services of Tupelo Public School District, a public speaker,...
Lucille Bowen
May 9, 2010
Verona - Lucille Bowen, 90, died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at her daughters residence in Tupelo after an extended illness. She was born August 31, 1919, to Howard and Marietta Towery Putt. She was raised in the Richmond Community and lived in Verona most of her adult life. She was retired from North Mississippi Medical Center where she worked as...
Jack J. Chancey
May 8, 2010
Saltillo - Jack J. Chancey, 75, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 8,2010, at Methodist East in Germantown, Tennessee. He was born August 13, 1934 in Franklin County, Arkansas to Grady and Ina Chancey. As an honor graduate of Ozark High School in 1952, Jack went on to earn his B.S. in Business Administration from...
Jack Chancey
May 8, 2010
Saltillo - Jack J. Chancey, 75, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 8,2010, at Methodist East in Germantown, Tennessee. He was born August 13, 1934 in Franklin County, Arkansas to Grady and Ina Chancey. As an honor graduate of Ozark High School in 1952, Jack went on to earn his B.S. in Business Administration from...
James Williams
May 7, 2010
Clarksdale - James Milford Williams, 73, died Friday, May 7, 2010, at Clarksdale Hospital after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born March 9, 1937 to Charles L. and Beda Griffin Williams. He lived in Clarksdale all of his adult life. A devout Baptist, he loved reading his Bible and his gospel music. Services will be 3 p.m....
Varnell Homan
May 6, 2010
Shannon Varnell McCaleb (Nell) Homan, 85 died Thursday, May 6, 2010, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born February 5, 1925, in Mooreville, Mississippi to Claude A. and Willie Lee Eunie Scruggs McCaleb. She was a charter member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and a faithful servant of Jesus Christ. She was a retired cosmetologist who...
Lee Walsh
May 6, 2010
Lee Purnell Walsh, 75, died May 6 at The Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo following an extended illness. She was a lifelong Tupeloan, living elsewhere only during college and when her husband, the late George William Walsh, was stationed in El Paso, Texas, serving as an officer in the U.S. Army. Mrs. Walsh was born Nov. 4, 1934, the daughter...
James (Buster) Christian
May 5, 2010
Tupelo - James Vardaman (Buster) Christian, 101, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Lee County native and longtime resident of the Auburn Community, he was born April 21, 1909, to Howard and Della Roberts Christian. He enjoyed traveling, farming, reading, and playing dominoes with friends at Avonlea. He was a member...
James V.
May 5, 2010
Tupelo - James Vardaman (Buster) Christian, 101, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Lee County native and longtime resident of the Auburn Community, he was born April 21, 1909, to Howard and Della Roberts Christian. He enjoyed traveling, farming, reading, and playing dominoes with friends at Avonlea. He was a member...
Kelly McTaggart
May 5, 2010
Verona - Kelly McTaggart, 42, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a lengthy illness. He was born October 31, 1967, in Illinois to Wayne and Sandra Styck McTaggart. He lived in the Pontotoc-Randolph Community. He was self-employed in the floor covering business. He loved hunting and fishing. Survivors include his father, Wayne McTaggart of...
Crafton Gillentine
May 4, 2010
Tupelo - Willie Crafton Gillentine, 85, of the Auburn Community, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born July 12, 1924 in Itawamba County to Willie and Ireda Moore Gillentine. He moved to Mooreville as a small child where he graduated from Mooreville High School in 1942. He married Lottie Faye...
Murray Moore
May 2, 2010
Tupelo - Robert Murray Moore, Sr., 84, died Sunday, May 2, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A North Mississippi native, he was born July 2, 1925 in the Cedar Hill Community in North Lee County to Perry and Mellie Haygood Moore. He was a United States Coast Guard veteran of World War II, having...
Tyler Sloan
May 1, 2010
Saltillo - Tyler Sloan, 20, died Saturday, May 1, 2010, in Union County. He was born December 4, 1989 in Memphis, Tennessee to Tommy and Kristi Ellington Sloan. He was very athletic and loved participating in multiple sports including football and baseball. He also played church league ball and coached a little league team. After graduation in 2008 from Saltillo...
Elizabeth Long
Apr 29, 2010
Tupelo - Elizabeth Wiygul Long, 85, died Thursday, April 29, 2010, at Gilmore Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born August 10, 1924, to Ephriam H. and May Shumpert Wiygul. She was a resident of East Tupelo. She earned her bachelors degree from Ole Miss and later her masters from Mississippi State in Adult Education. She was a...
Amber Green
Apr 28, 2010
PlantersvilleAmber Yvonne Green, 23, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born July 18, 1986 in Tupelo to James Harold and Bonnie Yvonne Tilson Green. She was a loving mother who enjoyed taking care of her three young children. She was also a talented artist and loved talking on the phone with her friends,...
Greg Holloway
Apr 27, 2010
Tupelo - Jon Gregory Holloway, 37, died Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in Hinds County due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Jackson. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident of the Oak Hill Community, he was born December 27, 1972, to David Holloway and Lois Hand Holloway. He attended Saltillo High School. He enjoyed fishing, riding his 4-wheeler, and...
Rita Kabban
Apr 27, 2010
Lake PiomingoRita Kabban, 48, died at her residence in the Lake Piomingo Community. She was born October 18, 1961, in Tripoli, Libya to Bashir Salim Kabban and Shirley Geneva Kabban. She graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in mathematics. A lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, she served for three years, stationed in Sunnyvale, Calif. She worked...
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