OBITUARIES

Mary Lee White

Mary Lee White

Mar 15, 2010

Mooreville - Mary Lee White, 74, died Monday, March 15, 2010, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. She was born in Amory July 24, 1935, to Bondie Holland and Effie Lavern Montgomery Green. She attended Mooreville High School. She worked for many years at F.W. Woolworth until the store closed and continued working through the same...

Mary White

Mary White

Mar 15, 2010

Mooreville - Mary Lee White, 74, died Monday, March 15, 2010, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. She was born in Amory July 24, 1935, to Bondie Holland and Effie Lavern Montgomery Green. She attended Mooreville High School. She worked for many years at F.W. Woolworth until the store closed and continued working through the same...

Helen Wall

Helen Wall

Mar 14, 2010

Saltillo - Helen Louise Wall, 86, died Sunday, March 14, 2010, at Home Place in Saltillo after an extended illness. She was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on July 9, 1923 to Thomas F. and Gertrude Dunning Jacobs. She grew up on the prairie in Colorado where her family homesteaded. She was an accomplished seamstress, and an avid quilt maker. She...

James McCarter

James McCarter

Mar 12, 2010

Tupelo - James Larry McCarter, 67, died Friday, March 12, 2010, at his residence in the Macedonia Community. He was born November 25, 1942 to Benjamin F. and Robbie Ellen Gambrell McCarter. He was a life-long resident of the Macedonia Community. He graduated from Sherman High School and was a graduate of Mohler Barber College in Memphis Tennessee. He served...

James

James

Mar 12, 2010

Tupelo - James Larry McCarter, 67, died Friday, March 12, 2010, at his residence in the Macedonia Community. He was born November 25, 1942 to Benjamin F. and Robbie Ellen Gambrell McCarter. He was a life-long resident of the Macedonia Community. He graduated from Sherman High School and was a graduate of Mohler Barber College in Memphis Tennessee. He served...

Elsie Jones Vazquez

Elsie Jones Vazquez

Mar 12, 2010

TUPELOElsie Jones Vazquez, 93, died Tuesday, March 12, 2010, at her residence in Tupelo after an extended illness. She was born in Northport, Ala. June 4, 1916, to Exie Cora and Berkley Montgomery Jones. She attended cosmetology school and then owned her own business, Elsies Beauty Shoppe, in Columbus for over 60 years. She made her home in Tupelo since...

Elsie Vazquez

Elsie Vazquez

Mar 12, 2010

TUPELOElsie Jones Vazquez, 93, died Tuesday, March 12, 2010, at her residence in Tupelo after an extended illness. She was born in Northport, Ala. June 4, 1916, to Exie Cora and Berkley Montgomery Jones. She attended cosmetology school and then owned her own business, Elsies Beauty Shoppe, in Columbus for over 60 years. She made her home in Tupelo since...

Dot Horrell

Dot Horrell

Mar 6, 2010

Saltillo- Dorothy Freida Dot Horrell, 69, died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Chicago native, she was born May 3, 1940 to Herman R. and Mildred L. Braun Geisler. She lived a good portion of her life in Lagrange, Indiana and was married to Eugene Richard Horrell who preceded her in...

Viola Wilson

Viola Wilson

Mar 6, 2010

VIOLA S. WILSON Water Valley - Viola S. Wilson, 88, died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford after a lengthy illness. A Marshall County native, she was born October 10, 1921 to Jace and Fannie Lou Betts Wilson. She had lived a number of years in Verona and Water Valley. Retired after many years as a...

Viola S. Wilson

Viola S. Wilson

Mar 6, 2010

VIOLA S. WILSON Water Valley - Viola S. Wilson, 88, died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford after a lengthy illness. A Marshall County native, she was born October 10, 1921 to Jace and Fannie Lou Betts Wilson. She had lived a number of years in Verona and Water Valley. Retired after many years as a...

James A. Hutcheson

James A. Hutcheson

Mar 5, 2010

JAMES A. HUTCHESON Plantersville - James Andrew Hutcheson, 75, died Friday, March 5, 2010, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Union County native, he was born November 19, 1934 to Wesley Earl and Emmaline Wages Hutcheson. He was married for 42 years to Joyce Hutcheson who preceded him in death November 22, 1995. He was Retired from...

James Hutcheson

James Hutcheson

Mar 5, 2010

JAMES A. HUTCHESON Plantersville - James Andrew Hutcheson, 75, died Friday, March 5, 2010, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Union County native, he was born November 19, 1934 to Wesley Earl and Emmaline Wages Hutcheson. He was married for 42 years to Joyce Hutcheson who preceded him in death November 22, 1995. He was Retired from...

Helen Searles

Helen Searles

Mar 4, 2010

TupeloHelen Searles, formerly of Chicago, died Thursday, March 04, 2010, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors.

Frances West

Frances West

Mar 2, 2010

Tupelo - Frances Virginia ONeal West, 86, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Tupelo native and longtime resident, she was born September 17, 1923, to John Patrick and Lottie Dugard O'Neal. She was a graduate of East Tupelo High School and was married to Herman E. West. She was a member...

Mozell West

Mozell West

Mar 1, 2010

Brewer - Mozell M. West, 89, died Monday, March 1, 2010, at the Floy Dyer Manor in Houston after a brief illness. A Prentiss County native, she was born June 21, 1920, to Carl and Bertha George Hare. She had lived in the Brewer community for many years. She was retired from Reed Manufacturing after 30 years of service, then...

Mary C. Wright

Mary C. Wright

Feb 23, 2010

Tupelo - Mary Christine Vance Wright, 81, died Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at Avonlea Assisted Living after an extended illness. A native of Chickasaw County, she was born October 28, 1928, to Frank B. and Elizabeth Walls Vance. She worked as the office manager and optometry assistant for Dr. W.M. "Dub" Dickerson and Dr. Bill Dickerson for many years. She...

William Putt

William Putt

Feb 23, 2010

Saltillo - William Cleveland Putt, 88, died Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at the Sunshine Rest Home in Pontotoc after an extended illness. A Saltillo native and lifelong resident, he was born November 17, 1921, to Elmore and Mary Archibald Putt. He was retired from the City of Tupelo Maintenance Shop and a US Army veteran of World War II. He...

William Cleveland Putt

William Cleveland Putt

Feb 23, 2010

Saltillo - William Cleveland Putt, 88, died Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at the Sunshine Rest Home in Pontotoc after an extended illness. A Saltillo native and lifelong resident, he was born November 17, 1921, to Elmore and Mary Archibald Putt. He was retired from the City of Tupelo Maintenance Shop and a US Army veteran of World War II. He...

Mary Wright

Mary Wright

Feb 23, 2010

Tupelo - Mary Christine Vance Wright, 81, died Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at Avonlea Assisted Living after an extended illness. A native of Chickasaw County, she was born October 28, 1928, to Frank B. and Elizabeth Walls Vance. She worked as the office manager and optometry assistant for Dr. W.M. "Dub" Dickerson and Dr. Bill Dickerson for many years. She...

Annis Pettigrew

Annis Pettigrew

Feb 20, 2010

Tupelo - Annis L. Pettigrew, 97, died Saturday, February 20, 2010, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a short illness. A Nettleton native, she was born May 23, 1912 to Bruce and Maggie Coggins Young. She was married to Curtis Pettigrew who preceded her in death April 17, 1994. She was retired after many years with the Nettleton Schools...

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