OBITUARIES
Luther Millsaps
Mar 16, 2010
Tupelo - Luther Lee Millsaps, 83, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born October 14, 1926, in Clay County, Mississippi to Hiram and Evie Ellis Millsaps. He was a graduate of Pheba High School and also received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Rust College. He married Lucile Curtis on November 08, 1950....
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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