OBITUARIES
Ray McGarity
Dec 9, 2009
Saltillo - Ray McGarity, 67, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at his residence after an extended illness. A native of Reform, Ala., he was born October 25, 1942 to Williie and Mamie Gobar McGarity. He served his country for 32 years, 4 years in the U.S. Navy and was also retired from the National Guard after 28 years of service....
Joe Simpson
Dec 9, 2009
Tupelo - Joe Francis Simpson, Jr., 79, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was a longtime resident of Tupelo and was the lst surviving member of his family. his parents were Elizza Smith Simpson and Joe F. Simpson, Sr. of the Eggville Community. Mr. Simpson was a president and salutatorium...
Joe F. Simpson, Jr.
Dec 9, 2009
Tupelo - Joe Francis Simpson, Jr., 79, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was a longtime resident of Tupelo and was the lst surviving member of his family. his parents were Elizza Smith Simpson and Joe F. Simpson, Sr. of the Eggville Community. Mr. Simpson was a president and salutatorium...
Ethel Huffman
Dec 8, 2009
Tupelo - Ethel Huffman, 88, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born November 27, 1921, in Burlison, Tenn. to C.M. and Lillie McMillin Baskin. She made her home in Burlison until 2000 when she moved to Tupelo. She was married to Milton Russell Huffman, a World War II veteran, for...
Daisy White
Dec 8, 2009
Baldwyn - Daisy Marie White, 92, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at her residence after a brief illness. A native of Floral, Ark., she was born October 17, 1917 to Louis and Anna Brannan Brown. She grew up in Floral, Ark. and moved to Oklahoma in a covered wagon in 1921 before returning to Arkansas a few years later. She...
Gene Alexander
Dec 3, 2009
Saltillo - Gene Alexander, 72, died Thursday, December 3, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born September 18, 1937 to Thomas Bonner and Viola Turner Alexander. He was a life-long resident of Saltillo. For 50 years, he worked as a route salesman for Sunshine Groceries and J J Rogers and Sons Wholesale Groceries....
Alexander
Dec 3, 2009
Saltillo - Gene Alexander, 72, died Thursday, December 3, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born September 18, 1937 to Thomas Bonner and Viola Turner Alexander. He was a life-long resident of Saltillo. For 50 years, he worked as a route salesman for Sunshine Groceries and J J Rogers and Sons Wholesale Groceries....
Betty Scott
Dec 3, 2009
Mantachie - Betty Scott, 70, died Thursday, December 3, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Illinois, she was born August 10, 1939 to John and Ethel Hall Powell. She moved to the Tupelo area when she married her husband, Wayne Scott. She lived in Mantachie the past ten years. She worked for Dudie's Diner a...
Michael Thrasher
Dec 2, 2009
Mantachie - Michael Joe Thrasher, 56, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born October 30, 1953, to the late Rubel and Jewel Mae Dill Thrasher. He was a member of the Pentecostal Church. He loved spending time with his wife and enjoyed animals. Graveside Services...
Jo Watson
Nov 27, 2009
Tupelo - Jo Watson, 81, died Friday, November 27, 2009, at Rosewood Residence after an extended illness. A native of Sherman, she was born July 25, 1928 to Hilary and Estelle Alexander Livingston. She owned and operated a beauty shop for serveral years. She married George Watson May 1, 1976. She was manager of Super Sports in the Downtown Mall...
Imogene Livingston
Nov 27, 2009
Delaware " Imogene Crump Livingston, 90, died November 27, 2009, in Wilmington, Delaware after a brief illness. Born June 16, 1919, in Blue Springs, MS, she was a graduate of Blue Mountain College. After college graduation, she was a teacher and homemaker. She was the Founding Teacher of Bible Study for Today, which began as a home Bible study in...
Imogene Crump Livingston
Nov 27, 2009
Delaware " Imogene Crump Livingston, 90, died November 27, 2009, in Wilmington, Delaware after a brief illness. Born June 16, 1919, in Blue Springs, MS, she was a graduate of Blue Mountain College. After college graduation, she was a teacher and homemaker. She was the Founding Teacher of Bible Study for Today, which began as a home Bible study in...
Van Chaney
Nov 27, 2009
Tupelo - Van B. Chaney, 78, died Friday, November 27, 2009, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born February 10, 1931 in Rosedale, Mississippi to Mary and Van B.Chaney Sr. He married Peggy Galloway on May 29, 1960 in Rosedale in the Presbyterian Church. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and served...
Van B. Chaney
Nov 27, 2009
Tupelo - Van B. Chaney, 78, died Friday, November 27, 2009, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born February 10, 1931 in Rosedale, Mississippi to Mary and Van B.Chaney Sr. He married Peggy Galloway on May 29, 1960 in Rosedale in the Presbyterian Church. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and served...
Murray Sanders
Nov 25, 2009
Birmingham Ridge - Murry Edward Sanders, 88, died Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility after an extended illness. A Lee County native and longtime resident, he was born November 2, 1921 to Harvey and Flora A. Roberts Sanders. He was a proud U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving as a member of the 464th Coastal Artillery...
Robert W.
Nov 23, 2009
Greenwell Springs, La.--A resident of Greenwell Springs, La. and a native of New Albany, Miss., Robert W. Dub Gafford died at 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. He was 88 and a U.S. Army veteran. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Foley officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. W.E. Pegues...
Robert (Dub) Gafford
Nov 23, 2009
Greenwell Springs, La.--A resident of Greenwell Springs, La. and a native of New Albany, Miss., Robert W. Dub Gafford died at 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. He was 88 and a U.S. Army veteran. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Foley officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. W.E. Pegues...
Eugene Hall
Nov 21, 2009
Verona - Henry Eugene Hall, 83, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 21, 2009, at 3 a.m. at the Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a lengthy illness. He was born December 1, 1925, to William Henry Hall and Mary Ellen Askew Hall in Muscle Shoals, Ala. Mr. Hall attended Palmetto and Verona High Schools. He Worked...
Polly Hutson
Nov 15, 2009
Tupelo - Ola Fae "Polly" Hutson, 89, died Sunday, November 15, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical after an extended illness. A native of Tremont, she was born February 22, 1920, to E.B. and Ora Harbor Stevens. She lived in Tupelo since 1947. She enjoyed camping and spending time outdoors. Her greatest joy came from her family and taking care...
Bobbie Raina Hampton Nance
Nov 14, 2009
Okolona - Bobbie Raina Hampton Nance, 40, died Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born March 8, 1969. Her parents were Bobby Joe and Billie Joy Hampton. She married Christopher Nance on February 22, 2008. She loved her family, especially her daughter and...
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