OBITUARIES
Glendora Barber
November 13, 2009
Tupelo - Glendora Ford Barber, 89, died Friday, November 13, 2009, at Green Houses at Traceway. She was born June 21, 1920 in McComb to Thomas Earl and Julia Pearl Ford. She retired after 21 years with the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (the "ASCS"), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. After retirement she began a second...
Mitchell Branyan
November 13, 2009
Tupelo - Mitchell Branyan, 89, died Friday, November 13, 2009, at his residence. A Sherman native and lifelong resident of Lee County, he was born March 2, 1920, to Kyle and Lou McCarter Branyan. He graduated from Sherman High School and served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II, stationed in Las Alamos, New Mexico. He was...
Glendora Ford Barber
November 13, 2009
Tupelo - Glendora Ford Barber, 89, died Friday, November 13, 2009, at Green Houses at Traceway. She was born June 21, 1920 in McComb to Thomas Earl and Julia Pearl Ford. She retired after 21 years with the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (the "ASCS"), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. After retirement she began a second...
Owen K. Knudson
November 11, 2009
Lake Piomingo - Owen K.Knudson, 82, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at his residence. A native of Winger, MN, he was born June 21, 1927, to Benny and Olivia Engen Knudson. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater on the USS LCS4-77, achieving the rank of 1st Class Petty Officer. He also...
Owen Knudson
November 11, 2009
Lake Piomingo - Owen K.Knudson, 82, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at his residence. A native of Winger, MN, he was born June 21, 1927, to Benny and Olivia Engen Knudson. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater on the USS LCS4-77, achieving the rank of 1st Class Petty Officer. He also...
Mary Nell Dillard
November 9, 2009
MARY NELL DILLARD Saltillo - Mary Nell Clement Dillard, 73, died Monday, November 9, 2009, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born November 26, 1935 to Jess and Lizzie Easterling Clement. She was raised in the Birmingham Ridge Community and had lived most of her life in the...
Mary Dillard
November 9, 2009
MARY NELL DILLARD Saltillo - Mary Nell Clement Dillard, 73, died Monday, November 9, 2009, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born November 26, 1935 to Jess and Lizzie Easterling Clement. She was raised in the Birmingham Ridge Community and had lived most of her life in the...
Steve Cayson
November 7, 2009
Mooreville " Steve Cayson, 52, died Saturday, November 7, 2009, in Mathiston while hunting. He was born July 29, 1957 to Burton and Laverne Cayson. He married Janet Lynn Walker on February 11, 2005 and they made their home in Mooreville. He was a member of the Eggville Freewill Baptist Church. He was a superintendent for Century Construction. He enjoyed...
Alma Corder
November 5, 2009
Tupelo - Alma Dell Corder, 104, died Thursday, November 5, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Mantee, she was born March 14, 1905 to Mack S. and Katie Clara Caples Forrester. She taught school in Pontotoc County for 10 years before beginning her 30 years of service at the North Mississippi Medical...
Ethelda Nail
November 4, 2009
Tupelo - Ethelda Phillips Nail, 85, died Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born July 1, 1924, in Rome, Miss., the daughter of Vester and Leona Benson Phillips. She grew up in Grenada County and married Kenneth Nail on November 19, 1942. He preceded her in death April 7, 2004....
Brenda Phipps
November 4, 2009
Mooreville - Brenda Loveless Phipps, 68, died Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born October 9, 1941, to Robert D.and Mary Ruth McCarty Loveless. She graduated from Tupelo High School in 1960. She worked for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in advertising sales...
Linda Pickens
November 4, 2009
Tupelo - Linda J. Pickens, 64, died Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born February 13, 1945 to Rev. Elmer J. and Juanita Ross Bailey. Raised in Grenada, she worked for the Daily Star in Grenada for several years. She had lived in Tupelo the past 13 years. She enjoyed...
Willene Hester
November 3, 2009
Tupelo - Willene Hester, 80, died Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. A Shannon native and longtime resident of east Tupelo, she was born March 4, 1929, to George Rutherford and Cora Mae Dodson Mobley. In 1947, she graduated from Shannon High School. She married Daniel Lex Hester December 25, 1951. She was a member...
Edward Dee
November 2, 2009
Tater Hills- Edward Dee "Ed" Webb, 56, died Monday, November 2, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Dearborne, Michigan, he was born December 24, 1952 to Elmer D. and Bettye Wilmoth Webb. He was a U.S. Marine Corp veteran, serving in the Vietnam War. Following his career in the Marines, he was...
Edward Dee " Ed " Webb
November 2, 2009
Tater Hills- Edward Dee "Ed" Webb, 56, died Monday, November 2, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Dearborne, Michigan, he was born December 24, 1952 to Elmer D. and Bettye Wilmoth Webb. He was a U.S. Marine Corp veteran, serving in the Vietnam War. Following his career in the Marines, he was...
Danny H. Putt
November 1, 2009
Saltillo - Danny Hale Putt, 64, died Sunday, November 1, 2009, at his home after an extended illness. A Baldwyn native and longtime Saltillo resident, he was born June 3, 1945, to George Washington and Mary Elizabeth Harville Putt. He was a graduate of Saltillo High School and the owner of Danny Putt Construction Company. He was a six year...
James Weathers
November 1, 2009
Tupelo " James Dudley Weathers, 84, died Sunday, November 1, 2009, at the Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. Born July 12, 1925, he was a lifelong resident of Lee County and a longtime member of Harrisburg Baptist Church. In 1958 he founded Weathers Auto Supply, which he owned and operated for forty years. He expanded the Tupelo location...
Danny Putt
November 1, 2009
Saltillo - Danny Hale Putt, 64, died Sunday, November 1, 2009, at his home after an extended illness. A Baldwyn native and longtime Saltillo resident, he was born June 3, 1945, to George Washington and Mary Elizabeth Harville Putt. He was a graduate of Saltillo High School and the owner of Danny Putt Construction Company. He was a six year...
James Nelson
October 27, 2009
JAMES L. NELSON Olive BranchJames L. Nelson, 80, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after a short illness. A native of Berry, Alabama, he was born March 7, 1929, to the late Thomas Howard Nelson and Mary Ida Patton Nelson. He was a resident of Tupelo and had lived in Olive Branch for the...
John Westmoreland
October 27, 2009
Richmond - John Reed Westmoreland, 83, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at his home in the Richmond Community after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born November 21, 1925, to Robbie and Dorothy Westmoreland. He was married to Charlie Mae Umfress for over sixty years. He retired from the Navy and began a career in farming and...
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