OBITUARIES

John M. Lamb, Jr.

John M. Lamb, Jr.

May 15, 2009

Eggville Community " John Marvin Lamb, Jr., 79, died Friday, May 15, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of the Eggville community, he was born May 5, 1930, to John Marvin and Maude Weathers Lamb. During the Korean War, he served in the United States Navy. He was a member of...

John Lamb

John Lamb

May 15, 2009

Eggville Community " John Marvin Lamb, Jr., 79, died Friday, May 15, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of the Eggville community, he was born May 5, 1930, to John Marvin and Maude Weathers Lamb. During the Korean War, he served in the United States Navy. He was a member of...

Erma Finney

Erma Finney

May 14, 2009

Saltillo- Erma Louise Granny Finney, 90, died May 14, 2009 at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born in Pontotoc County September 3, 1918, to Cecil and Lula Elizabeth Bolton Scruggs. She retired from Hunter Sadler in 1986, where she was employed as a seamstress for 33 years. For many years, she attended First Baptist Church...

Marjorie Morgan

Marjorie Morgan

May 14, 2009

Spring Hill - Marjorie Sue Morgan, 56, died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at The Meadows in Fulton after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of the Spring Hill Community, she was born October 8, 1952 to Gaston and Betty Dozier Morgan. She was a member of Eggville Free Will Baptist Church. She enjoyed bingo and spending time with...

Marjorie S. Morgan

Marjorie S. Morgan

May 14, 2009

Spring Hill - Marjorie Sue Morgan, 56, died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at The Meadows in Fulton after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of the Spring Hill Community, she was born October 8, 1952 to Gaston and Betty Dozier Morgan. She was a member of Eggville Free Will Baptist Church. She enjoyed bingo and spending time with...

Martin Garner

Martin Garner

May 13, 2009

Sherman - Frank Martin Garner, 58, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of north Mississippi, he was born May 23, 1950, to John Frank and Edna Starkey Garner. He graduated from Overton High School in Memphis then attended The University of Memphis. He served in the U.S. Air Force...

Flora Phillips

Flora Phillips

May 12, 2009

Tupelo - Flora Dean Phillips, 79, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Belden native, she was born July 21, 1929, to Christopher and Inez Horton Heatherly. Raised in Verona and a graduate of Verona High School, most of her life was spent in Lee County. She worked 20 years as...

Jimmie I. Henson

Jimmie I. Henson

May 12, 2009

Shannon " Jimmie I. (Pawpaw Jim) Henson,77, died May 12, 2009, after a brief illness at his residence in Shannon. He was an employee at Aircap MTD for forty-two years where he retired in 2000. A Hot Springs, Arkansas native, he was born November, 8, 1931 to the late William Robert and Mary Matthews Henson. He was a veteran of...

Jimmie Henson

Jimmie Henson

May 12, 2009

Shannon " Jimmie I. (Pawpaw Jim) Henson,77, died May 12, 2009, after a brief illness at his residence in Shannon. He was an employee at Aircap MTD for forty-two years where he retired in 2000. A Hot Springs, Arkansas native, he was born November, 8, 1931 to the late William Robert and Mary Matthews Henson. He was a veteran of...

Joe Cobb

Joe Cobb

May 11, 2009

Palmetto " Bro. Joe William (Bill) Cobb, 86, died Monday, May 11, 2009, at Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born November 17, 1922 to Gilbert and Thelma Louise Lipford Cobb. He was a graduate of Palmetto Consolidated High School and a longtime resident of the Palmetto Community. He began...

Sue

Sue

May 10, 2009

Tupelo - Sue (Suzy) O'Neal, 65, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at her brothers residence after an extended illness. She was born May 15, 1943 in Santa Barbara, California to Carl and Dorothy Alice Finster O'Neal. She lived most of her life in Tupelo and worked at Aircap in the office for many years. She was the Director of the...

Sue O'Neal

Sue O'Neal

May 10, 2009

Tupelo - Sue (Suzy) O'Neal, 65, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at her brothers residence after an extended illness. She was born May 15, 1943 in Santa Barbara, California to Carl and Dorothy Alice Finster O'Neal. She lived most of her life in Tupelo and worked at Aircap in the office for many years. She was the Director of the...

Elaine Allen

Elaine Allen

May 9, 2009

TUPELO " Elaine Bramlett Allen, 97, died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the Community Hospice House - Darlington Oaks in Verona. She was born March 29, 1912, in Stewart to the late William Chester Bramlett and Sarah Eudora Bruce Bramlett. She was a homemaker and a member of the Verona Church of Christ. She loved crocheting, crossword puzzles, dominoes and...

Machellah Lo'Rae Crump

Machellah Lo'Rae Crump

May 9, 2009

Tupelo - Machellah Lo'Rae Crump, infant daughter of Sherretta Gatewood and Christopher Crump died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at The North MS Medical Center Women's Hospital. Graveside Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Tupelo Memorial Park with Elder Gerald Smith officiating. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. Survivors include her parents Sherretta Gatewood and...

Machellah Crump

Machellah Crump

May 9, 2009

Tupelo - Machellah Lo'Rae Crump, infant daughter of Sherretta Gatewood and Christopher Crump died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at The North MS Medical Center Women's Hospital. Graveside Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Tupelo Memorial Park with Elder Gerald Smith officiating. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. Survivors include her parents Sherretta Gatewood and...

Wylma Ommen

Wylma Ommen

May 8, 2009

Tupelo " Wylma Rose Ommen, 71, died Friday, May 08, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A South Dakota native, she was born February 25, 1938 to the late Floyd Cecil Paige and Jennie Carolyn Palmer Paige, later adopted and raised by Harry Hutten. After attending Lerreto Heights in Denver, Colorado, she then went on...

Mary Johnson

Mary Johnson

May 8, 2009

Phoenix, AZ --Mary E. Johnson, 93, died Friday, May 08, 2009, at the Beatitudes Care Center in Phoenix. She was born to Jack and Myrtle Reese on November 21, 1915. She attended Aberdeen schools and upon completion of high school in 1934, she moved to Tupelo, MS to attend Draughon's Business College. On November 22, 1939 she married William F....

Mary E. Johnson

Mary E. Johnson

May 8, 2009

Phoenix, AZ --Mary E. Johnson, 93, died Friday, May 08, 2009, at the Beatitudes Care Center in Phoenix. She was born to Jack and Myrtle Reese on November 21, 1915. She attended Aberdeen schools and upon completion of high school in 1934, she moved to Tupelo, MS to attend Draughon's Business College. On November 22, 1939 she married William F....

Wylma Rose Ommen

Wylma Rose Ommen

May 8, 2009

Tupelo " Wylma Rose Ommen, 71, died Friday, May 08, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A South Dakota native, she was born February 25, 1938 to the late Floyd Cecil Paige and Jennie Carolyn Palmer Paige, later adopted and raised by Harry Hutten. After attending Lerreto Heights in Denver, Colorado, she then went on...

Patricia Glass

Patricia Glass

May 7, 2009

Tupelo- Patricia Diana Glass, 52, one of Gods precious angels, died Thursday, May 7, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Tiptonville, Tenn., she was born December 25, 1956 to William Edward and Gearldean Sanderson Glass. She had lived in the Auburn Community the past three years and worked at the Work Opportunity Research Center in...

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