OBITUARIES
Dean Nickels
Oct 12, 2022
Ollie Dean Nickels passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at Diversicare in Ripley. She was 86 years old. Born August 12, 1936 in Columbus, she was the daughter of Timothy and Vinie Britt. Dean was primarily a homemaker and loved taking care of her family. She was a member of Ellistown Baptist Church. She enjoyed being outdoors and spent many...
Paul King Cook
Oct 10, 2022
Tupelo--Paul King Cook, age 86, passed away Monday, October 10, 2022 at his residence. A native and lifelong resident of Lee County Paul was born February 26, 1936 to Marvin Cook and Audrey Cook Knapp. He was a 1953 graduate of Tupelo High School and served in the Mississippi National Guard. Paul was a member of First Baptist Church of...
Sarah Parker
Oct 10, 2022
Sarah Parker Tupelo—Sarah Hewitt Parker passed away October 10, 2022 at her home. She was 87 years old. Born June 26, 1935 in Jackson, Mississippi, Sarah was the daughter of Harold J. and Katherine Downing Hewitt. She graduated from Central High School in Jackson, Mississippi and then attended Millsaps College, earning her bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi. She...
Patti Hawkins Abernathy
Oct 10, 2022
Shannon-- Patti Ann Hawkins Abernathy, 64, passed away Monday, October 10, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Patti was born September 5, 1958, to A. B. Hawkins and Minnie Laura Wilson. She graduated from Shannon High School. Patti taught for Lee County School District and was a real estate agent. She was a longtime member of Verona Church...
Bennie Faye Stanley
Oct 6, 2022
Tupelo--Bennie Faye Stanley, 89, passed away Thursday, October 6, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Faye was a seamstress at a shirt factory for many years. She raised many kids during her lifetime. She fed everybody, always saying, “Y’all eat it if you can.” Her son reflects, “I’m proud she was my mom. We miss her already.” She leaves...
Mary Kathryn Brasfield
Oct 3, 2022
Mary Kathryn Brasfield Collierville, Tennessee- Mary Kathryn Brasfield went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 3, 2022 at Baptist Reynolds Hospice House in Collierville, Tennessee, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was 81 years of age. She was born February 26, 1941, in Coffeeville, Mississippi to the late Manchie and Lenora Fly. She worked...
Sara LeMaster Linton
Oct 3, 2022
Sara Henderson LeMaster Linton died at Sanctuary Hospice House on October 3, 2022 at age 95. She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Anderson M. (A.M.) Linton, Jr. Sara was born in Batesville, Mississippi, March 14, 1927, to Allen Erskine and Ida Keating LeMaster. She graduated from Batesville High School where she was valedictorian. She graduated...
Johnny Creel
Oct 3, 2022
Johnny Creel Saltillo- Johnny Mack Creel, 88, died Monday, October 3, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was the only son of Johnnie David and Ola Kate Seaborn Creel, he was born on September 28, 1934 in Dothan, Alabama. In 1952, he graduated from Sebring High School in Florida and earned his Bachelor’s in Music from Florida State University...
Kathryn Houston
Oct 3, 2022
Biloxi—Mary Kathryn Houston passed away October 3, 2022 at her home in Biloxi. A native and longtime resident of Lee County, she was born April 4, 1928 to Johnny Newton Witcher and Myrtle Gilliland Witcher. Kathryn was primarily a homemaker, and cherished taking care of her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was an active member as well as...
Michael Caldwell
Oct 2, 2022
Nettleton—Michael Bryan Caldwell, age 42, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2022 at his residence. He was born January 10, 1980, the son of Larry Alan Caldwell and Brenda Sue Ross. Michael worked as an HVAC technician for many years. As a student, he was a great baseball player. He also enjoyed hunting and riding motorcycles. His family will always remember...
Roger Williams
Sep 29, 2022
Roger Williams Saltillo- Roger Allen Williams, 59, died unexpectedly Thursday, September 29, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center. Roger was one of six children of Yancy Lamar “Y.L.” and Trannie Estene Forrester Williams. He was born on Halloween in 1962 in Jasper, Alabama. On November 14, 1981, he married Sherri Lynn Miller. For over 20 years, Roger has worked in...
Dewell William "Bill" Patterson
Sep 27, 2022
Saltillo--Dewell William "Bill" Patterson, 81, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2022. A visitation honoring Bill's memory will be 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, September 30, 2022, at W. E. Pegues, Saltillo. Pegues Funeral Directors has been entrusted with the arrangements. Expressions of sympathy and fond memories may be shared at www.peguesfuneralhome.com .
Hugh Luckett Jr.
Sep 25, 2022
Tupelo—Joseph Hugh Luckett Jr. passed away Sunday, September 25, 2022 at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. He was 96 years old. Hugh was born August 10, 1926 in Tupelo, the son of Joseph Hugh Luckett and Mamie T. Fewell Luckett. He was a graduate of Central High School in Jackson. A member of the “Greatest Generation,” he proudly...
Blanche "Jo" Riley
Sep 23, 2022
Tupelo--Blanche Josephine “Jo” Riley passed away Friday, September 23, 2022 at her home in Tupelo. Born October 22, 1935 in Pocahontas, Arkansas, she was the daughter of Fred and Louise Tyler. She was married to Robert Riley and they enjoyed 47 years together before his passing in 2015. Jo worked at Tecumseh Products as the quality control supervisor, retiring after...
Rev. Don McCain
Sep 21, 2022
Tupelo—Rev. Donald Ray McCain passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was 76 years old. He was born September 3, 1946 in Greenville to Paul B. and Janie Keyes Ray McCain. Rev. McCain was educated at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned his Masters in Religious Education and Master of Divinity in...
Susan Easterling Moxley
Sep 21, 2022
Susan Easterling Moxley Tupelo- Susan Barnett Easterling Moxley, 62, died Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born March 3, 1960, in Tupelo. She is the daughter of Thomas Easterling and Dean Barnett Easterling. In 1978 she graduated from Tupelo High School. Up until their closing, she was a bookkeeper at Lady...
Shirley Ann Edge
Sep 20, 2022
Shirley Sandlin Edge, beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and friend stepped into eternity on September 20, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was born September 12, 1936, to Joe and Emogene Sandlin in Saltillo, Mississippi. She married the love of her life, Travis Edge in 1956 and they were married 56 years before his death in 2012. Shirley loved and served...
Linda Wilson
Sep 19, 2022
Linda Wilson passed away Monday, September 19, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A graveside service honoring her memory will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery in Pontotoc County. A full obituary will be published as soon as it becomes available
Leonard McNeil "Len" Pegues
Sep 19, 2022
Len Pegues Tupelo- Leonard McNeil “Len” Pegues, at 86 years old, died Monday, September 19, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center after suffering a stroke the previous Friday. He was the son of William E. “Willie” and Abbie Abernethy Pegues born on January 5, 1936. Len is a Tupelo High School and John A. Gupton School of Mortuary Science in...
Foster Booth Jr.
Sep 19, 2022
Tupelo—William Foster Booth Jr., age 82, passed away Monday, September 19, 2022 at The Meadows in Fulton. Foster was born January 4, 1940 in Tupelo, the son of William Foster Booth Sr. and Flossie Bates Booth. He graduated from Tupelo High School in 1960, a football standout since the eighth grade and lettered all four years of high school. After...
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