OBITUARIES
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 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
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...
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...
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
Sandy Finkel
May 5, 2009
Saltillo - Sandy Sandlin Finkel, 39, died Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Saltillo native and lifelong resident, she was born February 10, 1970, to George Samuel and Betty Walters Sandlin. She worked as a medical assistant at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia before returning home. She then continued her...
Rhonda Wilson
May 3, 2009
Tupelo - Rhonda Wilson, 58, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Guntown native, she was born December 8, 1950 to Thomas Jefferson and Lila Vance Bishop Greene. She married Mitchell Wilson September 22, 1978. They made their home in Guntown until the mid 80s before moving to Saltillo. She worked in...
Isabell Hardy
May 3, 2009
Mooreville - Isabell Hardy, 84, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born September 7, 1924 to William and Rebecca Niblett Horn. She grew up in the Kosciusko area and had lived in Mooreville the past 50 years. She was a homemaker and the widow of Denville Coleman Hardy who...
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