OBITUARIES

Steve Hollaway

Steve Hollaway

December 16, 2008

Tupleo - James Steven Smokey Hollaway, 57, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born June 10, 1951, in Elkhart, Indiana to Douglas and Dorothy Hollaway. He was raised in Tupelo and was a 1970 graduate of Tupelo High School. Earlier in his life, he worked...

Anna Long

Anna Long

December 16, 2008

Tupelo - Anna Frances Long, 92, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born July 9, 1916 to Claude and Clara Tanner Mears and was the widow of Earl V. Long whom she married August 9, 1941. Raised in East Tupelo, she lived in many different areas of the country while her husband...

Hoyle Bedford

Hoyle Bedford

December 14, 2008

Tupelo - Hoyle William Bedford, 83, died Sunday, December 14, 2008, at The Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a short illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born August 18, 1925 to Ernest Clyde and Ola Mae Hipps Bedford. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was retired from Daybrite Industries where he served 32...

Emealine Alice Witt

Emealine Alice Witt

December 13, 2008

Las Vegas - Emealine Alice Witt, 82, went home to be with Jesus Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Harmon Medical & Rehabilitation Hospital after an extended illness. Born February 27, 1926 to Thomas and Glo Pickle Francis in Tupelo, Miss., she lived in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1959 to 2008. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Priceville Cemetery....

Emealine Witt

Emealine Witt

December 13, 2008

Las Vegas - Emealine Alice Witt, 82, went home to be with Jesus Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Harmon Medical & Rehabilitation Hospital after an extended illness. Born February 27, 1926 to Thomas and Glo Pickle Francis in Tupelo, Miss., she lived in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1959 to 2008. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Priceville Cemetery....

Busby

Busby

December 12, 2008

Plantersville - Gerald Gene Busby, 68, died Friday, December 12, 2008, after an extended illness. Born March 22, 1940 to Fate and Lula Waldrop Busby, he was a life-long resident of Plantersville. He retired after approximately 30 years as a bulldozer operator. He loved fishing and deer hunting and was a member of Plantersville Baptist Church. Stateroom services will be...

Gene Busby

Gene Busby

December 12, 2008

Plantersville - Gerald Gene Busby, 68, died Friday, December 12, 2008, after an extended illness. Born March 22, 1940 to Fate and Lula Waldrop Busby, he was a life-long resident of Plantersville. He retired after approximately 30 years as a bulldozer operator. He loved fishing and deer hunting and was a member of Plantersville Baptist Church. Stateroom services will be...

Floyd Francis

Floyd Francis

December 12, 2008

Tupelo - Floyd Francis Sr., 85, died Friday, December 12, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born June 26, 1923 to Wiley Alva and Betty Hall Francis and was a 1945 graduate of Mooreville High School. He was a life-long resident of Lee County and was employed for 50 years as an office...

Lex Orman

Lex Orman

December 6, 2008

Lex Orman, 69, died December 6, 2008 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi, after an extended illness. He was born March 16, 1939 in Columbus, MS to the late Arthur Noel Orman and Arenta Dill Orman. His birth name was Delton Lavelle Orman. He entered into Federal employment with the U. S. Air Force in March 1956 and...

Cleo Herring

Cleo Herring

December 5, 2008

Saltillo - Cleo Floyd Herring, 90, died Friday, December 5, 2008, at his residence after an extended illness. A Union County native, he was born August 20, 1918 to John and Lula Crumpton Herring. He married Mattie Lee Clayton in 1937 and worked as a farmer most of his life. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II....

Annette Metz

Annette Metz

December 5, 2008

Tupelo " Annette Metz, 51, died Friday, December 5, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany after an extended illness. She was born on March 8, 1957 to Betty and John Tribuiano, Sr. in Follansbee, West Virginia. She lived in the Furrs Community since 2003. She retired after 18 years as the owner of Annette's Styling Salon in Biloxi,...

Ora Inez Cox

Ora Inez Cox

December 4, 2008

Tupelo - Ora Inez Dunnam Cox, 89, died Thursday, December 4, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Union County native, she was born October 6, 1919 to Loyd Kyle and Ethel Grubbs Dunnam. She was a homemaker and the widow of Foster B. Cox to whom she was married for 50 years. She loved...

Ora Inez

Ora Inez

December 4, 2008

Tupelo - Ora Inez Dunnam Cox, 89, died Thursday, December 4, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Union County native, she was born October 6, 1919 to Loyd Kyle and Ethel Grubbs Dunnam. She was a homemaker and the widow of Foster B. Cox to whom she was married for 50 years. She loved...

Willard Dill

Willard Dill

December 1, 2008

Tupelo - Willard Jean Dill, 78, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Tishomingo County native, she was born August 20, 1930 to Dewey and Mattie Wadkins Sanders. A longtime resident of Saltillo, she enjoyed her church, family, and watching T.V. She was the widow of Beland Dill, Jr. and a member...

Curtis Gentry, Jr.

Curtis Gentry, Jr.

December 1, 2008

Auburn - Curtis Eugene Gentry, Jr., 91, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at his residence in the Auburn Community after an extended illness. A native of the Beech Springs Community, he was born November 26, 1917 to Curtis Eugene and Lena Mae Hill Gentry, Sr. He was the widower of Lucille Gentry whom he married Aug. 19, 1939. He was...

James Burns

James Burns

December 1, 2008

Palmetto - James Hoyle Cotton Burns, 76, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at his home in the Palmetto Community after a sudden illness. A Saltillo native, he was born August 20, 1932 to James Clyde and Willie Towry Burns. He served in the Navy during the Korean War and later served four years in the Air Force. He worked for...

Curtis Gentry

Curtis Gentry

December 1, 2008

Auburn - Curtis Eugene Gentry, Jr., 91, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at his residence in the Auburn Community after an extended illness. A native of the Beech Springs Community, he was born November 26, 1917 to Curtis Eugene and Lena Mae Hill Gentry, Sr. He was the widower of Lucille Gentry whom he married Aug. 19, 1939. He was...

Willard Jean Dill

Willard Jean Dill

December 1, 2008

Tupelo - Willard Jean Dill, 78, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Tishomingo County native, she was born August 20, 1930 to Dewey and Mattie Wadkins Sanders. A longtime resident of Saltillo, she enjoyed her church, family, and watching T.V. She was the widow of Beland Dill, Jr. and a member...

Hazel Adderholt

Hazel Adderholt

November 30, 2008

Blue Springs - Hazel Virginia Adderholt, 84, died Sunday, November 30, 2008, at Graceland Care Center in New Albany after a long illness. A Union County native, she was born April 6, 1924, to George and Zelma Floyd Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband, C.E. Buddy Adderholt on August 6, 1977. She shared ownership of Adderholt's Restaurant...

Tracy McKinney

Tracy McKinney

November 29, 2008

TUPELO - Tracy Wayne McKinney, 70, died Nov. 29, 2008, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born Nov. 16, 1938, to Samuel Jhue and Edith Louise Miller McKinney. He was a sales representative for Body Shop Supply and attended East Heights Baptist Church. He loved rebuilding old cars and was an avid member of the...