OBITUARIES
Evie Estes
May 27, 2008
Richmond - Evie Lou Estes, 92, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born January 5, 1916, to the late Charlie and Annie Mae Pettigrew Waycaster. Her life was spent as a homemaker and she enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening. The joy of her life was...
Elvis Murphree
May 27, 2008
Tupelo - Elvis Emory Murphree, 85, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born November 30, 1922 to the late Lesker and Mary Maude Robinson Murphree. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Battle of the Buldge. He was a...
James Reed
May 27, 2008
Mooreville - James Thomas Reed, 59, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Tennessee, he was born July 17, 1948 to Lillie Belle Allbritton Reed and the late I. M. Reed. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in Vietnam. He worked as a truck driver after his discharge...
Lela Yancey
May 26, 2008
Tupelo - Lela B. Yancey, 91, died Monday, May 26, 2008, at Traceway Manor after a brief illness. A Lee County native, she was born April 5, 1917 to the late Ernest Lee and Essie Moore Bolen. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, quilting, reading and working crossword puzzles. She also spent time volunteering for the Greenhouses at Traceway...
Lela B. Yancey
May 26, 2008
Tupelo - Lela B. Yancey, 91, died Monday, May 26, 2008, at Traceway Manor after a brief illness. A Lee County native, she was born April 5, 1917 to the late Ernest Lee and Essie Moore Bolen. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, quilting, reading and working crossword puzzles. She also spent time volunteering for the Greenhouses at Traceway...
Christine Jones
May 24, 2008
TUPELO - Jessie Christine Jones, 83, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, at her residence in Tupelo. She went to be with the Lord peacefully surrounded by her family and friends after a brief illness. She was born June 28, 1924 to Willie Marshall Brooks and Elsie Gregory Brooks in Itawamba County. She loved sewing, doing crafts before he eyesight failed...
H C. " Bill " Wallace
May 23, 2008
AUBURN " H.C. "Bill" Wallace, 84, died Friday, May 23, 2008, at his sons residence after an extended illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born April 16, 1924, and had been a resident of the Auburn community since 1944. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He participated in the Normandy invasion and served two years...
H C.
May 23, 2008
AUBURN " H.C. "Bill" Wallace, 84, died Friday, May 23, 2008, at his sons residence after an extended illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born April 16, 1924, and had been a resident of the Auburn community since 1944. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He participated in the Normandy invasion and served two years...
Vera Laney
May 22, 2008
Tupelo - Vera Bon Laney, 94, died Thursday, May 22, 2008, at the Laney Green House at Traceway after an extended illness. A native of Goldsmith, Indiana, she was born November 1, 1913 to John and Lena Pyle. She was retired from Madden Furniture Manufacturer. She moved to Tupelo in 1981 after the death of her husband, George R. Boldon....
Rebecca Barrett
May 20, 2008
Saltillo " Rebecca Lynn Barrett, 49, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, Ind. after an extended illness. She was born May 28, 1958 in Ohio to Paul Charles and Rusty Price Barrett. She worked as an assembler for a sporting goods manufacturer. A resident of Saltillo, she enjoyed working word puzzels and singing and loved...
Rebecca Lynn Barrett
May 20, 2008
Saltillo " Rebecca Lynn Barrett, 49, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, Ind. after an extended illness. She was born May 28, 1958 in Ohio to Paul Charles and Rusty Price Barrett. She worked as an assembler for a sporting goods manufacturer. A resident of Saltillo, she enjoyed working word puzzels and singing and loved...
Pat Stackhouse
May 20, 2008
Tremont - Patricia Ann Stackhouse, 71, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Peru, Il., she was born May 31, 1936 to Roy and Catherine Brough Stackhouse. At the age of 12 she moved to Trussville, Ala. and graduated from Hewitt-Trussville High School. She then went on to Jefferson...
Patricia Lucas
May 18, 2008
DORSEY " Patricia Fay Lucas, 67, died Sunday, May 18, 2008, at HomePlace in Saltillo after a brief illness. A Central City, Ky. native, she was born Oct. 26, 1940 to Kenneth and Lillie Marie Casbier Noffsinger. Survivors include four daughters, Gina Glidewell (Terry) of Saltillo, Penny McFee (Greg) of Newland, N.C., Vivian Hadley (Donald) of Okeechobee, Fla., and Penny...
Dena Ellzey
May 18, 2008
Tupelo - Dena Ellzey, 83, died Sunday, May 18, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. She was born May 14, 1925, in San Luis Portosi, Mexico to Tolstoy and Margarita Castellanos Binswanger. After growing up in Mexico, she moved to Carlsbad, New Mexico at the age of 16 where she graduated from high school. She lived...
Robert Heflin
May 16, 2008
Tupelo - Robert Heflin, 72, died Friday, May 16, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Baldwyn native, he was born November 9, 1935 to the late Lloyd and Ethel Wood Heflin. He graduated from Baldwyn High School in 1955 where he was active in football and basketball. During that time he was known as...
Midrose Kennedy
May 15, 2008
Tupelo - Midrose Kennedy, 94, died Thursday, May 15, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Marion County, Ala., she was born November 5, 1913 to the late James and Annie Murray. She was a member of St. Luke United Methodist Church. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at The Jefferson Street Chapel...
Eileen McKissack
May 14, 2008
Tupelo - Eileen Clara Mckissack, 91, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Coldfield, Tenn. native, she was born April 28, 1917 to the late Albert and Martha Butler. Earlier in her life she worked as a nurses assistant in a nursing home in Birmingham, Ala., and also in the Navy...
Otis Box
May 12, 2008
Union Grove - Otis Box, 84, died Monday, May 12, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of the Nettleton area, he was born March 6, 1924 to Thomas Harvey and Mattie Vess Box. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, serving in Iwo Jima, Okinawa and other conflicts in the...
Otis
May 12, 2008
Union Grove - Otis Box, 84, died Monday, May 12, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of the Nettleton area, he was born March 6, 1924 to Thomas Harvey and Mattie Vess Box. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, serving in Iwo Jima, Okinawa and other conflicts in the...
Dale Little
May 11, 2008
Blue Springs - Shelby Dale Little, 69, died Sunday, May 11, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Monroe County native, he was born November 30, 1938 to the late Shelly George and Othel P. Palmer Little. He was a United States Navy veteran. He worked 30 years as a tree surgeon for several companies...
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