OBITUARIES
Johnny
Apr 6, 2008
Shannon - Johnny Lee "Bubba" Rowland, 54, died Sunday, April 6, 2008, at his daughters residence after a sudden illness. He was born March 4, 1954 in Hazelhurst, Ga., to the late Milledge Lee and Dorothy Nell Lewis Rowland. After graduating from Tupelo High School, he then went on to Itawamba Community College. Along with his father, he was co-owner...
Johnny " Bubba " Rowland
Apr 6, 2008
Shannon - Johnny Lee "Bubba" Rowland, 54, died Sunday, April 6, 2008, at his daughters residence after a sudden illness. He was born March 4, 1954 in Hazelhurst, Ga., to the late Milledge Lee and Dorothy Nell Lewis Rowland. After graduating from Tupelo High School, he then went on to Itawamba Community College. Along with his father, he was co-owner...
Charles Strawn
Apr 6, 2008
Tupelo - CHARLES HUGHE STRAWN, 81, died Sunday, April 6, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born October 1, 1926, in Union County to G. F. and Onice Strawn. He served as a chef in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He married Bama Ree Faust on June 4, 1950. He...
John Reed
Apr 6, 2008
Tupelo " John Turner Reed, 84, died Sunday, April 6, 2008, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Tupelo after a short illness. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, he was born May 7, 1923 to the late Cecil and Grace Turner Reed. He was a 1943 graduate of Mooreville High School. Immediately after graduating from high school, he...
Pearl Rabinowitz
Apr 4, 2008
Tupelo - PEARLENE RABINOWITZ, 64, died Friday, April 4, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. A Tupelo native, she was born August 24, 1943 to Addie Lee Mills Thompson and the late Carlos Jackson Thompson. A graduate of Mooreville High School. She was a member of Temple B'Nai Israel. A great lover of music and dancing. She enjoyed writing...
Ermie Hallmark
Apr 3, 2008
Saltillo - ERMIE HALLMARK, 89, died Thursday, April 3, 2008, under the loving care of her niece, Anna Yancey. A Lee County native, she was born June 5, 1918 to the late Clarence and Clara Landers. A member of Eggville Church of Christ she enjoyed many a Sunday listening to the choir. After retirement from Ohio, she and her husband,...
Carl Bass
Apr 2, 2008
Richmond - CARL RICHARD BASS, 84, died Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born December 3, 1923 in the Andrews Chapel Community to the late Phillip and Olga Hussey Bass. He was a longtime resident of the Richmond Community. In 1943, he graduated from Plantersville High School and then went...
Alice Bolen
Apr 1, 2008
SaltilloAlice Bolen, 89, died Tuesday, April 01, 2008, at the Green Houses of Traceway after an extended illness. A native of Lee County, she was born August 18, 1918, to the late Newt and Carrie McCullough Knight. A lifelong Birmingham Ridge resident, she worked as a supervisor for Playcraft for many years. She was married to Dewey T. Bolen who...
Bobby " Chigger " Williams
Apr 1, 2008
Houlka - Bobby Wayne "Chigger" Williams, 57, died Monday, March 31, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born November 15, 1950 to the late Bruce and Hazel R. Williams. He worked several years for the city of Tupelo in the Public Works Department. He was a member of East...
Bobby
Apr 1, 2008
Houlka - Bobby Wayne "Chigger" Williams, 57, died Monday, March 31, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born November 15, 1950 to the late Bruce and Hazel R. Williams. He worked several years for the city of Tupelo in the Public Works Department. He was a member of East...
Wayne Hogue
Mar 31, 2008
Tupelo - HOWARD WAYNE HOGUE, JR., 53, died Monday, March 31, 2008, at the Oktibbeha County Hospital after a sudden illness. A native of east Union County, he was born October 25, 1954 to Howard Wayne and Betty Richardson Hogue. He graduated from East Union High School and attended Blue Mountain College where he studied church music. He later earned...
Varie Gross
Mar 30, 2008
TUPELO- Varie Gross, 89, died Sunday March 30 at her residence after an extended illness. She was born May 25, 1918 in Itawamba County. She was a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church. She was a retired secretary/bookkeeper for The Spurgeon Hall Glass Co. of Tupelo where she worked for 20-plus years. She loved the Lord and was a devoted Christian...
Ruby Lofton
Mar 30, 2008
RUBY KATHERINE (MIMIE) LOFTON, 80, died Sunday, March 30, 2008, at Graceland Care Center New Albany after a brief illness. She was born March 27, 1928 in Lee County to the late Wesley Earl and Nancy Emaline Wages Hutcheson. In 1946, she married Willie Lofton who preceded her in death October 2, 1993. She was a member of Beech Springs...
Robert Cowsert
Mar 28, 2008
TUPELO - Robert L. "Bob" Cowsert, 57, died Friday, March 28, 2008, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A Tupelo native, he was born October 4, 1950 to Wayne and Mary Eliza Gregg Cowsert. For over eight years, he was a P.P.O. officer at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in New Albany. He attended the Universtiy of Southern Mississippi and loved...
Jane Sudduth
Mar 27, 2008
Tupelo - SHIRLEY JANE LONG SUDDUTH, 73, died Thursday, March 27, 2008, at her residence after a short illness. She was born May 28, 1934, to the late John Marley and Lena Sory Long of Saltillo. She was a lifelong resident and a member of First Baptist Church. She worked at North Mississippi Medical Center for 21 years, Church Street...
Irene Allen
Mar 26, 2008
Tupelo - IRENE GURLEY ALLEN, 83, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at her residence after a sudden illness. A Carroll County, Tenn. native, she was born September 15, 1924 to the late Jesse and Floy Meals Gurley. After graduating from high school, she married Jim Allen. They resided in DeSoto County Miss. for six years before moving to the Tupelo/Lee...
Patsy Gail Towery
Mar 26, 2008
Guntown - PATSY GAIL TOWERY, 64, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Saltillo/Guntown native and lifelong resident, she was born April 30, 1943 to Elizabeth Henderson Towery and the late William Deach Towery. She enjoyed playing with her special toys and dolls, especially her stuffed animals....
Patsy Towery
Mar 26, 2008
Guntown - PATSY GAIL TOWERY, 64, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Saltillo/Guntown native and lifelong resident, she was born April 30, 1943 to Elizabeth Henderson Towery and the late William Deach Towery. She enjoyed playing with her special toys and dolls, especially her stuffed animals....
Arlene Jones
Mar 25, 2008
Sherman - ARLENE JONES, 66, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at her residence after a brief illness. She was born September 11, 1941 in Pontotoc County to the late James and Etoyle Moss Smith. Earlier in her life, she was a seamstress with Joyner-Fields and Town Creek Companies. Most of her life was spent as a homemaker, taking care of...
Lela Dykes
Mar 25, 2008
LELA DELON BACON IHLE DYKES Saltillo - LELA DELON IHLE DYKES, 79, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at her residence in Saltillo. A Lee County native, she was born June 8, 1928 to the late William Henry and Dera Springer Bacon. A 1945 graduate of McGaugh (Nettleton) High School, she was a member of the basketball team. She worked for...
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