OBITUARIES
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...
John L. Crumby
Mar 24, 2008
Tupelo - JOHN LYNN CRUMBY, 73, died Monday, March 24, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Water Valley, he was born March 25, 1934 to the late Johnnie F. and Zula Pearl Hood Crumby. In 1953, he graduated from Water Valley High School and then went on to Northwest Mississippi Junior College...
John Crumby
Mar 24, 2008
Tupelo - JOHN LYNN CRUMBY, 73, died Monday, March 24, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Water Valley, he was born March 25, 1934 to the late Johnnie F. and Zula Pearl Hood Crumby. In 1953, he graduated from Water Valley High School and then went on to Northwest Mississippi Junior College...
Mildred Pearce
Mar 22, 2008
MOOREVILLE - Mildred Morgan Pearce, 85, died Saturday, March 22, 2008, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born March 1, 1923, to the late John W. and Tennessee Carnathan Morgan. A graduate of Mooreville High School, she was salutatorian of her 1940 graduating class. She was All State guard in...
Hazel Williams
Mar 21, 2008
HAZEL R WILLIAMS Tupelo- HAZEL R WILLIAMS, 85, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was a Lee County native born May 10, 1922. She was a member of East Heights Baptist Church. She was a loving mother and her children considered her the best mother in the world. A life-long gardner. Her favorite flowers...
Samuel Forsyth SR
Mar 21, 2008
SAMUEL LOGAN FORSYTH SR. Tupelo - SAMUEL LOGAN FORSYTH SR, 85, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at his residence. A Corinth native, he was born November 7, 1922 to Robert and Ella Maude Forsyth. A veteran of World War II he served in the United States Army, Calvary Division. He was stationed in the Philippines. It was during the Iwo...
Samuel Forsyth
Mar 21, 2008
SAMUEL LOGAN FORSYTH SR. Tupelo - SAMUEL LOGAN FORSYTH SR, 85, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at his residence. A Corinth native, he was born November 7, 1922 to Robert and Ella Maude Forsyth. A veteran of World War II he served in the United States Army, Calvary Division. He was stationed in the Philippines. It was during the Iwo...
Dorothy Christian
Mar 18, 2008
SaltilloDorothy Y. Christian, 85, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at the Homeplace in Saltillo. She was born July 7, 1922, in Indianola to the late Roy and Helen Jeanette Shepherd Yarbrough. She graduated from Indianola High School, attended Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky and Scarrit College of Christian Education in Nashville, Tenn. She enjoyed many years of ministry in the...
Euel Bryant
Mar 17, 2008
Nettleton - EUEL BROWN BRYANT, 90, died Monday, March 17, 2008, at Community Hospice in Verona after an extended illness. He was born November 13, 1917 in Ellistown to the late Lonnie Euel Bryant and Fannie Mabel Roberts Bryant. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II and in Occupied Japan after...
Keith Franks
Mar 16, 2008
Lonnie "Keith" Franks, 42, died Sunday March 16, 2008, at the Sanctuary Hospice House from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born Aug. 25, 1965, in Baldwyn to Arthur V. and Barbara Morton Franks. He was employed with Cooper Tire-SIMOS. He was a Christian and a member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church. He loved to being family...
Doug Jenkins
Mar 15, 2008
New Albany " Douglas Bruce Doug Jenkins, 57, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County after an extended illness. He was born July 14, 1950, to the late Eugene and Florence Vest Jenkins. Until his health declined, he had worked at several area furniture manufacturing companies. He was an avid fisherman and loved spending time with his...
Tommy Meek
Mar 15, 2008
Southaven - TOMMY C. MEEK, 84, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at his residence in Southaven. A native of the Jerico Community, he was born November 17, 1923 to the late Tyson Claude and Callie Bell Meek. He was retired E-9 with the United States Navy after 25 years of service. He served in World War II and the Korean...
Tommy C. Meek
Mar 15, 2008
Southaven - TOMMY C. MEEK, 84, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at his residence in Southaven. A native of the Jerico Community, he was born November 17, 1923 to the late Tyson Claude and Callie Bell Meek. He was retired E-9 with the United States Navy after 25 years of service. He served in World War II and the Korean...
Jess Mark
Mar 14, 2008
JESS L. MARK Tupelo--Jess L. Mark, III, 65, died Friday, March 14, 2008, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after an extended illness. He was born in Dallas, Texas on November 19, 1942, to Jess L. Mark, Jr. and Louisa Murrell Mark. He lived his early years in Galveston, Texas and then in Alvin, Texas. He was a...
Larry McKissick
Mar 14, 2008
TUPELO - Larry "Alfalfa" McKissick, 59, died Friday, March 14, 2008, at his Tupelo residence after a lengthy illness. Born in Nettleton, he was a retired driver of 17 years with Action Transport of Tupelo and a Baptist. A Vietnam veteran of 91-2 years in the U.S. Navy, he was a flight engineer on the U.S.S. Roosevelt and the U.S.S....
Jess L. Mark, I I I
Mar 14, 2008
JESS L. MARK Tupelo--Jess L. Mark, III, 65, died Friday, March 14, 2008, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after an extended illness. He was born in Dallas, Texas on November 19, 1942, to Jess L. Mark, Jr. and Louisa Murrell Mark. He lived his early years in Galveston, Texas and then in Alvin, Texas. He was a...
Travis Gray
Mar 13, 2008
Ballardsville " THOMAS TRAVIS GRAY, 65, died Thursday, March 13, 2008, at Select Specialty Hospital in Jackson after an extended illness. A native of Lee County, he was born April 7, 1942 to Evelyn Taylor Gray and the late James E. Gray. A graduate of Mooreville High School, he then attended Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi. He...
Herbert Grayson
Mar 12, 2008
Saltillo - HERBERT C. HERB GRAYSON, 68, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A native of Cynthiana, Kentucky, he was born February 19, 1940 to the late Leslie L. and Lettie Bruin Grayson. He grew up in Foley, Ala where he graduated from Foley High School. He had lived in Saltillo...
Charles Edwards
Mar 12, 2008
Asheboro, N.C. - CHARLES O'RUBEL EDWARDS, 82, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, N.C. after a brief illness. A Nettleton native, he was born April 7, 1925 to the late James Monroe and Zelma Cooper Edwards. He served in the Army Air Corp from 1943 until 1946 with an honorable discharge, serving in World War II....
Charles Robinson
Mar 11, 2008
Tupelo - CHARLES JUNIOR ROBINSON, 62, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at the Memphis V.A. Medical Center after an extended illness. A Booneville native, he was born November 12, 1945 to the late Carl B. and Katie A. McDonald Robinson. He attended Mooreville High School. He was reitred from the U.S. Navy after 24 years of service. He was an...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
