OBITUARIES
Jerry Sloan
Feb 17, 2008
PONTOCOLA " Jerry Sloan, 56, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, in Pontotoc County as the result of an automobile accident. He was born Feb. 7, 1952, in Lee County to C.L. Sloan and Jewel Whitmon Sloan. He was a lifelong resident of the Pontocola community. He was a quality control officer for Day-Brite Lighting and an active member of Doty...
Hattie White
Feb 16, 2008
BELDEN " Hattie Bryson White, 105, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at Rosewood Residence after an extended illness. She was born April 24, 1902, in Union County to C.B. and Emma Jane Pannell. She retired from Kermits Bakery after more than 30 years. In her earlier years, she taught school. During the 1930s she married Frank Bryson. When she was...
Nola Berryman
Feb 15, 2008
Tupelo - Nola Holcomb Berryman, 99, died Thursday, February 14, 2008, at The Green Houses At Traceway after a brief illness. A longtime resident of Plantersville, she was born December 4, 1908 in Pontotoc County to the late Robert Wesley and Frances Parilee Cooper Holcomb. She was employed at Reed Manufacturing and Hunter Sadler from which she retired. She was...
Vama Wade
Feb 13, 2008
Tupelo - VAMA LYNN WOOD WADE, 75, died Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A long time Tupelo resident, she was born February 13, 1933 in the Dorsey Community to the late Tristam W. and Nova Lee Tindall Wood. She was a 1951 graduate of Belden High School. She was married to...
Martha Jane Lofton
Feb 11, 2008
Saltillo - MARTHA JANE LOFTON, 57, died Monday, February 11, 2008, at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, she was born December 26, 1950 to the late Cecil Wesley and Marjorie Smith Lofton. She was a graduate of Mantachie High School. She was worked for Lane Industries for over 30 years and then as...
Martha Lofton
Feb 11, 2008
Saltillo - MARTHA JANE LOFTON, 57, died Monday, February 11, 2008, at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, she was born December 26, 1950 to the late Cecil Wesley and Marjorie Smith Lofton. She was a graduate of Mantachie High School. She was worked for Lane Industries for over 30 years and then as...
Kathleen Kelly
Feb 10, 2008
Pontotoc - KATHLEEN ARMSTRONG KELLY, 89, died Sunday, February 10, 2008, at Sunshine Health Care in Pontotoc after an extended illness. A longtime resident of Tupelo, she was born August 29, 1918, in the Evergreen Community in Itawamba County to the late Harry Tracy and Bessie Patterson Armstrong. She was married to Merrill E. Kelly in 1947 who preceded her...
Joshua Kemper
Feb 10, 2008
New Albany - JOSHUA LEE KEMPER, 34, died Sunday, February 10, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Peoria native, he was born December 8, 1973 to Danny Lee Kemper and Laura Lee Kent Hooks. He was a special young man who enjoyed the outdoors and playing with his Fisher Price telephone. He loved his...
Grace Dirlam
Feb 9, 2008
Tupelo " Grace Raymond Baker Dirlam, 87, died Saturday, February 09, at her home in Tupelo. She was born October 15, 1920, in Tupelo, the daughter of Dale Raymond and Word Baker and was educated in the Tupelo Public Schools. She was graduated from Mississippi State College for Women (now MUW) and received a Masters Degree in Retailing from New...
Marshall Baskins
Feb 8, 2008
Aberdeen - MARSHALL DAVID BASKINS, 56, died Friday, February 8, 2008, at the Pioneer Community Hospital in Aberdeen after a lengthy illness. A Florence, Alabama native, he was born April 12, 1951 to the late Marshall Even and Lucillie Randall Baskins. He worked as a brick mason. He loved country music and enjoyed playing his guitar. A stateroom service will...
Jimmie Elmore
Feb 8, 2008
Falkville - JIMMIE LOU ELMORE, 76, died Friday, February 8, 2008, Summerford Nursing Home in Falkville, Alabama after an extended illness. A native of Newton, she was born June 15, 1931 to the late Taffie B. and Xena Kennedy Winstead. A graduate of Smithville High School in 1949, she then went on to Mississippi State College for Women where she...
Loreda Cooper
Feb 8, 2008
Tupelo - LOREDA COOPER, 93, went to be with the Lord Friday, February 8, 2008. She was born October 12, 1914 to the late Reese and Sallie Hood Christian of the Dorsey Community. She attended school in Itawamba County. She worked as a supervisor for Joyner-Fields Manufacturing. for over 25 years. She married Howard C. Cooper March 4, 1934, and...
Jimmie Lou Elmore
Feb 8, 2008
Falkville - JIMMIE LOU ELMORE, 76, died Friday, February 8, 2008, Summerford Nursing Home in Falkville, Alabama after an extended illness. A native of Newton, she was born June 15, 1931 to the late Taffie B. and Xena Kennedy Winstead. A graduate of Smithville High School in 1949, she then went on to Mississippi State College for Women where she...
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Feb 7, 2008
Mooreville - JOHN-MARK STEMBRIDGE WEBB, 13, died Thursday, February 7, 2008, after a brief illness. He was born August 31, 1994 in Tupelo to John Hubbert and Nancy Sissie Stembridge Webb. He was a faithful member of Eggville Free Will Baptist Church where he enjoyed music and fellowship with his church family. He attended Mrs. Sharon Warren's special needs class...
Grace Batey
Feb 7, 2008
Saltillo - GRACE FAYE BATEY, 85, died Thursday, February 7, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County after an extended illness. She was born May 12, 1922, in Red Bay, Ala., to the late Amos Houston and Katie Bertha James Tubbs. The daughter of a sharecropper, she grew up all over the south, living in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. The past...
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Feb 7, 2008
Mooreville - JOHN-MARK STEMBRIDGE WEBB, 13, died Thursday, February 7, 2008, after a brief illness. He was born August 31, 1994 in Tupelo to John Hubbert and Nancy Sissie Stembridge Webb. He was a faithful member of Eggville Free Will Baptist Church where he enjoyed music and fellowship with his church family. He attended Mrs. Sharon Warren's special needs class...
Ruth Liveakos
Feb 4, 2008
Tupelo - RUTH KRUDOP LIVEAKOS, 92, died Monday, February 4, 2008, at her residence after an extended illness. A Mobile, Alabama native, she was born May 3, 1915 to the late Richard Camper and Mabel Olivia Bickell Krudop. On May 31, 1946 she married Gus Liveakos. She earned her bachelors degree from the University of Montevallo and later received her...
Betty Ruth Lowry
Feb 3, 2008
Shannon - BETTY RUTH LOWRY, 68, died suddenly Sunday, February 3, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. A Tupelo native, she was born May 14, 1939 to the late Murle Clovis and Mable Estes Goodwin. She enjoyed gospel music and taking care of her pets (Suzy). She enjoyed spending time with her family. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday,...
Betty Lowry
Feb 3, 2008
Shannon - BETTY RUTH LOWRY, 68, died suddenly Sunday, February 3, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. A Tupelo native, she was born May 14, 1939 to the late Murle Clovis and Mable Estes Goodwin. She enjoyed gospel music and taking care of her pets (Suzy). She enjoyed spending time with her family. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday,...
Sue C. Lipscomb
Feb 2, 2008
Tupelo - SUE CARY LIPSCOMB, 92, a lifetime resident of Roanoke, Virginia, died Saturday, February 2, 2008, at The Mitchell Center. A Bedford, Virginia native, she was born April 12, 1915 to the late Frank and Lily Nichols Carpenter. She was a devoted, loving mother and grandmother. She was a life long member of Second Presbyterian Church in Roanoke, Virginia....
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