OBITUARIES

Bill Perry

Bill Perry

Nov 19, 2007

Tupelo - WILLIAM M. "BILL" PERRY, 79, died Monday, November 19, 2007, at his residence after sudden illness. A Tupelo native and longtime resident, he was born March 30, 1928 to the late R.D. and Ethel Burnett Perry. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School and The University of Mississippi. He served in the US Army during the Korean...

Corrine Reed

Corrine Reed

Nov 19, 2007

CORRINE REED Tupelo - CORRINE REED, 98, died Monday, November 19, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Itawamba County October 2, 1909, to the late Luther and Mary Lula Weaver Reed. She was a longtime resident of Tupelo. A graduate of Itawamba Agricultural High School, she then attended Blue Mountain College...

Marian Elaine Jones

Marian Elaine Jones

Nov 19, 2007

SALTILLO - Marian Jones, 68, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, at her home in the Euclatubba community after a sudden illness. She was born Aug. 31, 1939, in Columbiana, Ohio, to Clyde Bailey and Arlene Harrold Bailey. She was a homemaker and an income tax preparer. She was a member of Birmingham Ridge Baptist Church. She loved church activities, playing...

Marian Jones

Marian Jones

Nov 19, 2007

SALTILLO - Marian Jones, 68, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, at her home in the Euclatubba community after a sudden illness. She was born Aug. 31, 1939, in Columbiana, Ohio, to Clyde Bailey and Arlene Harrold Bailey. She was a homemaker and an income tax preparer. She was a member of Birmingham Ridge Baptist Church. She loved church activities, playing...

Jewel E. Ferguson

Jewel E. Ferguson

Nov 19, 2007

Tupelo - Jewel Evans (Price) Ferguson, 90, died Sunday, November 18, 2007, at Chadwick Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Jackson, MS after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born February 19, 1917, to the late Sam Phant Evans and Ola Mills Evans. Jewels greatest joys in life were her children and grandchildren and her large extended family....

Jewel Ferguson

Jewel Ferguson

Nov 19, 2007

Tupelo - Jewel Evans (Price) Ferguson, 90, died Sunday, November 18, 2007, at Chadwick Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Jackson, MS after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born February 19, 1917, to the late Sam Phant Evans and Ola Mills Evans. Jewels greatest joys in life were her children and grandchildren and her large extended family....

Willie Smith

Willie Smith

Nov 17, 2007

WILLIE MAE SMITH Plantersville " Willie Mae Smith, 67, died Saturday, November 17, 2007 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. Born July 3, 1940, in the Big Creek Community in Calhoun County, she was the daughter of the late Crawford and Veta Hale Berryhill. She was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing, spending time outdoors, caring for...

Betty Cook

Betty Cook

Nov 16, 2007

BETTY JEAN COOK McCalla, Ala " Betty Jean Cook, 71, longtime resident of Mooreville, died Friday, November 16, 2007, at The Plantation Manor near Birmingham, Alabama after a lengthy illness. A native of the Unity Community east of Saltillo, she was born July 24, 1936 to the late Leeman L. and Madie Lee Young Hester. She was a 1956 graduate...

Judy Wall

Judy Wall

Nov 14, 2007

JUDY WALL Guntown - JUDY CAROL WALL, 47, died Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a battle with colon cancer since June 19, 2005. She was born July 1, 1960 in Ripley to John M. and Johnie Ruth Hurt Jumper. She was a 1978 graduate of Falkner High School. In 1987, she moved to Tupelo...

Johnny Hall

Johnny Hall

Nov 8, 2007

SHANNON - John A. "Johnny" Hall, 62, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at his home in Shannon after a sudden illness. He was born June 4, 1945, in Lee County to John Adam Hall II and Wilda Laverne Graham Hall. He had lived in the Shannon area since 1951. He was a 1963 graduate of Shannon High School. He was...

Johnny A. Hall

Johnny A. Hall

Nov 8, 2007

SHANNON - John A. "Johnny" Hall, 62, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at his home in Shannon after a sudden illness. He was born June 4, 1945, in Lee County to John Adam Hall II and Wilda Laverne Graham Hall. He had lived in the Shannon area since 1951. He was a 1963 graduate of Shannon High School. He was...

Dr Walter Bourland

Dr Walter Bourland

Nov 8, 2007

Tupelo, MS -- Beloved husband, father, physician, and friend, Dr. Walter Lee Bourland, 82, died November 8, 2007. A native of Amory, he was born February 27, 1925, to the late Ebeneezer Carroll and Eva English Bourland. He graduated from Amory High School in 1942 and enrolled at Mississippi State University. At the age of 18, Dr. Bourland entered the...

Walter Bourland

Walter Bourland

Nov 8, 2007

Tupelo, MS -- Beloved husband, father, physician, and friend, Dr. Walter Lee Bourland, 82, died November 8, 2007. A native of Amory, he was born February 27, 1925, to the late Ebeneezer Carroll and Eva English Bourland. He graduated from Amory High School in 1942 and enrolled at Mississippi State University. At the age of 18, Dr. Bourland entered the...

John W. Hall

John W. Hall

Nov 8, 2007

John Wiley Hall, Jr. Born 8/2/1924 Died 11/08/07 Former resident of Tupelo, Mississippi and more recently Woodstock, Illinois; John Wiley Hall, Jr. died quietly in his sleep due to complications from diabetes at the Manteno Veterans Home in Illinois. He was 83 years old. He was born in Osceola, Arkansas and the only child of John Wiley Hall, Sr. and...

John Hall

John Hall

Nov 8, 2007

John Wiley Hall, Jr. Born 8/2/1924 Died 11/08/07 Former resident of Tupelo, Mississippi and more recently Woodstock, Illinois; John Wiley Hall, Jr. died quietly in his sleep due to complications from diabetes at the Manteno Veterans Home in Illinois. He was 83 years old. He was born in Osceola, Arkansas and the only child of John Wiley Hall, Sr. and...

Ruth McDaniel

Ruth McDaniel

Nov 6, 2007

ALINE MCDANIEL Chesterville Community - RUTH ALINE MCDANIEL, 86, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at her daughters residence after a brief illness. She was born June 23, 1921, in the Long View Community to the late Robert and Florence Duke Kelly. She worked as a seamstress for Blue Bell Manufacturing for 44 years. She was the widow of David McDaniel...

Ruth Aline McDaniel

Ruth Aline McDaniel

Nov 6, 2007

ALINE MCDANIEL Chesterville Community - RUTH ALINE MCDANIEL, 86, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at her daughters residence after a brief illness. She was born June 23, 1921, in the Long View Community to the late Robert and Florence Duke Kelly. She worked as a seamstress for Blue Bell Manufacturing for 44 years. She was the widow of David McDaniel...

Ann Leake

Ann Leake

Nov 4, 2007

Ann Gilpin Leake Ann Gilpin Leake, 76, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. In 1952, Mrs. Leake married Medford Memory (Mem) Leake. Immediately following their marriage, the couple was stationed for two years at Edwards Air Force Base, California, followed by an assignment in the 22nd District Office of Special Investigation...

Marvin Kellum

Marvin Kellum

Nov 2, 2007

Brewer " Marvin Kellum, 73, died Friday, November 2, 2007, at his residence in the Brewer Community after an extended illness. A Tomnolen native, he was born March 6, 1934 to the late James and Alma Blanton Kellum. He was raised in the Starkville area and later joined the Army where he served in a training unit in France during...

Morie Bass

Morie Bass

Nov 1, 2007

Palmetto Community " Morie Gilmore Bass, 77, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at her residence after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born September 14, 1930 to the late Eddie Jacob and Evalena McMahan Gilmore. She married Thomas Bass in 1946 and they lived in Memphis for 36 years, returning to Palmetto after her husband's retirement in...

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