OBITUARIES
Mildred Hankins Scott
Sep 30, 2007
MILDRED HANKINS SCOTT Mooreville - MILDRED BEATRICE HANKINS SCOTT, 83, died Sunday, September 30, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born May 28, 1924 to the late Elbert and Rosie Bell Miles Towery. She was a published author and poet, and an avid gardener. Other tallents included quilting, crocheting, embroidery,...
Mildred Scott
Sep 30, 2007
MILDRED HANKINS SCOTT Mooreville - MILDRED BEATRICE HANKINS SCOTT, 83, died Sunday, September 30, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born May 28, 1924 to the late Elbert and Rosie Bell Miles Towery. She was a published author and poet, and an avid gardener. Other tallents included quilting, crocheting, embroidery,...
Robert Alvin Lusk
Sep 29, 2007
MARION, Ill. - Robert Alvin Lusk, 84, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at his home in Marion, Ill., after a sudden illness. He was a native of Birmingham, Ala., and a longtime resident of Marion, Ill. He was a retired schoolteacher in the Stillville, Ill., public school system. He was a graduate of Memphis State University and received his master's...
Mary McCarty
Sep 29, 2007
TUPELO - Mary Alice McCarty, 82, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at her son's residence after a short illness. She was born May 8, 1925, in Lee County to James Turnage Lucas Sr. and Lydia Marham Lucas. She had lived in Lee County most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of the Freewill Baptist. She loved...
Bill Mullins
Sep 29, 2007
TUPELO - William P. "Bill" Mullins, 51 , died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born Nov. 8, 1955, to the late William Polk Mullins Sr. and Belle Knight Mullins. He grew up in Mantachie and graduated from Mantachie High School in 1973. He went on to obtain a BS...
Robert Lusk
Sep 29, 2007
MARION, Ill. - Robert Alvin Lusk, 84, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at his home in Marion, Ill., after a sudden illness. He was a native of Birmingham, Ala., and a longtime resident of Marion, Ill. He was a retired schoolteacher in the Stillville, Ill., public school system. He was a graduate of Memphis State University and received his master's...
Ava Tellish
Sep 28, 2007
IukaAva Schoggen Tellish, 99, died Friday, September 28, 2007, at the Tishomingo Hospital. A native of Booneville, she was born April 1, 1908, to the late John H. and Mary Etta Thornton Schoggen. She had worked as a school teacher for 13 years and also as a correspondence supervisor with the F.B.I. for 20 years. She was a member of...
Henry Barger
Sep 27, 2007
Memphis - HENRY OWEN BARGER, 88, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis, Tenn. after a brief illness. A native of Sontag, Miss., he was born October 4, 1918 to the late Henry Carlton and Lillian Owen Barger. As a youth, he attended Heucks Retreat School in rural Lincoln County, Mississippi and later enjoyed serving on...
Roger D. Miller
Sep 25, 2007
ROGER MILLER Tupelo - ROGER DALE MILLER, 58, died Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. An Ironton, Mo. native, he was born March 1, 1949 to Mary Ann Bock Miller and the late Delbert Cecil Miller. He was a graduate of The University of Arkansas at Monticello where he earned a degree...
Roger Miller
Sep 25, 2007
ROGER MILLER Tupelo - ROGER DALE MILLER, 58, died Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. An Ironton, Mo. native, he was born March 1, 1949 to Mary Ann Bock Miller and the late Delbert Cecil Miller. He was a graduate of The University of Arkansas at Monticello where he earned a degree...
Edward Thornhill
Sep 22, 2007
TUPELO Edward Thornhill, 56, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, at his residence in the Auburn community after a sudden illness. A Winter Haven, Florida native, he was born July 25, 1951, to the late Columbus Lafayette and Alice Jeanette Eason Thornhill. He was a veteran having served in the United States Air Force and the Florida Army National Guard. He...
Sandra Morgan
Sep 21, 2007
SANDRA F. MORGAN Dorsey - SANDRA F. MORGAN, 62, died Friday, September 21, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a Short illness. An Okolona native, she was born February 7, 1945 to the late Gilbert Matthew and Vance Marleen Green Daniel. She was a homemaker and had also worked over eight years in the Okolona High School Cafeteria.....
James Ballard
Sep 20, 2007
DR. JAMES L. BALLARD, JR. Dr. James Lee Ballard, Jr. passed away at his home Thursday, September 20. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School and an enthusiastic alumnus of University of Mississippi where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Dr. Ballard graduated from University of Mississippi Medical School where he was a member of the...
Dr James Ballard, Jr.
Sep 20, 2007
DR. JAMES L. BALLARD, JR. Dr. James Lee Ballard, Jr. passed away at his home Thursday, September 20. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School and an enthusiastic alumnus of University of Mississippi where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Dr. Ballard graduated from University of Mississippi Medical School where he was a member of the...
Mildred Fidler
Sep 17, 2007
Tupelo - MILDRED LORAINE FIDLER, 79, died Monday, September 17, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Mobile, Ala. native, she was born March 13, 1928 to the late Rev. Samuel David and Myrtle Lee Williams Armour. She was a graduate of the University of Alabama where she earned a degree in business. She spent...
Eleanor Weatherford
Sep 15, 2007
TUPELO - Mary Eleanor Smith Weatherford, 85, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. A Booneville native, she was born to the late Walter Williams and Mary Virginia Sanford Smith. She was a member of the St. Luke United Methodist Church. She was a retired teacher graduating from Mississippi State College for Women...
Laura McCollum
Sep 14, 2007
TUPELO - Laura Ellen McCollum, 69, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at her home after a long illness. She was born Aug. 4, 1938, in Houston, Texas, to the late James Elwyn and Ethel Lucille Tischer Wyatt. She was an artist. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, where she was involved in the Women's Missionary Union and the...
Wayne Stevens
Sep 12, 2007
Tupelo - MARVIN WAYNE STEVENS, 74, died Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at Community Hospice after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born January 25, 1933 to Ruby Opal Davenport Stevens and the late Cecil Leo Stevens. He served in the Army National Guard and the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He also served in the U.S. Air...
Kathleen Doyle
Sep 11, 2007
West Point - Kathleen Sheffield Thomas Doyle, 84, died Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at Fondrens Personal Care Facility in Pheba after an extended illness. She was born February 2, 1923 in Montpelier to the late Frank E. and Edith Lee Box Sheffield. She was a 1942 graduate of Siloam High School. After graduation she moved to Washington DC and worked...
Kathleen Thomas Doyle
Sep 11, 2007
West Point - Kathleen Sheffield Thomas Doyle, 84, died Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at Fondrens Personal Care Facility in Pheba after an extended illness. She was born February 2, 1923 in Montpelier to the late Frank E. and Edith Lee Box Sheffield. She was a 1942 graduate of Siloam High School. After graduation she moved to Washington DC and worked...
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