OBITUARIES
Jack Ellis
March 4, 2008
Tupelo - HENRY JACK ELLIS, 76, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at his residence after an extended illness. A Shannon native, he was born March 15, 1931 to the late Henry and Mayme Lee Long Ellis. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He and his wife Kathryn, were longtime partners and owners of Ellis Upholstery. He...
Virginia Gibson
March 3, 2008
Tupelo - Virginia Vinson Granny Gibson, 73, died Monday, March 3, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born March 23, 1934 to Otis Clayton Vinson and the late Roy Lee Vinson. She was raised in Tupelo and was a 1952 graduate of Tupelo High School. Earlier in her life, she...
Brenda Smith
March 3, 2008
Mooreville - BRENDA LOUISE SMITH, 60, died Monday, March 3, 2008, at Community Hospice after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born December 25, 1947 to Mable Virginia Walker Pannell and the late Eulon Rowoll Pannell. She was a beloved mother and grandmother who enjoyed gardening and had a great love of animals. She enjoyed bingo and spoiling...
Virginia V. Gibson
March 3, 2008
Tupelo - Virginia Vinson Granny Gibson, 73, died Monday, March 3, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born March 23, 1934 to Otis Clayton Vinson and the late Roy Lee Vinson. She was raised in Tupelo and was a 1952 graduate of Tupelo High School. Earlier in her life, she...
Joyce Carter
March 2, 2008
Saltillo - JOYCE ANGELIQUE CARTER, 39, died Sunday, March 2, 2008, at her sisters residence after a brief illness. A Tupelo native, she was born March 18, 1968 to Brenda Joyce Ellis Carter and the late Gerald Ray Carter. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at The Saltillo Chapel of W.E. Pegues with Rev. Bobby Holland officiating. Burial will be...
Willie D.
February 27, 2008
PalmettoWillie D. Billy Pannell, Jr., 72, died Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at his residence in the Palmetto community after an extended illness. A Blue Springs native, he was born May 22, 1935 to the late Willie and Orelia Lessell Pannell. He was retired from Jessco where he worked as a mechanic and a member of Blue Springs Baptist Church. He...
Willie D. " Billy " Pannell, J
February 27, 2008
PalmettoWillie D. Billy Pannell, Jr., 72, died Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at his residence in the Palmetto community after an extended illness. A Blue Springs native, he was born May 22, 1935 to the late Willie and Orelia Lessell Pannell. He was retired from Jessco where he worked as a mechanic and a member of Blue Springs Baptist Church. He...
Terry West
February 26, 2008
Verona - JAMES TERRY WEST, 46, died Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at his residence after a sudden illness. A lifelong resident of Verona, he was born February 3, 1963, in Tupelo to Linda Elaine Priddy West and the late Ray Mitchell West. He attended Verona Public Schools and graduated from Shannon High School in 1981. He worked at MTD products...
Dean
February 25, 2008
BrewerDean B. Peewee Holland, 77, died Monday, February 25, 2008, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born May 11, 1929, in Ripley, Tenn. to the late Henry C. and Lola Williams Holland. He had lived in Tupelo most of his adult life. For 29 years he worked at Mid South Packers and then 18...
Dean " Peewee " Holland
February 25, 2008
BrewerDean B. Peewee Holland, 77, died Monday, February 25, 2008, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born May 11, 1929, in Ripley, Tenn. to the late Henry C. and Lola Williams Holland. He had lived in Tupelo most of his adult life. For 29 years he worked at Mid South Packers and then 18...
Margaret Hill
February 24, 2008
Tupelo - MARGARET E. HILL, 73, died Sunday, February 24, 2008, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born September 17, 1934, in Sledge to the late Henry Curtis and Martha Blanche Higgs Crowley. She was a retired nurses' aide and caregiver for the elderly. She loved quilting, gardening, growing flowers, sewing, and her dog Bibbie. She enjoyed...
Ramona Stratton
February 23, 2008
RAMONA YOUNG STRATTON Tupelo - RAMONA YOUNG STRATTON, 71, died Saturday, February 23, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Tupelo native, she was born August 15, 1936 to the late Raymon Bailey and Helen Whittenton Skelton. Private Memorial service will be held for family later. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of...
Robert Greenwood
February 22, 2008
Robert Greenwood Robert Greenwood, 96, died Friday, February 22, 2008, at The Village at Germantown, Germantown, TN. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, he attended Bentley School of Finance, George Washington University, and worked for the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, DC. While in Washington, he met and married Ruth Hurt from Tupelo, MS. They were married for 62 years until...
Annie Presley
February 21, 2008
ANNIE V. PRESLEY Tupelo" Annie V. Presley, 86, died Thursday, February 21, 2008, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a lengthy illness. She was born August 26, 1921, in Pritchard, Alabama to the late Robert Marion and Hattie Virginia Butler Cloyd. Earlier in her life, she worked a number of years as a seamstress with Reed's Manufacturing. Later she...
Gus Liveakos
February 21, 2008
Tupelo - GUS LIVEAKOS, 89, died Thursday, February 21, 2008, while returning home from Pensacola, Fla. He was born October 2, 1918 in Greenville, Alabama to the late Mike and Annie Bentley Liveakos. In the early years of his childhood, he lived in Butler County, Alabama, later in Pensacola, before returning to Alabama where he graduated in 1938 from Butler...
Doyle Smothers
February 18, 2008
Tupelo - DOYLE RICE SMOTHERS, 89, died Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at Avonlea Assisted Living after a brief illness. A native of Crockett Mills, Tenn., he was born September 1, 1918 to the late John Calvin and Mary Lether Rice Smothers. He married Pearline Tucker Smothers in 1938. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving 31...
Jerry Sloan
February 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
February 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
February 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
February 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...
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