OBITUARIES
Jerry Adair
Aug 26, 2007
SALTILLO - Jerry Adair, 61, owner of Adair Carpet Store of Tupelo, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007, at his home in Saltillo after a brief illness. He was born March 4, 1946, to James Adair and Kathleen Roberts Adair in New Albany. He loved traveling, nice cars and spending time with his family. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday...
Nell Haley
Aug 26, 2007
Tupelo - NELL (PUD) HALEY, 85, died Sunday, August 26, 2007, at Residence after an extended illness. A Paris, Tenn. native, she was born September 3, 1921 to the late John Austin and Nell Hagan Richardson. She was the widow of B.L. Haley who died in May 1999. In her earlier years, she and the late Mr. Bill Leach, principal...
Marjorie Milam
Aug 26, 2007
TUPELO - Marjorie Jane Milam, 90, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007, at the Greenhouses at Traceway Manor in Tupelo. She was born Sept. 17, 1916, in Tupelo to the late Lucius Gartrell and Elizabeth Armstrong Milam. She was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher, was active in United Methodist...
Lois Estes Hankins
Aug 25, 2007
BALDWYN - Lois Estes Hankins, 87, died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007, at the North Miss. Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born Aug. 30, 1919, in Tupelo, the daughter of the late Jesse E. and Mable Lene Ray Estes. She was a homemaker. She loved quilting, sewing, embroidery and needlework. She was a member of the Eastern Star and a...
Lois Hankins
Aug 25, 2007
BALDWYN - Lois Estes Hankins, 87, died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007, at the North Miss. Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born Aug. 30, 1919, in Tupelo, the daughter of the late Jesse E. and Mable Lene Ray Estes. She was a homemaker. She loved quilting, sewing, embroidery and needlework. She was a member of the Eastern Star and a...
Shane Foster
Aug 24, 2007
RIENZI - Anthony Shane Foster, 33, died Friday, Aug. 24, 2007, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. He was born Sept. 29, 1973, in Cleveland, Tenn., to Robert William and Margaret Ilean Mason Foster Jr. He was a maintenance repairman with Acco Brands in Booneville. He was a soccer, football and Little League baseball coach for the Booneville City...
Dexter Wade
Aug 20, 2007
TUPELO - Dexter Lee Wade, 77, died suddenly Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at Oxford Veterans Home. He was born Jan. 26, 1930, to the late Watson and Mae Bannister Wade. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He was partners of East Main Tire Store with his brother, Bill. Later he retired as a rural letter carrier....
Shirley Miller
Aug 19, 2007
Plantersville - SHIRLEY MARIE MILLER, 52, died Sunday, August 19, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Cleveland native, she was born January 17, 1955 to Doris Marie White and the late Eldridge Porter. She enjoyed fishing and the special times she spent with family. She was a homemaker and a Pentecostal. Services will be...
John Todd
Aug 19, 2007
Tupelo - JOHN NEELY TODD, 31, died Sunday, August 19, 2007, at his residence after a sudden illness. A Tupelo native, he was born October 18, 1975 to Larry J. and Wanda J. Neely Todd. A 1994 graduate of Tupelo High School, he then attended The University of Mississippi where he studied computer science. He was an information systems manager...
Lee Weston "Wes" Reed
Aug 16, 2007
TUPELOLee Weston Reed died Thursday, August 16, 2007, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was 11 years old. Weston was born August 30, 1995 to Lee Jackson Reed and Julia Crowell Reed. He was a 6th grader at Tupelo Christian Preparatory School and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Tupelo Weston loved...
Joyce Jenkins
Aug 16, 2007
Ft. Myers, Fla. - JOYCE MARIE JENKINS, 81, died Thursday, August 16, 2007, at her residence in Florida after a brief illness. A Tupelo native, she was born December 25, 1925 to the late Emery Cecil and Deloris Holcomb Davis. She was a homemaker. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with...
Lee Weston
Aug 16, 2007
TUPELOLee Weston Reed died Thursday, August 16, 2007, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was 11 years old. Weston was born August 30, 1995 to Lee Jackson Reed and Julia Crowell Reed. He was a 6th grader at Tupelo Christian Preparatory School and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Tupelo Weston loved...
Maude Cyphers Poirier
Aug 13, 2007
MAUDE CYPHERS POIRIER Salisbury, MD - MAUDE CYPHERS POIRIER, 98, died Monday, August 13, 2007, at Salisbury Nursing and Rehab Center after an extended illness. A native of Virginia, she was born December 11, 1908. She lived for several years in Nettleton. She worked as a well driller in Virginia and also lived for several years in Baltimore, MD where...
Maude Poirier
Aug 13, 2007
MAUDE CYPHERS POIRIER Salisbury, MD - MAUDE CYPHERS POIRIER, 98, died Monday, August 13, 2007, at Salisbury Nursing and Rehab Center after an extended illness. A native of Virginia, she was born December 11, 1908. She lived for several years in Nettleton. She worked as a well driller in Virginia and also lived for several years in Baltimore, MD where...
Hubert Gillentine
Aug 10, 2007
HUBERT GILLENTINE Plantersville - HUBERT GILLENTINE, 84, died Friday, August 10, 2007, at his residence in Plantersville after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born September 16, 1922 to the late Claude and Viola Bennett Gillentine. Earlier in his life he had lived in the Hopewell Community of Itawamba County but had lived most of his life...
William Thomas "Tom" Lummus
Aug 10, 2007
WILLIAM TOM LUMMUS Tupelo - WILLIAM T. LUMMUS, Jr. 85, died Friday, August 10, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A San Angelo, Texas native, he was born May 29, 1922 to the late William T. and Mardecia Page Lummus. He had lived in the Mooreville and Eggville area since he was nine years old until...
Walton Cooper
Aug 10, 2007
WALTON COOPER Tupelo - HARRIS WALTON COOPER, 85, died Friday, August 10, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born July 16, 1922, in Union to the late James Oliver and Emma Nicolena Hunter Cooper. He moved to Tupelo in 1924 and graduated from Tupelo High School in 1941. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed playing...
William Thomas
Aug 10, 2007
WILLIAM TOM LUMMUS Tupelo - WILLIAM T. LUMMUS, Jr. 85, died Friday, August 10, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A San Angelo, Texas native, he was born May 29, 1922 to the late William T. and Mardecia Page Lummus. He had lived in the Mooreville and Eggville area since he was nine years old until...
Lavelle Mallory
Aug 9, 2007
LAVELLE MALLORY Verona - LAVELLE MALLORY, 77, died Thursday, August 9, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born in Okolona August 9, 1930 to the late William C. and Ludie Agnes Galloway Mason. The last of six children, she and her husband, Jacob Mallory, Sr., lived over 50 years in the Pontocola/Shannon Community. She...
Dan Hester
Aug 9, 2007
DAN HESTER Tupelo " DANIEL LEX HESTER, Sr., 83, died Thursday, August 9, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born June 6, 1924 in the Pine Grove community near Nettleton to the late Claude Mitchell and Latchepelle Monaghan Hester. He graduated from Nettleton High School in 1943. A long time resident of Tupelo, he...
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