OBITUARIES

Helen Keene

Helen Keene

Aug 27, 2007

OxfordHelen Dorothy Keene, 84, died Monday, August 27, 2007, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford after a brief illness. A native of Cadiz, Ohio, she was born November 26, 1922, to the late John and Alice Lisk Ballog. After graduating as valedictorian of Cadiz High School, she worked as a secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the...

Bill Clark

Bill Clark

Aug 26, 2007

Belden - BILL CLARK, 60, died Sunday, August 26, 2007, at his residence in the Belden/Endville community. A Tupelo native, he was born August 4, 1947 to the late Raymond Clark and Kathleen Hunter Griffin. He attended Tupelo High School and Itawamba Community College. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam Conflict. He worked as a dispatcher for...

Jerry Adair

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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