OBITUARIES
Dan W. Sudduth
Mar 16, 2022
Dan Sudduth Asheville, North Carolina--Daniel Webster Sudduth, 89, died after an extended illness Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at the North Carolina State Veterans Home in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Dan was born in Tupelo, Mississippi February 12, 1933, to Michael Carlton Sudduth and Flora Bell Weatherly Sudduth. He was a partner with his family at Sudduth Transfer Moving and Storage...
Myra Neal
Mar 16, 2022
Myra Neal Tupelo- Myra Jean Neal, the daughter of Ludie Milan and Ida Criddle Milan died March 16, 2022 at her home. She was born in Belmont on November 29, 1934. She is the wife of the late James Henry “Nick” Neal. Myra retired after 23 years of a long and enjoyable career from North Mississippi Medical Center. Myra is...
Ivy N. Duvall
Mar 13, 2022
Ivy N. Duvall Tupelo- Ivy Noon Duvall, 84, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born December 27, 1937, in Lee County to Noon Duvall and Vera Sheffield Duvall. Ivy was a 1956 Mooreville High School graduate. On October 28, 1960, he married...
Patsy "Pat" Webb
Mar 11, 2022
Saltillo--Patsy “Pat” Webb passed away peacefully at her home in Saltillo on Friday, March 11, 2022 surrounded by her family. She was 84 years old. Pat was born December 11, 1937 in Tupelo, the daughter of Carl and Sadie Kate Maynard Butler. A woman with a strong work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit, Pat was employed in many capacities over the...
Betty Ann Price Henson
Mar 9, 2022
Tupelo--Betty Ann Price Henson passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Born in Vicksburg in 1939, Betty Ann was the daughter of Sam and Marguerite Moore Price. After high school graduation she married and later began a career in real estate. At one point, she owned and operated a hotel on Mississippi’s gulf coast....
Virginia Gray
Mar 9, 2022
Nettleton--Virginia Faye Gray, 79, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. She was born March 25, 1942 in Vardaman to Thomas Lee Tedder and Rubye Allene Nichols Tedder. Virginia worked for several years as a sewing machine operator for Amory Garment. She loved spending her days outdoors working in her flowers. She...
Janie Farrar Breeding
Mar 7, 2022
Janie Lamoise Loden Farrar Breeding, 87, went home to be with her Heavenly Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, on Monday, March 7, 2022 at 5:20 a.m., at Comfort Care Nursing Home in Laurel, just two days shy of her 88th birthday. Janie was born on March 9, 1934, in Dorsey. Her family moved to Tupelo when she was a child...
Haydn Lane Hood
Mar 7, 2022
Mooreville--Haydn Lane Hood passed away Monday, March 7, 2022 at the young age of 12 years old after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born January 16, 2010 in Tupelo to Christopher Blake Hood and Samantha Johnson Hood. He was a sixth-grader at Mooreville Middle School. Whether he was hunting, fishing, or playing golf, Haydn just loved being outside...
Britt Allred
Mar 7, 2022
Britt Anthony Allred, age 60, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Britt was born June 3, 1961, the son of James Melvin Allred and Louise Britt Allred. A lifelong resident of Tupelo, he was a 1979 graduate of Tupelo High School and then attended Mississippi State University where he was the manager of the...
Luther Morgan
Mar 7, 2022
Dorsey Community—Luther Cecil Morgan passed away Monday, March 7, 2022 at the Merit Health Central Intensive Care Unit. He was 79 years of age. Born December 31, 1942 in Saltillo, Luther was the son of George and Grace Cullum Morgan. He served in the military as a member of the United States Air Force. Upon his discharge, he began his...
Diann Hillhouse Caraway
Mar 5, 2022
Diann Hillhouse Caraway Mantachie- Diann Hillhouse Caraway died Saturday, March 5, 2022 at her home at the age of 73 years old. She was born in Grenada, Mississippi on March 20, 1948. She is the daughter of Bob and Ellen Hillhouse. Diann was a doting mother of her four children and great Christian women. She is survived by her three...
Betty J. McCormack
Mar 3, 2022
Betty J. McCormack Keller, Texas formerly of Tupelo – Betty Jean McCormack, age 84, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022 in Keller, Texas after a brief illness. Born on August 12, 1937, in Mantachie she was the daughter of Reggie and Opal West. She was a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church and a long-time employee of SunnyCros Flower Shop,...
Lou Whitt
Mar 2, 2022
Lou Whitt Mooreville- The joyful and sassy Lou Ellen Madison Whitt died Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at The Meadows in Fulton at the age of 92 years old. Lou was the youngest child of John Madison and Dolly King Madison born on May 6, 1929 in Jasper, Alabama. Lou attended Cordova High School. In 1947, Lou married Hubert Ray “H.R.”...
Lillian Hortense Botts
Feb 27, 2022
Palmetto Community—Lillian Hortense Sullivan Botts, age 76, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022 at her home after a lengthy illness. Lillian was born September 14, 1945 in Smithville, the daughter of Tremon and Elvie Weaver Sullivan. After high school, she earned her bachelor degree in education and also achieved two master’s degrees. Lillian was a devoted teacher, serving at Shannon...
Sue Carnathan
Feb 25, 2022
Willie Sue Carnathan, age 79, passed away at her home on Friday, February 25, 2022. Born on February 26, 1943 in Itawamba County, Sue was the daughter of Carlton and Cleta Faye Jones Gardner. A hard worker with a strong work ethic, she was employed in many capacities over her lifetime. She served as the office manager for the Shelton...
John Lorrigan
Feb 25, 2022
Saltillo-- John Edward Lorrigan went to be with his maker on February 25, 2022. John had fought the good fight and battled his cancer for almost 12 years. He was born on June 9, 1948, to Jack and Elaine Lorrigan in Wisconsin. He was the oldest of ten children. John loved life and he loved people. Throughout his career, he...
Marie Lackey Dickerson
Feb 25, 2022
Belden--Delphia Marie Lackey Dickerson, age 93 of Belden went to Heaven on February 25, 2022 at home surrounded by her family after suffering a massive stroke on May 25, 2020. She was born on April 30, 1928 in Tupelo to Robert Elliot and Velma Todd Lackey. The Lackey family was extremely musically inclined and mother grew up playing the piano...
Peggy Sansing
Feb 24, 2022
Peggy Sansing, formerly of Shannon, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the George County Rehab Center. She was 78. Peggy was born July 2, 1943 in Lee County, the daughter of Eugene Mayfield Evans and Burma Grubbs Evans. In her younger days, Peggy worked at the North Mississippi Medical Center, but most of her life was spent as a...
Jim Banker
Feb 19, 2022
Saltillo- James Rolla Banker, 85, died Saturday, February 19, 2022 at Generations Senior Living. Jim was born August 7, 1936 in Ohio; he is the son of James Robinson Banker and Bertha Virginia Nathomne Banker. During his working career, Jim worked in multiple large manufacturing companies in upper management. Jim enjoyed watching sports, keeping an immaculately landscaped yard, and reading....
Shirley Alvis
Feb 18, 2022
Shirley Alvis Nettleton- Shirley Mae Jenkins Alvis, 84, died Friday, February 18, 2022 at River Place Nursing Facility in Amory. She was the daughter of Eugene C. Jenkins and Florence Ethel Vest Jenkins; she was born on September 2, 1937. On November 16, 1953, she married Millard Lee Alvis. Shirley was a faithful church attendee until her health no longer...
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