OBITUARIES
Corinne Cooley Taylor
Mar 13, 2007
CORINNE COOLEY TAYLOR Tupelo - Corinne Cooley Taylor, 87, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born December 22, 1919 in Tremont to the late John Garvin and Rosa Elmira Hiden Robinson and grew up on a family farm in Itawamba County. She was Cafeteria Manager for Rankin Elementary School for...
Corinne Taylor
Mar 13, 2007
CORINNE COOLEY TAYLOR Tupelo - Corinne Cooley Taylor, 87, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born December 22, 1919 in Tremont to the late John Garvin and Rosa Elmira Hiden Robinson and grew up on a family farm in Itawamba County. She was Cafeteria Manager for Rankin Elementary School for...
James McComb
Mar 12, 2007
JAMES ROY MCCOMB Tupelo - James Roy McComb, 79, died Monday, March 12, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. A Saltillo native, and lifelong resident of Tupelo, he was born May 1, 1927 to the late Robert Edward and Birdie Mae Hatley McComb. He worked 44 years at MTD, retiring in 2006. He was a mason...
Rebecca Patterson
Mar 12, 2007
BECKY PATTERSON Mantachie- Rebecca Sue "Becky Patterson, 52, died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born May 8, 1954 in Itawamba County to the late Rube and Era Williams Palmer. She worked for Super Sagless and Reeds Manufacturing for many years. She was a member of Calvary Tabernacle Baptist Church...
Robert Earl Finley, Sr.
Mar 11, 2007
ROBERT EARL FINLEY, SR. Auburn - Robert Earl "Bud Finley, Sr., 71, died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born December 21, 1935 in Cotton Plant, Ark. to the late Robert Franklin Elias and Johnnie Fay Smith Finley. As a child, he lived in Memphis, St. Louis, and New Orleans, before...
Malone Merritt
Mar 11, 2007
Malone Merritt SALTILLO - Wayne Malone Merritt, 68, died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. He was born March 27, 1938, in Tupelo to the late Talmadge Merritt and Katie Malone Merritt. He was a 1956 graduate of Tupelo High School and attended Mississippi State University. He married Coline Smith Merritt on July...
Robert Finley
Mar 11, 2007
ROBERT EARL FINLEY, SR. Auburn - Robert Earl "Bud Finley, Sr., 71, died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born December 21, 1935 in Cotton Plant, Ark. to the late Robert Franklin Elias and Johnnie Fay Smith Finley. As a child, he lived in Memphis, St. Louis, and New Orleans, before...
Esther Rush
Mar 9, 2007
Esther W. Rush TUPELO - Esther Wiley Rush, 65, died Friday, March 9, 2007, at the North Miss. Medical Center in Tupelo after a brief illness. She was born Nov. 11, 1941, in Dora, Alabama to the late Robert Monroe and Lula Mae Clark Wiley. While living in Birmingham she was a member of First Baptist Church of Sandusky and...
Mamie Riggs Collins
Mar 9, 2007
Mamie Riggs Collins MOOREVILLE - Mamie Riggs Collins, 94, died Friday, March 9, 2007, at the Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory after a lengthy illness. A Walker County, Alabama native, she was born Jan. 12, 1913, to the late Willis Andrew and Lovie Edna O'Rear Webb. She was a longtime Lee County resident where most of that time she resided...
Mamie Collins
Mar 9, 2007
Mamie Riggs Collins MOOREVILLE - Mamie Riggs Collins, 94, died Friday, March 9, 2007, at the Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory after a lengthy illness. A Walker County, Alabama native, she was born Jan. 12, 1913, to the late Willis Andrew and Lovie Edna O'Rear Webb. She was a longtime Lee County resident where most of that time she resided...
Esther Wiley Rush
Mar 9, 2007
Esther W. Rush TUPELO - Esther Wiley Rush, 65, died Friday, March 9, 2007, at the North Miss. Medical Center in Tupelo after a brief illness. She was born Nov. 11, 1941, in Dora, Alabama to the late Robert Monroe and Lula Mae Clark Wiley. While living in Birmingham she was a member of First Baptist Church of Sandusky and...
Genevie Taylor Guntharp
Mar 7, 2007
GENEVIE GUNTHARP Tupelo - GENEVIE TAYLOR GUNTHARP, 87, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born March 3, 1920 to the late Swep and Florence Ballard Taylor. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She was a talanted seamstress, designing and sewing wedding gowns, wedding...
Taylor Guntharp
Mar 7, 2007
GENEVIE GUNTHARP Tupelo - GENEVIE TAYLOR GUNTHARP, 87, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born March 3, 1920 to the late Swep and Florence Ballard Taylor. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She was a talanted seamstress, designing and sewing wedding gowns, wedding...
Cathryn Johnson
Mar 6, 2007
CATHRYN VANCE JOHNSON Plantersville - Cathryn Vance "Jack Johnson, 88, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at Manhattan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jackson after an extended illness. A Harperville native, she was born November 12, 1918 to the late Irvin and D. O. Anderson Vance. She was valedictorian of the 1935 graduating class of Walnut Grove High School. She then...
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Mar 2, 2007
A.T. "Lonnie White TUPELO - Alonzo Thomas "Lonnie White, 79, died March 2, 2007, at his home in Tupelo after an extended illness. He was born November 15, 1927, in Purvis, MS., to Agnes Estella Boone and Johnnie Thomas White. He had lived in the Tupelo area for 43 years. He and his father founded and operated White Construction Company...
Marjorie Swindol
Mar 2, 2007
Marjorie Rasberry Swindol Cleveland, Miss.--Marjorie R. Swindol, 81, died Friday, March 02, 2007, at Indywood Personal Care Center, Cleveland, MS. Graveside Services will be 2:30 PM on Sunday at White Zion Presbyterian Church Cemetery in the Furs Community with the Rev. Robert Wilbur officiating. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. Survivors include her daughter, Linda Swindol...
Pauline Newcomb
Mar 2, 2007
PAULINE M. NEWCOMB Tupelo - Pauline M. Newcomb, 79, died Friday, March 2, 2007, at her daughters residence after a sudden illness. An Itawamba County native, she was born May 11, 1927 to the late Allen and Dency Ledbetter Johnson. She enjoyed playing bingo, fishing and spending time with her family. She was a Baptist. Services will be 3 p.m....
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Mar 2, 2007
A.T. "Lonnie White TUPELO - Alonzo Thomas "Lonnie White, 79, died March 2, 2007, at his home in Tupelo after an extended illness. He was born November 15, 1927, in Purvis, MS., to Agnes Estella Boone and Johnnie Thomas White. He had lived in the Tupelo area for 43 years. He and his father founded and operated White Construction Company...
Faye Lyons
Mar 2, 2007
Faye Lyons-Raper TUPELO - Faye Lee Lyons-Raper, formerly of Nettleton, died Friday, March 2, 2007, at the North Miss. Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born April 19, 1920, in Plantersville to T.J. "Buddy" and Velma Phillips Lee. She was a homemaker and retired seamstress from Nettleton/Reeds Garment Company. She was a member of Family Christian Center and...
Eva Allred
Feb 27, 2007
EVA J. ALLRED Tupelo - Eva J. Allred, 78, died Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Itawamba County native, she was born June 10, 1928, to the late Andrew Thomas and Vivian Lou Sheffield Broughman. She liked sewing and working with ceramics. She also enjoyed taking care of her home and loved...
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