OBITUARIES
Jonnie Robinett
April 10, 2007
Jonnie Robbinett SALTILLO - Jonnie Bennett Robbinett, 85, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at the Darlington Hospice Care Center in Verona after a long illness. A native of Saltillo, she was an employee of Furrs Drug Store and McGaughys Department Store in Tupelo for many years before moving to Indiana. She was a member of Beech Springs Free Will Baptist...
John Williams
April 8, 2007
JOHN R. WILLIAMS Memphis - JOHN R. WILLIAMS, 85, formerly of Tupelo, died Sunday, April 8, 2007, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis after a sudden illness. A native of Itawamba County, he was born August 21, 1921 to the late John Thomas and Cleo Roebuck Williams. He was a retired employee of Futorian Manufacturing. He was a US army...
Virginia Ethridge
April 7, 2007
VIRGINIA K. ETHRIDGE Tupelo - Virginia K. Ethridge, 89, died Saturday, April 7, 2007, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona after a brief illness. A Boone, Iowa native, she was born April 16, 1917 to the late Irvin and Mary Kelley. She moved to Chicago in 1937 and met her future husband while working as a hostess in...
Evelyn Baker
April 6, 2007
EVELYN BAKER Fulton - EVELYN A. BAKER, 92, died Friday, April 6, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an lengthy illness. A Grenada native, she was born June 15, 1914 to the late Arthur A. and Elena Wilson Wiggins. She was a nurses aid and had worked several years with a nursing home in Greenwood and retired from Cedars...
Ernest Estes
April 6, 2007
ERNEST E. ESTES Belden - Ernest E. Estes, 89, died Friday, April 6, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Mississippi October 16, 1917 to the late Mannie and Selma Shumpert Estes. He was a US Army veteran serving during World War II. He was a member of Belden Baptist Church where he served as...
J William "Bill" Breeding
April 5, 2007
BILL BREEDING Mooreville -- J. William "Bill Breeding, 76, died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona after an extended illness. A Holly Grove, Arkansas native, he was born August 1, 1930 to the late Will and Rever Emma Clark Breeding. He was salutatorian of the 1949 graduating class of Holly Grove High School, and...
Jimmie Bratton
April 5, 2007
JIMMIE ELIZABETH BRATTON Tupelo - JIMMIE ELIZABETH BRATTON, 98, died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Walthall, she was born January 26, 1909 to the late Walter and Mabel Hughes Trainor. She was a graduate of Walthall High School. She had lived over 70 years in Tupelo. Her first job...
Hazel Kingsley
April 5, 2007
HAZEL KINGSLEY Tupelo - HAZEL IRENE KINGSLEY, 81, died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at Daniel Health Care after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born August 8, 1925, to the late James Oscar and Janie Augusta Post McCrory. She was a dental assistant for Dr. Joe Kellum in the Kellum Clinic for many years. She was married...
J William
April 5, 2007
BILL BREEDING Mooreville -- J. William "Bill Breeding, 76, died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona after an extended illness. A Holly Grove, Arkansas native, he was born August 1, 1930 to the late Will and Rever Emma Clark Breeding. He was salutatorian of the 1949 graduating class of Holly Grove High School, and...
Juanita Howell
April 2, 2007
JUANITA HOWELL Saltillo - JUANITA HOWELL, 76, died Monday, April 2, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Florence Co, South Carolina, she was born March 15, 1931 to the late Iran Eugene and Ruth Alice Locklair Courtney. She and her husband, H.D., enjoyed boating and fishing and family gatherings. She loved her dog,...
Lucille Jenkins
March 29, 2007
LUCILLE M. JENKINS Tupelo - Lucille Mills Jenkins, 100, died Thursday, March 29, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief Illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born October 9, 1906 to the late John Wiley and Fannie Homan Mills. She had worked at the Columbus Air Force Base during World War II as a...
Mavis Herndon
March 28, 2007
MAVIS HERNDON Mantachie - MAVIS H. HERNDON, 85, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at her daughters residence after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born July 20, 1921 to the late Joseph Angie and Emma Parker Lindley. She worked at Milam Manufacturing and later as a sitter for the elderly. She was a member of Lakeview Baptist...
Eula Sullivan
March 28, 2007
EULA HARRIS SULLIVAN Mooreville - EULA AUSTINE HARRIS SULLIVAN, 75, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Pettigrew, Ark., she was born August 23, 1931 to the late Thomas Jefferson and Desta Mae Eldridge Harris. She was retired from Reed Manufacturing where she worked as a computer operator in the pattern marking...
Mildred Adams
March 27, 2007
MILDRED ADAMS Tupelo - MILDRED BALLARD ADAMS, 96, died Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at the Green Houses At Traceway after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born June 25, 1910, to the late James M. and Edie Melinda Garner Ballard. She worked at Reed Mfg. and Lucky Star but spent most of her life as a homemaker....
Thetice Evans
March 26, 2007
THETICE EVANS Saltillo - THETICE EVANS, 85, died Monday, March 26, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Marion County native, she was born September 18, 1921 to the late Robert and Mary Emma Hancock Barefoot. She was employed by Saddler Manufacturing as a government quality inspector for many years. She was an avid fan of...
Tracy E. Lord
March 26, 2007
TRACY E, LORD Tracy Eugene Lord, 80, died March 26, 2007 after bravely fighting cancer for seven years. Tracy was born in February 1927 in Clayton, Michigan to the late Hiram Tracy and Elizabeth Lord. He married the love of his life, Connie Lou Cisco, on December 31, 1947. Tracy joined the Navy in 1943 and served as a signalman...
Tracy Lord
March 26, 2007
TRACY E, LORD Tracy Eugene Lord, 80, died March 26, 2007 after bravely fighting cancer for seven years. Tracy was born in February 1927 in Clayton, Michigan to the late Hiram Tracy and Elizabeth Lord. He married the love of his life, Connie Lou Cisco, on December 31, 1947. Tracy joined the Navy in 1943 and served as a signalman...
Billy Stow
March 26, 2007
BILLY J. STOW Tupelo - BILLY J. STOW, 72, died Monday, March 26, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. He was an active member of Beech Springs Freewill Baptist Church. He was born June 20, 1934, in Cooter, Missouri. He was the son of the late August (Bud) and Vernie Dunn Stow and had eight brothers and one...
Billy J. Stow
March 26, 2007
BILLY J. STOW Tupelo - BILLY J. STOW, 72, died Monday, March 26, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. He was an active member of Beech Springs Freewill Baptist Church. He was born June 20, 1934, in Cooter, Missouri. He was the son of the late August (Bud) and Vernie Dunn Stow and had eight brothers and one...
John Jones
March 22, 2007
JOHN JONES Saltillo - John Wootson Jones, 90, died Thursday, March 22, 2007, at The Gregory House at The Green Houses At Traceway after an extended illness. A Saltillo native and lifelong resident, he was born February 17, 1917 to the late J. Wootson and Maude Roper Jones. He was a U.S. army veteran of World War II, serving from...
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