OBITUARIES

Louise Wilborn

Louise Wilborn

December 13, 2006

LOUISE T. WILBORN Saltillo - Louise Triplett Wilborn, 83, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at her residence after an extended illness. A Winston County native, she was born April 6, 1923 to the late Raymond Wallace and Willie Rose Johnson Triplett. She was married to Mark Wilborn for nearly 63 years, who preceded her in death March 20, 2004. They...

Della Mae Herring

Della Mae Herring

December 12, 2006

DELLA HERRING Tupelo - DELLA MAE HERRING, 82, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Cherokee, AL native, she was born October 18, 1924 to the late Claude and Mary Alice Hutcheson Burns. She was a member Mayfield Church of Christ, Saltillo. She retired from North Mississippi Medical Center. She loved sewing....

Della Herring

Della Herring

December 12, 2006

DELLA HERRING Tupelo - DELLA MAE HERRING, 82, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Cherokee, AL native, she was born October 18, 1924 to the late Claude and Mary Alice Hutcheson Burns. She was a member Mayfield Church of Christ, Saltillo. She retired from North Mississippi Medical Center. She loved sewing....

Odelle Wood Heard

Odelle Wood Heard

December 10, 2006

Odelle Wood Heard TUPELO - Odelle Wood Heard, 86, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, at the Traceway Retirement Center Green Houses after a long illness. She was born in Itawamba County to Etnis Hale and Lena Humfress Hale. She was a retired longtime employee of the Bank of Mississippi in Fulton and a retired receptionist for the North Mississippi Medical...

Odelle Heard

Odelle Heard

December 10, 2006

Odelle Wood Heard TUPELO - Odelle Wood Heard, 86, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, at the Traceway Retirement Center Green Houses after a long illness. She was born in Itawamba County to Etnis Hale and Lena Humfress Hale. She was a retired longtime employee of the Bank of Mississippi in Fulton and a retired receptionist for the North Mississippi Medical...

Yvonne Cooper

Yvonne Cooper

December 9, 2006

Vonnie Cooper TUPELO - Vonnie Cooper, 90, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford after an extended illness. A Mississippi native she was born March 19, 1916, to the late Ed and Liza Gregory Brown. She owned and operated the Vonae Beauty Shop in Tupelo for 25 years. She was a member of the Tupelo Free...

Eris Smith

Eris Smith

December 8, 2006

ERIS SMITH Saltillo - Eris Smith, 83, died Thursday, December 7, 2006, at her residence after a sudden illness. A Saltillo native, she was born April 16, 1923 to the late W. T. and Ora Brooks Smith. She was employed with F.W. Woolworth Company in Mobile, Ala., retiring after 37 years of service. She enjoyed her family and friends and...

James Turner

James Turner

December 8, 2006

Mike Turner TUPELO - James Michael Turner, 54, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, at his residence after a brief illness. A Memphis native, he was born Nov. 10, 1952, to J.R. and Robbie Thompson Turner. He was a member of East Heights Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues...

Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Johnson

December 8, 2006

JIMMIE R. JOHNSON Verona - Jimmie R. Johnson, 78, died Friday, December 8, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Mantee native, he was born March 15, 1928 to the late David Wesley and Edna Lee Scott Johnson. He was a U.S.Army veteran, serving during the Korean Conflict. He had worked 41 years with South Central...

James Michael Turner

James Michael Turner

December 8, 2006

Mike Turner TUPELO - James Michael Turner, 54, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, at his residence after a brief illness. A Memphis native, he was born Nov. 10, 1952, to J.R. and Robbie Thompson Turner. He was a member of East Heights Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues...

Obituary

Obituary

December 8, 2006

J.W. SMITH Mooreville - John Wood Smith, 65, died Friday, December 8, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born January 26, 1941 to the late John Durant and Mildred Webb Smith. He was retired from Terra Chemical Company where he was manager over 15 years. He served 22 years in the...

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December 8, 2006

J.W. SMITH Mooreville - John Wood Smith, 65, died Friday, December 8, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born January 26, 1941 to the late John Durant and Mildred Webb Smith. He was retired from Terra Chemical Company where he was manager over 15 years. He served 22 years in the...

Opal Goff Pearson

Opal Goff Pearson

December 6, 2006

OPAL GOFF PEARSON Tupelo - Johnny Opal Goff Pearson, 89, died Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility. A Lee County native, she was born December 16, 1916 to the late John and Annie Smith Deaton. She was married to Clarence E. Goff who preceded her in death February 27, 1967. In addition to raising seven children, she was...

Opal Pearson

Opal Pearson

December 6, 2006

OPAL GOFF PEARSON Tupelo - Johnny Opal Goff Pearson, 89, died Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility. A Lee County native, she was born December 16, 1916 to the late John and Annie Smith Deaton. She was married to Clarence E. Goff who preceded her in death February 27, 1967. In addition to raising seven children, she was...

Lucille Eichler

Lucille Eichler

December 5, 2006

LUCILLE VALENTINE EICHLER Tupelo, Miss. -Lucille Valentine Eichler, 81, died Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at The Home Place in Saltillo, Miss. after an extended illness. A native and longtime resident of Pittsburg, Penn., she was born January 25, 1925 to the late Ernest and Mary Mott Valentine. She was employed by CECO in Pittsburg, Penn. and retired after 26 years...

Christel Braun

Christel Braun

December 5, 2006

CHRISTEL BRAUN Tupelo - CHRISTEL AGNES "CHRIS BRAUN, 63, died Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Germany August 10, 1943 to the late August and Anneliese Nagelke Schlter. After living in Minneapolis for 20 years, she and her husband, Herb, moved to Tupelo in 1984. She enjoyed computers and...

Robert M. "Cotton" Webb

Robert M. "Cotton" Webb

December 2, 2006

ROBERT M. "Cotton" WEBB, JR. Southaven - Robert Maurice "Cotton" Webb, Jr., 74, died Saturday, December 2, 2006, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, East in Memphis, Tenn. A native of Greensburg, La., he was born April 20, 1932 to the late Robert and Bertha Webb. He grew up in Baton Rouge and South Mississippi. A graduate of Wesson High School, he...

Winfred Reeves

Winfred Reeves

December 2, 2006

Bud Reeves SALTILLO - Winfred "Bud" Reeves, 84, died Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born Sept. 19, 1922, in Lee County to Arthur Reeves and Lilly May Brooks Reeves. He was a retired employee of Lee Sports Wear where he had worked in the cutting department. He attended Barnes Crossing Baptist...

Lessie Morris Fancher

Lessie Morris Fancher

December 2, 2006

Lessie Fancher NEW CHAPEL - Lessie Morris Fancher, 92, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2006, at the Beverly Healthcare on Eason Blvd. after a short illness. A native of Itawamba County, she was born Aug. 27, 1914, to the late Walter Green and Ada Gertrude Pennal Morris. She worked many years as a seamstress in the garment manufacturing industry and had...

Lessie Fancher

Lessie Fancher

December 2, 2006

Lessie Fancher NEW CHAPEL - Lessie Morris Fancher, 92, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2006, at the Beverly Healthcare on Eason Blvd. after a short illness. A native of Itawamba County, she was born Aug. 27, 1914, to the late Walter Green and Ada Gertrude Pennal Morris. She worked many years as a seamstress in the garment manufacturing industry and had...