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Wilma Jean McAnally
September 14, 2022
Wilma Jean McAnally Wilma Jean McAnally, 81, of Tupelo, Mississippi passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022. She was born in Tupelo on November 27, 1941, to Elsie Hankins and Lavada Hankins. She spent most of her adult life in Tupelo as a loving daughter, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her four children, Cecelia Rosales, Ray Butler Jr. and...
Joan Jones
September 14, 2022
Joan Jones Tupelo- Joan Galley Jones, died Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness at the age of 88 years old. She was born to John Galley and Ethel Faulkner Galley in Liverpool, England on June 30, 1934. On March 21, 1959, she married Arnold William Jones at Saint Mary’s Church in Walton, Liverpool,...
Billy M. Brown, Sr.
September 13, 2022
Tupelo- Billy Murphy Brown, Sr., at the age of 84 years old, died Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at his home. He was born in Itawamba County to Roy Brown and Izora Murphy on December 4, 1937. He was the proud Forward Guard on the Grand Slam Basketball Championship Team his senior year at Mantachie High School. Following graduation he served...
Dink Allred, Jr.
September 11, 2022
Tupelo- Dink Allred, Jr. died Sunday, September 11, 2022. He was born on May 30, 1945; he was the son of Dink A. Allred and Dora Mears Allred. In his younger years, he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Before he became disabled, he was a Merchandise Distributor for Air Products and Chemicals. Dink was a kind soul and good man. Dink...
Emma Earline Dickerson
September 10, 2022
Emma Earline Dickerson, age 90, of Mooreville, Miss., passed from this life on September 10, 2022 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Saltillo on March 2, 1932, to Thomas Osban and Ethel Lee Davis Smith. In 1948, she married Paul E. “Bid” Dickerson, with whom she spent 54 wonderful years before his passing. Earline (“Mamaw” to...
Gene Petty
September 10, 2022
Guntown—Vernon Eugene “Gene” Petty II, age 57, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2022 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 1, 1964 in Memphis, the son of Vernon E. Petty Sr. and Dorothy Mixon Petty Hardin. As a teenager, he moved to New Hope where he met his future wife, Gina. After graduation from...
Art Loyd, Jr.
September 9, 2022
Tupelo—Art Loyd Jr., age 65, passed away Friday, September 9, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born March 22, 1957 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Artis Loyd Sr. and Mary Frances Dickerson Loyd. He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and spent summers and his later childhood in Tupelo. He lived his adult life in the Eggville...
Charles Holcomb
September 8, 2022
Furrs Community—Charles Allen Holcomb passed away Thursday, September 9, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center at the age of 74. Born May 29, 1948 in Tupelo, Charles was the son of Charlie and Kathryn King Holcomb. After his high school graduation he attended Itawamba Community College He proudly served his country in the United States Army. In 1968, he...
Bradford R. Hattaway
September 5, 2022
Bradford Ray Hattaway, age 88, passed away Monday, September 5, 2022 at his residence in Mantachie. He was born March 30, 1934, the son of Hugh and Aileen Smith Hattaway. Bradford was a career Navy man, serving achieving the rank of Petty Officer Second Class. Memorial Services honoring Bradford’s life will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, September 12, 2022...
Bette R. Cantrell
September 5, 2022
Verona—Bette Ruth Cantrell, age 87 passed from her earthly home into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Monday, September 5, 2022 after a long and courageous battle. Bette was born June 21, 1935 in Phillipsburg, Kansas to Lyle and Ida Hodge Fogleman. She worked as an office manager in the mobile home sales and rental business for many...
Brandy Taylor Gilbreath
September 4, 2022
Brandy Juanita (Taylor) Gilbreath, age 40, of Horn Lake, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022. She was born in Tupelo, MS on September 13, 1981 to Annie Faye (Fowler) Sexton and the late Bobby Joe Taylor. Brandy was a dispatcher for a towing/salvage company and was a member of New Day Fellowship. She enjoyed listening to all types of music,...
Shirley Duckworth
September 1, 2022
Shirley Duckworth Saltillo- Shirley Sue Duckworth, 79, died Thursday, September 1, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born May 31, 1943, to Doc Gahagen and Tressa Hisaw Gahagen in Booneville. Shirley was a member of Greater Vision Ministries Church. She enjoyed fishing, deer hunting, cooking, gardening, summers at the lake, and taking care of animals. Shirley had a...
Pam Savage Scott
September 1, 2022
Pam Savage Scott Huntsville, Alabama- Pamela Savage Scott, 72, died Thursday, September 1, 2022 at her home. Born in Waukegan, Illinois on January 9, 1950, she was the daughter of Monroe B. Savage, Sr. and Eugenia Pauline Brown Savage. Pam graduated from Saltillo High School and earned her BS degree in Art from the Mississippi University for Women. Pam was...
Bill Pickens
August 31, 2022
Bill Pickens Mooreville- William “Bill” Skidmore Pickens, Jr. died Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center. Born on July 16, 1939, on the Ole Miss campus; Bill was a self-proclaimed “born rebel.” He is the eldest son of William Skidmore Pickens, Sr. and Cynthia Ann Whiteside Pickens. After his high school graduation, Bill joined the United States Navy...
Jim Bain
August 29, 2022
Saltillo--On July 19, 1953 a great man was born, and on August 29, 2022 this same great man left this world unexpectedly. Jim Bain was an extraordinary man who was loved by so many people and who loved those same people with all his heart. His life’s work was fueled by the want and need to take care of those...
Maryanne Richards
August 28, 2022
Belden--Maryanne Richards passed from earth to heaven just a couple of months before her 80th birthday on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a short battle with lymphoma. On November 14, 1942 Maryanne was born on a snowy cold night in Gouvernor, New York. Her parents were Leola and Doug Wallace and she had five brothers...
Dorathy Bass
August 23, 2022
Saltillo--Dorathy Ann Tackett Bass, age 77, was born to William Henry Tackett and Dora Mae Tackett on September 12, 1944, in Pontotoc. She was married to the late James Edward Bass for 62 years. Dorathy worked as a sewing machine operator in furniture manufacturing until she retired to care for her mother. She was a member of Hughes Chapel Baptist...
Dorothy Hall
August 23, 2022
Saltillo—Dorothy Jean Hall, 87, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. A native and longtime resident of Lee County, she was born February 7, 1935 to Hollis and Lillie Scott Smith. For 39 years, Dorothy worked for Hunter-Saddler, retiring as office manager. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Saltillo and she enjoyed tending...
Joe Paul Sheffield
August 22, 2022
Mantachie—Joe Paul Sheffield, age 92, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at his home. He was born December 23, 1929, in Mantachie to Zeke and Ruth Boren Sheffield. After his high school graduation he attended Mississippi State University where he earned a degree in agricultural engineering and Ole Miss where he earned his degree in civil engineering. Joe also extended...
Dr. Bob D. Johnson
August 22, 2022
Dr. Bob D. Johnson Saltillo—Dr. Bob D. Johnson, 86, of Saltillo, died Monday morning, August 22, 2022, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born June 24, 1936, in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. A longtime educator, Dr. Johnson earned his Ph.D. in Zoology at Arizona State University, and then taught at Arkansas State University for more than 30...
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