OBITUARIES
Ruby Oxner
May 4, 2006
RUBY OXNER Saltillo - Ruby Lene Oxner, 67, died Thursday, May 4, 2006, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after a long illness. She was born in Olive Branch to Buddy Greenwood and Mary Langston Greenwood, who preceded her in death. She was a longtime resident of Saltillo. She was a homemaker and a Pentecostal. She enjoyed sewing, quilting...
William Glass
May 3, 2006
WILLIAM EDWARD GLASS Longview Community - William Edward Glass, 84, died Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Tennessee, he was born September 4, 1921 to the late Harvie and Sophia Williams Glass. He served in the United States Army during World War II, receiving a Purple Heart. He was retired...
William Edward Glass
May 3, 2006
WILLIAM EDWARD GLASS Longview Community - William Edward Glass, 84, died Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Tennessee, he was born September 4, 1921 to the late Harvie and Sophia Williams Glass. He served in the United States Army during World War II, receiving a Purple Heart. He was retired...
Charles Gibbs
May 1, 2006
CHARLIE GIBBS Tupelo - Charles Henry Gibbs, 79, died Monday, May 1, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. A Brownsville, Tenn. native, he was born October 20, 1926 to the late Henry Arthur and Maggie May Maxwell Gibbs. A graduate of Haywood County High School, he then attended Memphis State University where he played football. He...
Annie Carr
April 28, 2006
Annie Katherine Carr TUPELO - Annie Katherine Carr, 84, died Friday, April 28, 2006, at her home after a long illness. A Lee County native, she was born April 29, 1921, to the late William Horace and Birdie Westmoreland Young. She was a member of Richmond Baptist Church and a retired employee of the Mooreville School cafeteria. She loved her...
Wilma Clayton
April 28, 2006
Wilma Comer Clayton Tupelo - Wilma Comer Clayton, 82, died Friday, April 28, 2006, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Itawamba County to Reuben Alexander Comer and Emmie Loden Comer. She was a retired school teacher, having taught at Dorsey and Lawhon Jr. High for 36 1/2 years. She loved all her...
Wilma Comer Clayton
April 28, 2006
Wilma Comer Clayton Tupelo - Wilma Comer Clayton, 82, died Friday, April 28, 2006, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Itawamba County to Reuben Alexander Comer and Emmie Loden Comer. She was a retired school teacher, having taught at Dorsey and Lawhon Jr. High for 36 1/2 years. She loved all her...
Thomas Barnett
April 28, 2006
Don Barnett TUPELO - Thomas Rawdon "Don" Barnett, 55, died Friday, April 28, 2006, at his home in Tupelo after a long illness. He was a lifelong resident of Tupelo and the son of Thomas Moore Barnett and Nona Joyce McGuire Barnett. He was the maintenance manager at the Behavioral Health Clinic on Eason Boulevard before taking early retirement. He...
Wayne Collins
April 26, 2006
WAYNE COLLINS TupeloWayne Collins, 53, died Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at the Jaquith Nursing Home in Whitfield, MS. A Lee county native, he was born May 25, 1952 to the late John Wayne Collins. He spent most of his working life in the roofing industry, with over 20 years at Abernathy & Clark, and several years with G & G...
Ruth Duvall
April 26, 2006
RUTH EVELYN DUVALL Shannon - Ruth Evelyn Duvall, 58, died Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at Beverly Health Care after a brief illness. A Tupelo native, she was born November 17, 1947 to the late Franklin Jefferson and Clara McKnight Polk. A graduate of Tupelo High School, she then went on to Itawamba Community College. Along with her mother, she was...
Kenneth D. Tayler
April 24, 2006
KENNETH D. TAYLOR Tupelo, Miss - Kenneth Dale Taylor, 84, died Saturday, April 22, 2006 at Avonlea Assisted Living and Retirement Community in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. An "Abbott, Texas native, he was born August 5, 1921, the only child of the late Thomas Oscar and Hercie Wilburn Taylor. He was a graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock...
Kenneth Tayler
April 24, 2006
KENNETH D. TAYLOR Tupelo, Miss - Kenneth Dale Taylor, 84, died Saturday, April 22, 2006 at Avonlea Assisted Living and Retirement Community in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. An "Abbott, Texas native, he was born August 5, 1921, the only child of the late Thomas Oscar and Hercie Wilburn Taylor. He was a graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock...
Laurence Tucker Blanchard
April 23, 2006
LAURENCE TUCKER "TUCK BLANCHARD Tupelo - Laurence Tucker Blanchard, 22, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, at his grandmothers residence after sudden illness. A Tupelo native, he was born November 28, 1983 to the late Robbie Chism Williams and Larry Blanchard. He enjoyed computers and playing his guitar. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at The Jefferson Street...
Laurence Blanchard
April 23, 2006
LAURENCE TUCKER "TUCK BLANCHARD Tupelo - Laurence Tucker Blanchard, 22, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, at his grandmothers residence after sudden illness. A Tupelo native, he was born November 28, 1983 to the late Robbie Chism Williams and Larry Blanchard. He enjoyed computers and playing his guitar. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at The Jefferson Street...
Lana Franks
April 20, 2006
Lana Murphy Franks SaltilloLana Murphy Franks, age 49, died April 20, 2006 at the Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness from ovarian cancer. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Tupelo. She grew up in Sherman and graduated with honors from East Union High School in Blue Springs in 1975. she was a published poet with...
Lana M. Franks
April 20, 2006
Lana Murphy Franks SaltilloLana Murphy Franks, age 49, died April 20, 2006 at the Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness from ovarian cancer. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Tupelo. She grew up in Sherman and graduated with honors from East Union High School in Blue Springs in 1975. she was a published poet with...
Mary D. May
April 19, 2006
MARY D. MAY Tupelo - Mary Dale May, 88, died Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at Somerby Retirement Community in Birmingham after an extended illness. A Caledonia native and long time Tupelo resident, she was born March 20, 1918 to the late James Albert and Ollie Mae Wilson Dale. She began her long career in real estate in the 1950s, working...
Mary D.
April 19, 2006
MARY D. MAY Tupelo - Mary Dale May, 88, died Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at Somerby Retirement Community in Birmingham after an extended illness. A Caledonia native and long time Tupelo resident, she was born March 20, 1918 to the late James Albert and Ollie Mae Wilson Dale. She began her long career in real estate in the 1950s, working...
Viola Thomas
April 18, 2006
VIOLA E. THOMAS Belden - Viola Estelle Thomas, 84, died Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Huntsville native, she was born March 11, 1922 to the late John Bryant and Lille C. Michael Ivey. Along with her husband, W.C Thomas, she owned and operated Warren's Upholstery and Drapery for many years....
Bertha Barber
April 15, 2006
BERTHA BARBER Mooreville - Bertha Barber, 78, died Saturday, April 15, 2006, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-East in Memphis after a long illness. She was born Jan. 1, 1928, in Lee County to Samuel Jefferson Bishop and Nettie Cleo Brown Bishop. She was a retired seamstress from Sadler Manufacturing and a former employee of Blue Bell Inc. for 35 years. She...
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