OBITUARIES
Hazel Ballard
April 14, 2006
HAZEL BALLARD Plantersville - HAZEL BALLARD, 89, died Friday, April 14, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born September 28, 1916 to the late Stanley and Ona Morgan Birmingham. She was a charter member of the Iris Club and Daylilly Club and a longtime and faithful member of the Unity...
Elizabeth B. Duke
April 13, 2006
ELIZABETH B. DUKE TupeloElizabeth Barnes Duke, 83, died Thursday, April 13, 2006, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A life long Tupelo resident, she was born October 10, 1922, in Mooreville to the late William Prentiss and Floy Estelle Ballard Barnes. She graduated from Tupelo High School and then attended Mississippi State College for Women. She...
Elizabeth Duke
April 13, 2006
ELIZABETH B. DUKE TupeloElizabeth Barnes Duke, 83, died Thursday, April 13, 2006, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A life long Tupelo resident, she was born October 10, 1922, in Mooreville to the late William Prentiss and Floy Estelle Ballard Barnes. She graduated from Tupelo High School and then attended Mississippi State College for Women. She...
Jewel Riley
April 13, 2006
JEWELL N. RILEY Tupelo - Jewell Riley, 79, died Thursday, April 13, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. An Itawamba Co. native and long time resident of Tupelo, she was born September 28, 1926 to the late Ben and Beadie Nanney. She worked for many years as a seamstress. She enjoyed helping others and going to...
Marion Davis
April 11, 2006
MARION T. "DAVE DAVIS Brewer - Marion Thomas Davis, 81, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born June 10, 1924 to the late Cartis Captain and Annie Wheeler Davis. A graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to Mississippi State University where he graduated...
Marion T. Davis
April 11, 2006
MARION T. "DAVE DAVIS Brewer - Marion Thomas Davis, 81, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born June 10, 1924 to the late Cartis Captain and Annie Wheeler Davis. A graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to Mississippi State University where he graduated...
Herbert C. Kendrick
April 7, 2006
Herbert C. Kendrick TUPELO - Herbert Clive Kendrick, 54, died Friday, April 7, 2006, at his residence after an extended illness. An Amory native, he was born Oct. 14, 1951, to the late James Clive and Dorothy Helen Rorie Kendrick. A 1969 graduate of Amory High School, he then went on to serve in the United States Coast Guard for...
Medford Carter
April 7, 2006
MEDFORD "BILL" CARTER Mantachie - Medford "Bill" Carter, 75, died Friday, April 7, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. A Mississippi native, he was born October 2, 1930 to the late Luther and Blanche Oakes Carter. An employee of Aircap Industries, he retired after more than 20 years of service. He was an avid hunter and...
Herbert Kendrick
April 7, 2006
Herbert C. Kendrick TUPELO - Herbert Clive Kendrick, 54, died Friday, April 7, 2006, at his residence after an extended illness. An Amory native, he was born Oct. 14, 1951, to the late James Clive and Dorothy Helen Rorie Kendrick. A 1969 graduate of Amory High School, he then went on to serve in the United States Coast Guard for...
Lola Curry
April 6, 2006
Bernice Curry PALMETTO - Lola "Bernice" Curry, 83, died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Collinsville native and longtime resident of the Palmetto community, she was born Nov. 28, 1922, to the late Thomas Clyde and Emma Everett Phillips. She was married to Lamar Bearden for 25 years and then to...
Olene Snipes
April 6, 2006
OLENE SNIPES BissellOlene Walton Snipes, 85, died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. She was born July 30, 1920, in the Dorsey Community in Itawamba County to the late Willie Edward and Nellie Mae Cooley Walton. A long time resident of Tupelo and Bissell, she worked in the earlier years of her life...
Alma White
April 5, 2006
ALMA C. WHITE Tupelo - Alma Coleen White, 90, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at Beverly Health Care after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born March 11, 1916 to the late Fred and Martha Stanley White. She was homemaker and a member of the Baptist church. She enjoyed reading and playing bingo. Services will be 12:30...
Luna Mae Brock
April 4, 2006
LUNA MAE BROCK EggvilleLuna Mae Brock, 94, died peacefully Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at her daughters residence in Tyrone, Georgia after an extended illness. A Tupelo resident for over 50 years, she was born May 19, 1911 to the late John and Mary Etta Davis. She was the widow of the late Wilburn Brock. She was a member of the...
Luna Brock
April 4, 2006
LUNA MAE BROCK EggvilleLuna Mae Brock, 94, died peacefully Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at her daughters residence in Tyrone, Georgia after an extended illness. A Tupelo resident for over 50 years, she was born May 19, 1911 to the late John and Mary Etta Davis. She was the widow of the late Wilburn Brock. She was a member of the...
Dr Antone Tannehill, Jr.
April 3, 2006
DR. ANTONE WALTER TANNEHILL, JR. TupeloDr. Antone Walter Tannehill, Jr. died Monday, April 3, 2006 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born May 22, 1929 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Antone Walter and Marjorie Wyman Tannehill. After graduating from Hattiesburg High School, he attended Vanderbilt University and graduated from Duke University Medical School in...
Bobby Mills
April 3, 2006
BOBBY LEROY MILLS, SR. Tupelo/Aberdeen - Bobby Leroy Mills, Sr., 68, died Monday, April 3, 2006, at his daughters residence after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born June 13, 1937 to the late Luther Taylor and Lena Mae Vess Mills. He had been employed for many years as a plumber, crane operator, and welder and had...
Antone Tannehill
April 3, 2006
DR. ANTONE WALTER TANNEHILL, JR. TupeloDr. Antone Walter Tannehill, Jr. died Monday, April 3, 2006 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born May 22, 1929 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Antone Walter and Marjorie Wyman Tannehill. After graduating from Hattiesburg High School, he attended Vanderbilt University and graduated from Duke University Medical School in...
Elaine Sullivan Cobb
April 2, 2006
ELAINE SULLIVAN COBB Tupelo - Elaine Sullivan Cobb, 87, died Sunday, April 2, 2006, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Pontotoc native and the descendant of two prominent pioneer families, she was born Feb. 18, 1919, to the late James A. and Corrie Lee Cornwell Sullivan. She was a graduate of Oxford Hospital School of...
Jewell Page
April 2, 2006
JEWEL MERIE PAGE Fulton - Jewell Merie Page, 88, died Sunday, April 2, 2006, at Daniels Health Care after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born October 5, 1917 to the late George and Lavada Hill Peoples. She was a Baptist. She worked at Reed's Manufacturing and at Mantachie Manufacturing for several years. She was former caretaker...
Kenneth Hall
April 2, 2006
KENNETH R. HALL Tupelo - Kenneth Raymond Hall, 58, died Sunday, April 2, 2006, at his residence after a brief illness. A Tupelo native, he was born March 4, 1948, to Bill and Jean Hall. He was a 1966 graduate of Tupelo High School and an avid fan of car racing. He spent over 30 years as a commercial and...
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