OBITUARIES

Eddie Gilbert Lothorp

Eddie Gilbert Lothorp

February 11, 2006

EDDIE LOTHORP Tupelo - Eddie Gilbert Lothorp, 60, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Tupelo native, he was born June 11, 1945, to the late Gilbert and Irene Cook Lothorp. He was educated in the Tupelo Public Schools and had graduated from Tupelo High School. He joined his father in...

Eddie Lothorp

Eddie Lothorp

February 11, 2006

EDDIE LOTHORP Tupelo - Eddie Gilbert Lothorp, 60, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Tupelo native, he was born June 11, 1945, to the late Gilbert and Irene Cook Lothorp. He was educated in the Tupelo Public Schools and had graduated from Tupelo High School. He joined his father in...

Wiliam Stevens

Wiliam Stevens

February 10, 2006

William Stevens Jr. Saltillo - William Gerald Stevens Jr., 30, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at the result of an automobile accident in Saltillo. He was born June 6, 1975, to William Gerald Stevens Sr. and Joan Cummins. He was team leader for Dixie Electric Co. in Tupelo and a Baptist. He was a graduate of Saltillo High School, Class...

Hunter Johnson

Hunter Johnson

February 10, 2006

Hunter Wayne Johnson Chesterville - Hunter Wayne Johnson, 7 months, infant son of Logan and Crystal Johnson, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at the LeBonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis. He was born June 29, 2005, in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues with the Rev. Don McHutchin officiating. Burial will...

Pat Warren

Pat Warren

February 10, 2006

Pat T. Warren Saltillo - Pat T. Warren, 82, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at her home in Saltillo after a brief illness. She was a native of Pokeville, and the daughter of the late Joe and Maudie Fortenberry Thorton. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She loved her grandchildren, and enjoyed camping and cooking for her family. Services...

Jo Calloway

Jo Calloway

February 10, 2006

Jo Calloway TUPELO - Frances Jo Calloway, 65, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at her residence in Tupelo after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born June 14, 1940, to the late B.W. and Mae Davis Homan. She was a Hinds Community College graduate as well as a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Nursing....

Wiliam Gerald Stevens

Wiliam Gerald Stevens

February 10, 2006

William Stevens Jr. Saltillo - William Gerald Stevens Jr., 30, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at the result of an automobile accident in Saltillo. He was born June 6, 1975, to William Gerald Stevens Sr. and Joan Cummins. He was team leader for Dixie Electric Co. in Tupelo and a Baptist. He was a graduate of Saltillo High School, Class...

Hunter Wayne Johnson

Hunter Wayne Johnson

February 10, 2006

Hunter Wayne Johnson Chesterville - Hunter Wayne Johnson, 7 months, infant son of Logan and Crystal Johnson, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at the LeBonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis. He was born June 29, 2005, in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues with the Rev. Don McHutchin officiating. Burial will...

Shirley Marquett

Shirley Marquett

February 10, 2006

Shirley Markette Tupelo - Shirley Markette, 84, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at Rosewood Residence. She was born Aug. 26, 1921, to the late Charles and Lelia Macke, and raised in Clinton, Iowa. After graduating from high school, she spent six years studying abroad in Europe and working for the U.S. Civil Service. Earlier in her life, she worked as...

Jane Yeager

Jane Yeager

February 9, 2006

Jane Yeager Saltilllo - Linda Jane Yeager, 45, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Baldwyn native, she was born March 1, 1960, to the late Eugene and Shirley Clippard Cromeans. She was a member of Cedar Grove Pentecostal Church. She loved her grandchildren and enjoyed spending time with them. Services will...

Kathlyn Martin

Kathlyn Martin

February 9, 2006

Kathlyn S. Martin BIRMINGHAM RIDGE - Kathlyn S. Martin, 92, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at Daniels Nursing and Health Care Center in Fulton after a lengthy illness. She was born Jan. 20, 1914, in the Birmingham Ridge community to Joseph P. Sullivan and Minnie Smith Sullivan. She was a graduate of Tupelo High School and attended MSCW for three...

Kathlyn S. Martin

Kathlyn S. Martin

February 9, 2006

Kathlyn S. Martin BIRMINGHAM RIDGE - Kathlyn S. Martin, 92, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at Daniels Nursing and Health Care Center in Fulton after a lengthy illness. She was born Jan. 20, 1914, in the Birmingham Ridge community to Joseph P. Sullivan and Minnie Smith Sullivan. She was a graduate of Tupelo High School and attended MSCW for three...

Stephen Wesson

Stephen Wesson

February 6, 2006

STEVE WESSON MemphisStephen Ray Wesson, 46, died Monday, February 6, 2006 at his residence in Memphis after a sudden illness. A Mooreville native, he was born May 16, 1959 to Harold and Wilma Faye Lee Wesson. He had worked in management in the hotel and restaurant businesses, along with other positions. He was a member of the Boguegfala Baptist Church....

Gerald Tackett

Gerald Tackett

February 5, 2006

Gerald A. Tackett Tupelo - Gerald A. Tackett, 69, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, at his residence after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born April 11, 1936, to the late Norman Elmo and Alma Etoile Ray Tackett. He was a member of the New Life Church. He was Airman 1st Class in the U.S. Air Force, having...

Gerald A. Tackett

Gerald A. Tackett

February 5, 2006

Gerald A. Tackett Tupelo - Gerald A. Tackett, 69, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, at his residence after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born April 11, 1936, to the late Norman Elmo and Alma Etoile Ray Tackett. He was a member of the New Life Church. He was Airman 1st Class in the U.S. Air Force, having...

Ruby Bell Faulkner

Ruby Bell Faulkner

February 4, 2006

Ruby Faulkner BeldenRuby Bell Faulkner, 82, died Saturday, February 4, 2006 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born May 17, 1923 to the late Ruben and Claudie Marshall Boyd. She was a retired seamstress and loved to play dominoes and fishing. She was a member of the Baptist...

Ruby Faulkner

Ruby Faulkner

February 4, 2006

Ruby Faulkner BeldenRuby Bell Faulkner, 82, died Saturday, February 4, 2006 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born May 17, 1923 to the late Ruben and Claudie Marshall Boyd. She was a retired seamstress and loved to play dominoes and fishing. She was a member of the Baptist...

Lula Beaty

Lula Beaty

February 3, 2006

Lula Clark Beaty Tupelo - Lula Belle Clark Beaty, 80, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2006, at her residence in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. The daughter of Dewy Weeks and Lidia McKay Weeks, she was a longtime resident of Tupelo. She was a retired employee of Krueger Inc. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Tupelo, where...

Lula Clark Beaty

Lula Clark Beaty

February 3, 2006

Lula Clark Beaty Tupelo - Lula Belle Clark Beaty, 80, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2006, at her residence in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. The daughter of Dewy Weeks and Lidia McKay Weeks, she was a longtime resident of Tupelo. She was a retired employee of Krueger Inc. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Tupelo, where...

Beryl Brunson

Beryl Brunson

February 1, 2006

BERYL (COX) BRUNSON TupeloBeryl Cox Brunson, 97, died Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at her residence after a brief illness. A native of Coahoma County, she was born March 2, 1908 to the late Robert Samuel and Lillian Josephine Birdsong Cox. She was married to the late Willie Brunson who passed away July 31, 1987. She was a homemaker and a...

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