OBITUARIES
Kay Barnes Martin
July 2, 2022
Tupelo—Kay Barnes Martin, 79, peacefully went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 2, 2022 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer for the last year. Kay was born to the late Lawrence and Mattie Barnes in Steele, Missouri on December 31, 1942. Kay was blessed to be raised in a Christian home where her faith was...
James W. Miller
July 2, 2022
Tishomingo – James W. Miller, age 53, passed away Saturday morning, July 2, 2022 at his residence. He was born May 30th, 1969 in Bourne, Massachusetts to Wilbur Howard Miller and Sylvia Hallmark Barrett. However, he was raised and spent most of his early life in Plantersville, Mississippi. James was outgoing and made friends everywhere he went. He loved hunting,...
Flora Fennell
July 1, 2022
Mooreville—Flora Lorene Fennell passed away Friday July 1, 2022 at her home at the age of 87. She was born December 21, 1934 in Talladega, Alabama, the daughter of Jim and Mary Langley Morris. She was the widow of Benson Fennell to whom she was married for 63 years. Flora was a longtime dedicated member of Richmond Pentecostal Church. She...
Bonnie Clayton
July 1, 2022
Mooreville—Bonnie Faye Clayton, 90, passed away Friday, July 1, 2022 at The Meadows in Fulton. She was born June 15, 1932 in Clarksdale to Dewey and Maudie Russell. She worked as a telephone operator for many years and later as a caregiver. Bonnie was a member of Allens Chapel Methodist Church. Always staying busy, she loved being outdoors taking care...
Shelia L. Edwards
June 30, 2022
Guntown—Shelia L. Edwards, 67, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Meridian on November 10, 1954, the daughter of James T. Lee Sr. Shelia worked at Guntown Middle School for 18 years, retiring as the school secretary. She loved keeping a beautiful home, decorating inside and out....
Raymond Pegram Scribner
June 27, 2022
Tupelo—Raymond “Ray” Pegram Scribner, also affectionately known to many as “Scrib,” passed away Monday, June 27, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center at the age of 63. A lifelong resident of Tupelo, Ray was born May 17, 1959 to Robert Eugene and Jo Ann Pegram Scribner. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School’s Class of 1977 and then...
Culley Hughes
June 26, 2022
Culley Hughes Tupelo- Howard Culley Hughes, 78, died Sunday, June 26, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Oxford on April 29, 1944 to Clara Owens Hughes and William Dalton Hughes. After graduating from Lambert High School in 1962, he attended Northwest Community College. Culley honorably served his country in the United States Army National Guard for...
Janie Griffin
June 26, 2022
Tupelo--Janie Marie Griffin (Granny), 74, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022, after a brief illness. She was an avid jigsaw puzzle worker, and she loved to read. She is survived by four daughters, Angie Miller (Dave), Cindy Mills (Terry), Tisha Sartin (Scott), and Sandra Jackson (Scott); seven grandchildren, Michael, Jordan, Chris, Tristan, Zoey, Caylee, and Dylan; and seven great-grandchildren....
Etta Washington
June 26, 2022
Tupelo- Etta Mae Washington, age 71, passed away peacefully Sunday, June 26, 2022, at her home in Tupelo. Etta was born December 31, 1950, to Jasper Earle Reeves and Ruby Lee Hamby Reeves, in Grenada. Etta worked in banking for over twenty years, and for nineteen years, until her retirement, she worked as an administrative assistant for the American Family...
Shirley Everette
June 25, 2022
Shirley Everette Tupelo- Shirley Horton Everette, 84, passed away Saturday, June 25, 2022 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Shirley was a lifelong resident of Tupelo, and devoted member of Wesley United Methodist Church. Shirley worked for North Mississippi Medical Center, where she retired after 35 years of service. Shirley, passionate about gardening, could often be found tending to her...
Rebecca Cates Mattox
June 25, 2022
Rebecca Cates Mattox Tupelo- Rebecca O’rene Cates Mattox, 90, died Saturday, June 25, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born April 6, 1932 in Frankfort, Kentucky. She is the daughter of Wilbur and Henrietta Japs. After graduating high school in Louisville, Kentucky she earned her Bachelor’s from Bethesda University. She retired after 25 years from North Mississippi Medical...
May Dixon Livingston
June 25, 2022
May Dixon Livingston Tupelo- May Chandler Dixon Livingston, 100, died Saturday, June 25, 2022 Avonlea Assisted Living in Tupelo. She was born in Cocoa, Florida to Augusta and Russell Dixon on May 6, 1922. She was married to Cayce Banks Livingston for almost 68 years when he died in July 2012. May worked many years as a bookkeeper and was...
Gary Nolen
June 23, 2022
Baldwyn--Gary M. Nolen, age 74, passed away June 23, 2022, at home with family and loved ones. He was a proud retired Ironworker of Local #167 of Memphis, and a Navy Veteran. We will be reminded of him always by all the endeavors he had a hand in throughout and around our city of Memphis. Like the New Bridge, the...
Jan Dorsett
June 22, 2022
Baldwyn- Janice Marie Jordan Dorsett, 71, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at her home. She was born on December 27, 1950, in Kalamazoo, Michigan to the late Gerald Edward Jordan and Grace Leona McKibbin Jordan. In 1966, she moved to Tupelo where she graduated from Tupelo High School in 1969. She joined the workforce in 1987 and...
Shan Weatherly
June 18, 2022
Belden—Ira Shannon Weatherly, age 66, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022 at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a courageous battle with cancer. Shan was, first and foremost, a faithful man of God, was devoted to his family every day, and loyal to his many friends through the years. Shan was a longtime faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church in Tupelo...
Frankie Martin
June 17, 2022
Frankie Martin Tupelo- Bruce Franklin “Frankie” Martin, Jr. was struck and killed by a motor vehicle twelve days after celebrating his 44th birthday. Although Frankie’s time was short, he lived every moment to the fullest and enjoyed the simple things. A great day would include camping, fishing, tinkering on a car, listening to his favorite music and drinking a cold...
Billy Hamblin, Sr.
June 12, 2022
Tupelo--Billy Wicks Hamblin, Sr. passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo following a brief illness. He lived a full life of 85 years. Billy was born November 17, 1936, in Lee County to Jack and Gladys Gardner Hamblin. Billy grew up in Baldwyn and graduated from Baldwyn High School in 1955. He attended...
Jim Willis
June 10, 2022
Tupelo-- Jimmy Leon Willis, Jr., 50, died Friday, June 10, 2022, at his home. He was born in Tupelo on November 23, 1971, to Jimmy Leon Willis, Sr., and Mary Jean Kelly Willis. He was a 1989 graduate of Tupelo High School. He also attended Itawamba Community College in Fulton and Mississippi College in Clinton. He worked at J. T....
Virginia Neely Taylor
June 8, 2022
Tupelo--Virginia Neely Taylor, age 99, passed away at her home in Tupelo June 8, 2022 after a short illness. She was born May 14, 1923, in Plain, Mississippi to Ed and Doshie Neely. She graduated from Florence High School in 1941, and finished business school in Jackson. She worked for the Selective Service Department during World War II. She married...
Betty Barber
June 1, 2022
Tupelo- Betty Marie Johnson Barber, 95, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2022. She was born October 3, 1926, to Curtis and Johnnie Lou Williams Johnson in Arlington, Texas. The family returned to Lee County, Mississippi in December of 1939. Following her graduation from Mooreville High School in 1944, she attended Draughn’s Business College in Jackson. When she returned to Tupelo,...
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