OBITUARIES
Jim Banker
Feb 19, 2022
Saltillo- James Rolla Banker, 85, died Saturday, February 19, 2022 at Generations Senior Living. Jim was born August 7, 1936 in Ohio; he is the son of James Robinson Banker and Bertha Virginia Nathomne Banker. During his working career, Jim worked in multiple large manufacturing companies in upper management. Jim enjoyed watching sports, keeping an immaculately landscaped yard, and reading....
Shirley Alvis
Feb 18, 2022
Shirley Alvis Nettleton- Shirley Mae Jenkins Alvis, 84, died Friday, February 18, 2022 at River Place Nursing Facility in Amory. She was the daughter of Eugene C. Jenkins and Florence Ethel Vest Jenkins; she was born on September 2, 1937. On November 16, 1953, she married Millard Lee Alvis. Shirley was a faithful church attendee until her health no longer...
Jackie Moore
Feb 18, 2022
Jackie Moore Houlka- Jacqueline “Jackie” Stewart Moore at the age of 83 years old died Friday, February 18, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Jackie was born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 28, 1938. She was one of ten children of Abraham Lincoln Stewart and Nellie Virginia Parks Stewart. On March 5, 1955, she married James Watson “Bud” Moore in...
William C. “Rookie” Winders
Feb 15, 2022
William C. “Rookie” Winders Tupelo- William Curtis “Rookie” Winders, 74, died Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery, Alabama. A lifelong Tupelo native, Rookie was the only son of Atlas Weldon “Dudie” Winders and Lorraine Pennington Winders. After graduating from Tupelo High School, Rookie honorably served his country in the United States Army National Guard. Rookie was...
Dot Cook
Feb 15, 2022
Shannon- Dorothy Jean Cook, 75, met her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. She was born on January 26, 1947 in Tupelo. She was the daughter of Chester Mullenix and Willie Mae Nanny Mullenix. After graduating from Tupelo High School and attending Itawamba Junior College, Dot married Butch Cook on December 19, 1965 at First Baptist Church in...
Ray Strickler, Jr.
Feb 14, 2022
Ray Strickler, Jr. Tupelo- Delbert Ray Strickler, Jr. at the age of 64 years old died Monday, February 14, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was the son of Charolette Blanton and Delbert Strickler born in Louisville, Kentucky on August 11, 1957. Ray was a loving father and husband who enjoyed life and always looked forward to time with...
Mac McAnally
Feb 14, 2022
Saltillo—Leonard Albert “Mac” McAnally Jr. passed away Monday, February 14, 2022 at his home in Saltillo at the age of 79. He was born in Amory on September 28, 1942, the son of Leonard Albert McAnally Sr. and Ruth Hill Tackett McAnally. After his graduation from Sherman High School, Mac learned his trade of auto mechanics. He eventually became the...
Charles Harris "Buddy" Knight
Feb 14, 2022
Saltillo-- Charles Harris “Buddy” Knight, Jr. passed away peacefully at his home on February 14th, 2022 at 11:44 PM after an extended illness. Buddy was born and raised in Saltillo, Mississippi where he raised two sons, four grandsons, four great grandsons, one great granddaughter and an exceptional garden. He was born March 7, 1941 to Charles Harris Knight, Sr. and...
Belinda Morgan
Feb 13, 2022
Tupelo - Belinda Kay Laprade Morgan went to be with her Lord on February 13, 2022, at the age of 67, after an extended battle with kidney and heart disease. Despite all her health issues later in life, Belinda always remained remarkably hopeful and optimistic. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 1, 1954, Belinda was the daughter of Rual...
Linda Green
Feb 11, 2022
Neva Lynn “Linda” Green, 70, passed away Friday, February 11, 2022, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Vicksburg on August 16, 1951, the daughter of James Allen Watson and Mary Ellen Young Watson. Linda spent the majority of her life taking care of her family and her home. She enjoyed gardening, growing beautiful flowers in her...
William Patrick Rogers
Feb 9, 2022
Tupelo--William Patrick Rogers, 51, departed this life on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. On November 28, 1970, he was born in Tupelo to the late William Therman Rogers and Susie Ann Rogers. He was a graduate of Tremont High School. He was the owner of Rogers Dirt Construction. Patrick had a heart...
Louise "Granny" Morphis
Feb 9, 2022
Belden—Louise Morphis, affectionately known by all who loved her as “Granny,” went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at her home in Belden. She was 91 years old. Born August 30, 1930, Louise was the daughter of Calvin Eugene Wilson and Julie Brasher Wilson. Louise knew the value of hard work and for many years...
Millie Brasher
Feb 9, 2022
Tupelo--Millie Bryant Brasher passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born in Pittsboro on October 8, 1935, the daughter of Dee and Eula Mae Harmon Bryant. Millie worked as a retail buyer for several years, she loved planting and tending to her flower gardens and was an excellent seamstress. She was a...
Carole Ann Bramlett Herndon
Feb 6, 2022
Carole Ann Bramlett Herndon Tupelo- Carole Ann Bramlett Herndon, 81, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, February 6, 2022. Carole was born June 4, 1940 in Tupelo to Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Vindex and Mary Lee Abston Bramlett. Carole graduated Tupelo High School in 1958. After graduation, Carole married Edd Herndon and they were together for...
Jennifer "Jiffy Pop" Richards
Feb 6, 2022
Tupelo—Jennifer “Jiffy Pop” Richards, 58, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born March 13, 1963 in Tupelo to Henry E. and Josephine H. Richards. Jiffy Pop was a member of Boguefala Baptist Church where she loved attending and singing in the choir. She was a longtime beloved resident...
Emma Hillebrecht
Feb 3, 2022
Emma (Emmi) Hillebrecht, 92, passed away on February 3, 2022, at home in Traceway Retirement Community inTupelo, where she had resided since 2012. She is survived by her sisters Lottie Moorman and Ida Struck, numerous nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews and cousins. Although without children of her own, she was a loving maternal figure to many that she came...
Elizabeth "Libby" S. Faulkner
Feb 2, 2022
Scottsboro, Alabama--Elizabeth “Libby” S. Faulkner, 82, of Scottsboro, Alabama passed away peacefully on February 2, 2022, at Compassus Hospice Care Suites in Birmingham, Alabama. Libby was born on June 27, 1939, in Memphis, Tennessee to Albert J. Smith and Elmer L. Deaton. After living in Huntsville, Alabama and Amory, Mississippi, Libby moved to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in 1996 where...
Ronald Edwin "Ron" Ford
Jan 31, 2022
SALTILLO - Ronald Edwin "Ron" Ford went to his heavenly home on Monday, January 31, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a courageous battle with leukemia. He was 60 years old. Ron was born in Homestead, Florida on May 3, 1961 to Murl Ford and Holly Stone Ford. He grew up in Lee County and graduated from Tupelo...
Stephen L. Cozart
Jan 30, 2022
Tupelo—Stephen Louis Cozart died Sunday, January 30, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center at the age of 64. A longtime resident of Tupelo, Stephen was born May 25, 1957 to Howard Ray Cozart and Tessie Parker Cozart. After his graduation from Tupelo High School and attending college, he proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Gulf...
Elizabeth Marshall
Jan 29, 2022
Elizabeth Gaston Marshall, affectionately known as Betty Lee, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2022 at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. She was 76 years old. Betty Lee was born May 15, 1945 in Columbus, MS to Chester Davis Gaston and Elizabeth Eugenia Blake Gaston. As the daughter of an Air Force Lt. Colonel, Betty Lee lived all...
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