OBITUARIES
Laney Elizabeth Goff
Dec 3, 2021
Laney Elizabeth Goff passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 3, 2021 at her home. She was 25 years old. She was born December 27, 1995 in Tupelo, the daughter of Janson and Beth Laney Goff. Laney was employed at Kirkland’s and previously worked for Fred’s Dollar Store in Nettleton for four years. Laney was described by the people who loved...
James "Burney" Jr.
Nov 29, 2021
James “Burney” Jr. Pontotoc- James Herschel Burney, Jr. passed away Monday, November 29, 2021, at Courtyards Nursing Home in Fulton. He was born February 1, 1954, in Missouri and was the son of James Herschel and Mary Pauline White Burney. James was 67 years old and never married. His hobbies include riding motorcycles and he loved his westerns and drawing....
Jerry Scruggs
Nov 27, 2021
Jerry Scruggs Saltillo- Jerry Thomas Scruggs at the age of 75 went to his Heavenly home on Saturday, November 27, 2021. Jerry was born in Tupelo to Virgil Scruggs and Avo Beatrice Brown Scruggs. Due to his parents’ untimely deaths, he was raised from a young age by his maternal grandparents, Henry Green and Willie James Brown. Jerry married Judy...
Mary "Louise" Kisor
Nov 26, 2021
Mary “Louise” Plunkett-Kisor 1923 - 2021 Tupelo- Louise was born to Ellis and Bertha Plunkett of the Brewer Community, Mississippi on November 16, 1923. She celebrated her 98th birthday shortly before her death on November 26, 2021. She married her true love, Jack Kisor, in 1942. They lived in the Briar Ridge Community for 58 years. Louise worked several different...
Ethel MacFarlane
Nov 20, 2021
Saltillo--Ethel Louise MacFarlane passed away Saturday, November 20, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was 82 years old. Ethel was born July 5, 1939, in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, the daughter of James A. and Hazel Cole MacFarlane. After spending her childhood in Massachusetts, she settled in North Mississippi where she worked as a hairdresser....
Nancy Haywood
Nov 18, 2021
Nancy Jane Haywood, age 85, passed away Thursday, November 18, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Born October 16, 1936 in Indiana, she was the daughter of Gene and Anne Leffert Howard. Since the mid 1970’s Nancy lived in the Lee County area, primarily in Plantersville. Nancy was a member of East Main Church of Christ and she enjoyed...
Sharon Jones
Nov 17, 2021
Saltillo—Sharon Jones passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Wichita, Kansas to C.L. and Dorothea Deaton. Raised in Oklahoma and Texas, Sharon married Lowry Jones October 28, 1969 and they enjoyed 52 years of marriage. She worked for the Lee County Sheriff’s Department for the past 17...
Joe Earl Hunt
Nov 16, 2021
Joe Earl Hunt Eggville Community- Joe Earl Hunt at the age of 86 entered his Heavenly home Tuesday, November 16, 2021. Joe was born in Baldwyn on June 27, 1935, to Clyde Wesley Hunt and Hettie Marie Brock Hunt. On April 18, 1954, Joe married the former Martha Brown. After a short time as a Brick Mason, Joe began changing...
Dr. Edith B. Davis
Nov 15, 2021
Tupelo- Dr. Edith Jewel Boyanton Davis, the accomplished trailblazer, joined her Lord and Savior, Monday, November 15, 2021, while residing at Generations Assisted Living Community at the age of 81. She was born in Brookhaven on January 29, 1940, to James Edwin “Ed” Boyanton and Bonnie Kate Woodall Boyanton. On May 29, 1965, she married, James T. Davis, they were...
Georgia “Lillan” Russell
Nov 14, 2021
Georgia “Lillan” Russell Nettleton- Georgia Ann “Lillan” Russell at the age of 78 joined her husband, Jerry in Heaven on Sunday, November 14, 2021. She was born in Tupelo to George McCollum and Lilly Sullivan McCollum on September 23, 1943. On August 20, 1977, she married Jerry Russell. After numerous years as a seamstress, she retired from Mid-South Packers and...
Sam Bethay
Nov 13, 2021
Sam Bethay Saltillo- Samuel “Sam” Lonis Bethay died unexpectedly on his 71st birthday, November 13, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in 1950 at his family’s home in Itawamba County to Jack and Daisy Bethay. For a number of years, Sam honorably served his country in the United States Army Reserves. Sam was a dedicated mechanic for...
Martha Earline Hammons
Nov 13, 2021
Martha Earline Hammons Tupelo - Martha Earline Hammons, 93, passed away peacefully on November 13, 2021, at her home in Tupelo. Martha was born July 25, 1928, in Pontotoc County to Icy Roberta Sparks and James Nathaniel Williams. She attended public school and was a talented basketball player. As a young adult, Martha attended Green Street Baptist Church. In 1962,...
Pat Owings
Nov 12, 2021
Pat Owings Tupelo- Patricia McQuien Owings at the age of 81 died Friday, November 12, 2021, at Traceway. Born on December 18, 1939, in Louisville, Mississippi, she is the daughter of Chester McQuien, Sr., and Florence Bradshaw McQuien. She grew up and attended High School in Louisville and on December 26, 1957, she married R. P. Owings. Pat was a...
Beverly Goddard, R.T. (R) (C.V.)
Nov 11, 2021
Beverly Goddard, R.T. (R) (C.V.) Tupelo- Beverly Ann Goddard at the age of 65 went to her Heavenly home Thursday, November 11, 2021. Beverly was born September 17, 1956, in New Albany to James V. Goddard and Dortha “Dot” Ann Grubbs Goddard. After graduating from East Union High School, she received her Associate's Degree in Radiologic Technology from Itawamba Junior...
Ann Parker May
Nov 10, 2021
Ann Parker May Tupelo- Ann Marie Wright Parker May, 52, joined her Lord and Savior Wednesday, November 10, 2021, after a courageous battle with Breast Cancer. Although her health was failing, Ann kept her grace and warrior spirit. Ann was born July 29, 1969, in Corinth. She is the daughter of Roy Randal Wright and Elizabeth “Liz” Gray Wright. In...
Edward H. Randall, Sr.
Nov 8, 2021
Edward H. Randall, Sr. Tupelo- Edward Herman Randall, Sr died Monday, November 8, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Born on October 6, 1931, Edward is the son of William Herman Randall and Amelia Taylor Randall. On April 14, 1961, he married Clara Floyd Randall, they spent 39 years together before her death in 2000. Serving his country honorably in...
Wayne Killough
Nov 8, 2021
Shannon--Caroll Wayne Killough, born to William Edward and Mary Elizabeth Winfield Killough on August 4, 1933, peacefully passed away Monday, November 8, 2021. A lifelong Mississippian, Wayne settled with his wife Gladys Killough in Shannon. Wayne was a successful businessman, owning and operating Wayne’s Lawn Service for many years. However, Wayne's true joy and legacy in life can be summed...
Loretta S. Payne
Nov 7, 2021
Loretta S. Payne Tupelo- Loretta Stowe Payne passed away at her home on Sunday, November 7, 2021, at the age of 97. She was born December 15, 1923, in Mangum, Oklahoma to AC Stowe and Minnie Lee Fluty Stowe. Loretta lived a fascinating life, homesteading in Oklahoma and later in Alaska, before roads or electricity came to the region. After...
James R. White
Nov 7, 2021
James R. White Columbus- James Ray White, 74, died Sunday, November 7, 2021. The son of Herman Guinn White and Johnnie Opal Leslie White; was born on November 15, 1946. James served his country in the United States Army. He was a combat veteran serving during the Vietnam Conflict. During his military time, he was a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol...
Patricia "Pat" Kight
Nov 5, 2021
Saltillo—Patricia V. “Pat” Kight passed away Friday, November 5, 2021 at Generations Assisted Living. She was 84 years old. She was born in Huntingdon, Tennessee October 28, 1937 to Clyde and Lela VanCleave. Pat loved people and enjoyed getting to know everyone she met. This quality served her well in her position of tax assessor and collector for Oktibbeha County....
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