OBITUARIES
Evelyn M. Vest
Dec 30, 2021
Tupelo—Evelyn M. Vest passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021, at the Griffis Green House of Traceway after a long illness. She was 95 years of age. Evelyn was born August 17, 1926 in the Palmetto Community to Willie Alexander McDonald and Sara Bessie Crosby McDonald. She grew up in Okolona and Verona and was the Salutatorian of Verona High School....
Tom Fain
Dec 30, 2021
Belden—Thomas Jackson “Tom” Fain, 71, died peacefully on December 30, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Tom was born in Royston, Georgia on August 11, 1950 to William and Hilda O’Neal Fain. He graduated from Mississippi State University as a communications major. He is survived by his wife, Wanda Spencer Fain; two children, April S. Green Windham (Shane) and...
Prentice Lanphere
Dec 26, 2021
Prentice Lanphere Saltillo- Prentice Allen Lanphere, 81, died Sunday, December 26, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born June 2, 1940 in Saltillo to Robert Clayton and Winniefred Baggett Lanphere. He is a Saltillo High School and Itawamba Junior College graduate. On June 4, 1960, he married the former Barbara Ann Tomlinson. After his successful career at...
Carl B. Harris
Dec 25, 2021
Carl B. Harris Plantersville- Carl B. Harris joined his Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 25, 2021 in the final hour of Christmas Day. He was born January 3, 1928 in Plantersville to Noreen Bowles Harris and Quitman Harris. Carl attended Plantersville High School and then joined the United States Army in 1944 and served until 1947. Following his service...
Nita Hamric
Dec 23, 2021
Nita Hamric Tupelo - Juanita Virginia “Nita” Hamric passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021 at the age of 93 years old after a long illness. She was born October 15, 1928, in Myrtle, Mississippi to Archie D. and Anna Rodgers Walls. Nita was a longtime resident of Tupelo and was married for 52 years to Charles L. Hamric, who...
Jo Pugh
Dec 19, 2021
Josephine Pugh, 75, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born July 6, 1946 in Grenada to John and Julia Loucks Lake. Over the years, Josephine worked in several different areas, the last being a child care provider in her home. She enjoyed listening to classic pop music and loved spending time with...
Ila Sue Henninger
Dec 18, 2021
Ila Sue (Billingsley) Henninger November 19, 1932- December 18, 2021 Clayton, California Ila Sue Henninger, age 89, passed away peacefully at her home in Clayton, California on December 18, 2021. She was the devoted wife of Charles W. Henninger and they shared 68 years together. She was born in Boyle, Mississippi, on November 19, 1932, daughter to Samuel and Ila...
Leon Russell
Dec 17, 2021
Tupelo--Leon Lamar Russell passed away Friday, December 17, 2021, at the North Mississippi Medical Center at the age of 71. Leon was born in Pontotoc on February 1, 1950, the son of Lawrence Melton Russell and Martha Corrina Sappington Russell. After his graduation from Algoma High School, Leon proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam...
Diane Dobbs
Dec 16, 2021
Diane Petty Dobbs, 68, lifelong resident of Tupelo, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Ms. Dobbs was born July 4, 1953 in Tupelo to the late Horace and Joann Morgan Petty. She retired from the North Mississippi Medical Center after 42 years of service. She enjoyed cooking for her family, Mississippi State sports, but...
James Hollis Green
Dec 15, 2021
James Hollis Green Tupelo - James Hollis Green, 96, died Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. He was born February 10, 1925, in Nettleton, Mississippi but moved to Tupelo in his early childhood where he was raised by his parents, the late Hollis Clopton and Mary S. Green. After graduating from...
Capt. William H. "Bill" Hodges, USAF, Ret.
Dec 15, 2021
Bill Hodges, a retired Air Force pilot, made his flight to Glory on December 15, 2021. Bill was born to Harold W. Hodges, Sr., and Alene Campbell Hodges on October 27, 1947, in Memphis, TN. He grew up in Jackson, MS., graduating from Provine High School in 1965. He attended Mississippi State University receiving his degree in 1969 - GO...
Milton Lindsey
Dec 14, 2021
Mooreville—Milton Bruce Lindsey, 74 died Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born January 26, 1947 in Ripley to Bruce and Virginia Bryan Lindsey . Milton served his country in the US Air Force which propelled him into his career as a truck driver. He enjoyed tinkering with anything that had an engine, whether antique...
Rhonda Kelly
Dec 14, 2021
Shiloh Community—Early Tuesday morning, December 14, 2021, Rhonda Carol Hood Kelly went to be with the Lord forever at her home in the Shiloh Community in Lee County. Born on January 27, 1966 in Tupelo, Rhonda was a 1984 graduate of Mooreville High School and a 1986 graduate of Itawamba Community College with an Associate’s Degree in Data Processing. Rhonda...
Frankie Swindle
Dec 14, 2021
Tremont- Alford “Frankie” Swindle, 79, died Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born on November 12, 1942, to Noah Swindle and Reber Pruitt Swindle. Frankie was a retired Truck Driver. His favorite routes took him to the East Coast, he especially enjoyed going to or through New York City. In his younger years, he spent...
Carester Hallmark
Dec 13, 2021
Eggville Community--Carester Hallmark passed from this life into his eternal home on the evening of December 13, 2021 at the Hallmark Family farm in Eggville. A lifelong resident of the Eggville Community, Carester lived on the farm on which he was born on January 5, 1925 to Henry and Effie Hallmark. Born into a farming family during the Great Depression,...
Howard Marks
Dec 13, 2021
Saltillo—William Howard Marks passed away Monday, December 13, 2021 at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 72 years old. A Lee County native and longtime resident, Howard was born March 6, 1949 to William Henderson Marks and Lottie Faye King Marks. He was a career military man, achieving the rank of Sergeant in the...
Janet Lynn Street
Dec 12, 2021
Janet Lynn Street Saltillo- Janet Lynn Long Street at the age of 61, died Sunday, December 12, 2021, at her father’s home after an extended illness. She was born March 17, 1960, in Greenville to James Edward Long and Mary King Long. After Janet graduated from Greenville High School, she earned her Associate’s Degree. She married Anthony “Andy” Dean Street...
Jerry Gaggini
Dec 11, 2021
Jerry Gaggini Tupelo- Gerald “Jerry” Gaggini at the age of 66 entered his Heavenly home on Saturday, December 11, 2021. Jerry was born in Chicago, Illinois October 12, 1955, to Aladino “Al” and Jessie Mae Cummins Gaggini. On December 28, 2013, he married Shelley Alcorn Gaggini. After graduating from Mississippi Baptist High School in Jackson in 1973; Jerry earned his...
Barbara Hutcheson Rutia
Dec 11, 2021
Barbara Hutcheson Rutia 6.11.54 – 12.11.21 Tupelo- It is with great sadness that her family announces the passing of Barbara Hutcheson Rutia, following a long battle with an extended illness. She was 67 when she was called to enter her Heavenly home. Born Barbara Louise Hutcheson to her parents, Elmer and Margaret Gable Hutcheson, she lived in the Tupelo area...
Terri Barnett McCullough
Dec 10, 2021
Terri Barnett McCullough Lilburn, Georgia formerly of Saltillo- Terri Lynn McCullough at the age of 61 died Friday, December 10, 2021 at her sister Becky’s home in Saltillo. Terri was born February 9, 1960 in Tupelo to Marvin Eugene Barnett and Hazel Davidson Barnett. On April 21, 1979 in Ballard Park in Tupelo, Terri married Charles “Chuck” Clelan McCullough, Jr....
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