OBITUARIES
Joe M."Red" Allen
May 14, 2021
Joe Michael “Red” Allen passed away Friday, May 14, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center at the age of 68. A lifelong Tupelo resident, Red was born March 27, 1953 to Eugene and Hosford Payne Morgan. He worked for many years in auto sales and most recently drove a truck. He was a member of West Jackson Street Baptist...
George M. Green
May 13, 2021
Tupelo-George Michael Green, at the age of 74, died Thursday, May 13, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born December 25, 1946 in Canton, Ohio to Walter Frederick and Dorothy Rebecca Schiefer Green. George earned his bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University. He enjoyed playing golf and working in his yard. George is survived...
Bobbie G. Walker
May 12, 2021
Tupelo- Bobbie Grace Walker, 87, died Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Graveside Services honoring her life will be held Friday, May 14, 2021 at 3 p.m. at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery in Iuka. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com .
Ruth Jeanette Ponders Johnson
May 11, 2021
Ruth Jeanette Ponders Johnson Nettleton- Ruth Jeanette Ponders Johnson, 80, died Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany. She was born November 23, 1940 in Tupelo to Eldridge Ponders and Nora Dillard Ponders. Ruth was a faithful and lifelong member of New Life Pentecostal Church. She loved her family and particularly adored spending time with her...
Carolyn "Peggy" Berryhill
May 10, 2021
Carolyn “Peggy” Berryhill Tupelo- Carolyn Jo “Peggy” Berryhill, at the age of 88 years old, died Monday, May 10, 2021 at Countrywood Manor in Mantachie following an extended illness. She was born March 15, 1933 in Pontotoc and was one of the ten children of John Payne and Clara Stegall Payne. Peggy, as she was nicknamed at a young age,...
Cindy R. Davis
May 8, 2021
Cindy R. Davis passed away Saturday, May 8, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center following a courageous battle with cancer. She was 58. Cindy was born in Illinois on April 22, 1963, the daughter of Harold and Jean Miller Sanford. She grew up in Lee County and graduated from Shannon High School. Cindy was a child care worker for...
Jane Griffin
May 7, 2021
Tupelo—Shirley Jane Griffin passed away Friday, May 7, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was 82. Born February 17, 1939 in Corinth, Jane was the daughter and youngest child of Claude and Wincie Stiles Turner. In 1957 she married Robert E. Griffin and they shared 58 years of marriage. Jane worked in food services for Pierce Street Elementary...
James E. Holcomb
May 5, 2021
Belden—James Earl Holcomb, 61, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born September 9, 1959 In Lee County to Thomas Gene Holcomb and Anita Herring Holcomb Maples. He leaves behind his son, Wesley Holcomb; his mother, Anita Maples and step-father, Billy; and two brothers, Robert Holcomb and wife, Teresa and Jimmy Holcomb; and...
Tony R. Barnett
May 1, 2021
Tony R. Barnett Tupelo - Tony R. Barnett, 59, died May 1, 2021, after a brief illness, at his residence surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in Burnsville on November 26, 1961, to Rubert Maury and Lela Hester Hale Barnett. On October 29, 2004, Tony married Missie Boren in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. For twenty-eight years, Tony worked for...
Tommy Layne Goff
Apr 29, 2021
Verona - Tommy Layne Goff, 78, died Thursday, April 29, 2021, at his residence. He was born in Acton, Tennessee, on November 16, 1942, to Hurley and Estelle Goff. Tommy worked for twenty-nine years at Malone and Hyde as a wholesale grocery salesman and for nine years he owned and operated Goff’s Country Market in the Richmond Community. He loved...
Donna Kathy Long
Apr 29, 2021
TUPELO - Donna Kathy Long, 69, passed away Thursday, April 29, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 3, 1951, the daughter of Lee Roy Harris Sr. and Mary Helen Harris. Kathy grew up in South Tupelo, Shannon, Louisiana, Sweetwater, Texas, and East Tupelo. She loved her grandmother's house in the Macedonia Community where her grandfather...
Dr. Bobby Gene Taylor
Apr 28, 2021
Tupelo-- Dr. Bobby Gene Taylor, DVM, 90, died Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born December 4, 1930, in Randolph County, Delta, Alabama to the late Andrew Jackson Taylor and Annie Ellis Boyd Taylor. He was an avid hunter and fisherman among other trades he used to provide for the family. He...
Martha Kingsley
Apr 28, 2021
Martha Alexander Kingsley, 88, of Canton Ga., formerly of Saltillo, passed away Wednesday, April 28 2021 at Providence Village assisted living. She was born July 25, 1932 in Saltillo, a daughter of the late Thomas and Viola Alexander. She was a high school graduate that accomplished a lot in her life. Always providing for her family, she worked several jobs...
Cooper Prude
Apr 28, 2021
Tupelo – Cooper Prude died Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Sanctuary Hospice House. After several years of disappointment that his heart disease, metastatic cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease were too much for his once strong body and quick mind to overcome, the Lord called Home His son and he is now at peace. Born on September 6, 1936, in Tupelo, Mississippi,...
Mitch Fowler Jr.
Apr 28, 2021
Mitchell Lee “Mitch” Fowler, Jr., 65, died April 28, 2021, in his home after a brief illness in the care of Sanctuary Home Hospice, to whom the family extends their sincere gratitude. He was born on December 29, 1955, in Tupelo, MS, to Ladosky Farris Fowler and Mitchell Lee Fowler, Sr., of the Bissell community. Mitch was a member of...
Glynn Servis
Apr 26, 2021
Gleneva Reedy “Glynn” Servis, age 99 a resident of Albuquerque since 1964 passed away Monday, April 26, 2021 at home surrounded by her family. Glynn was born on August 18, 1921, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Newsom Luther and Purney Scribner Reedy and was the fifth of twelve children. After graduating from Tupelo High School, Glynn worked at the telephone company...
Barbara Moreland Hamilton
Apr 24, 2021
On Saturday, April 24, 2021 I, Barbara Moreland Hamilton, made my transition to whatever lies beyond. I was born on January 11, 1940 in Beaumont, Texas, To Dewey and Mildred Sorrell Moreland. We eventually moved to Memphis, Tennessee where my two wonderful sisters were born. In 1953, we moved to Tupelo where I graduated from Tupelo High School in 1958....
Lewis Touchstone
Apr 22, 2021
Lewis Touchstone passed away Thursday, April 22, 2021 at his residence in Blue Springs at the age of 91. Born in Beaver Dam, Mississippi on October 26, 1929, Lewis was the son of Ruby Touchstone Smith. After graduation he attended Jones Community College and then proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. He married the love of his life,...
Mary Jane Martinez
Apr 22, 2021
Mary Jane Martínez, rodeada de su familia y amigos, falleció el jueves 22 de abril de 2021 en el Hospital Infantil LeBonheur a la edad de 8 años. Nació el 3 de agosto de 2012 en Israel y Leticia Martínez. Mary Jane era una niña vivaz que amaba auténticamente a su familia, iglesia y amigos. Le gustaba estar afuera, jugando...
Marilyn Jane Winters Megginson May
Apr 20, 2021
Marilyn Jane Winters Megginson May passed away Monday, April 19, 2021 at the Sanctuary Hospice House surrounded by her children. She was 82 years old. Marilyn was born in Booneville on October 19, 1938, to Paul Johnson Winters and Ruth Marie Smith Winters. She was a dedicated wife and homemaker who spent her life taking care of others. She married...
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