OBITUARIES
Clifford Payne
Dec 29, 2020
Clifford Leroy Payne, 82, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at his home in Tupelo after a brief illness. He was born May 10, 1938 in Prague, Oklahoma, the son of Roy Lee Payne and Lucy Tudor Payne. He grew up primarily in Dos Palos, California. After moving to the Tupelo area, Clifford was a truck driver for Leggett and...
Melissa Ann Phillips Davis
Dec 28, 2020
Tupelo—Melissa Ann Phillips Davis, 72, passed away Monday, December 28, 2020 at Tupelo Nursing and Rehab after a lengthy illness. She was born July 13, 1948 in Mobile, Alabama, the daughter of Valmer E. and Archevia M. Christian Phillips. Melissa grew up in Vernon, Alabama where she graduated from high School. Most of her adult life was spent in Columbus,...
Connie Capps
Dec 28, 2020
Blue Springs—Connie Frances Capps, 63, passed away Monday, December 28, 2020 at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Tupelo on April 19, 1957 to Charles and Merrill Mills Hodges. Connie worked as a custom upholstery seamstress for many years before her health began to fail. She loved being outdoors, gardening, fishing and taking care...
Mike Asters
Dec 25, 2020
Michael “Mike” Constantine Asters, 61, died Friday, December 25, 2020 in Tupelo after a sudden illness. He was born in Tupelo, on March 30, 1959 to Constantine and Nan Asters. Mike was a 1978 graduate of Tupelo High School. After high school, he went to work alongside his father establishing Connie’s Chicken. A few years later his brother, Jay, joined...
Bruce Chenault
Dec 24, 2020
Lloyd “Bruce” Chenault, 69, met The Lord on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee. He was born in Tupelo on February 19, 1951 to Stanford and Meredieth Chenault of Guntown. Bruce was a football letterman at Memphis State University and Saltillo High School where he received numerous accolades for his football achievements. In addition to...
Robert "Bobby" Thomas
Dec 24, 2020
Tupelo- Robert “Bobby” Thomas, 69, died December 24, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, January 24, 1951 to Robert and Shirley Thomas and relocated to Tupelo in 1974 to work for Pennsylvania Tire. He later began building log cabins with his brother, Danny Thomas, with Old Southern Pine Log Homes....
Phyllis Grull
Dec 22, 2020
Phyllis Merilee Grull, 96, died Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at the Greenhouses at Traceway Retirement Community. She was born in Iowa, March 30, 1924 to Forrest and Effie Mae Albright Atkin. In 1943, during World War II, she married J. Arthur Grull. She was an exceptionally talented musician and artist which were recognized by the community in 2017 when the...
Jackie Haguewood
Dec 22, 2020
Jacquelyn Ray “Jackie” Rainer Haguewood, 85, died Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Meridian, May 24, 1935 to Jack and Sara Phillips Rainer. She was a graduate of Meridian High School and received her Bachelors degree from the University of Southern Mississippi where she was a member of Beta Sigma Phi. In 1956, she married...
Annette Ballard Nichols
Dec 19, 2020
Mooreville—Erin Annette Ballard Nichols, 86, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 at the Booneville Hospital after a lengthy illness. Annette was born April 26, 1934 in Tupelo to Grover Cleveland Ballard and Erin Jane Austin Ballard. After her high school graduation and attending college, Annette worked for Deposit Guaranty Bank for over 30 years. She was a dedicated member of...
Denise Williford
Dec 18, 2020
Saltillo--Cheryle Denise Williford, 57, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 18, 2020 at the Meadows in Fulton. She was born June 19, 1963 in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Robert Woodrow Williford and Bonnie Coggins Williford. Denise grew up in Memphis before moving to Birmingham where she graduated from Huffman High School. She was a resident of Saltillo since 1992....
Ethan Matthew "Matt" Groves
Dec 18, 2020
Ethan Matthew “Matt” Groves, age 30, passed away Friday, December 18, 2020 at the Methodist Hospital in Olive Branch after a sudden illness. Matt was born August 18, 1990 in Amory, the son of Toby Groves and Susan Dobbs Eick. He grew up in Nettleton where he graduated from Nettleton High School. He then went to the University of Mississippi...
Camaron Groves
Dec 16, 2020
Tremont—Camaron Ray Groves, 31, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born July 31, 1989 in Clearwater, Florida. After his high school graduation from Cedar Grove Christian School, Camaron proudly served seven years in the United States Air Force. The light of his life was his family and friends. He leaves behind his wife,...
Ruby Jean Williams
Dec 14, 2020
Ruby Jean Williams, 86, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020 at her home after a lengthy illness. A native of Union County and lifelong resident, she was born January 6, 1934, the daughter of Herman David and Lula Maybell Browning, the youngest of ten children. Ruby worked 30 years for Brookwood Furniture Manufacturing and after her retirement she continued to...
Jim O. DeVaughn
Dec 14, 2020
Tupelo—Jim O. DeVaughn, 62, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center following a brief illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born September 22, 1958 to Oran and Ida Mae DeVaughn. Jim worked for several years in the warehouse at STI. A true animal lover, Jim took care of his mule and...
Vernon Boyd
Dec 14, 2020
Tupelo—Quinton Vernon Boyd, 59, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born August 24, 1961 in Tupelo, the son of Quinton Boyd and Dorothy Russell Davis. He was self employed, working for Boyd and Boyd In and Odd Jobs for many years. Vernon was a true outdoors man and loved deer hunting and...
Mary Ann Gulley
Dec 13, 2020
Mary Ann Gulley Tupelo- Mary Ann Gulley, 79, of Tupelo, passed away on December 13, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Mary Ann was born in Tupelo on January 6, 1941, to Doctor and Mrs. Aubrey Russell Harris. She attended Tupelo High School and graduated in 1958. Mary Ann remained close to her high school classmates...
Geraldine Johnson
Dec 13, 2020
Jackson, Tennessee, formerly of Tupelo- Geraldine Johnson, 81, died Sunday, December 13, 2020 at Northbrook Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born in Tupelo, December 6, 1939 to Vester and Betsy Davis and was a graduate of Tupelo High School. In 1958, she married Kenneth Johnson and they shared 46 years together until his death in 2004. She retired from...
Micah Dobbs
Dec 13, 2020
Blue Springs- Micah Dobbs, 27, died Sunday, December 13, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center after brief illness. He was born in New Albany, April 10, 1993 to Johnny Ray Dobbs and Kimberly Rose Hamblin. Self employed for most of his working life, he had mastered many trades. He enjoyed being outdoors, especially hunting wildlife and arrowheads. Micah had a...
Bert Hershfelt
Dec 13, 2020
Bertha “Bert” Lorraine Hershfelt, 92, died Sunday, December 13, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Erie, Pennsylvania December 2, 1928 to Herman and Laura Nelly Rakestraw Maas and grew up in St. Louis. After relocating to Tupelo in the late 1960s, she served on the Board of Directors for Sanctuary Hospice House during its inception and later worked...
James “Boy” A. Drake, Jr.
Dec 13, 2020
James “Boy” A. Drake, Jr. James Allen Drake, Jr., known as “Boy” to his late wife Ann and “Uncle Boy” to his many nieces and nephews, passed away at Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga December 13, 2020. He was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on May 17, 1935 to James Allen Drake, Sr. and Myrtle Drake. He married Ann Drake...
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