OBITUARIES
Jonathan Wade Carter
Nov 16, 2020
Jonathan Wade Carter, 39, died Monday, November 16, 2020 at his residence in Mooreville. A native of Lee County, he was born January 13, 1981 to Suzie and Ricky Dial, Sr. For 15 years, he worked as a supervisor and forklift driver at Component Builders in Mooreville. Jonathan was an avid outdoorsman, loved playing disc golf, camping and being with...
Clay Raper
Nov 15, 2020
Saltillo- Danny Clayton Raper, Jr., 52, died Sunday, November 15, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born January 1, 1968 to Danny Clayton and Judy Kelly Raper. On February 14, 1987, he married Suzan Machelle Grantham and for 34 years, you did not see one without the other. For a number of years he worked as...
Ray Blythe
Nov 13, 2020
Verona- Ray and Martha Ellis Blythe shared the kind of love you thought only existed in movies. On June 24, 1955, they vowed to love and cherish each other “in sickness and in health, ‘til death do us part” but neither sickness nor death could separate one from the other. After 65 years of marriage, careers, and raising three daughters,...
Franky McKay
Nov 12, 2020
Franky P. McKay Evergreen- Franky P. McKay, 50, died Thursday, November 12, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Aberdeen, November 18, 1969 to Elmer Ray and Nell Scott McKay. When he was young, he developed a passion for music, especially gospel, and learned how to play the piano. His musical talents not only allowed him the opportunity to...
Betty Jo Stacks
Nov 12, 2020
Betty Jo Stacks, 77, died Thursday, November 12, 2020 at her residence. A Lee County native, she was born March 24, 1943 to Bill Clarence and Oline Mullenix McKissick. She was a graduate of Saltillo High School and attended Itawamba Junior College. On September 21, 1963, she married Luther Clark “LC” Stacks. She and LC later settled in Tupelo where...
Martha Blythe
Nov 11, 2020
Verona- Ray and Martha Ellis Blythe shared the kind of love you thought only existed in movies. On June 24, 1955, they vowed to love and cherish each other “in sickness and in health, ‘til death do us part” but neither sickness nor death could separate one from the other. After 65 years of marriage, careers, and raising three daughters,...
Polly Williams
Nov 11, 2020
Pauline “Polly” Williams, 79, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native and life-long resident of the Old Union Community, she was born August 21, 1941 to Condie and Nancy Clark Oliver. On October 2, 1958, she married Kenith Williams and together they had two children. For over 35 years, she worked as an educator; many...
Dan Herndon
Nov 7, 2020
Shannon—Daniel Clovis “Dan” Herndon, 91, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020 at his home. He was born February 24, 1929, the son of C.A. and Verna Gann Herndon. Dan worked as an electrician, traveling all over the country for many years. A member of the “Greatest Generation”, he proudly served his country in the United States Army during World II....
Josephine Gresham
Nov 7, 2020
Tupelo—Josephine Gresham, 78, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020 at the Shearer-Richardson Nursing Home in Okolona. She was born August 10, 1942 in Itta Bena, the daughter of Robert Lloyd Fowler and Vladye Melissa Edwards Fowler. She was the widow of Bruce Howard Gresham who passed away December 5, 2015. Always busy, Josephine’s working career was quite varied and successful....
Pete Barber
Nov 7, 2020
Charles M. “Pete” Barber, 93, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born March 7, 1927 in Itawamba County, the son of Will and Eula Barber. He was a retired truck driver. Pete was a beloved husband and father. He was a member of East Main Church of Christ. Pete leaves behind his son,...
Edith Temple
Nov 7, 2020
Tupelo—Edith Temple, 96, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020 at the Martin House of Traceway Retirement Community. She was born in Union County on August 13, 1924 to Fred and Burma Greer Miller. A homemaker at heart, Edith also worked as a telephone operator and at Daybrite Lighting. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Tupelo. Edith enjoyed...
John Kyker
Nov 7, 2020
John Kyker Saltillo- John Allen Kyker, 77, died Saturday, November 7, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born May 26, 1943 to Cornice Allen Kyker and Velma Sarah Burtram Kyker in Birmingham, Alabama. He was raised by his mother and step-father, Charlie Jackson in Jacksonville, Florida. He graduated from Ribault High School. In 1975, he married the former...
Jacqueline Scott Johnson
Nov 5, 2020
Jaqueline Denise Johnson Holly Springs- Jaqueline Denise Johnson, 57, died Thursday, November 5, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 17, 1963 to Vudred Smith, Jr. and Anna Loretta Pendleton Smith. Survivors include her sons, Vincent Scott, Vernon Scott and step son, Anthony Johnson, Jr.; eleven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three brothers, John...
Doris Roberts
Nov 4, 2020
Tupelo—Marion Doris Roberts, 85, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at the Griffis House of Traceway Retirement Community. She was born at home in Lee County on July 12, 1935 to Albert Herring and Gertha Nell Bishop Herring. Doris went to Saltillo High School and graduated in 1953. She went to work at J.J. Rogers and Sons as Mr. Gayle...
Dan Romig
Nov 2, 2020
Nettleton- Daniel “Dan” Joseph Romig, Sr., 69, passed away Monday, November 2, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Albany, New York, March 22, 1951 and lived in Mentor, Ohio for many years. He later relocated to Mississippi and has been a resident of Nettleton for the past fourteen years. For a number of years, he owned...
Mark Johnson
Oct 30, 2020
Mark David Johnson, 60, died Friday, October 30, 2020 at his residence. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, he was born June 21, 1960 to Fletcher Gilbert and Jo Ann Hawkes Johnson. Earlier in life, he worked as a manufacturer’s representative and partner with Johnson Sales Company for many years. Mark enjoyed hunting and fishing. He also loved music and was...
Lucy P. Swindle
Oct 28, 2020
Tupelo- Lucy Pickle Swindle, 81, died in the early morning hours on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Sanctuary Hospice House after an eight-month long illness. Lucy was born on Sunday, June 25, 1939 to Henry Leighton and LaVerne Pickle in McAdams, Mississippi. She attended school from first grade to graduation at McAdams High School, where she was a member of...
Connie Andrews
Oct 25, 2020
Pontotoc—Connie Andrews, 58, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee on April 20, 1962, the daughter of Gerald Martin and Vivian Cole. Connie was a homemaker most of her life and enjoyed taking care of and spending time with her family. She leaves behind her...
Patricia Ruth Weiland Hutson
Oct 25, 2020
Tupelo—Patricia Ruth Weiland Hutson died Sunday, October 25, 2020 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. Born January 4, 1926 in Cedar Rapids Iowa to Dr. Arthur Herman Weiland and Ruth Elaine Clayton Weiland, the family moved to Coral Gables, Florida when she was four months old. Patsy grew up in Coral Gables and attended Miami High School and then Duke University...
Phyllis Finley
Oct 23, 2020
Tupelo—Phyllis Marie Finley, 65, passed away Friday, October 23, 2020 at her sister’s home in Blue Springs. She was born September 15, 1955 in New Albany to Hoyle and Ruddie Holmes Palmer. Phyllis worked as a seamstress for Lane Furniture for several years. A Methodist by faith, she loved animals and took care of her many birds, cats and dogs....
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