OBITUARIES
William "Snap" Lucius
December 10, 2020
William Frank “Snap” Lucius, 84, died Thursday, December 10, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Calhoun County, May 12, 1936 to Wesley Wade “Pete” and Myrtie Lee Therrell Lucius. On December 24, 1955, he married Martha Jean Long. Early in life, he served his country in the Army National Guard. He later retired from Coca-Cola in Tupelo after...
Becky Davis Wilson
December 10, 2020
Rebecca “Becky” Davis Wilson, 81, died Thursday, December 10, 2020 at the Meadows in Fulton. A native and life-long resident of Lee County, she was born March 15, 1939 to Osley and Odean Hardy Clark. Of all the things Becky experienced throughout her life, her fondest and most cherished memories were created when her children and grandchildren entered the world....
Kellie Gann
December 9, 2020
Tupelo- Kellie Gann, 45, died Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo, July 8, 1975 to Clarence Virginia McCombs and Pamela Gayle Shumpert-Estes. On March 2, 2013, she married Paul Gann. She enjoyed reading, drawing, writing poetry, watching true crime documentaries and spending time with her son, daughter and bonus son. Survivors include...
Ralph Banes
December 9, 2020
Ralph Edward Banes, 81, died Tuesday, December 9, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. A native of Lee County, he was born March 10, 1939 to Wayne Banes, Sr. and Beatrice Banes and was a graduate of Mooreville High School. At the age of 18, he joined the United States Army and dedicated the next four years to...
Sue Kenney Carroll
December 8, 2020
Sue Kenney Carroll, 91, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at her residence at Traceway Retirement Community. A native of Union county, she was born August 2, 1929 to Willie Parmer and Cora Scott Parish. When she was an infant, her family relocated to Tupelo where she grew up attending Tupelo Schools and was a 1947 graduate of Tupelo High...
Faye Tartt
December 8, 2020
Illa Faye Tartt, 88 died Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Lee County, she was born to Rev. Price Edwards and Earline Ratliff Edwards. She was a graduate of Nettleton High School and attended Itawamba Junior College. For a number of years, she owned and operated Flowers by Illa. She later sold her flower...
Janice Stanley Anthony
December 8, 2020
Tupelo- Janice Alene Stanley Anthony, 69, died Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Tupelo, she was born July 8, 1951 to Lawrence Mitchell and Helen Alene Stanley and was a 1969 graduate of Tupelo High School. A natural born teacher Janice went on to receive her Bachelor’s degree in Education from Mississippi State University...
Phillip Brewer
December 7, 2020
Phillip Brewer, 59, died Monday, December 7, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital- North Mississippi in Oxford. He was born in Aberdeen, September 16, 1961 to Willis Earl Brewer and Flora Aline Renfro. Phillip was raised in Amory by his loving mother and his dad, Johnny Reed Kyle and was a graduate of Amory High School. On April 7, 1990, he...
Bert R. Miller
December 7, 2020
Belden—Bert R. Miller, 85, passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born December 4, 1935 in Stone, Kentucky to Theo and Virginia Fannin Miller. Growing up in Lynch, Kentucky, he was the son of a coal miner. Bert proudly served his country in the United States Air Force. During...
Joe C. Vess
December 7, 2020
Joe C. Vess, 83, passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Hamilton, Alabama. He was born October 7, 1937 in Mantachie, the son of Henry and Mary Williams Vess. Joe worked for 26 years as a member of the street department for the city of Baldwyn. He enjoyed tinkering on anything mechanical such as...
Nancy Tice
December 6, 2020
Nancy Tice, 85, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at the Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven. She was born December 27, 1934 in Memphis, Tenn. to Melba Davis and Theron Russell. She married her precious and loving husband in 1964 while living in Norfolk, Va. When she had free time, she enjoyed quilting, crossword puzzles and jigsaw puzzles. Survivors include...
Richard Carey Lindsey
December 6, 2020
RICHARD CAREY LINDSEY Mantachie-Richard Carey Lindsey, 75, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020, at his residence in Mantachie. He was born on November 14, 1945, in Pontotoc, the son of Elvie Reid and Timey Lindsey. Richard honorably answered his nation’s call and served with the 58th Infantry Division during the Vietnam War as a proud soldier in the United States...
Thomas E. Markiewicz
December 5, 2020
Thomas Edward Markiewicz, 67, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020 at his home in the Lake Piomingo area. He was born March 15, 1953, in Waukegan, Illinois, the son of Raymond and Elizabeth Proctor Markiewicz. Thomas was a 1971 graduate of North Chicago Community High School and proudly served in the United States Navy. He retired to Lee County 20...
Marvin Paul Tinsley
December 2, 2020
Marvin Paul Tinsley, 79, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born May 19, 1941 in Granite City, Illinois, the son of Marvin T. and Alberta Lamkin Tinsley. Paul proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy and was a 16 year member of the American Legion, Post 16 where he...
Lawrence "Cecil" Payne
December 2, 2020
Lawrence Cecil Payne, 89, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at the Diversicare of Tupelo. He was born in Skyline on June 19, 1931, to Lawrence B. and Lorene Vaughn Payne. He served in the Army and fought in the Korean War and Vietnam War. He attended Allen Chapel Methodist Church in Skyline. Survivors include...
Fred Grass
December 2, 2020
Frederick Keith Grass, 53, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at his home. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born April 10, 1967, the son of Keith and Terry A. Grass. Fred was a graduate of Tupelo High School and Southern Miss University and worked for 26 years in the IT Department of North Mississippi Medical Center....
Tom Robinson
December 1, 2020
Tom Robinson, 37, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. His family will honor Tom's memory with a memorial service at a later date
Judy Armentrout
December 1, 2020
Judith Voelp Armentrout, age 77, passed away peacefully at Sanctuary Hospice House on December 1, 2020. She was lovingly surrounded by her family and minister, The Rev. Olin McBride of First Presbyterian Church in Tupelo. Judy was born on August 31, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Penn. to Harry Kay Voelp and Alberta Friesell Voelp. She graduated Peabody High School in Pittsburgh,...
Linda Gayle Young
November 30, 2020
GUNTOWN - Linda Gayle Young, 62, passed away Monday, November 30, 2020, at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born September 17, 1958 in Tupelo to Earnest and Betty Lyles Stevens. Linda worked for 17 years at the North Mississippi Medical Center retiring as a Unit Coordinator. Linda loved her church, Sherman Pentecostal Church, where she and her...
Linda Whitley
November 28, 2020
Linda Whitley Tupelo- Martha Linda Whitley, 70, died Saturday, November 28, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on October 8, 1950, to Johnny Burns and Mary Laverne Waltman Cliburn. Linda received her Bachelors of Science degree from Mississippi State College for Women in 1972. Soon after graduation, she married Elton Whitley and began her...
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