OBITUARIES
Thomas A. Prather
Jul 4, 2020
Thomas Albert Prather, 96, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born June 7, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois to Nell McConnell Prather and Harry Logan Prather. He grew up in Chicago and Hammond, Indiana. They later moved to Washington DC and he graduated from Western High School in 1942. He attended the University...
Ione Wester
Jul 3, 2020
Virginia Ione Wester passed away peacefully on July 3, 2020 at the Rosewood Assisted Living in Tupelo. She rejoined her later husband, Sam Wester, Jr. Ione lived a joyous and happy 93 years. Born September 5, 1926 in Saltillo, she was the second of five children born to Curtis and Wilma Smith. She grew up in the Saltillo area of...
Peggy Adams Taylor
Jul 3, 2020
Peggy Adams Taylor passed away Friday, July 3, 2020, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born December 18, 1950, to Jack Adams and Alene Swindle Adams. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening and watching game shows. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a member of Woodland Baptist Church where...
Cody Allen Carnathan
Jul 2, 2020
Cody Allen Carnathan, 29, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born February 5, 1991 to Jeffery Allen Carnathan and Julianne White. Cody was a student at Itawamba Community College, studying electrical engineering and worked as an independent contractor. He enjoyed fishing with his son, skateboarding, and spending time with family and friends....
Carol Brown
Jul 1, 2020
Carolyn A. “Carol” Brown, 69, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham. Carol was born June 10, 1951 in Helena, Arkansas, the daughter of James A.F. Cooper and Ona Hazel Annette Williams Cooper. While Carol worked in several capacities during her early years, her greatest joy was found in her career as wife,...
Aileen Ponton
Jun 28, 2020
Aileen Marie Smith Ponton, 95, died Sunday, June 28, 2020 at Creekside Manor in Saltillo. She was born in California, March 17, 1925 to John and Georgia Bruhn Smith. She retired from the Bank of America after a long, fulfilling career when she was 62. Earlier in life, Aileen enjoyed traveling with her husband, Eugene, and most recently found great...
Wayne Deckley
Jun 28, 2020
Wayne Joseph Deckley, 77, died Sunday, June 28, 2020 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born in Pennsylvania, October 28, 1942 to Verl and Mary Deckley. A life-long seeker of knowledge, Wayne never missed an opportunity learn something new. He enjoyed reading, staying up to date with technology and technological gadgets and was a member of a ham...
Jean Creel
Jun 26, 2020
Saltillo- Jean Bryant Creel, 79, died Friday, June 26, 2020 surrounded by her family, at her home. She was born in Hawkinsville, Georgia, September 6, 1940 to Jesse Henry and Dorothy Senter Bryant. As a young child, her family relocated to Tampa, Florida where she graduated from Plant High School. While working as pastoral secretary in Tampa, she met her...
Michael Lazore
Jun 26, 2020
Michael Lawrence Lazore, 62, started his new life in heaven on June 26, 2020 after a hard fought eighteen month battle with cancer. He was born in Bisbee, Arizona on August 10, 1957, to the Late Glenn David Lazore Sr and Rosalee Ruth Wells Lazore Salazar. Michael was a many faceted man. He is known for his protective nature over...
Earline Thompson
Jun 23, 2020
Belden- Earline Elizabeth Carroll Thompson, 90, died Tuesday, June 23, 2020. She was born in Saltillo, October 1, 1929 to Lonnie George and Vera Mae Stafford Carroll. Earline was an extremely hard working woman who worked many years as a seamstress in an industrial environment before purchasing a Barbeque Shack in Mooreville, which she owned and operated for many years....
Dickson Caldwell
Jun 19, 2020
Dickson Caldwell, 26, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date in his hometown of Ft. Worth, Texas.
Daryle Wayne Lewis
Jun 15, 2020
Amory- Daryle Lewis, 71, died Monday, June 15, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore in Amory. He was born in Kodiak, Alaska, November 6, 1948 to Joseph and Katherine Frost Lewis. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and was a Purple Heart recipient. Later in life, he drove buses for...
Julie Holcomb
Jun 14, 2020
Tupelo- Julie Holcomb, 59, died Sunday, June 14, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A memorial service will be held 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues.
Guy Lee Patterson, Sr.
Jun 13, 2020
Blue Springs- Guy Lee Patterson, Sr., 87, died Saturday, June 13, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Saltillo, September 20, 1932 to John Anderson and Mary Bell Jones Patterson. After graduating from High School, he served in the Dixie Division of the Mississippi Army National Guard out of Saltillo. He received a Bachelors degree in business and worked...
Linda Davis Austin
Jun 12, 2020
Tupelo- Linda Davis Austin, 73, died Friday, June 12, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Poplarville, on July 15, 1946 to Earl and Mary Bond Davis. After graduating high school, she went on to receive a Bachelors degree in Education from the Mississippi University for Women. She began her teaching career in Kossuth and retired from Shannon High...
Randy Lee Anglin
Jun 11, 2020
Randy Lee Anglin, 64, died Thursday, June 11, 2020 at his home. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born November 8, 1955, the son of Orbin Anglin and Anne Mae Barnes. After his high school graduation, he worked several different jobs including working for the City of Tupelo and driving a truck. He was a former member...
Bettye C. Whitenton
Jun 10, 2020
Bettye Jo Clayton Whitenton, 85, died Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Dorsey, October 26, 1934, the only child to Judson Turnage and Ruth Sheffield Clayton. On June 16, 1950, she married Roy Reese Whitenton. Early in life, she worked at Whit’s Music Store and later worked as a bookkeeper for her husband...
Louise Westmoreland
Jun 9, 2020
Louise Westmoreland, 85, died Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Houston, October 30, 1934 to Russel and Ethel Long King. On November 23, 1950, she married Charles Westmoreland and they shared 39 years together until his death in 1990. For 15 years, she worked in the arts, crafts and fabric department at Walmart. Her hobbies...
Leonard R. Shackelford
Jun 9, 2020
Leonard Ray Shackleford, 97, died Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Itawamba County, December 16, 1922 to Perry and Alcie Ann Eliza Duffy Shackelford. As a young man, he answered his Country’s call to arms and served many years in the Army during World War II. During his Military career, he was stationed at various...
Virginia Spight
Jun 7, 2020
Mrs. Virginia Toomer Spight, life-long resident of Tupelo, Mississippi, died June 7, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 2, 1914 at the family home in Tupelo to the late Dr. William A. Toomer, and Ruth Gaither Toomer. She grew up in Tupelo, graduating from Tupelo High School in 1932. During her senior year in high school...
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