OBITUARIES
Gertrude Duffie
Apr 13, 2020
Furrs Community—Gertrude Ann Duffie, 80, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born July 31, 1939 in Stevenville, Newfoundland, Canada, the daughter of Donald and Gene Rose. Gertrude married Calvin Duffie who she met through his military service. They made their home in the Furrs Community where they raised their four children. She...
Anne Pyle Land
Apr 12, 2020
Saltillo—Anne Pyle Land, 84, passed away Easter Sunday, April 13, 2020 at The Meadows in Fulton. She was born August 12, 1935 in Saltillo to Dudley and Mabel Pyle. Anne graduated from Tupelo High School where she played the flute in the band. She then went on to the University of Mississippi where she earned a bachelor’s degree in business...
Henry C. Gooszen
Apr 11, 2020
Saltillo--Henry C. Gooszen, went to his heavenly peace after an extended illness on April 11, 2020, at his home, surrounded by family. He was born April 10, 1928 in Queens, New York, the son of Henry and May Gooszen. He served in the Navy at Guantanamo Bay and also acquired his private airplane license. After his time in the Navy,...
Jane Morgan
Apr 10, 2020
Tupelo—Jane Thompson Morgan, 73, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020, in the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on February 27, 1947, to Mildred Partlow Thompson and James Henry “Jimmy” Thompson. Jane attended school in Tupelo until the ninth grade, then moving to Panama City, Florida with her father to open a car sales...
Christine Roush
Apr 9, 2020
Christine Lynn Roush, 58, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2020 at her residence in Houston. She was born August 25, 1961 in Pekin, Illinois, the daughter of Lonnie Reynolds and Patricia Martin Jackson. She grew up in Lee County and attended school at Saltillo. Christine worked as a seamstress in the furniture industry. She had a wonderful sense of humor...
Guy T. Harris
Apr 6, 2020
Guy Thomas Harris, 81, passed away peacefully April 6, 2020, at the home of his daughter in Saltillo. A lifelong resident of Lee County, he was born June 16, 1938 in Tupelo, the son of C.V. and Fay Adams Harris. Guy served his country in the Mississippi Army National Guard and Reserves for 13 years. A 20 year police officer,...
George Allen Bush
Apr 5, 2020
George Allen Bush, 88, died Sunday, April 5, 2020 at his residence. He was born the only child to George and Lucille Bush May 23, 1931 in Red Bay, Alabama. He worked many years as a foreman at Penn Tire and later retired after a fulfilling career with Cooper Tire. On December 31, 1959, he married Betty Jean McCullough and...
Suzy Parker
Apr 5, 2020
Saltillo- Suzy Nell Parker, 66, died Sunday, April 5, 2020 at her residence in Saltillo. She was born in Lakeland, Florida February 5, 1954 to James Harvey and Velma Tucker Berry. Suzy enjoyed taking care of her family who she loved very much, especially her four granddaughters. Survivors include her two children, Vic Parker and Tina Armstrong (Hughy); four granddaughters,...
Gray Megginson
Apr 4, 2020
Tupelo- Oscar Gray Megginson Jr., 90, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday April 4, 2020, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born November 10, 1929, in Jackson, Mississippi, to Oscar Gray and Gladys Lindsey Megginson. Gray was a graduate of Central High School in Jackson, and received a degree in Engineering from Mississippi State University.He entered the...
Dennis Russell
Apr 1, 2020
Saltillo- James Dennis Russell, 71, died Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born August 4, 1948 to Hubert and Jessie Frederick Russell. When he was 18, he answered his country’s call to arms and enlisted in United States Army. During his Military career, he served two tours in Vietnam was awarded a Purple...
Danny Dempsey
Mar 30, 2020
Daniel Steven “Danny” Dempsey, 65, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of William Sherman Dempsey and Wilma Beatrice Farley Dempsey. A longtime resident of Lee County, he was a 1973 graduate of Tupelo High School. In 1975 Danny met the love...
Amy Kelly Hitchcock
Mar 27, 2020
Amy Kelly Hitchcock, 30, passed away Friday, March 27, 2020, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born June 30, 1989 in Lee County, the daughter of Mark and Nancy Kelly. Amy worked as a server for Bonanza for over 10 years. She enjoyed working out at the gym and loved taking trips. Most of all, she loved time...
Jerry O. Hall
Mar 26, 2020
Nettleton—Jerry O’neal Hall, 70, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born April 19, 1949 in Lee County, the son of Mamie Lou Hall Martin, and grew up in the Eggville Community. Jerry worked for many years as the custodian for Plantersville Junior High School where he was beloved...
Robert R. Tipton
Mar 25, 2020
Robert Russell Tipton, 81, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Water Valley October 28, 1938, the son of Barney and Rosie Dover Tipton. After growing up in the Delta, Robert proudly served in the U.S. Army in Germany as part of the peace keeping operation following...
John Blanchard
Mar 24, 2020
John Blanchard Mooreville- Jules “John” Edward Blanchard, 90, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born February 27, 1930 to Jean Baptiste Blanchard and Arlene Nadeau Blanchard in Bradley, Maine. John enlisted in the United States Navy and made his career serving his country faithfully. During his 20 year military career, he received an...
John Gifford
Mar 24, 2020
John Rufus Gifford, 80, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born May 3, 1939, to John Glen and Dige Blackwell Gifford in Corinth. John was a retired route driver for Canteen Vending. He proudly served in the United States Navy during the Cuban Conflict. He loved fishing and was an avid Ole...
Martha Fowler
Mar 24, 2020
Tupelo- Martha Janell Fowler, 85, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the Sanctuary Hospice House from an extended illness. Mrs. Fowler, affectionately known as “Aunt Pete,” was born on February 14, 1935 to the late Condie and Nancy Oliver, of Shannon. She was married for 50 years to Jessie Thomas Fowler, who preceded her in death, November 2000. She was...
Tom Henderson
Mar 23, 2020
Tom Henderson TUPELO - Thomas Abner Henderson, 75, went to be with our Lord and Savior on March 23, 2020 after a twenty-year battle with the neurological disease, Primary Lateral Sclerosis. Tom was born January 27, 1945 in Ackerman and was the son of the late Albert Hugh Henderson and Jimmie Lou (McCarty) Henderson. He graduated from Ackerman High School...
Rhonda Faye Harville
Mar 22, 2020
Rhonda Harville Tupelo-Rhonda Faye Harville, 54, loving wife and mother, died Sunday, March 22, 2020 at her home surrounded by family. She was born December 21, 1965 at the Naval Hospital in Beaufort, South Carolina to Richard Bennett and Betty Bennett. Rhonda is a South Pontotoc High School graduate and attended Itawamba Community College. On May 18, 1985, she married...
Andy Loden
Mar 19, 2020
Malcolm Andrew "Andy" Loden met his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Andy was born on December 17, 1968, in Saltillo, Mississippi. Andy was a graduate of the Saltillo school system, which is where his steadfast love of all things sports was first born. After high school, Andy lived...
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