OBITUARIES
Danny Ryan
Dec 15, 2019
Tupelo- Danny Ray Ryan, 60, died Sunday, December 15, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Texas, August 7, 1959 to Johnny Ray and Mary Ann Lamb Ryan. Many of his younger years he spent working in manufacturing facilities and enjoyed fishing in his free time. Survivors include sister, Deborah Baker of Saltillo;...
Betty Jean Hester
Dec 14, 2019
Betty Jean McNeece Hester, 82, died Saturday, December 14, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native and life-long resident of Lee County, she was born in Saltillo, August 14, 1937 to Douglas and Annie Bell Parmer McNeece. She worked at Day-Brite for over 20 years before her retirement. Betty loved being on the go shopping...
Audrey Mann Saucier
Dec 12, 2019
Audrey Jean Mann Saucier, 70, died unexpectedly Thursday, December 12, 2019 at her residence. She was born in Gulfport July 20, 1949 to Loomis L. and Mary Evelyn Mann and was a graduate of Gulfport High School. Audrey had a nurturing spirit and spent a majority of her life caring for the elderly. Audrey loved her family and centered her...
Frances Helms
Dec 11, 2019
Ridgeland-Annie Frances Harris Helms, formerly of Plantersville, went home to be with her heavenly father and sweet husband on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at her daughter’s home in Ridgeland. Frances was born on October 7, 1929 in Plantersville to Quitman and Noreen Bowles Harris, who preceded her in death. The love of her life and husband of 66 years, Aaron,...
Mary Janice Baswell
Dec 8, 2019
Mary Janice Baswell Shannon- Mary Janice Baswell, 61, died Sunday, December 8, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born February 18, 1958, to Wilburn Pete and Johnnie Mae Maxwell Baswell. She enjoyed suduko puzzles, playing bingo and computer games and watching Days of Our Lives. Survivors include her daughter, Jennifer Towery of Olive Branch; son,...
Evelyn Lee Moore
Dec 8, 2019
Evelyn Lee Moore Tupelo- Evelyn Lee Moore, 90, died Sunday December 8, 2019 at Creekside Manor Assisted Living. Evelyn was born September 15, 1929, to Auris L. Lee and Myrtle V. Campbell Lee in the Blair Community. Evelyn lived to Blue Springs in her early school years. She moved to Branyon Community and went to school there through the eighth...
Ketmany Sirasombath
Dec 8, 2019
Ketmany Sirasombath Tupelo- Ketmany Sirasombath, 39, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019, at the North Mississippi Medical Center due to an extended illness. He was born in Thailand to Bounmy Sirasombath and Souphy Bouaphavong Sirasombath. He is a Shannon High School graduate. Ketmany worked at multiple manufacturing companies over the years. He enjoyed fishing, four wheel riding and spending time...
Cody Pearson
Dec 7, 2019
Cody Pearson Shannon- Cody O'Neal Pearson,29, went to be with Jesus Saturday, December 7, 2019 after a sudden illness. He was born on June 10, 1990, to David and Cassandra “Gay” Coker Pearson. He enjoyed the outdoors and spending time with his many special cousins, nieces, and nephews. He also enjoyed spending time with his bonus mom, Sharon Pearson. He...
Mary Dale Rutherford Rogers
Dec 6, 2019
Mary Dale Rutherford Rogers Shannon- Mary Dale Lauderdale Rutherford Rogers, 95, died Friday, December 6, 2019 at her home in Shannon. She was born May 2, 1924 to Burt Lauderdale and Mary Dale Stewart Lauderdale. Mary Dale spent her life devoted to loving the Lord and those around her. She enjoyed spending her days watching birds out her window at...
Mary O. Crawford
Dec 5, 2019
Mary O. Crawford Tupelo- Mary Oakley Crawford, 73, died Thursday December 5, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. Mary was born April 30, 1946 to Kathleen Timmons Oakley in Alabama. Mary went to Delta State University where she graduated with her Bachelor’s Degree and met her husband, Frank. She retired from Tupelo Public School District spending most of her teaching...
Charles Wood
Dec 5, 2019
Birmingham Ridge- Charles Dunbar Wood, 75, died of Alzheimer's Disease, Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Rosewood in Tupelo. A native and life-long resident of the Birmingham Ridge Community, he was born January 17, 1944 to Charles Ralph and Oneita Wood and was a graduate of Saltillo High School. On May 28, 1965, he married Cheryl Bean Wood in Jasper, Alabama...
Mildred H Coggins
Dec 3, 2019
Tupelo- Mildred Alice Coggins, 92, died Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Dumas, October 20, 1927 to Wade Hampton and Ophelia Carr Heath. On April 27, 1950, she married Jesse Ray Coggins. For 31 years, she worked as a contract specialist with the Natchez Trace Parkway Department of Interior. Mildred enjoyed traveling and...
Letha May Beaty
Dec 2, 2019
Guntown- Letha May Beaty, 85, died Monday, December 2, 2019 at her residence. She was born in Vina, Alabama October 10, 1934 to Charnell and Clistie Holland Blackburn. She worked for a number of years in quality control at Aurora Bearing in Chicago, Illinois. Letha enjoyed working outdoors doing yard work, gardening, mowing. She was a loving wife, mother and...
Wanda Green
Dec 2, 2019
Wanda Mae Green, 87, died Monday, December 2, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Walla Walla, Washington September 9, 1932 to Morrison and Frances McCauley Groom. When Wanda was young, her mother was re-married to Herb Wiest whose Military career moved their family around the United States. In January of 1952, Wanda...
Ann McCullough Nanney
Dec 1, 2019
Tupelo - Ann McCullough Nanney, 90, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2019, at her residence. She was born in Peppertown May 24, 1929, to Delbert Bart and Clyda Jane York McCullough. She was a 1947 graduate of Itawamba Agricultural High School and then attended Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus. In 1950, she married J. B. Nanney and they...
Peggy Mayfield Scott
Dec 1, 2019
Merritt Island, Florida formerly of Tupelo- Peggy Mayfield Scott, 82, died Sunday, December 1, 2019 at Rockledge Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A native of Tupelo, she was born on May 6, 1937 to Johnny and Stella Roebuck Mayfield. She was a 1955 graduate of Tupelo High School and a 1959 graduate of Mississippi College. On June 3,...
Eloise Barnes
Nov 29, 2019
Tupelo- Eloise Barnes, 82, died Friday, November 29, 2019 at Diversicare of Tupelo after a lengthy illness. A native and life-long resident of Lee County, she was born December 19, 1936 to Ernest and Bessie Campbell McCostlin. She worked as a greeter at Walmart, sat with the elderly and for many years, worked at Shockley's. Eloise enjoyed spending time with...
Ruby Dillard
Nov 28, 2019
Ruby Estella Clark Dillard, 77, died Thursday, November 28, 2019 surrounded by family at her residence after a lengthy illness. A native of Lee County, she was born in the Skyline Community June 14, 1942 to Osley and Odean Hardy Clark and attended Mooreville schools. On February 4, 1961, she married John William Dillard and two years later relocated to...
Lyda Jean Shepard
Nov 28, 2019
Tupelo- Lydia Jean Bennett Shepard, 96, passed away peacefully in her home in Portsmouth, Virginia on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2019, surrounded by the love of her family. She was born November 30, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Kelly and Clare Duncan Bennett and was a graduate of Broadripple High School. She was married for 46 years to Howard Roy...
Rita Buckner Smith
Nov 27, 2019
Beloved wife and mother Rita Buckner Smith went home to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, November 28 at the age of 85. Born in 1934 to John Kenneth Buckner and Athlene Shepherd Buckner in Asheville, North Carolina, her youth was spent immersed in music, arts, horseback riding and of course, all things involving 1st Baptist Church of...
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