OBITUARIES
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...
Sharon D. South
Mar 17, 2020
Sharon Burchfield South, 53, passed away at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness and is now in the arms of her creator, enjoying eternal peace and love. She was born August 6, 1966 in Winston County, but was a resident of both Lee and Union Counties for most of her life. Sharon was a beloved wife, daughter, sister,...
Bill Jennings
Mar 15, 2020
Tupelo—William Tate Jennings, 81, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020 at the Reed Green House of Traceway Retirement Community. He was born November 24, 1938 in Meridian, the son of Tate and Colene Webb Jennings. William served in the U.S. Army and was a retired Captain with the Mississippi Highway Patrol. He was a member of First Baptist Church of...
John Burleson
Mar 13, 2020
Verona—John Phillip Burleson, 58, passed away Friday, March 13, 2020, in Pontotoc County. He was born April 8, 1961, the son of John Morris Burleson and Sammie Jean Young Burleson. John loved life and worked hard. He was currently employed with Mid-South Farmers Co-op and previously at Cooper Tire, Tecumseh, and Timber Ridge Ranch. He loved spending time with his...
Amanda Hebner
Mar 12, 2020
Amanda Hebner, 55, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 12, 2020. She was born August 2, 1964 in San Benito, Texas, the daughter of Domingo Ramirez and Anna Abrego. She grew up in Corpus Christi and has lived in Tupelo the past 6 years. Amanda worked in sales for the national Cheerleader Dance Team and was a choreographer for many...
Melissa Poores
Mar 12, 2020
Melissa Newcomb Poores, 44, died Thursday, March 12, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 16, 1975 in Tupelo, the daughter of Ernest and Judy Newcomb. She enjoyed spending time with her family and watching her special TV shows. Survivors include two daughters, Miranda Newcomb and Danielle Poores-Craig and husband, Richard; her father, Earnest Newcomb; one sister,...
Billy Whitehead
Mar 11, 2020
Billy Whitehead, 71, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at the North MS Medical Center. He was born January 4, 1949, the son of Raymond and Lola Mae Cleveland Whitehead. He grew up in Memphis. Billy retired from the Corinth Police Department after many years of service as a law enforcement officer. He was an expert marksman and enjoyed perfecting...
Jane Christian
Mar 9, 2020
Jane Christian Mooreville- Vivian Jane Loden Christian, 79, went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, March 9, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She and her twin brother, Gene, were born April 7, 1940 in Tupelo to Fred Loden and Leslie Gregory Loden. Jane was a graduate of Mooreville High School where she played...
Jane Clare Alexander Denton
Mar 9, 2020
Jane Clare Alexander Denton, 88, died Monday, March 9, 2020 in the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Arcola, August 21, 1931 to Jack Sales and Laura McKenzie Alexander. She was a graduate of Arcola High School and attended the University of Mississippi. On June 14, 1951, she married Herbert Lynette Denton, Jr. and relocated...
Walter Gene "Goose" Turner
Mar 8, 2020
Walter Eugene “Goose” Turner, 81, died Sunday, March 8, 2020 at Baptist East Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a sudden illness. He was born in Corinth February 17, 1939 to Claude Edward and Wincie Styles Turner and was a graduate of Tupelo High School. Early in life, he worked as a general laborer at Penn Tire and remained there until...
Frances "Fran" Goodwin Daugherty
Mar 7, 2020
Frances “Fran” Goodwin Daugherty, 86, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born March 20, 1932 in Verona to Edgar “Pig” and Mildred Greenhill Goodwin and was a member of Verona United Methodist Church. She retired after 35 years from the Department of Agriculture (ASCS office) and after 18 years from Surplus Fabrics....
Mary Sue Burch
Mar 6, 2020
Mary Sue Burch Mary Sue Burch, 77, died Friday, March 6, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native and life-long resident of the Spring Hill Community, she was born April 24, 1942 to Enoch and Mary Allie Price Orsborn and attended Saltillo High School. While her children were young, she worked as cosmetologist and in the late 60’s joined...
Curtis Gerald Sims
Mar 3, 2020
Curtis Gerald SimsFurrs Community—Mr. Gerald Sims, 91, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at his home in Pontotoc County. He was born on April 20, 1928, the only child of Arthur Curtis Sims and Ezell Archer Sims. He spent his life in the Furrs Community of Pontotoc County. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy 1946-1948. He worked his entire...
Danny Watson
Mar 1, 2020
Danny Tyson Watson Saltillo- Danny Tyson Watson, 68, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family, after a brief illness on February 27, 2020. He was born in Saltillo to Tyson and Bertie Watson on February 8, 1952. He was a Baptist by faith. He was a member of Heart Adult Daycare Center. He enjoyed camping, dancing, and watching...
Joy Jones
Feb 27, 2020
Joy Jones Tupelo- Joy Tucker Jones, 55, died Thursday, February 27, 2020 suddenly at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born May 3, 1964 in Tupelo to George Thomas “Tommy” Tucker and Hilda “Kay” Bridgman Tucker. On November 18, 1995, Joy married Keith Jones. She enjoyed fishing and baking breads and candies to share to her friends and family. Joy...
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