OBITUARIES
Lillian Neff Kellum
Nov 11, 2019
Lillian Neff Kellum Tupelo- Lillian Loraine Neff Kellum, 98, died Monday, November 11, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born November 28, 1920 in Captains City to Park and Lee Richardson Neff. She was a graduate of Catching High School and received a Bachelor's degree in Education from Delta State. In June of 2019, she moved to Tupelo...
Wesley Smith
Nov 11, 2019
Wesley Smith Pontotoc- Calvin Wesley Smith, 80, died Monday, November 11, 2019, at his home in Duck Hill, Mississippi. Wesley was born December 22, 1938, to Fred Smith and Flossie Hill Smith in Carlisle, Arkansas. After graduating from Carlisle High School in 1957, he enlisted in the United States Navy. After the Navy, he worked as a lineman for Arkansas...
Diane Loudenslager Piraino
Nov 11, 2019
Tupelo- Diane Marie Loudenslager Piraino, 76, died Monday, November 11, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by her family after a brief illness. She was born May 30, 1943 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania to B.C. and Maxine Everett Loudenslager. She was a 1961 graduate of Williamsport High School where she was an excellent student and athlete and a 1963 graduate...
Hazel Franklin Street
Nov 10, 2019
Hazel Franklin Street Tupelo- Hazel Franklin Street, 91, died Sunday, November 10, 2019, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born August 22, 1928, to Robert Walter Franklin and Dollie Ellen Gean Franklin. During her high school years she played basketball, her love for sports continued all her life especially SEC and Mississippi State sports. After graduating from Tupelo...
Donald "Gene" Franklin
Nov 5, 2019
Donald "Gene" Franklin Tupelo- Donald "Gene" Franklin, 88, died Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at his residence. He was born April 24, 1931 in Russell County, Virginia to Alexander Sheridan and Isabel Beatrice Counts Franklin. At the age of 17, he enlisted with the United States Army and served in Italy where he met his wife, Luciana G. Tinolli. They were...
Martha Marcine Orsborn
Nov 3, 2019
Martha Marcine Orsborn, 89, died Sunday, November 3, 2019 at Countrywood Plantation in Mantachie after a lengthy illness. A native of the Van Buren Community in Itawamba County, she was born February 13, 1930 to Andrew Malachi and George Dewey Gregory Pearce and was a 1949 graduate of Itawamba Agricultural High School. On October 21, 1950, she married Curtis Benjamin...
Flo Pavone
Nov 3, 2019
Florence Ann "Flo" Pavone, 95, died Sunday, November 3, 2019 at AvonLea Assisted Living after a brief illness. She was born in Chicago, Illinois August 30, 1924 to Anthony and Ann Jedlicka Studin. In 1974, she relocated to Tupelo with her husband, Eugene Pavone with FMC. Later in life, they purchased a home in Naples, Florida where they would spend...
Janet Faye Deckard
Nov 2, 2019
Blue Springs, Mississippi- Janet Faye Wirth Deckard, 74, died Saturday, November 2, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by her loved ones. A native of Bridgeport, she was born December 15, 1944 to John Henry and Myrtle Irene Griffin Wirth. She later moved to Lawrenceville where she worked a number of years at Delzell's Dress Shop. On May 9,...
Glenda C. Curtis
Nov 2, 2019
Mantachie- Glenda Carolyn Curtis, 73, died Saturday, November 2, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Aberdeen, she was born May 17, 1946 to Oliver Earl and Gladys Roebuck Guthrie and called Itawamba County home for most of her life. She had a natural artistic talent and enjoyed creating oil paintings. She loved her family and doted over...
Patricia "Pat" Anne Emerson Thompson
Nov 1, 2019
Tupelo-Patricia "Pat” Anne Emerson Thompson, 77, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 29, 2019. She was born March 15, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee to the late J. B. and Margaret Emerson. Pat resided in Tupelo with her husband of 57 years, Jim. Pat was a homemaker and also served many years in the mortgage loan industry, retiring from...
Patricia "Pat" Anne Emerson Thompson
Oct 29, 2019
Tupelo-Patricia "Pat” Anne Emerson Thompson, 77, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 29, 2019. She was born March 15, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee to the late J. B. and Margaret Emerson. Pat resided in Tupelo with her husband of 57 years, Jim. Pat was a homemaker and also served many years in the mortgage loan industry, retiring from...
Gerald L. "Yank" Stanford
Oct 29, 2019
Brewer Community- Gerald L. “Yank” Stanford, 79, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at his residence. He was born and raised in Flora, Illinois to Harry R and Mildred McGrew Stanford. He worked as a cross country pipeline welder for the Local Union 798 based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma until his retirement. He later moved to the Brewer Community with...
Merle Raymond Claunch
Oct 28, 2019
Tupelo- Merle Raymond Claunch, 87, died Monday, October 28, 2019 at AvonLea Assisted Living in Tupelo. A native of Guntown, he was born March 21, 1932 to Raymond Strickland and Ruth Ella Moore Claunch. Merle was a graduate of both Cedar Hill High School and Itawamba Junior College and went on to attend Mississippi State University. Merle answered the call...
Ester Sellers Raper Clark
Oct 27, 2019
Mooreville- Ester Sellers Raper Clark, 84, gained her wings on Sunday, October 27, 2019. She was born May 24, 1935 in Alabama to Loyd Lee and Lucy Barger Sellers. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family. Survivors include her six children, Mary Priest (Ray), Billy Raper (Brenda), Joe Raper (Gail), Michael Clark (Angie), Carolyn McCollum (Donny) and Peggy...
Michael William Lail
Oct 26, 2019
Tupelo- Michael William Lail, 57, died peacefully at home, Saturday, October 26, 2019. He was born in North Carolina on January 30, 1962 to Fred William and Peggy Ann Fox Lail. His job as an Industrial Engineer for Basset Furniture led him to Mississippi. After working for a few other furniture businesses in the area, he settled at Deville Furniture...
Mary O'Dell Brown
Oct 23, 2019
Mary O'Dell Brown, wife of the late Dallas C. Brown, died in her home Wednesday, October 23, 2019. A native of Somerset, Kentucky, she resided in Tupelo for 43 years. Mrs. Brown was a homemaker, beloved of her husband and daughters. She was a Christian who worshiped with the congregation meeting in Northeast Tupelo on Hamm Street. Her sweet spirit,...
Joy L. Tomlinson
Oct 22, 2019
Tupelo- Joy Lucile Tomlinson, 62, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Tupelo, she was born November 17, 1956 to Holmes and Lucille Tomlinson and was a graduate of Tupelo High School. She began her career at NMMC on December 23, 1974 at the age of 18. In 1975, she returned to school...
Bonnie D. Green
Oct 21, 2019
Tupelo- Bonnie Louise Duncan Green, 84, died Monday, October 21, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Smithville March 9, 1935 to Albert and Avis Land Duncan and was a graduate of Smithville High School. She graduated from Cosmetology School and worked for several years at the Powder Puff. In 2005, she retired as a manager from the...
Laverne Clayton
Oct 21, 2019
Mooreville- Laverne Clayton, 83, died Monday, October 21, 2019 at her residence surrounded by family. She was born in Chickasaw County June 28, 1936 to Samuel Lee and Hattie Mae Mason McKinney. She graduated as Valedictorian from Mooreville High School. On October 2, 1981, she married Ray Clayton. She worked as Chief Grade Recorder for the University of Mississippi, secretary...
Betty L. Frisbee
Oct 18, 2019
Richmond Community- Betty Frisbee, 73, died Friday, October 18, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Dyess, Arkansas December 5, 1945 to Clarence William and Zelma Walley Shempert. On December 10, 1961, she married Carl D. Frisbee and together they moved to Wisconsin and then Illinois before settling in the Lee County area...
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