OBITUARIES
Carolyn Parrish
Mar 26, 2024
Carolyn Parrish
Mooreville- Carolyn Montgomery Parrish, at the age of 77, peacefully departed on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Born amidst the warm embrace of Tupelo's southern charm on July 19, 1946, Carolyn was the eldest daughter of Loran Andrew and Lorene Laura Hood Montgomery.
Though her roots were firmly planted in Tupelo, Carolyn's life blossomed in...
Mary Edith Farrar
Mar 26, 2024
Tupelo- Mary Edith Baptist Farrar went to Heaven Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Born February 29, 1928, in Lee County to Thomas and Grace Baptist, she grew up in the Palmetto Community and established her lifelong homestead in Tupelo in 1944. Mary graduated from Verona High School in 1946, among a class of 11 girls and 1 boy, and later earned...
Lucian Frank Poyner
Mar 25, 2024
Lucian Frank Poyner
Pontotoc—Lucian Frank Poyner, 72, passed away Monday, March 25, 2024, at his home. He was born November 30, 1951, to Eligha and Mary Poyner. Mr. Frank worked several years on the oil rig. He enjoyed welding and woodworking.
He is survived by son, Frank Jr.; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Daisy Huey (David) of Tupelo, MS; and one...
Shirley B. Sanders
Mar 24, 2024
Saltillo—Shirley B. Sanders, age 86, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2024 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born January 14, 1938 in Lee County to Marvin and Agnes Parker Harris. On February 11, 1956, she married Dewey Sanders and they enjoyed 49 years together before his passing in 2005. Shirley had a strong work ethic and began her varied...
Patsy Crockett Duke
Mar 19, 2024
Patsy Crockett Duke, age 86, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at the North Mississippi Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family. Patsy was born June 18, 1937 in Tupelo, the daughter of Luther E. “Pete” Crockett and Lucille Foster Crockett. She was a 1955 graduate of Tupelo High School and was a longtime resident of the Chesterville Community. In...
Billy Wayne Sheffield
Mar 17, 2024
Lake Piomingo- Billy Wayne Sheffield, 75, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at his home at Saltillo. Born on June 29, 1948, in Lee County, Billy Wayne was the cherished son of Preston and Lois Patterson Sheffield.
Billy Wayne’s life was marked by a profound sense of duty and honor. Drafted into the 4th Infantry Division, 1/22nd Infantry Delta...
Michael Wayne Lansdell
Mar 15, 2024
Michael Wayne Lansdell
Saltillo—Michael Wayne Lansdell, 65, passed away Friday, March 15, 2024, at his home in Saltillo, Mississippi. He was born in Baldwyn, Mississippi January 1, 1959, to Gene and Barbara Lansdell. He enjoyed traveling, fishing, and collecting baseball cards. He relocated to Michigan City, Indiana, before moving back home to Tupelo, Mississippi. Mr. Lansdell retired from Walmart after 20...
Jason "Bread" Lee Hall
Mar 15, 2024
Guntown—Jason “Bread” Hall, 24, passed away at his home in Guntown. He was born September 6, 1999, to Lee Hall and Kimberly Olora. Mr. Jason enjoyed fishing, working on cars, playing video games, and riding crotch rockets. The highlight of his life was spending time with his family and friends. He is survived by his father, Lee Hall (Christy); mother Kimberly...
Nellie Faye Bennett Gault
Mar 15, 2024
Saltillo-- Nellie Faye Bennett Gault, 86, passed away Friday, March 15, 2024, at The Meadows in Fulton. She was born May 1, 1937 to Roy Clifford Bennett and Ruby Tallent Bennett. Mrs. Gault was a member of Saltillo First Baptist Church where she loved her Sunday School class, and served as the Corresponding Secretary for her class. She retired after...
Terry Ethridge
Mar 11, 2024
Belden—Terry Lee Ethridge, age 65, lost his long battle with cancer on Monday, March 11, 2024. He was born in Tampa, Florida on December 29, 1958 to Horace and Wanda Keeling Ethridge. He attended Paragould High School where he graduated in 1977. Terry then joined the U.S. Army where he served as Military Police in Panama City, Panama....
Effie O'dell Franks
Mar 10, 2024
Tupelo—Effie O’dell Hood Franks passed away Sunday, March 10, 2024 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. O’dell was born April 17, 1935 to Richard and Effie Sarah Nancy Rogers Hood. She grew up in a large family in Mooreville with four sisters and three brothers. She attended Mooreville School. O’dell joined the workforce in Tupelo in the 1960’s. She worked...
Brenda Burt
Mar 8, 2024
Tupelo--Brenda Kaye Wolfe Burt, age 73, passed away Friday, March 8, 2024 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Born December 17, 1950 in Meridian, She was the daughter of Edgar and Evelyn Wolfe. She married Melvin Burt in 1970 and they enjoyed 44 years together before his passing in 2014. In 1979, Brenda and her family moved to Tupelo....
Jo Ann Chism
Mar 7, 2024
Pontotoc—Jo Ann Chism, age 93, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. Born December 7, 1930 in Tupelo, she was the daughter of former Tupelo Police Chief Robert H. Monaghan and Lois Tucker. After graduation from Tupelo High School, she worked for Hunter Sadler and also in the restaurant industry. She leaves behind her daughters, Becky...
Ron Cook
Mar 2, 2024
Ron Cook, a beloved friend, father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Iowa on September 11, 1951. Ron dedicated himself to a fulfilling career as a broadcast journalist for American Family Radio, where he touched the lives of many through his work.Ron had two great...
Charlie Brown
Mar 2, 2024
Charlie Brown
Charlie F. Brown, Jr, age 91, of Guntown, died Saturday, March 2, 2024, in hospice care at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born July 17, 1932, in Pontotoc County to Charlie, Sr. and Fannie B. Brown.
Following his Algoma High School graduation in 1949, he joined the United States Air Force in 1950. After a 20-year military...
C. B. Davis
Feb 26, 2024
C. B. Davis
Clinton Bryon Davis, Jr. died Monday, February 26, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. C.B. recently celebrated his 100th birthday, February 22 surrounded by family and friends. He is the son of the late Clinton Bryon Davis, Sr. and Nola Mae Brummet Davis and widow of Roberta Garner Davis. C. B. was a proud...
Cindy McCollum
Feb 24, 2024
Mooreville—Cynthia Kaye “Cindy” McCollum, age 65, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2024 at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit after an extended illness. Cindy was born in Tupelo on March 30, 1958, the daughter of Eugene and Sylvia Howle Rayburn. She enjoyed simple activities such as working in her yard and spending time with friends and family.
Cindy leaves behind...
Saundra Scott
Feb 23, 2024
Belden--Saundra Jo Scott passed away Friday, February 23, 2024 at the Sanctuary Hospice house after an extended illness. She was 78 years old. Born April 19, 1945 in Tupelo, she was the daughter of B.O. Brown and Josephine Simmons Brown. Not long after her high school graduation, she began working at BancorpSouth (now Cadence Bank), retiring with over 40 years...
Sandra Weaver Simmons
Feb 20, 2024
Sandra Weaver Simmons
Tupelo--Sandra Alicia Weaver Simmons, a native Floridian, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit. She was born October 6, 1945, in Panama City, Florida to Charles Melvin Weaver and Mae Gertrude Williams Weaver. She was one of 15 children. In the 1950s, the family resided in a 19th...
Emily Lamons
Feb 19, 2024
Emily Lamons, passed away Monday, February 19, 2024 at the Creekside Manor in Saltillo. She was 86. Born April 22, 1937, she was the daughter of Lewis Smith and Sadie McKissick Smith. Emily was a longtime resident of the Auburn Community where she and her husband raised their children. On January 3, 1956, she married the love of her life,...
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