OBITUARIES
Helon C. Lewis
Jun 30, 2019
Tupelo - Helon C. Lewis, 94, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Chalybeate November 8, 1924, to Clyde and Ethyl Tomlinson Hopper. She was raised on her family farm and attended school in Chalybeate. She graduated as valedictorian from Blue Mountain College. Helon was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church...
Mike Hardin
Jun 30, 2019
Guntown- Bennie Mike Hardin, 72, died Sunday, June 30, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Pontotoc June 25, 1947 to Andrew Crosely “Andy” and Catherine Lambert Hardin. He was a graduate of Pontotoc High School and attended both Itawamba Community College and Mississippi State University. On November 19, 1972, he married Julene Atkins. Mike enjoyed collecting...
Pearlie Mae Martin
Jun 29, 2019
Pearlie Mae Martin, 69, died Saturday, June 29, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born August 29, 1949 to Archie and Velma Garret Engle. Pearlie was a disabled worker of Berkline. She enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of Shiloh Southern Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Jerry Martin of Tupelo;...
Tammy Bishop-Thompson
Jun 29, 2019
Tammy Jean Bishop-Thompson, 58, gained her angel wings Saturday, June 29, 2019, at her residence in Mooreville after an extended illness. She was born in the Eggville Community, March 9, 1961, to Mannie Lamar and Donnas Faye Martin Bishop. She was a graduate of Mooreville High School and attended Itawamba Community College. As a teenager, she worked at Kermit's Bakery...
Robert Mashburn
Jun 25, 2019
Robert Mashburn Saltillo- Holley Robert Mashburn, 70, died Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at his home. He was born January 18, 1949 in California to Bill Mashburn and Leonia Brock Mashburn. He graduated from W. P. Daniels High School in New Albany. On November 30, 1974, he married the former Kathey Cox. He was an active member of Tupelo Church of...
Thomas Eaton, Sr.
Jun 24, 2019
Thomas Eaton, Sr. Fulton- Thomas Ellis Eaton, Sr., 73, died Monday, June 24, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born February 12, 1946 in Greenville, Mississippi to William Edley Eaton and Vera Josephine Eddings Eaton. On April 7, 1963, Thomas married the former Nancy Lou Leffler and together they have three children, Tommy, Katherine, and Jeff. Thomas worked...
Francis Kennedy
Jun 24, 2019
Saltillo- Francis Kennedy Henry, 68, died Monday, June 24, 2019, at her home. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at W. E. Pegues, Saltillo. Burial will be at Pratts Cemetery.
Rev. Vernon Shaffer
Jun 24, 2019
Rev. Vernon Shaffer Tupelo- Rev. Vernon Edward Shaffer, 68, died Monday June 24, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after a sudden illness. He was born January 11, 1951 in Denver, Colorado to Edward E. Shaffer and Nancy Margaret Greene Shaffer. Rev. Shaffer was raised in the Denver area. In 1997 he and his family relocated to Tupelo...
Maxine H. Williams
Jun 23, 2019
Maxine H. Williams Richmond Community- Maxine Helms Williams, 92, died Sunday June 23, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born March 4, 1927 to Allen and Maude King Helms in Lee County, Mississippi. Maxine was special to all of us. She loved God, her Church and people. Maxine was a member of Richmond Baptist Church. She taught...
Mary E. Miller
Jun 22, 2019
Mrs. Mary E. Miller Saltillo-Mary Esther Miller, 82, went to be with her Savior Saturday, June 22, 2019 at Baptist Memorial in New Albany. Mary was born March 11, 1937 in Arkansas to Lynn Carl and Lillian Alexander Montgomery Manning. She was a seamstress for most of her life until she retired to stay home and raise her grandchildren. She...
Kuby Wayne Medeiros
Jun 20, 2019
Tupelo-Kuby Wayne Medeiros, 55, died Thursday, June 20, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Gordon Smith
Jun 20, 2019
Gordon Smith Mooreville- Charles Gordon Smith, 82, has gone to be with his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, June 20, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo with his wife by his side. He was born in Mooreville, February 26, 1937 to Charlie Harrison Smith and Minnie Eola McKinney Smith. He was a Mooreville High School Graduate. Gordon proudly served...
Patty Sullins Botts
Jun 20, 2019
Patty Sullins Botts Pontotoc- Patty Anne Sullins Botts, 62, passed from this life into the loving arms of our Savior on Tuesday, June 20, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo surrounded by her husband, mother, and children. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, February 28, 1957 to Kenneth Hugh Sullins and Virginia Ivalee Noe Sullins. Patty was a cosmetologist...
Wanda Fay Richey
Jun 19, 2019
Wanda Fay Richey, 81, died Wednesday, June 19, 2019. A native of Tupelo, she was born November 7, 1937 to Lee L. and Lucy Jane Hall Raper and was a graduate of Tupelo High School. She later became a licensed cosmetologist and worked as an instructor of cosmetology for over 40 years before retiring from Creations School of Cosmetology in...
Floyd Owen Blaylock
Jun 18, 2019
Floyd Owen Blaylock, 70, died Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at St. Joseph Hospice in Gulfport surrounded by all his loved ones. He was born in Tupelo, July 4, 1948 to Fonny Owen and Delores Goff Blaylock. For over 50 years, he was the owner of Blaylock's Electric Motor Shop in Tupelo until his retirement in 2011. Floyd enjoyed wrestling and...
Dineshkumar Rangilbhai Patel
Jun 17, 2019
Services for Mr. Dineshkumar Rangilbhai Patel will be 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. Monday June 17, 2019 at the Saltillo Chapel of W. E. Pegues.
Dineshkumar Rangilbhai Patel
Jun 14, 2019
Services for Mr. Dineshkumar Rangilbhai Patel will be 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. Monday June 17, 2019 at the Saltillo Chapel of W. E. Pegues.
Thais L. Fernandez
Jun 12, 2019
Thais Lotz Fernandez, 99, passed away June 12, 2019. She was born January 22, 1920, to Louis Joseph and Louise Reab Lotz. Affectionately known as "Nan", she is survived by her niece, Kathleen Terry of Tupelo; and nephews, Richard Schaefer (Jeannette) of Diamondhead and Mark Lotz (Jean) of Lacombe, Louisiana and their children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death...
Ruby Lee "Granny" Nichols
Jun 11, 2019
Ruby Lee "Granny" Nichols, 88, died Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born April 2, 1931, to William Arthur and Lola Viola Davis Abbott. For 25 years, she worked at Mid South Packers. Granny enjoyed sitting outside reading her Bible and the newspaper in her swing and watching John Wayne movies....
Debbie Holloway Dyer
Jun 10, 2019
Deborah Holloway Dyer, 59, passed away suddenly at her home Monday, June 10, 2019. She was born June 9,1960, in Memphis, Tennessee. She was a graduate of Tupelo High School, class of 1978 where she was a cheerleader, on the homecoming court, and a member of several clubs and civic organizations. She earned her Associates Degree at Itawamba Community College,...
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