OBITUARIES
Cheryl Wages
October 4, 2019
Cheryl Wages Tupelo- After a long, hard battle with cancer, Cheryl Annette Wages, 62, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, October 4, 2019 at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit in Tupelo. She was born in Tupelo on April 9, 1957, to George Walter and Minnie Cook Wages. She graduated from Shannon High School in...
Mary Green
October 3, 2019
Mary N. Green, 69, died Thursday, October 3, 2019 at the Meadows in Fulton after a brief illness. She was born in Red Bay, Alabama December 21, 1949 to O.C. and Mary Marie Prestige Williams and was raised in the Auburn Community. On April 18, 1969, she married Carlton Green. Early in life, she worked as a manager at Books-A-Million...
Pamela Byars
October 3, 2019
Pamela Anne Mabry Byars, 65, went to her Heavenly home, Thursday, October 3, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Greenville on July 8, 1954 to James Clyde and Mary Lavelle Morphis Mabry and had lived in Mobile, Alabama and Summerville, South Carolina. Early in life, she worked a number of years at Arvin Industries. She later...
Shirley Frazier
October 3, 2019
Mantachie-Shirley Yvonne Frazier, 73, passed away on Thursday October 3, 2019, at her residence in Mantachie. No formal services will be held. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com .
Dixie Haney-Ingram
September 29, 2019
Tupelo- Dixie Lee Haney-Ingram, 62, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019 after a brief illness. She was born in Tracy, Minnesota July 2, 1957 to Allen Dale and Dorothy May Engler Haney. She was a 1975 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dixie loved working in her garden and spending time with her dogs. Survivors include...
Patsy West
September 28, 2019
Patsy West Tupelo- Patricia Ann Lothorp West, 76, died Saturday, September 28, 2019 at The Nichols Center in Madison, Mississippi after a short illness. Patsy was born February 26, 1943 to Ernest Gilbert Lothorp and Irene Cook Lothorp in Tupelo. After graduating from Tupelo High School in 1961, Patsy earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Education at Mississippi University for Women...
Donna Krason
September 28, 2019
Donna Krason TUPELO—Donna Krason, 64, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by friends and family following an extended illness. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 1955, to Alfred Eichler, Sr., and Lucille Eichler. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Jefferson Borough, Pennsylvania, and went on to earn an associates...
Mary E. Griffin
September 28, 2019
Mary E. Griffin Plantersville- Mary Elizabeth Griffin, 72, longtime and faithful member of First Baptist Church in Plantersville, died Saturday, September 28, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit in Tupelo, surrounded by her family. She was born November 8, 1946 in Houston, Mississippi to George Worth Huffman and Willie Mae Harmon Huffman. Mary attended Houston High School and...
David Thomason
September 22, 2019
Charles David Thomason, 82, died Sunday, September 22, 2019 at the Hospice Unit of North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Union County, he was born in Myrtle January 7, 1937 to O.M. and Audrey Bateman Thomason and was raised in Blue Springs. He was a 1955 graduate of Sherman High School and went on to...
Dennis W. Livingston
September 22, 2019
Tupelo- Dennis Wayne Livingston, 66, died Sunday, September 22, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Tupelo, he was born July 12, 1953 to Harold and Lazette Livingston. He was a 1971 graduate of Tupelo High School and went on to receive his Bachelors degree in Accounting from Mississippi State University in 1975. After college,...
Jay Ingram
September 20, 2019
Mr. Jay Ogden Ingram, 93, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 3, 1926 to Wallace Davis Ingram and Frieda Elizabeth Kleopfer Ingram. Jay attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati. He enlisted in the United States Marines during World War II. He served in the U. S. Second Division Marines where he...
Judy Perrigo Dunehew
September 19, 2019
Judy Perrigo Dunehew, 67, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at her home in Tupelo after a long, hard, courageous fight against ovarian cancer. Judy was born the youngest of five children October 3, 1951 to William “Bill” and Evelyn Perrigo in Memphis, Tennessee. Judy graduated from Overton High School in Memphis with the class of 1969. She then attended...
Gladys McDonald Randle
September 19, 2019
Tupelo- Gladys McDonald Randle, 99, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born January 12, 1920 in Union County to John and Tishie Hogue McDonald, the youngest of six children. After attending Ellistown School, she married Joseph Ashby Randle on July 31, 1937. The family moved to Tupelo in 1945. Gladys...
Jr. Parker
September 17, 2019
Walker Mace Parker, Jr., 88, died Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the Meadows in Fulton after an extended illness. A native and life-long resident of Lee County, he was born June 14, 1931 to Walker Mace and Jerusha Ion Gory Parker. In 2001, he retired from Clark Truck Line after working as a truck driver for over 50 years. He...
Doris Miles Turner
September 17, 2019
Doris Miles Tuner died Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the Inpatient Hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native and life-long resident of Lee County, she was born December 22 to Andrew and Melvirda Stanford Miles. She was a 1955 graduate of Saltillo High School and went on to work for Kennedy Transfer and Storage...
Marilyn Perry
September 12, 2019
Marilyn Perry Tupelo- Marilyn Faye Perry, 69, died Thursday, September 12, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born October 1, 1949, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. She graduated from Lee Davis High School in Mechanicsville, Virginia. She was a member of Lee Acres Church of Christ and a former member of Verona Christian Church where she played the...
G. G. Moore
September 12, 2019
G. G. Moore Tupelo- George Gaylord Moore, 61, died Thursday September 12, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born July 1, 1958 in Itawamba County, Mississippi to Jimmy Clay Moore and Gary Pennington Moore. During his working life he worked on an off shore oil rig and as a carpenter. G. G. loved music...
Len Shelton
September 12, 2019
Len Shelton Tupelo- Larry "Len" Shelton peacefully left his earthly home on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at Tishomingo Community Living Center in Iuka, Mississippi. A devoted husband and loving father and grandfather, he was cherished by many and will be missed by all who knew him well. Len's story began 74 years ago. He was born on April 27, 1945,...
Tammy Carruthers
September 11, 2019
Tupelo- Tammy Darlene Carruthers, 55, died Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in the hospice unit at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Itawamba County February 16, 1964 to James Oye and Ruby Lillian Bobo Gray. Tammy loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and sisters. Survivors include two daughters, Nichole Odom and Noel...
Shelby Collins Upchurch
September 11, 2019
Tupelo- Shelby Collins Upchurch, 94, passed away September 11, 2019, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home, Oxford, Mississippi. Shelby was loved by his family and friends for his gentleness, generosity, and charming smile. He was devoted to his mother, brothers and their Family. Shelby is survived by his nieces Linda Sullivan (Phil), Marykay Mincy (Perry), Nancy Upchurch, and Pamela Van...
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