OBITUARIES
Clara Fay Green Smith
Mar 4, 2019
Canton, formerly of Tupelo - Clara Fay Green Smith was born September 4, 1922, in the Carolina Community of Itawamba County, Mississippi. Her parents were H. C. and Mary Agnes Green. She died March 1, 2019 at the Madison County Nursing Home. She graduated from Tupelo High School and immediately went to work. She met her husband while she was...
Opal Earlean Reynolds
Mar 4, 2019
Opal Earlean Reynolds, 92, passed away peacefully Monday, March 4, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House. A native of Saltillo, she was born April 17, 1926. She graduated from Saltillo High School and attended Itawamba Junior College. In 1957, Opal married the love of her life, Murry Laird Reynolds and they shared 42 years together. They lived in a number of...
Martha Kincade Keith Dillard
Mar 3, 2019
Palmetto Community - Martha Dillard, 81, surrounded by her loving family, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Houston, she was born February 22, 1938, to George Richard Kincade and Nancy Barbara Lackey Kincade. Martha attended schools in Houston, Palmetto and Shannon High School. For most of her adult...
Florence Bryant
Mar 2, 2019
Myrtle - Florence Lorine Bryant, 85, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, surrounded by her family, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. A native of Tennessee, she was born October 11, 1933 to John Morgan and Lilly Bomar Morgan. She married the love of her life, Robert Lee Bryant, and they shared many wonderful years until his death. Her family,...
Clara Fay Green Smith
Mar 1, 2019
Canton, formerly of Tupelo - Clara Fay Green Smith was born September 4, 1922, in the Carolina Community of Itawamba County, Mississippi. Her parents were H. C. and Mary Agnes Green. She died March 1, 2019 at the Madison County Nursing Home. She graduated from Tupelo High School and immediately went to work. She met her husband while she was...
Carolyn Westmoreland Conway
Feb 28, 2019
Richmond Community – Carolyn Westmoreland Conway, 77, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. A native of Tupelo, she was born June 26, 1941 to Waymond “Boss” Westmoreland and Methol V. Partlow Westmoreland. For most of her adult life, Carolyn was a homemaker. She enjoyed listening to gospel music, working on and collecting dolls...
Don Watts
Feb 25, 2019
Don Watts, 84, passed away on Sunday February 25, 2019, at Magnolia Manor in Tupelo. He is survived by his son, Don Watts and his wife, Doris of Tupelo. There will be no formal services as this was Don's request. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com . Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W.E. Pegues...
Darwyn Cozart
Feb 25, 2019
Tupelo - Darwyn “Pops” Ray Cozart, 81, surrounded by his family, passed away Monday, February 25, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A Coffeeville native, he was born October 6, 1937 to Howard Ray and Tessie Mae Parker Cozart. Darwyn grew up in Tupelo and was a 1955 graduate of Tupelo High School. He also attended Itawamba Community College and...
Dot Green
Feb 24, 2019
Dorothy May "Dot" Green, 85, died Sunday, February 24, 2019, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. She was born and raised in Itawamba County, May 30, 1933, to John Henry and Madie Jewell Presley Hayes, but had lived in Tupelo most of her adult life. She was a long-time hairdresser in the Lee County/ Tupelo area and co-owner...
Betty Ann Rhudy Barnett
Feb 21, 2019
Betty Ann Rhudy Barnett, 80, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Lee County, December 14, 1938, to James C. and Vivian Louise Moore Rhudy and graduated from Humes High School in Memphis. She offered her bookkeeping and tax service to clients in her home until a couple years ago. After a...
Billy Ray Smith
Feb 21, 2019
Sherman - Billy Ray Smith, 79, passed away February 19, 2019, surrounded by his loving family at his home. On April 1, 1939, he was born to Wesley and Clester Braden Smith in Lee County. Billy married his best friend and mother of his children, Delores Smith, on June 10, 1960. For a number of years, he worked for Mid-South...
Dorothy Culver
Feb 21, 2019
Jackson, formerly of Tupelo- Dorothy Jean Sheffield Culver, 86, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2019 at Compere's Nursing Home in Jackson. A native of Itawamba County, she was born on October 5, 1932 to Willie Owen and Mandy Holland Sheffield. She was a resident of Tupelo for most of her life, but has called Jackson home for the last three...
John Gilbert
Feb 19, 2019
Tupelo- On Tuesday, February 19, 2019, God called home John Gilbert, age 78, he was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and “Pops.” A longtime resident of Tupelo, he passed away at home. John was born on July 21, 1940 to John Amos Gilbert and Dorotha Brewer Stewart in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was a mentor to many young people in his...
Billy Ray Smith
Feb 19, 2019
Sherman - Billy Ray Smith, 79, passed away February 19, 2019, surrounded by his loving family at his home. On April 1, 1939, he was born to Wesley and Clester Braden Smith in Lee County. Billy married his best friend and mother of his children, Delores Smith, on June 10, 1960. For a number of years, he worked for Mid-South...
Keith E. Deckard
Feb 17, 2019
Keith E. Deckard Blue Springs - Keith Edward Deckard, 76, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2019, at the Hospice Center of North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Saint Francisville, Illinois, he was born October 15, 1942 to Ralph Deckard and Sally Hawkins Deckard. Keith married the love of his life, Janet Wirth Deckard, on May 9, 1964 and together...
Patricia A. Jeter
Feb 17, 2019
Patricia Ann Jeter Saltillo – Patricia Ann Jeter, 77, surrounded by her loving family, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2019 in Florence, Alabama. On April 26, 1941, she was born to Woodrow R. Brock and Agnes Aleda Hill Brock. Patricia graduated from Pine Grove High School in Tippah County and attended Draughn’s Business College in Memphis, Tennessee where she obtained...
Jack Cox
Feb 16, 2019
Jack Cox Tupelo- Jack Stokes Cox, 93, passed away February 14, 2019, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Mississippi. He was born to Robert Huey and Alma Hamilton Cox on January 29, 1926, and he grew up in the Branyan community in Union county. He graduated from New Albany High School and attended Mississippi State University. He and his wife...
Clara Faye Cantrell
Feb 14, 2019
Tupelo - Clara Faye Putt Cantrell, 96, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2019, at Generations Senior Living. A native of Tupelo, Clara Faye was born on June 14, 1922 to Luther and Mary Hignite Putt. She married Garland I. "Gene" Cantrell in 1944 and together they had one daughter and one son. Clara Faye was a homemaker and for a...
William "D.D." Martin
Feb 14, 2019
Fulton - William "D.D." Fred Martin, Sr., 67, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. On November 30, 1951, he was born to Manly Bruce Martin and Susie Newby Martin in Okolona. D.D. was a devoted father and a hard working farmer. His larger than life sense of humor and outgoing personality will be...
Brandon Michael Smith, II
Feb 14, 2019
Brandon Michael Smith, II was born Thursday, February 14, 2019 in Memphis, Tennessee to Brandon and Stephanie Renee' Smith and died shortly after. Though his time with us was brief; the impression he made in the hearts of all who met him will last a lifetime. Survivors include his parents; two sisters, Sara Abigail and Aubrey Renee' Smith; maternal grandparents,...
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