OBITUARIES
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,...
Jack Cox
Feb 14, 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...
James H. "Jimmy" Clifton, Jr.
Feb 12, 2019
Iuka - James Henry "Jimmy" Clifton, Jr., 87, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at his residence. On February 21, 1931, he was born to James Henry Clifton and Evelyn Lemons in Pontotoc. He graduated from Pontotoc High School and attended Holmes Junior College and Ole Miss. Jimmy proudly served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He...
Barbara A. Hoard
Feb 12, 2019
Barbara A. Hoard Tupelo - Barbara Annette Richardson Hoard, 73, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday February 12, 2019. She was born at home in Jacinto on February 22, 1945 to Louvenia Sims and Garvin Richardson. On October 26, 1968, Barbara married her true love, Marvin Hoard, and they moved to Tupelo to begin their life together. Barbara...
Grover "Bud" Powell
Feb 11, 2019
Plantersville - Grover Cleveland “Bud” Powell, 81, passed away Monday, February 11, 2019, at his residence surrounded by family. He was born in Moorhead on June 20, 1937, to Clevon and Myrtle Mae Evans Powell and grew up in York, Alabama. Bud answered his Nation’s call and served his country in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War....
Ray Foster
Feb 8, 2019
Wyna Ray Foster, 87, passed from this life surrounded by her family on Friday, February 8, 2019 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She is now at her eternal home with her Lord and Savior. An Itawamba county native, she was born October 23, 1931, to Guy Mitchell and Jimmie Lynn Wilemon Culver, but has called Tupelo home...
Shirley Gregory Hall
Feb 8, 2019
Shirley Gregory Hall Carolina Community- Shirley Allyson Gregory Hall, 64, died Friday, February 8, 2019 as the result of an automobile accident. She was born in Tupelo, March 3, 1954 to Charles Allyson and Elaine Mize Gregory. Early in life, she worked as a phlebotomist at North Mississippi Medical Center. Her passion for cooking later led her to being a...
Earnest "Dee" Streit
Feb 7, 2019
Earnest Frederick "Dee" Streit, 86, died Thursday, February 7, 2019. He was born in Gasden, Alabama, June 26, 1932, to E.S. and Billie C. Coin Streit. His father worked for the Alabama Power Company and the family moved around a good bit during his childhood, however; he spent most of his younger years in Tupelo and graduated from Tupelo High...
William "Bill" Thomas Deet, Jr.
Feb 6, 2019
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W.E. Pegues, Tupelo.
Sara Sides
Feb 4, 2019
Sara Haley Sides, 24, died, Monday, February 4, 2019. She was born in Somerville, Tennessee January 15, 1995, to Michael Anthony Sides and Teasha Mae Whitten. She was a 2013 graduate of Mooreville High School and received her Associates Degree in Medical Coding from Itawamba Community College in 2016. After graduating from ICC, she worked as a medical coder in...
Dale Johnson McKee
Feb 4, 2019
Dale Johnson McKee Greenwood- Sarah Dale Johnson McKee died Monday, February 4, 2019, at Indywood Glen Personal Care assisted living facility in Greenwood, Miss., after a short illness. She was 96 years old. A native of Verona, Miss., Mrs. McKee had lived in Greenwood since 2006. Born July 19, 1922, to Victor Oran Johnson and Dollie Filgo Johnson, Mrs. McKee...
Jimmy L. "Bom Bom" Houston
Feb 3, 2019
Saltillo - Jimmy Leland Houston, 83, surrounded by his family, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2019. A lifelong native of Lee County, he was born June 25, 1935 to Swift Bobo Houston and Maudie Mae McMurray Houston in Tupelo. He married the love of his life, Mary E. "Tink" Mears, 66 years ago and together they were blessed with one...
Magdaline "Maggie" Archer Reid
Feb 1, 2019
Springhill Community - Magdaline "Maggie" Archer Reid, 69, surrounded by her family, passed away Friday, February 1, 2019 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Lee County, she was born March 21, 1949 to Willie T. Archer and Mary Jane Hamilton. Earlier in her life, she worked for Purnell's Pride, Arvin Industries and Steak-N-Eggs in Tupelo for a...
Larry Skinner
Feb 1, 2019
Tupelo - Larry Mitchell Skinner, 71, died Friday, February 1, 2019, at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Larry was born in Prairie April 22, 1947, to the late Barry Mitchell and Corrilla Jo Skinner. He was an Eagle Scout and followed his love for scouting as a Counselor and Scout Master with Troop 99 in Verona. He served in...
Bobby "Mighty Joe" Young, Sr.
Feb 1, 2019
Plantersville - Bobby "Mighty Joe" Young, 85, died peacefully Friday, February 1, 2019, at the Meadows in Fulton. A Lee County native, he was born December 21, 1933, to Sam Thomas Young and Betty Flora Young. Joe was married 37 years to Georgie Mae Hodges Young who died in 1993. For most of his adult life, he worked in the...
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