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Henry Miller Lamb

Henry Miller Lamb

Dec 22, 2018

Henry  M. Lamb Tupelo- Henry Miller Lamb died Saturday, December 22, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center at age 86. He was born in Lucedale, Mississippi on May 27, 1932. He was the son of Ellis R. Lamb, Sr. and Nellie Woodall Lamb. After graduating from Lucedale High School Henry entered the United States Navy and served during the Korean...

Troy Wheeler

Troy Wheeler

Dec 17, 2018

Troy Dillard Wheeler, 92, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center as the result of injuries sustained in a fall. He was born in Tupelo, May 20, 1926 to John Edward and Vera Bernice Dillard Wheeler. He was raised in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and was a graduate of Central High School and Middle Tennessee State College. Early...

Betty Blissard

Betty Blissard

Dec 16, 2018

Betty Blissard Saltillo- Betty Louise McNutt Blissard, 90, died Sunday, December 16, 2018. She was born on September 24, 1928 to William Pleasant "Bill" and Lottie Mary Fain McNutt. Betty married Wesley Blissard on January 17, 1954. Betty had several loves in her life. She loved her husband, her children and grandchildren, gardening and watching her St. Louis Cardinals. She...

Loretta L. Fritz

Loretta L. Fritz

Dec 14, 2018

Loretta Lorraine Fritz, 70, died Friday, December 14, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Vicksburg, October 11, 1948, to Leroy Franklin and Zera Elouise Pitts Sanderford. On August 28, 1982, she married her best friend, Bill Fritz. She worked as a truck driver with her husband for many years. She enjoyed sewing, crafting and tending to...

John Castles

John Castles

Dec 14, 2018

Tupelo - John Castles, 95, died Friday, December 14, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born in Sessums in Oktibbeha County, October 4, 1923, to Frank and Lucy Stiles Castles. He graduated from Starkville High School and received his Bachelors degree from Mississippi State University. He served his country in the Eighth Air Force in the United States Army...

Sara Marion Bryson

Sara Marion Bryson

Dec 13, 2018

Tupelo- Sara Marion Bryson, 94, died Thursday, December 13, 2018 in Tupelo. She was born in Nettleton February 1, 1924 to Withmond and Salome Sledge Marion. She was so proud to be born in the Marion family and was the last surviving member.  She loved her hometown Nettleton and also Amory where she spent much time as a child with...

Angela "Angy" Abner

Angela "Angy" Abner

Dec 12, 2018

Saltillo- Angela Raye Abner, 51, went to her heavenly home on December 12, 2018, after a nearly three-year battle with cancer. She was born as the third daughter on November 22, 1967 in Florence, Alabama. Angy was a career nurse for 22 years at the North Mississippi Medical Center following her true passion of helping and caring for others. In...

David McGarrh

David McGarrh

Dec 12, 2018

Tupelo- David Delane McGarrh,61, died Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born and raised in Greenville April 8, 1957 to Eston Harold McGarrh, Sr. and Louie Nell Estes McGarrh. He worked as a master carpenter. He was an avid Mississippi State University fan and enjoyed wood working...

Timothy "Tim" Butler

Timothy "Tim" Butler

Dec 9, 2018

Tim Butler Tupelo formerly of Falkville, Alabama- Timothy “Tim” Alonzo Butler, 73, died Sunday, December 9, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. On February 4, 1945, he was born to John Buford and Zippria Reno Butler in Decatur, Alabama. Tim grew up in Falkville, Alabama and lived there his entire life until last year moving to Tupelo to be...

B. J. Phillips

B. J. Phillips

Dec 8, 2018

Pontotoc - Billy Joe Phillips, 45, died Saturday, December 8, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born September 9, 1973, to Oscar Sherman and Barbara Ann Phillips. Private memorial services will be held by the family at a later date.

Paul Larry Lyle

Paul Larry Lyle

Dec 8, 2018

Tupelo - Paul Larry Lyle,75, died Saturday, December 8, 2018 at his residence. On May 31, 1943, he was born to Preston and Alice Lyle in Tupelo.  Paul married the love of his life, Lynn Jackson Lyle, fifty-two years ago on  July 17, 1966.  He graduated from Mooreville High School in 1962 and began working for Rockwell Delta International.  He...

Surinder Kaur

Surinder Kaur

Dec 7, 2018

Surinder died Friday, December 7, 2018 at UAB in Birmingham, Alabama. She was born in India on July 27, 1969. The family will be having services 2 p.m. Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Saltillo Chapel.

Brenda Bridges

Brenda Bridges

Dec 7, 2018

Tupelo- Brenda Kay Bridges, 75, (neé Berry) was called to heaven on Friday, December 7, 2018 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi. She is survived by her sons, Gregory Douglas Bridges and Phillip Smith Bridges and his wife, Tracy both of Tupelo, Mississippi; two grandsons, Ben Bridges and Jack Nelson Bridges, both of Tupelo; two brothers, Johnny L....

Bill Stevens

Bill Stevens

Dec 5, 2018

Bill Stevens Corinth – Billy Glen Stevens, 63, died Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at Longwood Nursing Home Hospice Center in Booneville. On June 16, 1955, he was born to Marvin Wallace Stevens and Mae Dean Roe Burns in Corinth.  Bill was employed for many years as an over the road truck driver.  Aside from driving a truck and prior to...

Susan Johns DeVaughn

Susan Johns DeVaughn

Dec 3, 2018

Susan Johns DeVaughn, 64, passed from this life at home Monday, December 3, 2018 a after a lengthy illness. Born May 18, 1954 to Powell Eugene and Mae Sue Ferguson Johns, Susan was a native of the Holts Corner Community of Marshall County, Tennessee and graduated from Forrest High School in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. She was a member of Fellowship...

Warren Bernard Pierce

Warren Bernard Pierce

Dec 2, 2018

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors.

Medford Memory “Mem” Leake

Medford Memory “Mem” Leake

Dec 1, 2018

Medford Memory “Mem” Leake Tupelo- Medford Memory “Mem” Leake, 90, died at home November 25, 2018 after a year-long battle with lung cancer. His three loving children were with him. Born June 12, 1928, Leake hailed from a long line of proud Tupelo natives, among them his wife Ann Gilpin Leake, parents Medford Ernest and Janye Strain Leake, his wife’s...

Phillip Myron Jaggers

Phillip Myron Jaggers

Nov 30, 2018

Arrangements incomplete and will be announced at later date by W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors.

Jerry Lamar White

Jerry Lamar White

Nov 30, 2018

Evergreen Community- Jerry Lamar White, 49, died Friday, November 30, 2018 at his residence. An Itawamba County native, he was born in Amory February 24, 1969 to Robert C. and Pauline Starling White. Jerry enjoyed working on cars, fishing, hunting and playing softball. He especially loved spending time with his family. He was a member of Richmond Pentecostal Church. Survivors...

Margaret Susan Montgomery

Margaret Susan Montgomery

Nov 26, 2018

Margaret Susan Montgomery Saltillo- Margaret Susan Montgomery, 64, died unexpectedly at home on Monday, November 26, 2018. She was born June 9, 1954 to John Ed Montgomery and Martha Jewell Andrews Montgomery in West Point. In 1972, she graduated from Saltillo High School. She enjoyed spending time outdoors, gardening, fishing or camping, but she especially enjoyed spending time with her...

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