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John Richard Thorderson

John Richard Thorderson

Oct 2, 2018

Tupelo – Dr. John Richard Thorderson, 80, passed away Tuesday evening, October 2, 2018, after a lengthy illness at his home in Tupelo. He was born in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, on December 26 , 1937 to Parley Eugene and Winona Seely Thorderson. He was raised in Kaysville, Utah where he graduated from Davis High School in 1956. He attended...

Glenda Garrett Cooper

Glenda Garrett Cooper

Oct 2, 2018

Glenda Joyce Garrett Cooper, 59, died Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany after a lengthy illness. A native and life-long resident of the Auburn Community, she was born April 15, 1959, to Jack C. and Marine Thompson Garrett. She worked at Charlie Brown Nursery in Tupelo for over 15 years. She had also worked as...

Tammy Renee Bryant

Tammy Renee Bryant

Oct 1, 2018

Mooreville - Tammy Renee Bryant, 56, died Monday, October 1, 2018, at her residence. A native of Tupelo, she was born July 22, 1962, to Euel Brown and Thera Runell Burleson Bryant. She was a long-time resident of Tupelo until she relocated to Mooreville with her sister several months ago. Tammy loved to sing. She also enjoyed fishing, camping and...

Denise “Nee-Nee” Hallmark

Denise “Nee-Nee” Hallmark

Sep 29, 2018

Denise “Nee-Nee” Hallmark Guntown- Brenda Denise “Nee-Nee” Felks Hallmark, 48, died at home Saturday September 29, 2018. She was born November 10, 1969 in Baldwyn, Mississippi to William Boyd Felks and Brenda Lou Towery Felks. Denise was a hard worker who held many various jobs before her declining health. Nee-Nee loved her family especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed spending time...

Minister Leon Willis

Minister Leon Willis

Sep 26, 2018

Minister Leon Willis Tupelo – Jimmy Leon Willis, Senior, 77, died Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Michie, Tennessee, March 30, 1941, to R.C. Willis and Betty Sue Glidewell Willis. He was a 1959 graduate of Tupelo High School. On May 23, 1959, he married Mary “Jean” Kelly. He worked for many years...

John R. Sandlin

John R. Sandlin

Sep 25, 2018

John Russell Sandlin, 69, passed away peacefully Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness.  He was born in Saltillo, March 27, 1949 to Cecil and Mary Edith Putt Sandlin. He was a 1969 graduate of Saltillo High School. He was a carpenter, plumber and "jack of all trades".  He loved...

Cortez Gentry

Cortez Gentry

Sep 22, 2018

Pontotoc County - Cortez  Gentry, lovingly referred to as "Corky" and "Tez" by his family, 93, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness.  He was born in Pontotoc County May 21, 1925, to George Washington and Ophelia Victoria "Queen" Sappington Gentry. On May 18, 1946, he married Annie Jean Clarady in Pontotoc County....

Samantha Sheffield

Samantha Sheffield

Sep 21, 2018

Saltillo- Samantha Daniel Sheffield, 37, died suddenly Friday, September 21, 2018. She was born in Tupelo, February 27, 1981. Samantha loved being with her family and going on trips with her kids. She also enjoyed reading, listening to music and singing. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Mantachie. She loved everyone and everyone loved her and was...

Edwin L. Johnson

Edwin L. Johnson

Sep 20, 2018

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

Alfreda Hanlon

Alfreda Hanlon

Sep 20, 2018

Alfreda Hanlon Tupelo- Callie Alfreda Hawkins Hanlon, 89, died Thursday September 20, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Portageville, Missouri to Clarence Ambrose and Clara Hawkins on October 27, 1928. On July 7, 1956, she married Keith Hanlon at Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. She was a telephone operator most of her working life...

Margaret Jackson Tant

Margaret Jackson Tant

Sep 20, 2018

Margaret Jackson Tant, 77, died Thursday, September 20, 2018, after a brief illness at the Community Hospice Warner Center for Caring in Fernandina Beach. A native of Tupelo, she was born June 5, 1941, to Owen Phillip and Mary Nell Jackson. She was a 1959 graduate of Tupelo High School. Margaret was a homemaker most of her life, but had...

Angela Duderstadt Pounds

Angela Duderstadt Pounds

Sep 19, 2018

Angela Duderstadt Pounds Mooreville- Angela Faye Duderstadt Pounds, 25, died September 17, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center.  She was born in Corinth November 7, 1992 to Jimmy and Cathy Duderstadt. She was a graduate of Baldwyn High School. After having a car accident in 2011, she lived in the Baldwyn Nursing Home for two years until she moved in...

Charlie "Mack" Williams, Sr.

Charlie "Mack" Williams, Sr.

Sep 18, 2018

Charlie "Mack" Williams Sr. Tupelo - Charlie McDonald "Mack" Williams, Sr., 86, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at his residence. He was born in Pontotoc County, September 6, 1932, to James Nathaniel and Icey Roberta Sparks Williams.  Early in life, he served on the USS Manchester in the United States Navy during the Korean War. On March 10, 1971, he...

Sherry Lynn Gourley

Sherry Lynn Gourley

Sep 18, 2018

Sherry Lynn Gourley Tupelo, Mississippi- Sherry Lynn Gourley, 55, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on June 19, 1963, to Eugune Rayburn and Sylvia Jim Howle Rayburn. On May 18, 1983 she married John Ed Gourley. Before becoming disabled she worked various jobs. Survivors include her husband, John Gourley of Tupelo;...

Lynn Clemmer

Lynn Clemmer

Sep 18, 2018

Tupelo - Lena "Lynn" Clemmer, 81, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at the Hospice Unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in West Memphis, Arkansas, July 31, 1937, to Jim and Minnie House Hickman.  On November 3, 1955, she married Richard "Dick" Clemmer, Jr. They moved everywhere from England to Japan and all across the United States while...

Angela Duderstadt Pounds

Angela Duderstadt Pounds

Sep 17, 2018

Angela Duderstadt Pounds Mooreville- Angela Faye Duderstadt Pounds, 25, died September 17, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center.  She was born in Corinth November 7, 1992 to Jimmy and Cathy Duderstadt. She was a graduate of Baldwyn High School. After having a car accident in 2011, she lived in the Baldwyn Nursing Home for two years until she moved in...

Marcia Kaye Morgan

Marcia Kaye Morgan

Sep 15, 2018

Kaye Morgan Unity Community- Marcia Kaye Morgan, 58, died Saturday September 15, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a two year illness. She was born on September 23, 1959 to Calvin Coolidge Harding. In January of 1999, she married George Weaver in Alabama. At several stores, Kaye was a produce and meat market manager. She and her husband...

Mary Russell Foster

Mary Russell Foster

Sep 14, 2018

Mary Russell Foster Mooreville- Mary Sue Foster, 73, died Friday, September 14, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who loved people and was always smiling. Mary was born April 29, 1945 to Roy Russell and Fannie Lee Kelly Russell in Tupelo. She married Carl Ray Foster...

Wayne Haas

Wayne Haas

Sep 13, 2018

Tupelo - John Wayne Haas, 93, died Thursday, September 13, 2018, at his residence. A life-long resident of Tupelo, he was born February 27, 1925, to Rev. James Melvin and Gracie Reese Haas. Early in life, he served his country honorably in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. In 1947, he married Reba Armstrong...

Alice Cobb

Alice Cobb

Sep 11, 2018

Tupelo-Mary Alice Cobb, 90, died Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at her residence. She was born in Sherman, Mississippi, August 19, 1928, to Tom and Fronie Mae Jackson Rial. She graduated from Sherman High School and relocated to the Tupelo area after she got her first job as a telephone operator at South Central Bell where she worked for a number...

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