OBITUARIES
Jim Collins
Nov 26, 2018
Tupelo - James Whitfield "Jim" Collins, 85, died Monday, November 26, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born in Holly Springs, November 14, 1933, to Conner Dewitt and Annie Lewis Collins. He was a 1954 graduate of Holly Springs High School and graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1958. After spending more than 10 years with Union Planters...
Medford Memory “Mem” Leake
Nov 25, 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...
Ann Gusmus Sheffield
Nov 25, 2018
Ann Gusmus Sheffield Saltillo- Lois Ann Gusmus Sheffield, 82, died peacefully after a lengthy illness on Sunday, November 25, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born on April 22, 1936, to Charlie Theodore Gusmus and Julia Lois Barrett Gusmus in Sheffield, Alabama. In 1937, she moved to Saltillo, Mississippi. During her years at Saltillo High School she was a...
Bobby Ainsworth
Nov 22, 2018
Guntown - Bobby Dale Ainsworth, 61, died Thursday, November 22, 2018, at his residence in Lee County. He was born December 13, 1956, in Taylorsville to Jim B. Ainsworth and Louis Matthews Watson. He was an independent plumber for several years until his retirement. Bobby enjoyed listening to music and watching television. He was also an avid deer hunter. He...
Brandi Nicole Williams Bishop
Nov 22, 2018
ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA, formerly of Tupelo, Mississippi - Brandi Nicole Bishop, 42 , passed away Thursday, November 22, 2018 as the result of an automobile accident. She was born April 8, 1976 to Danny and Brenda Gayle Milam Williams in Tupelo, Mississippi. On February 14, 1998, she married the love of her life, Brian Bishop. Brandi was a 1994 graduate of...
Lisa Lynn Keith Baggett
Nov 21, 2018
Tupelo - Lisa Lynn Keith Baggett, 43, died Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness and met her Lord and Savior face to face. She was born and raised in Tupelo, June 2, 1975, to John Richard and Carol Ann Collier Keith. She was a 1993 graduate of Tupelo High School and attended Itawamba...
Bobby Gene "Bobbo" Ratliff, Jr.
Nov 19, 2018
Saltillo – Bobby Gene “Bobbo” Ratliff, Jr., 58, died Monday, November 19, 2018, at Traceway Nursing Home. He was born July 6, 1960, to Bobby G. and Betty Jo Hatcher Ratliff in Itawamba County. He was married for 28 years to Tracy Stacks Ratliff. Bobby proudly served his country for 12 years as a member of the United States Army...
Roy Morgan, Jr.
Nov 18, 2018
Auburn Community- Roy "Red" Morgan, Jr., 74, died Sunday, November 18, 2018 at his residence. He was born February 2, 1944 to Roy Morgan, Sr. and Ellosie Morgan. Early in life, he worked as a farmer with his father. Later, he owned and operated an air conditioning company. He enjoyed playing guitar, singing and listening to gospel music. He loved...
William R. Langley
Nov 17, 2018
William R. Langley, 71, died Saturday, November 17, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. Saturday, November 17, 2018 at W.E. Pegues, Tupelo. Services honoring his life will be 2 p.m. Sunday, November 18, 2018 at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues with Rev. Neal Ramage officiating. Expressions...
Priscilla Eubank
Nov 17, 2018
Priscilla Eubank Tupelo- Priscilla Watts Eubank gained her heavenly wings, Saturday, November 17, 2018 at the Hospice Unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born October 7, 1940 to Guy Ellis and Ira Lee Watts and was a graduate of Tupelo High School. Beautiful inside and out, Priscilla was crowned Miss Tupelo in 1957. Throughout the years, she worked...
James Ray Wood
Nov 16, 2018
James Ray Wood, 77, died unexpectedly Friday, November 16, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Saltillo, January 28, 1941 to James Scott and Mary Sue Sullivan Wood. He grew up in the Birmingham Ridge Community and attended Itawamba Junior College. He worked as a National Sales Manager with Warner Electra Atlantic Music Entertainment in the record...
Jackie D. Williams
Nov 16, 2018
Jackie Dewayne Williams, 63, died Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Sanctuary Hospice House surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Lee County on March 1, 1955 to Mack and Wilma Williams. Early in his life, he served in the U.S. Navy. He worked a number of years as a truck driver before becoming disabled. In May of...
Jon Micheal Snider
Nov 15, 2018
Pensacola, Florida formerly of Saltillo- Jon Micheal Snider, 33, died Thursday, November 15, 2018 in the Covenant Hospice Unit of West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born in Saltillo, March 17, 1985 to Olen Micheal and Teresa Snider. In 2003, he graduated from Saltillo High School where he played the saxophone in the...
Dr. James Leighton Pettis, Jr.
Nov 15, 2018
Memphis. Tennesee formely of Tupelo- Dr James Leighton Pettis, Jr., 85, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018. He was born in Oxford June 14, 1933 to James Leighton Pettis, Sr. and Elizabeth Pettis. After graduating from University High School, Leighton enrolled at the University of Mississippi where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma and Phi...
Edna Twitty
Nov 13, 2018
Tupelo - Edna Ree Stark Twitty, 79, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2018, surrounded by family at her residence. She was born in Pontotoc January 14, 1939, to Raymond and Reba Clayton Stark. She graduated from Pontotoc High School in 1956 and attended Itawamba Junior College and Mississippi College. Edna was a homemaker and volunteered as an ambassador at North...
Frances Parnell Vaughn
Nov 10, 2018
Frances Parnell Vaughn Saltillo- Frances Parnell Vaughn, 56, died Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born June 14, 1962 to Joseph Raymond and Ruth Marks Vaughn. For several years, she worked at Mississippi Valley Gas and had also worked as a chef at various restaurants. She loved dogs, especially her “Baby Girl.” Frances was of the...
Annette Clifton
Nov 10, 2018
Annette Clifton Iuka - Shirley Annette Clifton, 80, passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018 after an extended illness, peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born July 12, 1938 to King and Ruby Scruggs. After retirement of 51 years with OBGYN & Associates, she and her husband, Jimmy, moved to Mill Creek where they enjoyed fishing, boating, feeding...
J.C. Parker
Nov 9, 2018
J.C. Parker Plantersville- Jasper Cleburn "J. C." Parker Jr., 72, went to be with the Lord Friday, November 9, 2018 at Baldwyn Nursing Home. J. C. was born May 4, 1946, to Mirtie Irene Steele Parker and Jasper Cleburn Parker Sr. On June 22, 1965, he married the former, Peggy Maxine Waddle. He was a loving, caring son, brother, husband,...
Harold D. Turner
Nov 9, 2018
Germantown, Tennessee formerly of Tupelo - Harold David Turner, 80, died Friday, November 9, 2018, at Methodist Germantown Healthcare after a lengthy illness. He was born in Tupelo June 1, 1938, to Jewel Doris and Helen Keirle Turner and had been a resident of Germantown for 47 years. He received his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering in 1960 from Mississippi State...
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