OBITUARIES
Polly McCarter Crawford Thomason
Jul 24, 2018
Tupelo - Sara "Polly" McCarter Crawford Thomason, 101, died Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at her residence after a brief illness. She was born in the Macedonia Community in Lee County, September 22, 1916, to Isaac Allison "Ike" and Sallie Williamson McCarter. In 1935, she graduated from Sherman High School. She was married to John Woody Crawford until his death in...
Roger Lee Reed
Jul 23, 2018
Roger Lee Reed, 71, died Monday, July 23, 2018, at his residence. He was born October 8, 1946, to Immel and Lillie Bell Albritton Reed. On September 2, 2006, he married Shiela Hand. He retired from Ashley Furniture Industries in 2012 with over 20 years of service. Roger loved music and always enjoyed singing and playing his guitar. He attended...
Dorothy "Dot" Maxcy
Jul 23, 2018
Dorothy Louise Miller Maxcy, 89, died Monday, July 23, 2018, at Countrywood Manor Assisted Living. She was born April 4, 1929, to Evans and Georgia Vera Speck Miller. Early in life, she worked for National Car Rental. Later in life, she owned and operated Nearly New Consignment Shop in East Tupelo and retired from South Central Bell after working as...
Wayne Morton
Jul 20, 2018
Wayne Morton Tupelo - James Wayne Morton, 66, died Friday, July 20, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center from an extended illness. He was born December 1, 1951, to Adolphus Morton and Stella Colburn Morton in Tupelo. He served in the United States Army from 1968 until 1971. On December 2, 1988, he married Julie Morton in Houston, Texas. He...
Bessie Barclay
Jul 19, 2018
Bessie Barclay Tupelo - Bessie Kenney Barclay, 102, died Thursday, July 19, 2018, at the Greenhouses at Traceway. She was in good health until she passed. She was born in Mount Vernon on November 9, 1915, to Mittie Wade Kenney and William Henry Kenney. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia shortly after she married Townsend Moss, of Okolona. After the passing...
Johnny Hodges
Jul 19, 2018
Johnny Hodges Tupelo, Mississippi - John Franklin Hodges, Jr., 71, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2018 surrounded in love by his family and the voices of his grandchildren. Johnny, as he was known by most, was the second of eight children, born in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late Margaret Pera Hodges and John Franklin Hodges, Sr. of Memphis and Tupelo....
Kathryn Herring
Jul 18, 2018
Tupelo - Kathryn Harlow Herring, 82, died Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at Methodist University Hospital after a sudden illness. She was born in Pontotoc County, March 6, 1936, to Purvie Hazel and Verna Grace Palmer Harlow. She was a graduate of Belden High School. On March 16, 1955, she married J.L. Herring. She retired from Internal Medicine Associates after working...
Mollie Winchester
Jul 17, 2018
Mollie Imogene Winchester Tupelo - Mollie Imogene Winchester died Tuesday July 17, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born on October 6, 1932 to Luther Bounds and Levera Patrick in Paris, Texas. She grew up in the Mississippi Delta with her three brothers and two sisters. For 50 years, she raised her two children in the Evergreen Community....
Mary H. McNeil
Jul 17, 2018
Mary H. McNeil Tupelo - Mary Houston McNeil, 90, died Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at Valley View Heath and Rehabilitation in Madison, Alabama. She was born August 30, 1927, in Carthage to Andrew Jackson Houston and Aileen Houston Gross. On April 9, 1948, she married Ed McNeil. She retired from the Tupelo Public School System as a secretary/bookkeeper for Tupelo...
Liz Todhunter
Jul 14, 2018
Tupelo - Elizabeth Sue Todhunter, 51, passed away Saturday, July 14, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Joplin, Missouri, February 24, 1967, to Richard and Clara Fern Aston Todhunter. Liz enjoyed connecting on Facebook and loved making people smile and laugh. Survivors include her mother, Fern Frisk of Miami, Oklahoma; two sisters: Paula Landers of Miami, Oklahoma;...
Jerry W. Turner
Jul 14, 2018
Jerry Weaver Turner, 77, died Saturday, July 14, 2018, at his residence. He was born in Itawamba County, February 7, 1941, to Samuel Dew and Mazie Weaver Turner. He was a truck driver and the owner and operator of Trail Blazer Truck Stop in Mooreville. Jerry served as President of The Tupelo Gun Club and enjoyed shooting skeet. Survivors include...
Wayne Beasley
Jul 10, 2018
Horace Wayne Beasley, 92, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born October 13, 1925, to Ezra and Linnie Lee Lindsey Beasley. He attended Itawamba Agricultural High School and Mississippi State University. On December 20, 1946, he married Sara Nell Black. He and his wife owned and operated Beasley Construction Company. Wayne served in the...
Jean Vinson Lessel
Jul 9, 2018
Jean Vinson Lessel Belden - Bonnie Jean Lessel, 87, passed away June 7, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born February 23, 1931, to Walter Henry Vinson and Paralee Dillard Vinson. She graduated from Belden High School. On March 23, 1953, she married Mitchell Lessel. Jean was a long time member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was a wonderful...
Shelba Otts
Jul 9, 2018
Shelba Otts Tupelo - Shelba Ann Otts, 80, passed away Monday, July 9, 2018 at Tupelo Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born in Amory on November 20, 1937, to Dalton Bryan and Bernice Noe Bryan. She married Mitchell Douglas Otts and together they raised their four children. Shelba was a long time and faithful member of West Main Church...
Bob Knight
Jul 8, 2018
Robert Eugene Knight, 70, died surrounded by the love of his life and his family, Sunday, July 8, 2018, in Aruba. He was born September 3, 1947, to George Ephraim and Allie McMahan Knight. Bob was a 1965 graduate of Tupelo High School and attended Mississippi State University. On January 30, 1970, he married the former, Nancy Christian. Early in...
Bill Wright
Jul 7, 2018
Bill Wright Mooreville - Billy Wayne Wright, 70, passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018 from an extended illness. He was born October 5, 1947 to James Edward Wright and Mary Christine Wright. As a teenager, he was saved and became a member of the Baptist church. In 1965, he graduated from Tupelo High School. On January 16, 1971, he married...
Jean Vinson Lessel
Jul 7, 2018
Jean Vinson Lessel Belden - Bonnie Jean Lessel, 87, passed away June 7, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born February 23, 1931, to Walter Henry Vinson and Paralee Dillard Vinson. She graduated from Belden High School. On March 23, 1953, she married Mitchell Lessel. Jean was a long time member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was a wonderful...
Henry R. Rowe
Jul 5, 2018
Henry Ruble Rowe, 94, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born in the Pontocola Community, October 9, 1923, to Lee Henry and Cordy Elizabeth Mann Rowe. Henry proudly served his country as a Corporal in the United States Army during World War II. Before and after his military service, he worked as...
Harvey Young
Jul 1, 2018
Tupelo - Harvey Lee Young, 86, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2018, at Sunshine Health Care in Pontotoc. He was born October 14, 1931, to Audie Lee and Ruby Russell Young. He worked a number of years in sales and installation at MAC's Tire Center. Harvey enjoyed deer and fox hunting and had won numerous trophies in fox hunting field...
Harold Roberts
Jun 29, 2018
Harold Roberts Tupelo-Harold Roberts, 85, passed away Friday, June 29, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born April 28, 1933, in Union County to Joe Wheeler Roberts and Ada Estell Lessel Roberts. After attending New Harmony High School, he worked for a local concrete business. At age 21 he was drafted by the U.S. Army and served in...
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