OBITUARIES
Martha Janis Franks Cherry
Aug 1, 2018
Martha Janis Franks Cherry Saltillo- Martha Janis Franks Cherry, 77, passed away August 1, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Saltillo March 2, 1941 to Henry Grady and Georgia Horton Franks. At the early age of seven years old, she dedicated her life to her Lord and Savior at First Baptist Church in Saltillo. She...
James E. Ponders
Jul 31, 2018
James E. Ponders Tupelo - James E. Ponders, 76, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018 in Tupelo. He was born December 22, 1941 to Eldridge Ponders and Nora Dillard Ponders in Lee County. He was a self employed, lifelong carpenter. In his free time, he enjoyed spending time outdoors and visiting with his children, grandchildren, and friends. Survivors include his...
Jeff Ramey
Jul 31, 2018
Jeff Ramey Tupelo - Jeffery L. "Jeff" Ramey, 62, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by his family. He was born April 27, 1956, at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada to Terrell and Evelyn Ramey. He was raised in the Auburn Community and was a 1974 graduate of Mooreville High School....
Tommie Edith Kelly Webb
Jul 28, 2018
Tommie Edith Kelly Webb, age 100, celebrated her first day in Heaven on July 26, 2018. She was the only child born to Thomas (Tom) Alfred Kelly and Mary Balcie (Bat) Deason Kelly Snipes on December 3, 1917, in East Tupelo. Tommie never met her father Tom, as he passed away from typhoid fever in August before she was born....
Larry Murrah Rowland
Jul 28, 2018
Old Union Community- Larry Murrah Rowland, 73, died Saturday, July 28, 2018, in the hospice unit at North Mississippi Medical Center, surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. He was born in New Albany, August 13, 1944, to Clevis Hollis and Orion Elaine Murrah Rowland and moved to Tupelo early in his childhood. On February 20, 1965,...
Shawn Cleveland
Jul 27, 2018
Guntown- Shawn Anthony Cleveland, 43, died Friday, July 27, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Tupelo on July 29, 1974 to Tony Wade and Janis Carpenter Cleveland. Shawn was an avid NASCAR and Atlanta Falcons fan. He was a wonderful father, grandfather and son. He loved God and his family. Survivors include his wife, Redah Cleveland;...
Tommie Edith Kelly Webb
Jul 26, 2018
Tommie Edith Kelly Webb, age 100, celebrated her first day in Heaven on July 26, 2018. She was the only child born to Thomas (Tom) Alfred Kelly and Mary Balcie (Bat) Deason Kelly Snipes on December 3, 1917, in East Tupelo. Tommie never met her father Tom, as he passed away from typhoid fever in August before she was born....
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...
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