OBITUARIES
Teresa Markiewicz
August 12, 2018
Lake Piomingo- Teresa Markiewicz, 60, left Earth for her eternal life with our Heavenly Father, August 8, 2018. She was born in Bath, Maine January 15, 1958 to John and Arlene Bailey. Teresa was a graduate of Morse High School. On September 16, 2000, she married Thomas Markiewicz and was a loving wife and mother. Early in life, Teresa worked...
Peggy Eckard
August 11, 2018
Belden- Peggy Jo Eckard passed away August 6, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Newton, North Carolina to Odell and Helen Pauline York Stokes. Peggy was an affectionate housewife and mother. Peggy had a passion for dining and traveling with a group of special friends. She especially loved Scotland and Switzerland. She was an active...
Bridget Nichols
August 10, 2018
Tupelo- Bridget Ann Nichols, 66, died Thursday, August 9, 2018, at her residence. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 29, 1952, to James C. and Anna Ruth Strait Berry. She was a 1970 graduate of East Ridge High School and then received her Associate Degree from Cleveland State Community College where she was a cheerleader. She was also a...
Betty Martin
August 10, 2018
Betty Lane Grisham Martin, 87, passed from this world into her heavenly home on Friday, August 10, 2018 after a brief illness. She was born in Baldwyn February 9, 1931 to Robert Paul and Sarah Lorene Carr Grisham. She graduated from Baldwyn High School where she was active in several clubs and also attended Northeast Mississippi Junior College. On June...
Bridget Nichols
August 9, 2018
Tupelo- Bridget Ann Nichols, 66, died Thursday, August 9, 2018, at her residence. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 29, 1952, to James C. and Anna Ruth Strait Berry. She was a 1970 graduate of East Ridge High School and then received her Associate Degree from Cleveland State Community College where she was a cheerleader. She was also a...
Teresa Markiewicz
August 8, 2018
Lake Piomingo- Teresa Markiewicz, 60, left Earth for her eternal life with our Heavenly Father, August 8, 2018. She was born in Bath, Maine January 15, 1958 to John and Arlene Bailey. Teresa was a graduate of Morse High School. On September 16, 2000, she married Thomas Markiewicz and was a loving wife and mother. Early in life, Teresa worked...
Laurie Stephanie Hood
August 6, 2018
Pontotoc- Laurie Stephanie Hood, died suddenly August 6, 2018, at her residence. Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Peggy Eckard
August 6, 2018
Belden- Peggy Jo Eckard passed away August 6, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Newton, North Carolina to Odell and Helen Pauline York Stokes. Peggy was an affectionate housewife and mother. Peggy had a passion for dining and traveling with a group of special friends. She especially loved Scotland and Switzerland. She was an active...
Lucile K. Lacy
August 5, 2018
Lucile K. Lacy Belden – Lucile Kitchens Lacy, 89, a lifelong resident of Mississippi, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 5, 2018. She died peacefully in her home with Kenneth, her son and loving caretaker over the last 6 years at her bedside. Mrs. Lacy was born in Lexington on January 10, 1929 to the late...
Martha Janis Franks Cherry
August 3, 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...
Mildred Burdine Donald
August 3, 2018
Mildred Burdine Donald Dorsey, formerly of Mooreville- Mildred Burdine Donald, 83, passed away Friday, August 3, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born December 31, 1934, to Samuel Edward and Mary Ella Oxner. She was a nurse's assistant at Cedar Rapids, Iowa for seven years. After moving back to Mississippi, she became an Inspector for Reed's Manufacturing...
Myrtle Lindsey
August 1, 2018
Myrtle Lindsey Saltillo- Myrtle Faye Lindsey, 94, died Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center. The oldest of 13 children, she was born in Lee County August 1, 1924 to Beland and Flora Bell Dill and has lived in the area all her life. Earlier in her working life, she cooked for numerous area restaurants.  Myrtle enjoyed reading...
Martha Janis Franks Cherry
August 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
July 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
July 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....
Larry Murrah Rowland
July 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,...
Tommie Edith Kelly Webb
July 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....
Shawn Cleveland
July 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
July 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
July 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...
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