OBITUARIES
Hugh Allen Anderson
Apr 4, 2018
After fighting many battles with health problems, Hugh Allen Anderson passed away April 4, 2018. Hugh Allen was born in Tupelo on December 12, 1969 to Earl Andrew and Sarah Nell Anderson. He was a member of Verona Christian Church. He was 1988 graduate of Tupelo High School where he was a member of the band and the Decathlon Team...
Carey L. Harrison
Apr 3, 2018
Mathiston - Carey L. Harrison, 69, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born in Maben October 7, 1948, to Sam and Wilma Vaughn Yeatman. She was a life-long resident of the Mathiston and the surrounding area and spent her life as a homemaker. She was of the...
Margaret Elaine Taylor
Apr 3, 2018
Mooreville - Margaret Elaine Taylor, 85, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at Dogwood Plantation in Fulton. She was born in Baldwyn October 26, 1932, to Bonnie Roscoe and Kate Laney Snipes House. She finished High School at Cedar Hill. Early in life, she worked a number of years at Mid South Packers and later in life had worked as...
Richard D. Hunter
Mar 31, 2018
Richard D. Hunter Tupelo- Richard Dean Hunter, 81 passed at the Veterans Home in Oxford on Saturday, March 31, 2018. He was born in Newton, Kansas on June 24, 1936, to Lynford Clinton Hunter and Jessie Marie Southworth Hunter. Richard served his country in the United States Army and was a member of the American Legion Post 49 Tupelo and...
Regina L Monts
Mar 29, 2018
Regina L. Monts Tupelo- Regina Lou Monts, 58, died Thursday, March 29, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a suffering from Congestive Heart Failure for over a year. She was born, and raised in the Mississippi delta, to Harold Edward Hill and Carolyn Sue Faust Hill on November 4, 1959. Regina had a variety of careers including being a...
Dr. Ralph S. Baker
Mar 27, 2018
Tupelo- Dr. Ralph Stanley Baker passed away at his cottage at Traceway Retirement Community on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. He was born August 1, 1927, in LeRaysville, Pennsylvania, to Charles Vann and Clara Davis Baker. He graduated from LeRaysville High School, the University of Delaware and Purdue University where he received a PhD in plant physiology. His entire professional career...
Beverly Bradford Parr
Mar 27, 2018
Aberdeen - Beverly Bradford Parr, 73, passed away peacefully at the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center, Tuesday, March 27, 2018. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri June 27, 1944, to James Bradford and Burtle Phelps Bradford. She graduated from Red Bud High School. Survivors include one brother, Robert Blake of Illinois; one son, Duane Sinningson of Missouri;...
Doyle Lambert
Mar 23, 2018
Mooreville - Meldon Doyle Lambert, 72, passed away Friday, March 23, 2018. He was born in Prentiss County February 7, 1946, to Claude Evans and Annie Mae Lambert and had lived in Mooreville for the last 45 years. Early in life, he served his country in the United States Army and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He worked...
Margaret Gray Chism
Mar 22, 2018
Margaret Gray Chism, 97, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018, at Diversicare in Brookhaven. A native of Lee County, she was born September 12, 1920, to Jimmy Carroll and Nancy Barkley Gray. On October 17, 1945, Margaret and her husband opened Johnnie's Drive-In in Tupelo, and together they ran it for 32 years. She was a long-time member of East...
Troy Raines
Mar 20, 2018
Troy Dell Raines Tupelo- Troy Dell Raines, 83, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at his home. He was born February 13, 1935, to Troy Claude Raines and Teenie Myrtle Taylor Raines in Saltillo. In 1956, Troy married Betty Jean Raines and together they have two children. After 40 years, Troy retired from the Building Supply Business. He was a...
Jackie Spearman
Mar 20, 2018
Jackie D. Spearman Birmingham formerly of Tupelo- Jackie D. Spearman, 69, died Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Brookwood Baptist Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Jackie was born December 10, 1948 in Tupelo to Cecil and Jewell Spearman. In 1968 at Bethel Baptist Church in Dorsey, Jackie married the love of his life the former Gail Wilburn, together they have two children....
Ruth Dees Tigrett
Mar 18, 2018
Ruth Dees Tigrett, 96, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018, at her residence. A native of Tippah County, she was born March 31, 1921, to Mark and Mary Lou Dees. She was married to Hugh Tigrett, Sr. until his passing in 1989 and together they had two children. In 1956, she and her family moved to Tupelo. Ruth had been...
William Vance Cullum
Mar 16, 2018
William Vance Cullum, 89, left his earthly home on Friday, March 16, 2018, at his residence. He was born in Lee County May 8, 1928, to Frank and Minnie Cullum and was their last surviving child. He was a former employee of Mid-South Packers and had worked for a number of years at Penn Tire until they closed. Before his...
James Ed Mattox
Mar 15, 2018
Belden - James Ed Mattox, 95, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018, at his residence. He was born in Tupelo March 10, 1923, to Carey Cavenaugh Mattox and Annie Sparks. James grew up in Lee County and was a 1940 graduate of Tupelo High School. Early in life, he was involved in fertilizer sales in the family business and helping...
Randy Edward Davenport
Mar 14, 2018
Randy Edward Davenport, 62, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born July 15, 1955, to Newell Edward Davenport and Mildred Van Buskirk. Randy was a 1973 graduate of Tupelo High School and a lifelong resident of Lee County. Early in life, he was an air traffic controller at Columbus...
Patti Hudson
Mar 13, 2018
Tupelo - Patti Hudson, 81, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Pontotoc County January 24, 1937, to Hubert and Modine Franklin Branham. She grew up in Smithville and graduated from Smithville High School before attending Itawamba Junior College in Fulton. Early in life, she worked as a...
Nellie R. Houston
Mar 12, 2018
Nellie Rue Houston, 88, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 12, 2018, at Countrywood Manor in Mantachie with her family and friends by her side. She was born July 1, 1929 in Itawamba County to the late Willie and Mildred Bennett. In her early school years, she attended Houston Community School where she played basketball. She later...
Anna Shirley McFadden
Mar 9, 2018
Mooreville - Anna Shirley "Dean" McFadden, 75, passed away Friday, March 9, 2018, at the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Magnolia, Illinois June 27, 1942, to Clarence Norman and Ruby A. Brake Lewis. Anna was raised in Paragould, Arkansas but had resided in Lee County all of her adult life. She was married to...
Norma Grace Mack
Mar 6, 2018
Norma Grace Mack Tupelo- Norma Grace McCarley Mack, 73, was called home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 after a brief illness. She was born in Marion County, Alabama April 19, 1944 to Argie and Shelby McCarley. In 1952, she and her family moved to Defiance, Ohio. Norma was a 1962 graduate of Defiance High School...
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