OBITUARIES
Earnest "Dee" Streit
February 7, 2019
Earnest Frederick "Dee" Streit, 86, died Thursday, February 7, 2019. He was born in Gasden, Alabama, June 26, 1932, to E.S. and Billie C. Coin Streit. His father worked for the Alabama Power Company and the family moved around a good bit during his childhood, however; he spent most of his younger years in Tupelo and graduated from Tupelo High...
William "Bill" Thomas Deet, Jr.
February 6, 2019
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W.E. Pegues, Tupelo.
Sara Sides
February 4, 2019
Sara Haley Sides, 24, died, Monday, February 4, 2019. She was born in Somerville, Tennessee January 15, 1995, to Michael Anthony Sides and Teasha Mae Whitten. She was a 2013 graduate of Mooreville High School and received her Associates Degree in Medical Coding from Itawamba Community College in 2016. After graduating from ICC, she worked as a medical coder in...
Dale Johnson McKee
February 4, 2019
Dale Johnson McKee Greenwood- Sarah Dale Johnson McKee died Monday, February 4, 2019, at Indywood Glen Personal Care assisted living facility in Greenwood, Miss., after a short illness. She was 96 years old. A native of Verona, Miss., Mrs. McKee had lived in Greenwood since 2006. Born July 19, 1922, to Victor Oran Johnson and Dollie Filgo Johnson, Mrs. McKee...
Jimmy L. "Bom Bom" Houston
February 3, 2019
Saltillo - Jimmy Leland Houston, 83, surrounded by his family, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2019. A lifelong native of Lee County, he was born June 25, 1935 to Swift Bobo Houston and Maudie Mae McMurray Houston in Tupelo. He married the love of his life, Mary E. "Tink" Mears, 66 years ago and together they were blessed with one...
Larry Skinner
February 1, 2019
Tupelo - Larry Mitchell Skinner, 71, died Friday, February 1, 2019, at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Larry was born in Prairie April 22, 1947, to the late Barry Mitchell and Corrilla Jo Skinner. He was an Eagle Scout and followed his love for scouting as a Counselor and Scout Master with Troop 99 in Verona. He served in...
Bobby "Mighty Joe" Young, Sr.
February 1, 2019
Plantersville - Bobby "Mighty Joe" Young, 85, died peacefully Friday, February 1, 2019, at the Meadows in Fulton. A Lee County native, he was born December 21, 1933, to Sam Thomas Young and Betty Flora Young. Joe was married 37 years to Georgie Mae Hodges Young who died in 1993. For most of his adult life, he worked in the...
Magdaline "Maggie" Archer Reid
February 1, 2019
Springhill Community - Magdaline "Maggie" Archer Reid, 69, surrounded by her family, passed away Friday, February 1, 2019 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Lee County, she was born March 21, 1949 to Willie T. Archer and Mary Jane Hamilton. Earlier in her life, she worked for Purnell's Pride, Arvin Industries and Steak-N-Eggs in Tupelo for a...
William E. Billy Jemison
January 31, 2019
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W.E. Pegues.
Mary Jane Bone
January 30, 2019
Birmingham Ridge - Mary Jane Bone, 76, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019, at the Hospice Unit of North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. On May 5, 1942, she was born in Lee County to Cutha Dabbs and Ruby Davis Dabbs. She was married 28 years to Addison Bone who died in 2015. Earlier in life she lived...
Welton "Ray" Slayton
January 29, 2019
Saltillo –Welton Ray Slayton, 73, died Wednesday, January 29, 2019 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. On July 25, 1945, he was born to Huston Elmo Slayton and Angie Dell Eakes in Rio, Mississippi. He grew up in Michigan where he met the love of his life, Deborah Jean Reynolds, who he married 44 years ago. He proudly served in...
Neil Tyra
January 28, 2019
Dorsey - Preston "Neil" Tyra, 40, died Monday, January 28, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by his family. A Tupelo native, he was born March 8, 1978 to Gary Tyra and Emily Kay Warner. Neil was raised in Tupelo and attended Tupelo Public Schools. Until disability he had been employed in the furniture industry for a number of...
Jackie Turner
January 27, 2019
Saltillo - Jackie Davis Turner, 73, died Sunday, January 27, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Tupelo, August 4, 1945, to Burton Davis and Palmer Jones Turner. Early in life, he served in the United States Army. Later in life, he worked as a contractor. Jackie loved his family and his dogs,...
Larry Douglas Beasley
January 27, 2019
Larry Douglas Beasley, 72, died Sunday, January 27, 2019 at his residence. A native and life-long resident of Tupelo, he was born August 4, 1946 to Reuben and Dorothy Marie McClellan Beasley. In 1966, he married Ann Dykstra in Nettleton. On October 3, 1968, he enlisted with the Army and served active duty where he spent two years in Germany...
Joan Aguirre
January 26, 2019
Velma Joan Frey Aguirre, 88, passed away at home surrounded by family, Saturday, January 26, 2019. A Wichita, Kansas native, she was born March 28, 1930, to Clifford Collins and Ethel Rowland Frey. On April 1, 1947, she married Conrado Aguirre. Together, they brought fine dining to Tupelo when they opened the Gaslight Inn in 1966 and Gloster 205 in...
Gina Vail Goff
January 26, 2019
TUPELO - Tupelo - Gina Ann Vail Goff, 56, died Saturday, January 26, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born November 19, 1962 in Tucker, Georgia to Henry and Maurine Watson Vail but called Tupelo home. Most of life, she worked as a CNA at several nursing homes, but she had also worked at North Mississippi Child Care...
Rolf Hall
January 21, 2019
Tupelo - Rolf Detlef Hall, 58, passed away Monday, January 21, 2019, at his residence after a brief illness. On February 3, 1960, he was born to Wilhelmine Luise Bach in Germany. Rolf came to the United States at the young age of 5 years old. He was employed with Westwood Industries in the frame shop for many years. He...
Hazel Barnes
January 21, 2019
Tupelo - Hazel Dean Barnes, 81, passed away Monday, January 21, 2019, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehab Center. On May 20, 1937, she was born to Joseph Bailey and Zera Fleming Bailey in Booneville. She was married to her soul mate and love of her life, the late Norman Barnes for 33 years and they made their home in Wilmington,...
Wilhelmine Hall
January 20, 2019
Tupelo - Wilhelmine Hall, 77, passed away Monday, January 20, 2019, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born March 12, 1941 in Germany. Wilhelmine worked in the furniture industry as a seamstress in her earlier years. Private burial will be at Crossroads Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com .
Rev. Paul C. Burke
January 20, 2019
Tupelo - Rev. Paul Carl Burke, 88, died Sunday, January 20, 2019, after a battle with cancer. On April 24, 1930, he was born in Sycamore, Illinois to Garrett Joseph Burke and Anna Wald Burke. After graduating from Sycamore High School, and working two years in the local drugstore, he entered the United States Air Force where he served four...
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