OBITUARIES
William Vance Cullum
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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...
Thomas Patterson
March 6, 2018
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by W. E. Pegues Funeral Home.
Carey L. Harrison
March 3, 2018
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by W. E. Pegues Funeral Home.
Grace King Sisk
March 3, 2018
Grace King Sisk Old Union Community - Grace King Sisk, 92, went to her Heavenly home on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Diversicare of Tupelo. She was born July 6, 1925, to Herman and Vannie Lee Ashcraft King and raised in Shannon. On September 2, 1950, Grace married Mitchell L. Sisk and together they had two children. She was a...
John Sudduth
March 2, 2018
John Sudduth Tupelo- John Andrew Sudduth, 88, died Friday, March 2, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. John was born October 2, 1929 in Pontotoc to Michael Carlton Sudduth and Flora Bell Weatherly Sudduth. He was the proud owner of Sudduth Transfer, Storage, Warehouse, Moving and Trucking Business. He is a member of First Baptist Church of Tupelo. In...
Jerome Brown
March 1, 2018
Jerome Brown Aberdeen- William Jerome Brown, 57, dies on March 1, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born September 28, 1960, in Mississippi to Robert Earl Brown, Sr. and Julia Geneva Brown. Services will be at a later date
Wanda Adams Johnson
February 28, 2018
Wanda Adams Johnson Olive Branch- Wanda Adams Johnson died Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital- East. She was born January 19, 1953 to Carl Adams and Reaple Johnson Adams. Wanda married David Johnson. There will be private family services at W. E. Pegues, Saltillo.
Sam A. Wester, Jr.
February 26, 2018
Furrs Community- Sam Wester, Jr., 90, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 26, 2018 at the inpatient hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born May 29, 1927 to the late Sam Sr. and Omie Wester. He was a long-time resident of the Furrs Community. On July 31, 1948, he married the former Virginia Ione Smith. He retired...
SFC.
February 25, 2018
Auburn Community- Robert W. Caygle, 76, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2018 at The Meadows in Fulton. He was born in Painesville, Ohio March 22, 1941 to Wilbert LaVerghn and Lucille Chaney Caygle. He was the widower of Janice W. Caygle. They were married 52 years. Robert served in the United States Army from 1963 until his retirement in 1983....
Stella Whitaker
February 25, 2018
Sella Jo Whitaker Tupelo- Stella Jo Whitaker, 93, died on February 25, 2018 at the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medcal Center in Tupelo. She was born September 24, 1924, in Montgomery City, Missouri to Dr. Darel Wesley and Reba A. Sturgeon Whitaker. She grew up in Coffeeville and Sardis and graduated from Sardis High School. She attended Belhaven University...
Terry L. Donahue
February 25, 2018
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
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