OBITUARIES
Dorothy Burleson Best
August 7, 2017
Dorothy Burleson Best Nettleton - Dorothy Burleson Best, 91, passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 at NMMC Hospice. She was born March 23, 1926 to Dewey and Bertha Burleson in Mississippi. Dorothy spent more than 70 years as a homemaker at her home and a babysitter for everybody in the Nettleton area. She was also a member of Victory Baptist...
Carol McClellan Sharp
August 7, 2017
CAROL McCLELLAN SHARP Tupelo - Carol Ann Sharp, 23, passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017. She was born in Plant City, Florida on June 5, 1994, to Douglas Richard and Victoria Lynn Vaughn McClellan. In 2010, she moved to Tupelo and attended Tupelo High School. She enjoyed fishing and sketching graphic art. Carol was dearly loved by her family and...
Betty Malone Lackey
August 7, 2017
BETTY MALONE LACKEY Tupelo - Betty Jean Lackey, 84, passed away Monday, August 7, 2017, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born December 25, 1932, to Quay Grover and Verna Bass McLarty. She was married to Joe Malone for over 20 years before his passing in 1972. She married Al Lackey until his passing in 2015. Betty was the owner...
Naomi Barton
August 6, 2017
Auburn Community – Naomi Ruth Barton, 71, passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017 at her home. She was born in Booneville on December 22, 1945 to Willie Dee and Rosa Edith Helton Smith. On July 19, 1962, she married Jimmie Barton, of Derma, in Oxford. She graduated from Calhoun City High School. Naomi and Jimmie moved from Birmingham, Alabama to...
Carol McClellan Sharp
August 6, 2017
CAROL McCLELLAN SHARP Tupelo - Carol Ann Sharp, 23, passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017. She was born in Plant City, Florida on June 5, 1994, to Douglas Richard and Victoria Lynn Vaughn McClellan. In 2010, she moved to Tupelo and attended Tupelo High School. She enjoyed fishing and sketching graphic art. Carol was dearly loved by her family and...
William "Bill" Lee Burge, Sr.
August 5, 2017
William "Bill" Lee Burge, Sr. Aberdeen - William Lee Burge, 79, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 11, 1938, to Leopold Moseline and Hortense Quay Parks Burge. He served his country in the United States Army Reserve for four years. On July 15, 1960, he married...
Kathryn "Kay" Cooley
August 5, 2017
Kathryn "Kay" Cooley Tupelo - Kathryn Cooley died Saturday, August 5, 2017 in the Cottages at Traceway Retirement Community. "Didi" to her San Francisco family was born in San Francisco, CA October 23, 1922 to Bella and George Malliaras. Kay was a graduate of Balboa High School in San Francisco. She was raised in the Greek Orthodox Church. During World...
Gwen Wood
July 30, 2017
Gwenette "Gwen" Wood Tupelo - Gwenette "Gwen" Wood, 79, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. She was born September 22, 1937 to Proctor Clifton and Mary Emma Hurst in Roanoke, Virginia. Gwen grew up in Roanoke where she graduated from William Fleming High School in 1955. She later received her bachelor's degree...
Linda A. Dickens
July 25, 2017
Dorsey - Linda A. Dickens, 63, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center after suffering a sudden illness at her home. She was born November 9, 1953, to James Kelvis and Ann Warren Parker in Fulton. Linda spent her whole life in Fulton. She married Nickey Dickens, Sr. on December 12, 1967 and moved to the...
Patricia Gail Jones
July 25, 2017
Baldwyn - Patricia Gail Jones, 66, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 20, 1950, to Cecil and Lila Kimbrell Black in Red Bay, Alabama. Patricia married Bill Jones in 1969 and was a home maker throughout her life. She loved to sing in the choir at Family Worship Center in Mantachie...
John David Seale
July 23, 2017
John David Seale Saltillo, Mississippi - John David Seale, 63, went to be with Jesus Sunday, July 23, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 8, 1953, in Hope, Arkansas to the late Billy Ray Seale and JoAnn Allen Seale. He married Jeanie Cates on November 2, 1972 in Texarkana, Texas. He was a carpenter and...
Jo Kate Scruggs
July 21, 2017
Jo Kate Scruggs Tupelo - Jo Kate Scruggs, 91, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2017, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born November 27, 1925, to George Watson and Florence Bain McMahan in Tupelo. Jo Kate lived in Tupelo throughout her life where she graduated from Tupelo High School. In 1943, she married her husband James P. Scruggs, who was...
Diane Sampson Bush
July 20, 2017
Diane Sampson Bush June 12, 1953 - July 15, 2017 Diane Sampson Bush was born on June 12, 1953 to the union of Willie and Alberta Sampson of Tupelo, Miss. Diane accepted Christ at an early age. She attended White Hill M.B. Church and later moved her membership to New Providence. She attended George Washington Carver High School and was...
Buddy Coggins
July 19, 2017
Buddy Coggins Saltillo- Charles Archie “Buddy” Coggins, 66, died Wednesday July 19, 2017 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Buddy was born December 26, 1950 to Archie and Charlotte Horton Coggins in Baldwyn. He was raised in the Unity Community. In 1968, he graduated from Saltillo High School, where he played every sport available. Buddy joined the United States Navy...
Leonard "Len" S. Shane
July 19, 2017
Leonard “Len” S. Shane Tupelo – Leonard “Len” S. Shane, 76, passed away Wednesday July 19, 2017 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born April 20, 1941, to Murray and Mae Shane in Chicago, Illinois. Len grew up in Galesburg, Illinois and graduated from Galesburg High School. He spent his early life as an athlete, musician, coach and teacher....
Carolyn Bedford
July 18, 2017
Carolyn Bedford Mooreville - Carolyn Ann Bedford, 72, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility. She was born March 9, 1945, to Jack and Ann Lee Lansdell in Lee County, Miss. Carolyn lived in Mooreville during the course of her life, graduating from Mooreville High School. She was a member of Open Door Worship Center. She worked...
Diane Sampson Bush
July 15, 2017
Diane Sampson Bush June 12, 1953 - July 15, 2017 Diane Sampson Bush was born on June 12, 1953 to the union of Willie and Alberta Sampson of Tupelo, Miss. Diane accepted Christ at an early age. She attended White Hill M.B. Church and later moved her membership to New Providence. She attended George Washington Carver High School and was...
Ed Posey
July 10, 2017
ED POSEY Tupelo - Ed Posey, 89, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, July 10, 2017 in Tupelo. He was born April 28, 1928 in Plantersville to Montague M. and Nona Ballard Posey. Ed graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in Biology. He retired in 1995 as the manager of the water side of the Tupelo...
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