OBITUARIES
James Robbins
August 16, 2016
A graveside service will be held Thursday, August 18, 2016, at the Spring Hill Cemetery.
Virginia Hester
August 11, 2016
Virginia HesterTupelo - Virginia Hester, 75, a lifelong resident of Lee County, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016, at the Meadows after a lengthy illness. She was born November 22, 1940, to Monroe and Mary Newcomb Tackett. She married Quitman Bert Hester in 1960, and they were married 45 years before his passing in 2006. Together they had four children...
Bill Young
August 11, 2016
William Young, Jr. Â Tupelo - J. William Young, Jr., 85, died Thursday morning at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was a former executive director of the CREATE Foundation in Tupelo, a position in which he served from 1986 to 1990. Young, a native of West Point, had been a resident of Tupelo since 1968. Young was the son of...
Willie Kitchens
August 10, 2016
WILLIE ANN KITCHENS Â Tupelo - Willie Ann Kitchens, 79, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2016, at home. She was born August 10, 1938, in Hamilton, Alabama to Gracie and Zora Underwood. She attended school in Hamilton, Alabama and finished her education in Adrian, Michigan. She enjoyed smoking, making hook rugs, reading, sometimes liked her kids, and was an avid fan...
Johnnie Hall
August 10, 2016
JOHNNIE HALL Tupelo - Johnnie Mae Hall, 94, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born July 11,1922, to Cliff and Ellie Raper. Johnnie was a homemaker and a talented seamstress. She enjoyed sewing her own cloths and blankets and also cooking. Johnnie was a member of Cedar Grove Pentecostal Church. Survivors include...
Stanley Ryan
August 10, 2016
STANLEY RYAN TUPELO - Stanley Ryan, 88, went to Heaven on August 10, 2016. His wife, son, daughter, and brother were by his side at home when he departed this life. He was born in Prentiss County to Guy and Gertrude Ryan on February 26, 1928. He was a Christian and active member of First Baptist Church, Verona for 63...
Mitchell Moore
August 9, 2016
Tupelo – Mitchell Ray Moore, 92, longtime Tupelo automotive dealer, salesman, and businessman, died Wednesday August 10, 2016, in the hospice unit at North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. Mitchell was born and raised south of Dorsey in the Hopewell Baptist Church area in Itawamba County to Jackson and Lizzie Witt Moore. In 1943, Mitchell joined the Navy...
Sukhwinder Singh
August 9, 2016
SERVICES: 12:30 Saturday Jefferson Street Chapel Visitation: 11:30 - 12:30
Gladys Killough
August 9, 2016
Gladys Killough  Shannon - Gladys Marie Killough, 80, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at her home. She was born March 17, 1936, in Wyandotte, Michigan to Charles and Agnes Saganek. Gladys was a homemaker to her husband Wayne for 35 years. She was a member of the Calvary Assembly Church. Gladys loved to fish, travel, shop and spend time...
Aubrey Guy Tanner
August 8, 2016
AUBREY GUY TANNER Verona - Aubrey Guy Tanner, 75, passed away Monday, August 8, 2016, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born January 22, 1941, to Manlie Whitman and Arvella Tanner. He graduated from Shannon High School in 1959. After graduation he worked for Day-Brite Lighting and then Nesco where he retired as Operations Manager after 36 years of...
Lauren Johnson Chase
August 7, 2016
Lauren Johnson Chase Lauren Johnson Chase, 32, went to her heavenly home while surrounded by her family on Sunday, August 7, 2016, at Houston Hospice in Texas. She was born December 13, 1983, to Dr. Gary and Nancy Johnson. Lauren graduated from Tupelo High School in 2002 and later graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2006, with a degree...
Patricia "Pat" Chosich
August 6, 2016
Tupelo - Beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Patricia Ann Chosich, 63, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born January 5, 1953, to William Thornton and Annie Verneal Mathis Abernathy. Pat received her Master's Degree at the University of Arkansas. She worked at North Mississippi Medical Center for 15 years as a Surgical Outcomes...
Jack B. Leslie
August 6, 2016
JACK B. LESLIE Mooreville - Jack B. Leslie, 89, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016. He was born in Mooreville on June 27, 1927 to Neville Harrison and Anna Mae Ballard Leslie. He graduated from Mooreville High School and joined the United States Navy in 1945. After returning home from the military, he met Ludene Baldwin and they were married...
William O. Smith
August 5, 2016
W. O. Smith  Tupelo - William O'neal Smith, 82, passed away Friday, August 5, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Prentiss County on September 21, 1933, to the late William Gordon and Bessie Lee Griffin Smith. He graduated from New Site High School in 1953. In 1954 he married Jeanette Hall. W....
Katherine Ray
August 3, 2016
KATHERINE RAY Â Foley, Alabama - Ms. Katherine Ray entered the gates of her Heavenly home on August 3, 2016. Born on June 3, 1931, in Tupelo, Katherine worked for T&S Pharmacy for over 40 years and attended Thomas Street Baptist Church. She moved to Gulf Shores, Alabama to be with her son and his family when her husband, Allen, passed...
John Lumsden
August 3, 2016
JOHN LUMSDEN Â Tupelo - John Lumsden was born March 3, 1953. He passed away peacefully in his home August 3, 2016, surrounded by his family. Â He was preceded in death by his father, Rev. Avery Lumsden. Â Survivors include his mother, Lucy Lumsden; wife, Reba Lumsden; daughters, Felicia Bole (Michael) and Christa Lumsden; brother, Salathiel Lumsden (Dee) and several nieces and...
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