OBITUARIES
Billy G. Davis
April 7, 2017
BILLY G. DAVIS Auburn Community -- Billy G. Davis , 65, passed away on Friday April 07, 2017, at his residence in the auburn community . Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com .
C. Lamar Crocker, Jr.
April 5, 2017
LAMAR CROCKER, JR. Tupelo – Clarence Lamar Crocker, Jr., 66, passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Mobile, Alabama on August 31, 1950 to Clarence and Lena Manning Crocker. He was a graduate of the University of Mobile, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and the University of Alabama-Birmingham. He was a pastor...
Dorothy "Dot" Phillips
April 5, 2017
DOROTHY "DOT" PHILLIPS Tupelo - Dorothy South Phillips, 73, passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born November 20, 1943 in Hughes, Arkansas to Noonan and Cayce Mae Doan South. She was an active member of Blue Springs Baptist Church. Once she was unable to attend, she continued to...
Kenny Wampner
April 3, 2017
Kenny Wampner Blue Springs- Kenneth E. Wampner, 68, died April 3, 2017 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, surrounded by family. Kenny was born April 23, 1948 to Mahlon and Iona Baldwin Wampner in Beech Grove, Indiana. He joined the United States Air Force and served during the Vietnam War. He was a meteorological technician for the National...
Charlotte Kay Burleson Roper
April 3, 2017
CHARLOTTE ROPER Tupelo – Charlotte Kay Burleson Roper, 54, longtime Tupelo resident, died Monday, April 3, 2017 at her residence after a extended illness. She was born August 13, 1962, in Phoenix, Arizona to Bobby Dale Burleson and Geneva Lou Gale Burleson. She had worked over 10 year with Cooper Tire and later became a technician with Lens Crafters where...
Cheyrl Diane Brown Nichols
April 2, 2017
Cheryl Diane Brown Nichols Guntown - Cheryl Diane Brown Nichols, 67, of Guntown, Mississippi went to be with the Lord, Sunday, April 2, 2017, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Care Unit after a two year courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma Cancer. She was born June 5, 1949, to Charles and Bessie Brown of Tupelo, Mississippi. She was a...
Curtis Roberts
April 1, 2017
CURTIS ROBERTS Tupelo - Curtis Floyd Roberts, 69, went to be with the Lord, after a long battle with cancer, on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born on December 25, 1947, to Ottis and Arlene Hankins Roberts. Curtis was a graduate of Tupelo High School. He was a former employee of E. R....
David Frederick Chapman
March 31, 2017
David Frederick Chapman Plantersville, formerly of Gulfport - David went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 31, 2017, after a short but valiant fight against cancer. He was at home surrounded by his loving wife and children. David was born in Cook Co., Illinois, on June 10, 1942, to David Franklin Chapman and Joyce Eileen Taylor. Very soon...
Thomas Woodward Hutson, Jr., M.D.
March 29, 2017
THOMAS WOODWARD HUTSON, JR., M.D. Tupelo - Thomas Woodward Hutson, Jr., M.D., 93, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born July 21, 1923 in Miami, Florida to Dr. Thomas W. Hutson, Sr. and Ethel Barco Jackson Hutson. Dr. Hutson was the grandson of Miami's pioneer physician Dr. James M. Jackson, for whom the...
Berma Ruth Shackelford
March 29, 2017
Berma Ruth Shackelford Tupelo - Berma Ruth Shackelford, 90, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born October 1, 1926, to Aubrey and Berma Morgan Dillard and raised by her grandparents, Will and Nettie Leora Morgan. She graduated from Mooreville High School. She received a professional degree from East Mississippi Community College at Scooba...
Betty Jean McCullough Bush
March 29, 2017
Betty Jean McCullough Bush Plantersville - Betty Jean Bush, 86, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at home. She was born January 20, 1931, to Bilbo Bill and Clara Edna Kelly McCullough. She was raised in the Beech Springs Community. She married George Allen Bush December 31, 1959. Betty worked in many different professions, but she was most proud of...
Robert C. Jensen
March 28, 2017
Tupelo -- Robert C. Jensen, 77, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at Golden Living Nursing Home in Ripley. Services will be on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 3 p.m. at Gilvo Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may by left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com .
Ricky D. Stanley
March 25, 2017
Mooreville -- Ricky D. Stanley,61, passed away Saturday,March 25, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. Visitation will be on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 from 5 until 8 p.m. at W. E. Pegues, Tupelo.
Marie N. Wiggins
March 24, 2017
Marie N. Wiggins Tupelo - Marie N. Wiggins, , passed away Saturday, March 24, 2017 at North Mississippi Medical Center. Marie was born, October 28,1926, in Smithville to Fred Nabors and Aura Summerford Nabors. She was a longtime educator for 40 years in at Joyner Elementary in Tupelo and in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Marie was a charter member at Parkway Baptist...
Willis J. Swain
March 23, 2017
Willis J. Swain TUPELO – Willis J. Swain, 77, a longtime Tupelo funeral director, died Thursday, March 23, 2017, in the hospice unit at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, he was born August 27, 1939, to Willis Owen and Myrtie Ford Swain. Willis began working with W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors June 1, 1956,...
Nancy Lavell Markham
March 22, 2017
NANCY LAVELL MARKHAM Old Union Community - Nancy Lavell Markham, 87, passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born September 6, 1929 to Steve and Ruby Harlow Causey. She was a homemaker and enjoyed babysitting in her earlier years. She was a Baptist by faith. Nancy enjoyed gardening, crocheting, word-find...
Sam G. Patterson
March 21, 2017
SAM G. PATTERSON TUPELO -- Sam Garmon Patterson, 71, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, surrounded by his family. Sam was born to the late Sam Hardin Patterson and Lucille Garmon Patterson of Verona, on May 5, 1945. He graduated from Tupelo High School in 1963 and earned a degree in civil engineering from Mississippi State University in 1967....
Clyde Edgar "Santa Claus" Teel
March 18, 2017
Clyde Edgar “Santa Claus” Teel Booneville – Clyde Edgar “Santa Claus” Teel, 70, died Saturday, March 18, 2017, at his residence after a sudden illness. Clyde was born December 6, 1946, in South Chicago, Illinois to Betty Lou May Gorski. He worked at Pullman Standard in Chicago doing plumbing and maintenance on passenger railcars until his retirement. After retiring from...
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