OBITUARIES
Imogene Kirkpatrick
January 20, 2016
IMOGENE KIRKPATRICK Saltillo - Helen Imogene Kirkpatrick, 96, born July 17, 1919, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Gene worked in supervisory capacity for several textile plants. She was a lifelong member of Saltillo Presbyterian Church. Gene loved the outdoors and kept large vegetable gardens each year and always shared the fruits of her labor...
Mary E. Sandlin
January 17, 2016
MARY E. SANDLIN Saltillo - Mary E. Sandlin, 85, died January 16, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 26, 1930, to George and Mary Putt. She was a lifelong resident of Saltillo where she lived with her husband, Cecil Sandlin, for 47 years. Mary was a member of Mayfield Church of Christ. She enjoyed afternoon coffee...
Gwen Murphree-Hurd
January 16, 2016
GWEN MURPHREE-HURD Pontotoc - Gwen Murphree-Hurd, 54, earned her angels wings Friday, January 15, 2016, at her sister's residence after an extended illness. A life-long resident of Pontotoc, she was born February 1, 1961, to Wayne and Imogene Murphree. Gwen touched the lives of everyone she met with her radiant smile and generous heart. She loved reading and writing poetry...
Bro. C. A. Lindsey
January 15, 2016
BRO. C. A. LINDSEY Saltillo - Chalmos Arthur Lindsey, 85, died Friday, January 15, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Booneville after an extended illness. A Tremont native, he was born September 25, 1930, to William and Manervie Parker Lindsey. C. A. graduated from Shannon High School after returning home from the US Air Force. He lived in Alexandria, Louisiana...
John W. Fowler
January 14, 2016
JOHN W. FOWLER Saltillo - John Wesley Fowler, 64, died Thursday, January 14, 2016, at University Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson after a sudden illness. A Union County native, he was born March 26, 1951, to James Houston and Mary Etta Verrell Fowler. A 1969 Tupelo High School graduate, he also received his associate's degree in marketing from Itawamba Community...
Carolyn W. Hastings
January 13, 2016
CAROLYN W. HASTINGS Tupelo - Carolyn Archie Warner Hastings, 94, passed away January 13, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice in Tupelo. She was born June 8, 1921, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky to Archie and Clyde Warner. She was raised and educated in Louisville, Kentucky, and in May of 1943 she graduated from the University of Louisville. She was...
Anthony W. "Andy" Steward
January 12, 2016
ANTHONY W. “ANDY” STEWARD Tupelo - Anthony W. “Andy” Steward, 54, died Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. Born May 15, 1961, in Pontotoc, he was the son of J. P. and Gladys Mize Steward. He was raised in Tupelo, was a 1979 graduate of Tupelo High School, and also received an associates degree...
Trannie L. "T. L." Ellis, Jr.
January 10, 2016
Trannie Lee “T. L.” Ellis, Jr. Tupelo- Trannie Lee “T. L.” Ellis, Jr., 86, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after a brief illness. He was born on June 7, 1929 to Trannie Lee and Kate Sisk Ellis. On December 5, 1953 he married Earline Cates of Mantachie. He was a charter member of...
Faye Yvonne "Polly" Hudson
January 8, 2016
POLLY HUDSON Collierville, Tenn. - Faye Yvonne “Polly” Hudson, 77, died Friday, January 8, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Collierville, Tenn. A Lee County native, she was born August 8, 1938 to Troy Gaston and Bessie Will Stanley Lee. She worked for Play Craft, Custom Furniture and as the city clerk for the City of Saltillo. She enjoyed gardening....
Agnes Easterling Loden
January 7, 2016
AGNES LODEN Birmingham Ridge - Agnes Easterling Loden, 79, died Thursday, January 7, 2016, at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born in Saltillo on May 27, 1936, to Herman Otis and Charlie Fay Wood Easterling. After graduating from Saltillo High School in 1954, Agnes began working as a bookkeeper for several area auto dealerships. As children came...
Dennis Parham
January 7, 2016
DENNIS PARHAM Tupelo - Dennis Parham left this world to run the Streets of Gold in Heaven on January 7, 2016, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was 80 years old, born to George "Buster" Parham and Irene Franks Parham on May 25, 1935. He graduated from Mooreville High School and I.J.C. Dennis worked forty-two years at Day-Brite Lighting, where he...
Glen F. Alexander
January 3, 2016
GLEN F. ALEXANDER Tupelo - Glen F. Alexander, 84, long time Tupelo businessman and entrepreneur, died Sunday, January 3, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born September 7, 1931 to John Thomas and Edith Opaline Stevens Alexander. A 1950 graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to join the Army. Glen completed...
Loraine Riley Abernathy Wesson
January 2, 2016
LORAINE RILEY ABERNATHY WESSON Shannon - Loraine Wesson, 92, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit. She was born September 9, 1923, to Edgar and Gertrude Bush Riley. Having lived in Shannon most of her life, she was currently living at Avonlea Assisted Living in Tupelo. During WWII, she worked in Prairie at the...
Irene Lamb
January 2, 2016
IRENE LAMB Tupelo - Irene Lamb, 90, went to be with the Lord Saturday morning, January 2, 2016 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A lifelong resident of the Tupelo area, she was born November 20, 1925 to Thomas Jefferson "Buddy" and Velma Phillips Lee. She was married to Roy W. Moore for almost 50 years and together they had five...
Wright Poland
January 1, 2016
ALMA WRIGHT WILSON POLANDAlma Wright Wilson Poland was born on August 13, 1928 to the late Samford Taylor Wilson and Annie Odessa Johnson Wilson of Laurel, Mississippi. At an early age, she joined The First Baptist Church in Laurel, and was an active member for many years. After graduating from George S. Gardner High School in Laurel, she attended Baylor...
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