OBITUARIES
Dorothy Curlin Barger
July 3, 2015
Tupelo - Dorothy Curlin Barger passed away Friday, July 3rd, after a long illness while a resident of the Memphis Jewish Home for three years. She had just celebrated her 92nd birthday the week before her death. A native Memphian born June 22, 1923, and later a member of the Woodlawn Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star in Memphis, she...
Homer Jackson
July 2, 2015
Saltillo - Homer Jackson, 68, passed Thursday, July 2, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit after an extended illness. He was born February 22, 1947 to J. C. and Mamie Dunaway Jackson in Baldwyn, Mississippi. He worked at Lee County Solid Waste as a truck driver and retired after 26 years. Homer loved working in his garden as...
Mary M. Long
July 1, 2015
MARY M. LONG Saltillo - Mary M. Long, 78, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in her home. A Ruleulle native, she was born April 2, 1937 to the late Hugh Ledell and Gladys B. Walpole King. She graduated from Riverside High School; she then attended Christian Bible Institute in Waxahatchie, Texas. Mary lived in Greenville, Mississippi where she owned...
Donald "Bill" Smith
June 28, 2015
DONALD "BILL" SMITH Tupelo - Donald Ray "Bill" Smith, 74, died Sunday, June 28, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born in Camden, Arkansas on July 22, 1940, to George Gilmer and Ona Ima Dell Neely Smith. Donald worked at Netterville Lumber Company for many years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening and reading. Donald was a member of Corinth...
Frances F. Hovis
June 25, 2015
Frances Filgo Hovis Tupelo Funeral services for Frances Hovis, 96, will be held Monday, June 29 at 11:00 a.m. in the Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues Funeral Home, 535 Jefferson St. in Tupelo, with visitation beginning at 9:00 a.m. She died on June 25, 2015 at Traceway Retirement Village where she had lived for the past twenty-one years....
Joe A. McCarter
June 25, 2015
JOE A. McCARTER Tupelo - Joe A. McCarter died Friday, June 25, 2015, at his home in the Macedonia Community. He was born February 23, 1936, to Ben F. and Robbie Gambrell McCarter. He graduated from Sherman High School, served in the United States Army and was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. Joe worked many years as a master...
Larry Mills
June 23, 2015
LARRY MILLS Tupelo - Larry Leroy Mills, 57, died Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at his uncle's and aunt's home. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on February 22, 1958 to Bobby Leroy and Betty Lynn Whitehead Mills. He loved to played the guitar, singing, fishing and being a handyman. Graveside services will be Sunday at 4 p.m. June 28,...
Alice Baldwyn
June 22, 2015
ALICE BAULCH BALDWYN Nettleton- Alice Baulch Baldwyn, 92, passed away Monday, June 22, 2015 at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice. She was born to Oscar and Floy Webb Baulch in Monroe County on May 12, 1923. She lived most of her life in Shannon, but for the last 20 years in Nettleton. Alice and her husband James "Mutt" Baldwyn,...
Jim Long Livingston
June 21, 2015
JIM LONG LIVINGSTON Jim Long Livingston, 91, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born January 20, 1924 to Jim L. and Bonnie Mae Livingston. His love of flying as a teenager led to his joining the Army Air Corps. As a pilot in WWII, he flew a number of different...
M. Jeanette Dillard
June 20, 2015
Tupelo - Margaret Jeanette Dillard, 67, died Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the Millington Health Care Facility in Millington, Tennessee. She was born May 23, 1948, to Maurice Dewitt "Buddy" Edwards and Margaret Virginia Mangrum Edwards. A graduate of Watkins Overton High School, she then went on to Memphis State University on a band scholarship where she played the clarinet....
Virginia Hale
June 20, 2015
VIRGINIA HALE Tupelo - Virginia C. Hale, 81, died Saturday, June 20, 2015 at her home. She was born September 28, 1933, to Harold and Eleanor Hale Cline in Pitman, Arkansas. Virginia was a member of Oak Forrest Baptist Church in Jackson. She worked as a bookkeeper for a school products company, a floor company, and as a general contractor...
Frances Woods
June 20, 2015
FRANCES WOODS Tupelo - Clara Frances Woods, 70, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 20, 1944 to Thomas Jefferson and Cletter Clytie Graves Holmes. Frances was a member of Richmond Pentecostal Church. She enjoyed sewing and was considered an excellent seamstress. She served with her husband while he was in...
Ed Riley
June 19, 2015
ED RILEY Jackson - James Edwin Riley, Jr., formerly of Tupelo, 43, died Friday, June 19, 2015. He was born in Jackson on December 29, 1971, to James Edwin "Jimmy" and Barbara Jean Robbins Riley. Ed was a 1990 graduate of Tupelo High School. He was the owner of Riley's Residential Services in Jackson. Ed enjoyed fishing and golfing. A...
Cary D. Newcomb
June 19, 2015
CARY DEAN NEWCOMB Tupelo- Cary Dean Newcomb, 46, died Friday, June 19, 2015, at NMMC. He was born in Itawamba County on February 27, 1969 to the late Obie and Pauline Newcomb. At an early age, Cary was baptized. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, and spending time with his family. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday, June 22, 2015 at the...
Colton Brewer
June 18, 2015
Infant son of Dr. Justin M. and Brooke Brewer. Graveside services at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Tupelo Memorial Park
Opal Kirschman
June 17, 2015
Opal L Kirschman Sun City, AZ - Opal L. Kirschman, 95, passed away on June 17, 2015, at the home of her niece in Tupelo, MS. Opal was born near Prairie Home, MO on June 11, 1920. She was the daughter of Charles Porter Kirschman and Lola Adair Kirschman. She is survived by nieces and nephews. She was a former...
Eddie Shaffer
June 16, 2015
EDDIE SHAFFER Eddie D. Shaffer, 56, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Tuesday morning, June 16, 2015 in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis, MO. He was born April 17, 1959, in Waukegan, Illinois, the son of Billie Dean and Erma Brooks Shaffer. He moved with his family to Tupelo, MS at an early age. He made a...
Everett Cox
June 15, 2015
EVERETT COX Tupelo - Everett Eugene Cox, 76, passed away Monday, June 15, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born November 12, 1938, to Everett Wilder and Irene Kingsley Cox. Everett was an active and faithful member of St. Luke United Methodist Church where he attended every Sunday with the help of loving members of the church...
NELLE BAILEY DEVAULT
June 15, 2015
NELLE BAILEY DEVAULT Okolona - Nelle Bailey Devault, at the age of 88, passed away June15, 2015, at her home in Okolona. She was born on November 18, 1928, in Saltillo, Mississippi to George Malone and Orella Bates Bailey. Nelle was a graduate of Saltillo High School, class of 1946. She and her husband, Jimmy DeVault, owned and operated Dixie...
Ricky Allen Dial, Jr.
June 14, 2015
Fulton - Ricky Allen Dial, Jr., 29, died Sunday, June 14, 2015, at his home. He was born in Tupelo on January 8, 1986 to the late Ricky Allen and Bonnie Suzette Carter Dial. He was Baptist by faith. He enjoyed working on cars, racing, helping others and would always give the shirt off his back. However, the great love...
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