OBITUARIES
Joyce Fennell Myhand
May 10, 2015
Mooreville - Joyce Fennell Myhand, 74, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 at her residence near Mooreville. She was born in Guntown on December 10, 1940 to Wade Lamar White, Sr. and Thema Rush White Bishop. She was a sewing machine operator and had worked in a number of area furniture manufacturing plants. Joyce loved flowers and especially enjoyed working...
Sandra Barnett
May 9, 2015
Saltillo - Sandra Patrica Barnett, 71, died Saturday, May 9, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice. She was born December 21, 1943 to William Daniel (Jack) Price and Maggie Ethel Prather. A homemaker, she spent her days raising her children. Sandra enjoyed sewing, cooking and reading. She worked as a telephone operator at Bell South and then at Modern...
Rick Parks
May 7, 2015
Rickey Harold "Rick" Parks of Locust Hill left to be with the Lord the morning of Thursday, May 7. He was 59. A 1974 graduate of North Pontotoc High School, Rick was co-owner of Tri-County Pest Control and an active member of Belden Baptist Church. The weekly ministry at Tupelo jail was a passion. His hobbies were his land and...
Barbara James
May 6, 2015
Casey Creek - Barbara James, 75, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Oklahoma on March 12, 1940 to Harold and Authula Morrow Griffith. Graveside services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Tupelo Memorial Park with Rev. Jay Stanley officiating. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge...
Dude Henry
May 5, 2015
DUDE HENRY Jackson, TN - formerly of Saltillo, Dane Larry Henry, 70, died Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at his home. He was born April 8, 1945 to Robert Edgar and Beatrice Cox Henry. Dude loved riding his motor cycle and enjoyed racing cars. He was a workaholic. He was a nature lover who liked the mountains and flowers and kept...
Donna Mihelic McMillian
May 4, 2015
DONNA MCMILLIAN Houston - Donna McMillian, 68, died peacefully at Webster General Hospital on May 4, 2015. She was born in Houston and graduated high school there and received her nursing license from St. Joseph's School of Nursing. The highlight of her career was serving as Nursing Orientation Instructor at the North Mississippi Medical Center for twenty years. She married...
Martha Elaine Magers
May 3, 2015
Elaine Magers Mantachie - Mrs. Magers, wife of the late Dulon Magers, died Sunday, May 3, 2015. She was the last of seven children born to the late Rev. Sylvester and Annie Chilcoat Barber. Mrs. Magers was a retired supervisor from Mantachie Manufacturing Company. For many years, she and her husband served nursing homes by singing and sharing Bible lessons....
Brenda Collins
May 3, 2015
BRENDA COLLINS Guntown - Brenda Collins 61, died Sunday, May 3, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
John Bolen
May 2, 2015
JOHN BOLEN Tupelo - John Turner Bolen, 80, died Saturday, May 2, 2015, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. He was born October 1, 1934, to Eugene Pruitt and Cecil Elizabeth Hendrix Bolen. John retired in 2000 from Super Sagless, Inc. as a maintenance supervisor. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend who...
James Allen Crone
May 2, 2015
JAMES ALLEN CRONE Shreveport, Louisiana - James Allen Crone, 68, went home to the Lord on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, after an extended illness. Born in Many, Louisiana on August 13, 1946 to Leonard Allen Crone and Dorthea Sunshine Kimbrell Crone, James "Doc" grew up in Zwolle, Louisiana where he graduated...
Nancy Beck
April 30, 2015
NANCY BECK Mooreville - Nancy Jane Beck, 73, passed away on April 30, 2015, at her residence. She was born on February 9, 1942, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and was the daughter of John and Gladys Hoppa Peterson. She graduated from Omro High School in 1960 and married her high school sweetheart and love of her life, Robert "Bob" Beck on...
Paul RItter
April 30, 2015
PAUL RITTER Blue Springs - Paul Mitchell Ritter, 67, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015 at his home. He was born June 30, 1947, to Mitchell and Edna Ritter. He was a 1955 graduate of Belden High School. Immediately, after graduation he joined The United States Marines and was awarded the Purple Heart for his service during the Vietnam Conflict....
Kim Dahlke, R.N.
April 26, 2015
KIM DAHLKE, R.N. Saltillo - Kimberly Hurt Dahlke, R.N. 54, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2015, at her home. She was born in Ripley on September 22, 1960 to Kenneth and Betty Spires Hurt. She graduated from Pine Grove High School and earned a degree as a registered nurse from Itawamba Community College. She enjoyed traveling, camping, gardening and photography....
Doris Parker
April 24, 2015
DORIS PARKER Plantersville - Doris Parker, 77, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, April 24, 2015, at her home. She was born on Wilson Street in Tupelo on September 9, 1937 to Frank and Loraine Bouchillon. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Plantersville for over 60 years. She enjoyed gardening, flowers, cooking but...
Sandra Matkin
April 21, 2015
SANDRA MATKIN Plantersville - Sandra Marie Matkin, 51, passed away at her home in Plantersville on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. She was born on September 23, 1963, in Springfield, Illinois, to James "Slim" and Sammie Marie Oglesby. She attended Nettleton Schools and lived in Lee County for most of her life. Sandra married Roger Dale Matkin on September 24, 1981....
Linda May WRIGHT-SCHULZ- Panning
April 20, 2015
Linda May WRIGHT-SCHULZ-PANNING Of Vardaman, MS passed away Monday, April 20, 2015 in Tupelo, MS. Mrs. Panning was born December 30, 1939 in Nashville, TN. She was the daughter of Jesse Lee "Jack" WRIGHT and Polly CONNER-WRIGHT. She was preceded in death by her son, Timothy Schulz and her previous husband, Terry D. Schulz, Sr. Survived by her husband of...
Sunshine Crone
April 19, 2015
SUNSHINE CRONE Bossier City, Louisiana - Dorthea Sunshine Crone, 92, went home to glory on Sunday, April 19, 2015, at the Heritage Manor of Bossier after an extended illness. "Sunshine" was born in Helena, Arkansas on September 14, 1922 to James Oscar and Floy Dedman Kimbrell, and grew up in Zwolle, Louisiana after moving there in 1928. She graduated from...
Dr. James Harry “Buck” Shirley
April 18, 2015
DR. JAMES SHIRLEY Tupelo - Dr. James Harry "Buck" Shirley, 82, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 18, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Buck was born in New Hebron on December 12, 1932. He was raised in Deridder, LA where he was a dual-sport athlete in football and Track. He was awarded an athletic scholarship...
Opal M. Stevens
April 18, 2015
OPAL M. STEVENS Tupelo - Opal Marie Stevens, 84, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Itawamba County on August 8, 1930, to Donald and Annie Parker Pierce. In 1947, she married the love of her life, G. C. Stevens, and began building a lifetime of memories. She was a longtime...
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