OBITUARIES
Edna Sides
April 17, 2015
EDNA SIDES Belden - Edna Heavener Sides, 81, entered into eternal rest on Friday, April 17, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born on November 29, 1933, to Leroy and Hazel Marie Wood Heavener. A graduate of Baldwyn High School, she then went on to attend Northeast Community College. Edna played basketball in high...
Billie Crider
April 17, 2015
Billie B. Crider Tupelo - Billie Bickerstaff Crider went home to be with the Lord April 17, 2015, after an extended illness. She was born in Tupelo, Mississippi on July 17, 1927, to Clyde Bickerstaff and Maudie Merchant Bickerstaff. She was preceded in death by her son, Eddie Crider; newborn daughter; sister, Helen Richey and her husband, Mike Richey; her...
SMSgt James T. Bowles
April 17, 2015
SMSgt JAMES T. BOWLES Brewer Community - James T. Bowles, SMSgt United States Air Force, retired, 83, died Friday, April 17, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center. A Brewer native, he was born April 21, 1931, to Carl Wilford "Billy" and Lottie Agnes Dye Bowles. He graduated from Shannon High School in 1949, he also attended the University of Connecticut...
Earline Wilder Brooks
April 16, 2015
EARLINE BROOKS Tupelo - Earline Brooks, 92, died Thursday, April 16, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on September 29, 1922 to Essie Cletis and Geneva Jones Wilder. She enjoyed camping with her late husband, Buster Brooks with the Tombigbee Indians and the Good Sam's R. V. Club. She was a member of First...
Carolyn Crone
April 14, 2015
CAROLYN CRONE Tupelo - Carolyn Frances Copeland Crone ran into the arms of her Savior on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at the Rush Specialty Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi, after an extended illness. Born in Blytheville, Arkansas on November 3, 1942, to Elzy Calvin Copeland Jr. and Lillian Frieda Carver Copeland, Carolyn grew up in a military family; her father's position...
Margie Morris
April 14, 2015
MARGIE MORRIS Tupelo - Margie Lee Morris, 60, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Nettleton on October 31, 1954 to Tommy and Nannie Haywood. An avid reader, she loved romance novels. She worked as a waitress for most of her life. She was baptised as a young woman and was...
Tommy "Big T" Witt
April 14, 2015
Tommy "Big T" Witt Tupelo- Tommy Witt, "Big T", went to be with his Lord and Savior Tuesday, April 14, 2015. He was born July 5, 1944, to A.T. and Sarah Witt. He graduated from Tupelo High School and Mississippi State University (1966). He then served in the United States Air Force where he was stationed in San Antonio, Texas....
Mildred Calmes
April 7, 2015
MILDRED CALMES Saltillo - Mildred Ruth Calmes, 76, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at her home. She was born November 24, 1938 in Union County to Willie Dove and Orelia Lessel Pannell. She attended Birmingham Ridge Baptist Church and enjoyed traveling, shopping and spending time with her family Services will be 2 p.m., Thursday, April 9, 2015 at The Jefferson...
Betty Jean Graves
April 6, 2015
BETTY JEAN GRAVES Ohio - Betty Jean Graves passed to her heavenly home following an illness, on Monday April 6, 2015. She was living in her winter residence in Englewood, Florida and enjoyed her last days surrounded by her loving family. She was 84 years of age. Betty was born in Winston County, near Louisville on September 2, 1930. Her...
Beatrice Hagerty
April 6, 2015
Beatrice "Bunny" Elaine Hagerty March 24, 1947 - April 6, 2015 Biloxi - MS Beatrice "Bunny" Elaine Hagerty, age 68, died Monday, April 6, 2015 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. from unknown complications associated with Cancer. Beatrice was born in Flint, MI and grew up in Swartz Creek, MI, the daughter of William Leroy Hill and...
James Hanson
April 6, 2015
JAMES E. HANSON Tupelo-James E. Hanson, 75, passed away Monday, April 6, 2015, in Marietta, Georgia, after an extended illness. He was born February 5, 1940, in Fort Wayne Indiana to Albert and Ruth Mart Hanson. Jim graduated from South Side High School in Fort Wayne IN. After 32 years, he retired with Acosta Sales and Marketing Company. He served...
Tyler Pennington
April 3, 2015
SGT. TYLER PENNINGTON Saltillo - Andrew Tyler Pennington, 28, passed away Friday, April 3, 2015. A Tupelo native, he was born June 12, 1986, to Roy Fenton Pennington, Jr. and Penny Bishop Moran. A graduate of Saltillo High School, he then went on to the Marine Corps where he served his country for almost nine years. Tyler married Jena Higgins...
Leighton Dillard
April 2, 2015
LEIGHTON DILLARD Tupelo - Leighton "Rocky" Dillard, 68, died Thursday, April 2, 2015, at his residence. He was born November 3, 1946 to Lacy Sampson and Doler Morgan Dillard. Rocky enjoyed playing his guitar, listening to country music, messing around the house, and playing with all his grandchildren. He was a long distance truck driver retiring after fifty years of...
Betty Mae Bethay
April 2, 2015
BETTY MAE BETHAY Tupelo - Betty Mae Bethay, 87, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015, at her home in Tupelo. She was a native of Lee County and lifelong resident of Tupelo. Betty was born to Longino L. Bethay and Mamie Clifford Pettigrew on April 2, 1928. Betty was employed at Prentiss Manufacturing Company of Booneville as Corporate Secretary until...
Vince "Rusty" Cole
April 2, 2015
TRUMAN VINCENT "VINCE" COLE Aberdeen- Truman Vincent "Vince" Cole, 73, died peacefully and surrounded by those he loved Thursday, April 2, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Miss. Vince, affectionately called "Rusty" by his family, was born August 23, 1941, in Kermit, Texas, to Harold Lamar and Frances Eileen Cole. Always at the ready with his sharp and...
Iva Nell Roberts
April 1, 2015
Tupelo - Iva Nell Roberts, 88, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born June 15, 1926 to William Holder and Amy Erin Gambrell Price and was a long time resident of Macedonia Community. Iva Nell worked for many years at Blue Bell Manufacturing where she retired. She was an avid Ole Miss fan,...
Linda Murphree
March 29, 2015
Belden - Linda Longino Murphree, loving wife of David W. Murphree II, 66, passed onto the Lord , March 29, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 20, 1948 to the late Prince and Hazel Longino. Linda was a proud graduate of Mississippi State College for Women. There will be private family services at a later...
Tony L. White, Sr.
March 28, 2015
TONY L. WHITE, SR. Mooreville - Tony L. White, Sr., 57, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015, at his hunting club in Splunge Community. He was born in Zion, Illinois on January 18, 1958 to Johnny and Martha White. He was a parts specialist with Napa Auto Parts for 39 years. He loved the outdoors, fondly known by his CB...
Terry Holliday
March 27, 2015
TERRY L. HOLLIDAY Saltillo - Terry Lagrone Holliday, 55, died Friday, March 27, 2015, at a friend's home unexpectedly. He was born July 22, 1959 to the late Talmadge Lagrone Holliday and Jean Bolen. He worked in construction and carpentry. The time he spent with his family and friends were greatly valued. He was a fan of Nascar and enjoyed...
Dalton Lackey, Jr.
March 26, 2015
DALTON LACKEY, JR. Tupelo - Dalton Eldridge Lackey, Jr., died suddenly Thursday night, March 26 at his residence. He was born in Tupelo on Feb. 15, 1949 to Dalton Lackey, Sr. and his wife Fannie Lee "Rustie" Walton Lackey. Mr. Lackey attended Lawhon School through ninth grade, graduated from Tupelo High School and attended Itawamba and Northeast Junior Colleges. He...
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