OBITUARIES
Jo Petty
January 16, 2015
JO PETTY Tupelo - Jo Petty, 82, died Thursday, January 15, 2015, at her daughter's residence after an extended illness. A native of Tupelo she was born March 13, 1932 to the late Guy and Jessie Morgan. Mrs. Petty worked as Supervisor for South Central Bell before retiring after 37 years. Also, she served as President of the Pioneers Club....
Pearline Smothers
January 16, 2015
PEARLINE TUCKER SMOTHERS Tupelo - Annie Pearline Tucker Smothers, 95, passed away Friday, January 16, 2015, at the Green Houses At Traceway. She was born in Pontotoc County on April 4, 1919 to Eldridge Morton and Leather Valine Archer Tucker and was a 1937 graduate of Tupelo High School with distinction in business. She married Doyle Rice Smothers on November...
Jean Golding
January 15, 2015
JEAN GOLDING Belden - Jean Mitchell Braden Golding, 88, went to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, January 15, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born August 22, 1926, to H. V. and Verna Braden in the Ratliff Community, Itawamba County. She was a supervisor at Central Service Association for forty seven years. She was a...
Lt. Col. Fred Teer, Jr., USAF, Ret.
January 14, 2015
FRED TEER Belden - Walter Fred Teer, Jr., 78, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Winona on September 14, 1936, to Walter Fred and Hallie Ward Teer. He graduated from Middleton High School in Middleton, Tennessee and attended Mississippi State University until his junior year before...
Gene Groner
January 14, 2015
GENE GRONER Pontotoc - Linder Gene Groner passed away at the young age of sixty five in his home on the morning of January 14, 2015. He was born September 23, 1949, in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He volunteered for the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict and served his country. He was a gentle giant, a loving father and grandfather...
Erma Estes
January 14, 2015
ERMA ESTES Belden - Erma Dale Estes, 87, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at her daughter's home. She was born in Belden on February 14, 1927 to James and Sula Bell Robinson Fowler and graduated from Belden High School. She was a member of Belden Baptist Church. She worked at Blue Bell for 42 years and then at Mississippi...
Dr. Peter Whitehead
January 13, 2015
DR. PETER WHITEHEAD Eads, Tenn. - Peter Yates Whitehead, M.D., 53, loving husband and father passed peacefully at his home on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, after a courageous one year battle with cancer. Peter was born June 8, 1961, in Tupelo, Mississippi to Jaudon "J.C." Whitehead, Jr. and Mary Yates Whitehead. With his parent's strong influence and Peter's unfaltering ambition,...
Paul Brasher
January 13, 2015
PAUL BRASHER Tupelo - Paul Brasher, 83 passed away January 13, 2015 at NMMC. He was born January 28, 1933 in Bruce, MS to the late Winfred and Dorothy Brasher. He was retired from the United States Air Force after 20 years of service and a member of Bissel Baptist Church. He was an avid outdoors-man. His life was a...
Hazel Kenney
January 13, 2015
HAZEL KENNEY Tupelo - Hazel Corrine Kenney, 94, died Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at her home, due to the effects of a stroke she suffered in September. She was born in Mount Vernon, on March 21, 1920, to Mittie Wade Kenney and William Henry Kenney. She was well known in the community due to her long service at the Bank...
Billy Wayne Maharrey
January 13, 2015
BILLY WAYNE MAHARREY Tupelo - Billy Wayne Maharrey, 83, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born April 21, 1931, to Robert Thomas and Bertha Dallas Maharrey. Billy was a survivor of childhood Polio. He attended school in Okolona and Shannon. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp having served with the...
Nellalyn Wesson Bucy
January 11, 2015
NELLALYN WESSON BUCY Saltillo - Nellalyn Wesson Bucy, 81, entered into eternal rest on Monday, January 12, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on December 8, 1933, to Thurston Allen and Nellie Wren Wesson and was a 1951 graduate of Tupelo High School. She was homebound and was ministered to by First Methodist Church...
Mary Folger Kelly
January 11, 2015
MARY FOLGER KELLY Tupelo - Mary Folger Kelly, 91, passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2015, at the Ashland Nursing Home in Ashland, Mississippi. She was born in Tupelo on February 23, 1923 to Edward Wheelock and Georgia Moore Folger. She married I. M. Kelly on December 22, 1945 and they recently celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary. She was a...
C. M. "Chunk" Carr
January 9, 2015
C. M. "CHUNK " CARR Chesterville - C. M. "Chunk" Carr, 79, went to be with the Lord, Friday, January 9, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born on February 18, 1935, to Johnny W. and Wanda Barnett Carr. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during the Korean War Conflict. Chunk owned...
Ginger "Gail" Hall
January 9, 2015
GAIL HALL New Chapel Community - Ginger Gail Hall, 62, died Friday, January 9, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Itawamba County on February 2, 1952, to Charles Pannel and Elizabeth Kirksey Steele Morris. Gail loved to work puzzles, games and word search books. She was Baptist by faith. Services will...
Teena Lansdell Jackson
January 9, 2015
TEENA LANSDELL JACKSON Guntown - Teena Lansdell Jackson, 71, went to be with Jesus Friday, January 9, 2015, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. She was a member of Unity Baptist Church where she played the piano and organ for the past 56 years. She loved camping, playing music, and spending time with her family and friends. Services celebrating...
Viola "Ms Vi" Snipes
January 7, 2015
VIOLA SNIPES Verona - Viola "Ms Vi" Snipes, 87, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit. She was born in Houston, Mississippi on June 21, 1927, to Turner and Adell Nichols King. For 38 years, she worked at the North Mississippi Medical Center in the business office and visitor control and...
Margaret Ilean "Midget" Foster
January 6, 2015
MARGARET FOSTER Pisgah Community - Margaret Ilean "Midget" Foster, 58, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at Magnolia Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Fort Benning, Georgia on August 12, 1956 to Sanford "Shorty" Eugene and Marcella J. Mason. She enjoyed twenty years as a military wife and had great pride in her work at the...
Wilma Chisholm
January 5, 2015
WILMA CHISHOLM Tupelo - Wilma Williams Chisholm, 85, died Monday, January 5, 2015, at the Green Houses at Traceway after a lengthy illness. She was born October 8, 1929, in Lee County to Otho and Elizabeth Williams. Wilma graduated from Tupelo High School in 1947 where she was a member of the basketball team and band. In 1951, Wilma graduated...
James "Jim" Smith
January 5, 2015
JAMES BRIAN "JIM" SMITH James Brian "Jim" Smith, born July 30, 1964, in Fort Bragg, NC, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2015 in Plantersville, MS. He was a beloved son, brother and uncle of great and varied talent, sharp wit, deep understanding, and an insatiable curiosity for the world in which he lived. A gifted and passionate guitarist, he...
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