OBITUARIES
Joyce Moreland Davis
January 24, 2015
JOYCE MORELAND DAVIS Tupelo - Joyce Moreland Davis, 72, went to be with The Lord Jesus Christ on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Memphis, Tennessee on November 3, 1942 to Dewey Aubrey and Mildred Jeanette Moreland, Joyce grew up in Memphis and Tupelo where she graduated from Tupelo High...
Herbert Denton, Jr.
January 24, 2015
HHERBERT LYNETTE DENTON, JR. Tupelo - Herbert Lynette Denton, Jr., died at North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit, in Tupelo, MS on Saturday, January 24, 2015. He was 86. Born in Corinth, Alcorn County, MS on March 11, 1928, son of Elizabeth Garrett Kennedy and Herbert L. Denton where he lived until his family moved to Tupelo in 1941, where...
Mable Brown
January 23, 2015
MABLE BROWN Tupelo - Mable Marine Brown, 85, died Friday, January 23, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit after an extended illness. She was born December 6, 1929 in Baldwyn and grew up during the years following the great depression. For forty years, she was a seamstress with the Irwin B. Schwabe Co., which manufactured work shirts....
Sharon Scott Smith
January 23, 2015
SHARON SCOTT SMITH Belden - Sharon Scott Smith, age 65, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by family, on January 23, 2015, following a courageous 22 year battle with cancer. She was born on May 24, 1949, to James O. and Gethie Scott of Belden. She spent her childhood in Belden, where she attended Belden Baptist Church and graduated...
Ilda Ballard Jones
January 21, 2015
ILDA BALLARD JONES Tupelo - Ilda Ballard Jones, 80, loving daughter, sister, wife and mother, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. The eldest of six children, Ilda was born in Purvis, Mississippi, where she participated in the life of the family's working farm. After graduating from Forrest County Agricultural High School,...
Lynwood Roberts
January 20, 2015
LYNWOOD ROBERTS Endville - Lynwood Basden Roberts, 68, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at the North MS Medical Center after a four-year battle with cancer. He was born May 1, 1946, to Woody E. and Linda Greer Roberts. He attended school in Ellistown and graduated in 1964 from East Union High School. He served in the US Navy from 1966...
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...
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