OBITUARIES
DAVID DELANE RUSSELL
November 11, 2015
DAVID DELANE RUSSELL Saltillo - David Delane Russell, 52, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born August 25, 1963 to the late Herbert and Carolyn Whitehead Russell. He was a 1982 graduate of Saltillo High School. He retired from Tecumseh after 25 years of service. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed collecting...
Frankie Castle
November 11, 2015
FRANKIE J. CASTLE Nettleton - Frankie Castle, 75, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit after a brief illness. She was born in Nettleton on May 7, 1940, to Oscar and Fronie Oliver. Frankie retired from the North Mississippi Medical Center, Women's Hospital after 25 years. She worked in the nursery there and loved...
Clyde Winston Scott
November 11, 2015
CLYDE WINSTON SCOTT Fulton - Clyde Winston Scott, 100, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at The Meadows in Fulton. A Detroit, Alabama native, he was born June 14, 1915 to Lila and Pearl Scott. He was of the Church of God faith. He worked as a foreman at several area manufacturing companies. Survivors include his children, Nell McKay, Jack Scott...
Sarah Jane Hardin Gough
November 10, 2015
SARAH JANE HARDIN GOUGH Tupelo - Sarah Jane Hardin Gough died Tuesday Morning, November 10, 2015 at the Simerson House, Greenhouse at Traceway after a lengthy illness. She was born in Tupelo to Jane and Edwin (Pat) Hardin and lived there until she moved to Sheffield, Alabama. Her mother was later married to Stockton Cooke, Jr. of Sheffield, Alabama. She...
William "Will" Johnson, Jr.
November 4, 2015
WILLIAM "WILL" JOHNSON, JR. Fulton - William Glenn Johnson, Jr., 34, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born November 29, 1980 to William Glenn and Paula Coker Johnson in Aurora, Colorado. He was an employee of Loomis, and had also worked previously with Sherman RV and Tupelo Public Schools. William was a member...
Hazel Kruger
November 4, 2015
HAZEL KRUGER Tupelo - Hazel Kruger, 89, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on November 10, 1925 to William and Elene Christian. She was a nurse at Veterans Hospital in Waukegan, Illinois. She was a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday November 7,...
Joseph Eason
November 2, 2015
JOSEPH EASON Tupelo - Joseph Eason, 56, unexpectedly passed away Monday, November 2, 2015, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee due to surgical complications. He was born June 18, 1959, to James Paul and Mary Ann Smith Eason. Joseph felt honored to work with his Coca-Cola family for over 33 years. He was a man with many hobbies with...
Bonnie Cheek
November 1, 2015
Bonnie Cheek Chesterville Community- Our beloved Bonnie Jean Cheek passed away on November 1, 2015 in the Chesterville Community area of Tupelo, Mississippi. She was born to Helen and Rudy Muhr on March 20, 1952, in East Chicago, Indiana. She was a graduate of Gavit High School in Hammond, Indiana. Bonnie loved spending time with nature, watching old comedies and...
Martha Thrasher
November 1, 2015
MARTHA THRASHER Tupelo - Martha Thrasher, 67, went to her heavenly home Sunday, November 1, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 24, 1948, to Lenn and Irene Barnett. She worked at Red Cap, Hickory Springs, Walls and drove a truck periodically in between. She enjoyed traveling and shopping for her children, but she loved seeing her...
Barclay Roberts
October 30, 2015
BARCLAY P. ROBERTS Tupelo - Barclay P. Roberts, 74, passed away peacefully at his homestead in Dogwood Hills on October 29, 2015 after succumbing to terminal illness. He was born in St Joseph, MO in 1941-the eldest of five children to Jesse and Jane Roberts. He graduated from MSU as a civil engineer in 1965, and moved to Tupelo in...
Steve Monts
October 28, 2015
STEVE MONTS Tupelo - Steven Holcomb Monts, 68, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Plantersville on June 21, 1947, to Gerald O'Neal Monts and Farrar Holcomb Monts. A graduate of Tupelo High School, he received a degree from The University of Mississippi and the Emory Law School...
Jeffery W. Sullins
October 25, 2015
JEFFERY W. "JEFF" SULLINS Houlka - Jeffery W. "Jeff" Sullins, 52, died Sunday, October 25, 2015. He was born June 26, 1963, to Robert Ernest and Johnnie Dale Winters Sullins. He grew up in Lee County before moving to Shreveport, Louisiana. While living in Louisiana he worked at McMillen Machine Works. He received his Bachelors degree in electrical and mechanical...
Mavis Watts
October 23, 2015
MAVIS WATTS Tupelo - Mavis Watts, 93, passed away Friday, October 23, 2015, at the Meadows after an extended illness. She was born February 23, 1922 to W. E. and Cordie Reeder Clay. She was retired from North Mississippi Medical Center. She was a fantastic gardener and loved reading and crocheting in her spare time. She was a member of...
Hazel Montague
October 22, 2015
HAZEL MONTAGUE Tupelo - Hazel Lehman Montague, 99, died Thursday, October 22, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born December 12, 1915 to Cyrus Cale and Ester Alice Harnell Lehman. Hazel was a nurse anesthetist at North Mississippi Medical Center. She started working when there were only 50 beds and after 39 years of service, she retired...
Ann Collins
October 20, 2015
ANN COLLINS Tupelo - Ann Collins, 97, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi after an extended illness. She was born in Fayette County, Alabama on September 12, 1918, to Lonnie and Edna Cunningham Mobley. Ann began working at Renasant Bank, formerly known as Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1967...
Mildred V. Swann
October 18, 2015
MILDRED V. SWANN Verona - Mildred V. Swann, 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Sunday, October 18, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born on December 29, 1929 in Pontotoc County to Ervin Madison and Lottie Dee Johnson McCaine. She worked for 38 years at Purnell's Pride which later became Marshall-Durbin. She enjoyed cooking and flower...
Larry D. Armstrong
October 18, 2015
LARRY D. ARMSTRONG Richmond Community - Larry D. Armstrong, 70, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2015, at his home after an extended illness. He was born December 21, 1944, to Delmer and Lorraine Harris Armstrong. He graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of English and the University of Mississippi with a Master of Education with an English emphasis....
Rufus Frost
October 17, 2015
RUFUS FROST Tupelo - Rufus Frost, 81, died Saturday, October 17, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in the Endville Community on April 29, 1934, to John and Maude Inez Wilder Frost and was raised in the Longview Community. Rufus married the love of his life and best friend, Bobbie Freeman, on July...
Jean Turner
October 15, 2015
JEAN TURNER Tupelo - Jean Turner, 85, died Thursday, October 15, 2015, at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born in Kansas City, Kansas on September 4, 1930, to Jacob and Luella Griffit Orr where she was raised. Most of her adult life, she lived in Sedalia, Missouri and retired from the Social Security Administration after twenty-six years...
Elaine Hancock
October 15, 2015
ELAINE G. HANCOCK Elaine Graham Hancock, 93, died on Thursday, October 15, 2015. A resident of Tupelo since 1943, she was born in Columbus, MS, February 26, 1922, to Josiah Merle and Theresa Elaine Graham. She was graduated from Okolona High School and attended M.S.C.W. She was married to Lawrence Doyce Hancock on April 2, 1943. She served as a...
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