OBITUARIES
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...
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...
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