OBITUARIES
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...
Dorothy Corrine
March 26, 2015
Dorothy Corrine (Dottie) Strain Tupelo - Dorothy Corrine Strain passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015 after a lengthy illness. Born July 17, 1945 in Tupelo, she was the only child of the late James Albert (Abb) Strain and the late Blanche Lamar Reed Strain. Dottie graduated with honors from Tupelo High School and received a Bachelor of Arts in English...
Joe Carter
March 22, 2015
Plantersville - Joseph Luke Carter, Jr., 67, went to his heavenly home Sunday, March 22, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit. He was born November 25, 1947 to Luke and Erma Roberson Carter. He served in the United States National Guard, Army. Joe worked 40 years at Super Sagless and transfered to Omega Motion for one year...
Bess Minnix
March 20, 2015
Loveland, Colorado- Bess Minnix, 96, formerly of Tupelo, died Friday, March 20, 2015 at The Green House Homes at Mirasol in Loveland, CO where she was a resident. Bess was born January 1, 1919 in Marlow, Ok to Alva and Hazel Hoskins Stitch. She was married to John Minnix and in 1962 they moved from Wichita Kansas to Tupelo with...
Donnie Moore
March 17, 2015
DONNIE R. MOORE Saltillo - Donnie Ray Moore, 56, died Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born October 3, 1958 in Booneville to Jimmy R. Moore and Marjorie Letson Armstrong. A truck driver by trade, he loved wrestling, hunting, talking, especially on the CB and was crazy about his pets. Services will be 11...
Syvera McCullough
March 17, 2015
SYVERA A. MCCULLOUGH Corinth - Syvera A. McCullough, 93, died Tuesday, March 17, 2015, after an extended illness. Syvera was born in Verona, MS the daughter of the late Charles Lee McCullough and Sadie Wilson McCullough. She graduated High School in Shannon, MS. After attending Business School, she worked for Columbus Air Base in Columbus, MS, and Internal Revenue Service...
Judith K. Michael
March 15, 2015
Judith K. Michael Baldwyn- Judith Karen Michael, 72, died March 15, 2015, at the Baldwyn Nursing Facility. Ms. Michael was born in Vicksburg on May 10, 1942 to Rebecca Moore Michael of Houston and Edward G. Michael of Rochester, New Hampshire. The family lived in Houston and Yazoo City. After graduation from Yazoo High School, she attended Millsaps College and...
Danny Smith
March 15, 2015
DANNY L. SMITH Tupelo - Danny Lynn Smith, 67, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015 at home after a brief illness. Danny was a lifelong Lee County resident, he was born February 3, 1948 to Thomas Earl and Dollie Mae Chism Smith. A 1967 graduate of Saltillo High School, he then went on to attend Itawamba Community College before serving...
Velera Pettigrew
March 14, 2015
Cayson - Valera Mae "Sis" Pettigrew ,100, died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at her residence in Cayson Community. A native and life-long resident of Tupelo, she was born July 14, 1914 to Claude and Gussie Roebuck. On April 26, 1936 she married Carlos Pettigrew who she was married to for 73 years. She was a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker....
Douglas W. Davis, Jr., Ph.D.
March 14, 2015
Douglas W. Davis, Jr., Ph.D. 87, passed March 13th at home in Nashville, TN. Dr. Davis was born in Guntown, MS on August 17, 1927, and was a U.S. Navy Veteran in WWII. He was preceded in death by his parents, Douglas Davis, Sr. and Varnelle Davis of Tupelo, MS, and his first wife, Nell (Meeks) Davis, also of Tupelo....
Shelia Pitts
March 13, 2015
SHELIA PITTS Tupelo - Shelia Rebecca Pitts, 55, graduated to Heaven Friday, March 13, 2015, at her home. She was born in Town Creek, Alabama on April 25, 1959. She is a long-time faithful member of Lakeview Baptist Church and was a member of the choir. She enjoyed her flowers, gardening, and was an avid fisherman. Services will be 2...
John Dillard Davis
March 12, 2015
JOHN DILLARD DAVIS Tupelo - John Dillard Davis, 89, died March 12, 2015 at his home in Birmingham, Alabama. He was born on Birmingham Ridge, Blue Springs, Mississippi on February 1, 1926 to William Ernest and Dolores Dillard Davis. He was married for 64 years to Lorraine Armstrong. He attended Cedar Hill High School where he played basketball until he...
John O. Davis
March 12, 2015
John O. Davis John O. Davis, 94, died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born June 2, 1920, in Fort Worth, Texas, to John Edgar Davis and Bertie Hopkins Davis. He was raised in Fort Worth and married his wife, Jessie Mae Williamson, there in 1940. In 1941 he was hired as a draftsman...
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