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Leonard Hinds

Leonard Hinds

July 29, 2014

LEONARD L. HINDS Tupelo - Leonard Lawrence Hinds, 89, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born January 2, 1925, to Earl and Ima McCarthy Hinds. He spent his early childhood in the Ratliff Community. He attended school at Unity. He was called to service for the Army in World War II, along...

Sibyl Kingsley

Sibyl Kingsley

July 26, 2014

SIBYL KINGSLEY Memphis, TN - Sibyl Ann Kingsley passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014, at The Gardens of Germantown. She was born to Dewitt and Tennie Lee Malone Clark. She graduated from Shannon High School as valedictorian. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, August 2, 2014 at Shannon Cemetery with W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors in charge of the...

Diane DeVaughn

Diane DeVaughn

July 24, 2014

DIANE DEVAUGHN Mooreville - Hazel Diane DeVaughn, 70, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born March 2, 1944 to James and Hazel Cruise Rayburn. She was a Saltillo High School graduate. She and her late husband owened Dee's Furniture Manufacturing in Tupelo for 20 years. She loved flower gardening and...

Felix Jackson

Felix Jackson

July 24, 2014

Felix Jackson Tupelo- Felix Jackson, 88, passed away July 25, 2014 at North Mississippi Medical Center in the Hospice Unit. He was born in Tupelo on August 6, 1925 to Crawford Asbury and Almee Shepard Jackson. He was retired from Tupelo Water and Light department. Private family graveside services will be held Sunday, July 27, 2014, at Glenwood Cemetery with...

W. C. Moore

W. C. Moore

July 23, 2014

W. C. MOORE, SR. Auburn Community - Willis Cleveland "W. C." Moore, Sr., went home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 23, 2014. W. C. was born at home in Philadelphia on June 27, 1939. He grew up in Edinburg and attended school at Laurel Hill. W. C. married the former Janet Kay Wheeler in 1957. He...

Johnnie Fay Williams

Johnnie Fay Williams

July 22, 2014

FAY WILLIAMS Saltillo - Johnnie Fay Williams, 79, died Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born April 27, 1935, to Everett and Gladys Edge Hodges. Fay was a resident of Saltillo for the last 45 years. She loved motor home camping, shopping and her family. Fay was a member of Faith Baptist Church in...

Erskin Cecil "Pete" Simmons

Erskin Cecil "Pete" Simmons

July 21, 2014

PETE SIMMONS Old Union Community - "Pete" Erskin Cecil Simmons, 81, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014, at his home. A Lee County native, he was born July 15, 1933, to Erskin Clinton and Berta Mae Smitherman Simmons. He was a 1952, Shannon High School graduate. He was a member of Old Union Baptist Church. Pete served with the Army...

Jerry Putt

Jerry Putt

July 21, 2014

JERRY PUTT Mooreville - Jerry Wayne Putt, 62, died Monday, July 21, 2014, at The Community Hospice in Verona, MS after a brief illness. He was born in Tupelo, MS., May 30, 1952, to Jimmy Joe and Ellen Estes Putt. He was a 1972 Mooreville High School graduate. Jerry enjoyed fishing, his dogs, and was an avid sports fan. Services...

Cynthia Kaye Hudson Feltenstein

Cynthia Kaye Hudson Feltenstein

July 19, 2014

Casey Feltenstein Tupelo - Cynthia Kaye Hudson Feltenstein, 61, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at her home. She was born November 11, 1952 to David and Evelyn Crenshaw Hudson. She grew up in Starkville and graduated from Starkville High School and then went on to Matty Hersee School of Nursing in Meridian. She married in 1989 to Ned Arnold...

Bobbie Schumpert

Bobbie Schumpert

July 18, 2014

BOBBIE SCHUMPERT Tupelo - Bobbie Jean Schumpert, 81, went to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, July 18, 2014, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born September 5, 1932, to William Henry and Ivy McCormick Conwill. She graduated from Nettleton High School in 1950. After graduation, she worked as a seamtress at several...

Bill Towery

Bill Towery

July 18, 2014

TUPELO - Bill Towery, 74, died Friday, July 18, 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by loved ones--family and friends.He was born April 28, 1940, in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated from Dothan High School, Dothan, Alabama.Bill loved people, his work, and working with his hands. Although having retired from Malco Cinema after more than 30 years as manager,...

Rose Jennings

Rose Jennings

July 17, 2014

ROSE JENNINGS Potts Camp - Geneva Rose Jennings, 74, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A Potts Camp native, she was born February 16, 1940, to Muldrew and Eunice Wilson. She retired from Daybrite Lighting after 26 years of service. She attended Bethleham Pentecostal Church in Potts Camp. She loved gardening, canning vegetables, and...

Nina Craft Gary

Nina Craft Gary

July 16, 2014

Nina Gary Tupelo - Nina Pearl Craft Gary, 91, born August 31, 1922, in Raleigh, Mississippi to John and Bessie Craft went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, after a brief stay at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her daughters, Lynn and JoAnn, to her eternal...

Clark Sanders

Clark Sanders

July 16, 2014

CLARK SANDERS Tupelo - Clark Edward Sanders, 55, died on Wednesday July 16th in Asheville, North Carolina. Visitation for family and friends will be this Sunday, July 20th at 2:00 p.m. at W. E. Pegues Funeral Home at 535 Jefferson Street in Tupelo, MS, followed a funeral service in The Jefferson Street Chapel at 3:00 p.m. Graveside service to follow...

Anzie Mozelle Lea

Anzie Mozelle Lea

July 16, 2014

Anzie Mozelle Lea Chesterville- Anzie Mozelle "Moze" Lea, 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at her home in the Chesterville Community of Pontotoc County. She was surrounded by her family and friends. Moze was born December 23, 1928 to Melvin Lenard Bobo and Mary Lucille Duke. After the death of her father at...

Ethel S. Conover

Ethel S. Conover

July 14, 2014

ETHEL CONOVER New Albany - Ethel Sawyer Conover, 89, passed away peacefully Monday, July 14, 2014, with her family by her side. She was born in Pitt County, NC on August 20, 1924 to John Thomas and Effie Isabelle McKeel Sawyer. She moved to Washington, D.C. for 40 years, Helena, MT for 20 years, Charlottesville, VA for 6 years, Mount...

Marjorie Smith

Marjorie Smith

July 11, 2014

MARGIE SMITH Tupelo - Marjorie Mae "Margie" Smith, 86, died Friday, July 11, 2014, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Lee County on October 30, 1927, to William Joshua and Willie Mae Burleson Simmons. Early in her life, she worked as a telephone operator, and later at Kuhn's Department Store and NMMC. Margie enjoyed reading, going to...

Elois M. Hogue

Elois M. Hogue

July 10, 2014

ELOIS M. HOGUE Tupelo - Elois M. Hogue, 87, died Thursday, July 10, 2014, at the Golden Living Center after an extended illness. She was born November 4, 1926, to Ivy Lee and Minnie Mae McMullin. Elois lived in Cleveland during the early years of her life and later lived in Jackson for many years. While living in Jackson, she...

Mary Rutledge

Mary Rutledge

July 10, 2014

MARY RUTLEDGE Guntown - Mary Crockett Rutledge died peacefully in her sleep on July 10, 2014. Mary was born March 5, 1924 to Ralph Crockett and Lurline Smith Crockett. She was a lifelong resident of Guntown, and for many years was actively involved in the Civitan Club as well as The Young at Hearts. For many years, Mary was a...

Richard Bethay

Richard Bethay

July 8, 2014

RICHARD BETHAY Fulton - Richard Anthony Bethay, 50, passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Richard was born in Amory, Mississippi on March 30, 1964 to Russell and Shirley Gibbs Bethay. He was an employee for the 5th District of Lee County for 14 years. Richard enjoyed fishing and gardening. Services will be held 2...