OBITUARIES
Brett Burks
July 7, 2014
BRETT BURKS Saltillo - Brett Burks, 44, passed away, Monday, July 7, 2014, at his Saltillo residence after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born December 11, 1969 to Billy W. and Patty Bass Burks. A 1987 graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to Northeast Community College and Hinds Community College. Brett was an avid...
Mildred Gillentine
July 7, 2014
Mildred Gillentine Tupelo- Mildred Clayton Gillentine, 98, passed away, Monday, July 7, 2014 in her residence at The Griffis House, Traceway Retirement Community in Tupelo, Mississippi. A Lee County native, she was a life-long resident of Tupelo. Mildred was born December 26, 1915 to King Soloman and Annie Lou Morrison Clayton. She was a Licensed Cosmetologist for 10 years and...
Joyce Nichols
July 7, 2014
JOYCE NICHOLS Saltillo - Joyce Renee Nichols died on Monday July 7,2014 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born on April 1,1956, to Marshal and Lucille Randle Baskins. She is survived by one daughter Jennie Townsend of Blue Springs; one son Matthew Baskins of Pontotoc.;three sisters Charlotte Steffens of Saltillo, Pat Wood of Rogersville Ala., and Fay Daniels...
Lynne Furr
July 5, 2014
Lynne Whitehurst Furr February 19, 1922 - July 5, 2014 A memorial service will be held at two o'clock on Thursday afternoon, July 31st, 2014, at First United Methodist Church in Salem, Oregon for Lynne Whitehurst Furr, who died on July 5th in Salem. Mrs. Furr was born February 19, 1922, to William Sydney and Arelia Sweat Whitehurst in Sheffield,...
Ann Powell
July 2, 2014
ANN POWELL Tupelo - Elizabeth Ann Powell, 83, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Ann was born September 21, 1930 to James Douglas and Elizabeth Shoulders Powell. For several years, she worked as a cashier in area restaurants, where she made many friends. She was a long time resident of Tupelo, where she was a...
Nelda Fikes Gullick
July 2, 2014
NELDA FIKES GULLICK TUPELO- Nelda Sue Fikes Gullick, 93, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at her home. She was born in Fulton on April 7, 1921 to Luther and Lonnie Ella Fikes. She and her late husband, A.N. Guillick, had resided in East Tupelo since 1953. A dedicated member of East Heights Baptist Church,...
Hubbard C Reagh, Jr.
June 29, 2014
HUBBARD C. REAGH, JR. Baton Rouge, LA - Hubbard Clifton Reagh, Jr. , 89, died Sunday, June 29, 2014, at Our Lady of The Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge. A native of Pontotoc, Mississippi, he was born November 10, 1924, to Hubbard Clifton and Maudine Reagh. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, retiring after 20 years...
Janet Venetis
June 23, 2014
JANET VENETIS Tupelo - Janet Lynn Roberts Venetis, 58, passed away June 23, 2014, at her home in Tupelo, Mississippi. She was born March 31, 1956, to the late E. G. Roberts and Nell Price Roberts of Tupelo. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She graduated from Belden High School in 1974, and then continued her education at...
Carolyn Irene Russell
June 23, 2014
CAROLYN RUSSELL Saltillo - Carolyn Irene Russell, 77, died Monday, June 23, 2014, at her home. She was born June 23, 1937 to Jack and Stella Jordan Whitehead. She was a retired seamstress with Hunter Sadler and she never lost her love for sewing. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m at Christian's Rest Cemetery in Lafayette Springs Thursday, June 26,...
Memory Benn "Mimi" Pegues
June 22, 2014
Mimi Pegues Tupelo - On June 22, 2014, Memory Benn "Mimi" Pegues, 60, joined her beloved daughter and parents in a heavenly reunion. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, she was born August 8, 1953, to J. R. and Clara Mae Benn Pegues. Mimi passed away due to complications from an aneurysm that had ruptured two weeks earlier. Both...
Robbie Meador
June 22, 2014
ROBBIE MEADOR Tupelo - Robbie Johnson Meador passed away suddenly on Sunday, June 22, 2014, at her home. She was born August 14, 1938, in Covington, TN to Robert E. and Alice Crutchfield Johnson. She was an active member of St. Luke United Methodist Church where she loved serving the people of her church. She was a member of the...
Lillie Belle Reed
June 17, 2014
LILLIE REED Tupelo - Lillie Belle Reed, 88, passed away at home, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. A lifelong Lee County native, she was born May 18, 1926 to Jack and Fannie Mae Albritton. She was a member of Wheeler Chapel. She retired as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday, June 20, 2014 at Union Cemetery,...
Sonny Paul Morrison
June 15, 2014
SONNY PAUL MORRISON New Albany - Sonny Paul Morrison, 54, passed away Sunday, June 15, 2014, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of New Albany. He was born July 24, 1959, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Hershel and Laverne Farrar. For the past twenty-five years he lived in Saltillo and was an employee of Carlock Nissan of Tupelo. Never meeting a stranger,...
Frances Mitchell
June 11, 2014
FRANCES MITCHELL Eggville Community - Frances Marilyn Mitchell, 82, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday morning, June 11, 2014, at her residence. She was born in Lee County on October 3, 1931, to Marlow Thomas and Virgie Stokes Christian. On November 10, 1951, she married the love of her life, J. E. "Bill" Mitchell and together began building a...
Shirley Rouse Pierce
June 11, 2014
SHIRLEY ROUSE PIERCE Saltillo - Shirley Rouse Pierce, died Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Lee County to Noel and Christine Nichols Robbins. For over 25 years, she was an agent and district coordinator for AFLAC Insurance and previously worked as the Human Resource Manager for Rose Hill Furniture...
Frances Inez Nicholson
June 11, 2014
FRANCES NICHOLSON Tupelo - Frances Inez Nicholson, 69, passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Inpatient Hospice Unit. She is survived by her mother, Ruby Williams of Saltillo; three sons, Tony Nicholson (Kim) of Millbrook, Alabama, Jared "Bubba" Nicholson (Laura) of Tupelo, and Matt Nicholson (Marsha) of Germantown, Tennessee; and 5 grandchildren. She was preceded...
Michael Glen Pounds
June 7, 2014
MICHAEL POUNDS DERMA - Michael Glen Pounds died Saturday, June 7, 2014, at his home in Derma. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
Cordie Mae Newcomb
June 7, 2014
CORDIE MAE NEWCOMB Mantachie - Cordie Mae Newcomb, 93, born November 5, 1920, went to be with her life-long love and soul mate of seventy-two years, Jess Hulon Newcomb on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at the Courtyards Community Living Center in Fulton. She was born and reared in Mantachie. A homemaker, she spent much of her time raising her six...
Joyce Davidson
June 5, 2014
JOYCE DAVIDSON Tupelo - Joyce Ann DeVine Davidson, 72, died on Thursday June 5, 2014, after losing her battle to cancer. She was born on November 27, 1942, in Kentucky and raised in Illinois. Joyce was an amazing woman who, throughout her life, has done a little of everything. She served with Lombard Police Department in DuPage County, Illinois, yet...
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