OBITUARIES
Dr. Peter Whitehead
January 13, 2015
DR. PETER WHITEHEAD Eads, Tenn. - Peter Yates Whitehead, M.D., 53, loving husband and father passed peacefully at his home on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, after a courageous one year battle with cancer. Peter was born June 8, 1961, in Tupelo, Mississippi to Jaudon "J.C." Whitehead, Jr. and Mary Yates Whitehead. With his parent's strong influence and Peter's unfaltering ambition,...
Paul Brasher
January 13, 2015
PAUL BRASHER Tupelo - Paul Brasher, 83 passed away January 13, 2015 at NMMC. He was born January 28, 1933 in Bruce, MS to the late Winfred and Dorothy Brasher. He was retired from the United States Air Force after 20 years of service and a member of Bissel Baptist Church. He was an avid outdoors-man. His life was a...
Hazel Kenney
January 13, 2015
HAZEL KENNEY Tupelo - Hazel Corrine Kenney, 94, died Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at her home, due to the effects of a stroke she suffered in September. She was born in Mount Vernon, on March 21, 1920, to Mittie Wade Kenney and William Henry Kenney. She was well known in the community due to her long service at the Bank...
Billy Wayne Maharrey
January 13, 2015
BILLY WAYNE MAHARREY Tupelo - Billy Wayne Maharrey, 83, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born April 21, 1931, to Robert Thomas and Bertha Dallas Maharrey. Billy was a survivor of childhood Polio. He attended school in Okolona and Shannon. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp having served with the...
Nellalyn Wesson Bucy
January 11, 2015
NELLALYN WESSON BUCY Saltillo - Nellalyn Wesson Bucy, 81, entered into eternal rest on Monday, January 12, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on December 8, 1933, to Thurston Allen and Nellie Wren Wesson and was a 1951 graduate of Tupelo High School. She was homebound and was ministered to by First Methodist Church...
Mary Folger Kelly
January 11, 2015
MARY FOLGER KELLY Tupelo - Mary Folger Kelly, 91, passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2015, at the Ashland Nursing Home in Ashland, Mississippi. She was born in Tupelo on February 23, 1923 to Edward Wheelock and Georgia Moore Folger. She married I. M. Kelly on December 22, 1945 and they recently celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary. She was a...
C. M. "Chunk" Carr
January 9, 2015
C. M. "CHUNK " CARR Chesterville - C. M. "Chunk" Carr, 79, went to be with the Lord, Friday, January 9, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born on February 18, 1935, to Johnny W. and Wanda Barnett Carr. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during the Korean War Conflict. Chunk owned...
Ginger "Gail" Hall
January 9, 2015
GAIL HALL New Chapel Community - Ginger Gail Hall, 62, died Friday, January 9, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Itawamba County on February 2, 1952, to Charles Pannel and Elizabeth Kirksey Steele Morris. Gail loved to work puzzles, games and word search books. She was Baptist by faith. Services will...
Teena Lansdell Jackson
January 9, 2015
TEENA LANSDELL JACKSON Guntown - Teena Lansdell Jackson, 71, went to be with Jesus Friday, January 9, 2015, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. She was a member of Unity Baptist Church where she played the piano and organ for the past 56 years. She loved camping, playing music, and spending time with her family and friends. Services celebrating...
Viola "Ms Vi" Snipes
January 7, 2015
VIOLA SNIPES Verona - Viola "Ms Vi" Snipes, 87, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit. She was born in Houston, Mississippi on June 21, 1927, to Turner and Adell Nichols King. For 38 years, she worked at the North Mississippi Medical Center in the business office and visitor control and...
Margaret Ilean "Midget" Foster
January 6, 2015
MARGARET FOSTER Pisgah Community - Margaret Ilean "Midget" Foster, 58, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at Magnolia Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Fort Benning, Georgia on August 12, 1956 to Sanford "Shorty" Eugene and Marcella J. Mason. She enjoyed twenty years as a military wife and had great pride in her work at the...
Wilma Chisholm
January 5, 2015
WILMA CHISHOLM Tupelo - Wilma Williams Chisholm, 85, died Monday, January 5, 2015, at the Green Houses at Traceway after a lengthy illness. She was born October 8, 1929, in Lee County to Otho and Elizabeth Williams. Wilma graduated from Tupelo High School in 1947 where she was a member of the basketball team and band. In 1951, Wilma graduated...
James "Jim" Smith
January 5, 2015
JAMES BRIAN "JIM" SMITH James Brian "Jim" Smith, born July 30, 1964, in Fort Bragg, NC, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2015 in Plantersville, MS. He was a beloved son, brother and uncle of great and varied talent, sharp wit, deep understanding, and an insatiable curiosity for the world in which he lived. A gifted and passionate guitarist, he...
Erma "Frances" Payne
January 3, 2015
ERMA FRANCE PAYNE Guntown - Erma Frances Payne, 78, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 3, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit. She was born in the Longview Community in Pontotoc County on December 12, 1936, to Leland and Syble Angle Brown. She attended Allen Chapel in Skyline. Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday,...
John Mathis
December 31, 2014
JOHN MATHIS John Thomas Mathis II made his journey to his heavenly home on December 31, 2014. He was born to Arthur and Mary Frances Mathis on July 24, 1930. He graduated from Water Valley High School and the University of Mississippi. He married the love of his life, Catherine McGregor, got his CPA, and embarked on a career with...
Peggy Joan Moran
December 28, 2014
PEGGY MORAN Tupelo - Peggy Joan Moran, 59, died Dec. 28, 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center Patient Hospice. She retired after 40 years of working in the furniture industry. She enjoyed spending time with her granddaughters and great-grandson. Her favorite T.V. show was Jeopardy. She loved her family. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, at...
Loretta Steinbarger
December 27, 2014
LORETTA STEINBARGER Mantachie - Loretta Steinbarger died Friday, December 26, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit. Services and burial will be held in Forrest City, Arkansas at a later date. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements.
Linda Gausline
December 26, 2014
LINDA GAUSLINE Tupelo - Linda Gausline died Friday, December 26, 2014, at her home. Services will be held in Pennsylvania.
Don Moore
December 25, 2014
DON MOORE Huntsville - Don Moore, 62, passed away Thursday, Christmas Day at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks. He was born February 26, 1952 and attended Huntsville High School. Don was a butcher for many years at Harold's Market at the family owned store in Huntsville, AL and also worked for Star Market in Huntsville and the Shop-n-Save in St....
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