OBITUARIES
Ellis Ray Curry
December 21, 2014
ELLIS RAY CURRY Tupelo - Ellis Ray Curry, 67, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born June 23, 1947 to the late Joe E. and Rebecca Sheffield Curry. He was a lifelong member of East Heights Assembly of God. His hobbies included reading his Bible, going to church and...
Ripple Cayson
December 21, 2014
RIPPLE CAYSON Mooreville - Ripple Cayson, 95, died Sunday, December 21, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. She was born September 22, 1919, in Itawamba County to Charles Gilbert and Bertha Funderburk Hood. From a very early age, she moved to Mooreville where she lived nearly all her life. Being raised on a family farm,...
Elaine Butler Dean Gillentine
December 19, 2014
ELAINE BUTLER GILLENTINE Nettleton - Elaine Dean Butler Gillentine, passed away Friday, December 19, 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit after an extended illness. She was born on September 10, 1933, to Robert Lee and Velma Harrison Dean. She was a wonderful person, loving mother and grandmother. She was a member of Calvary Assembly. Services will be 11...
Glenda Sue Higgins
December 17, 2014
GLENDA SUE HIGGINS Fulton- Glenda Sue Higgins, age 63 was born June 19, 1951 in Dennis, MS passed December 17, 2014 at her home after an extended illness. She was a seamstress for a number of years until retiring to become a homemaker. She is survived by one brother, James Bobo of Dorsey; four children, Roy Lee Higgins Jr. (Melissa)...
Charles Milam
December 16, 2014
CHARLES MILAM Saltillo - Charles Milam, 74, died Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Prentiss County on October 27, 1940, to Delton and Alice Pounders Milam. He was a graduate of Marietta High School and a veteran of the United States Army. Charles was a fireman for the...
Major Clifton R. Dabbs
December 14, 2014
MAJOR CLIFTON R. DABBS Pontotoc - Major Clifton R. Dabbs, age 41, passed away December 14, 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland. Major Dabbs, a physician and epidemiologist at the U.S. Army Public Health Command served in the United States Army from August 2003 until his death and was a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received many awards including the Meritorious...
Bettye Hall
December 14, 2014
Plantersville - Bettye Mae Hall, 84, died Sunday, December 14, 2014, at Madison Manor in Madison, Alabama, after an extended illness. She was born February 14, 1930, in Lee County to Fred and Betty Stanford. She was employed many years with Reed Manufacturing Company. In her later years, her love of children was evidenced by her working as a teacher's...
Billy Farris
December 13, 2014
BILLY FARRIS Tupelo - Billy Ray Farris, 73, died Saturday, December 13, 2014, at his home in the Palmetto Community. He was born in Tupelo on March 12, 1941, to Ray and Robbie Christene Oswalt Farris. He loved riding his motorcycle, hunting, playing his piano and spending time with his family. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, December 15, 2014...
Harold Gambrell
December 13, 2014
HAROLD GAMBRELL Tupelo - Harold Ross Gambrell, 74, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 13, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, East in Memphis. He was born February 24, 1940, to Harry Ross and Cora Robison Gambrell. Harold enjoyed reading, watching Westerns, Fox News and was an avid deer hunter and lover of nature. He was known as...
D. L. Byrd
December 13, 2014
D. L. BYRD Unity Community - Dillion L. Byrd, 91, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 13, 2014, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility after a brief illness. He was born on July 16, 1923 to William Lafayette and Mary Belle Adams Byrd. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during WWII. Flying model airplanes,...
Al Wallace, III
December 12, 2014
Alfred Henry Wallace, III Tupelo- Alfred Henry Wallace, III, affectionately known by all who knew him as "Big Al," died on December 12, 2014, in Tupelo, Mississippi, surrounded by his family. Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2014, at the First Presbyterian Church in Tupelo, beginning at 12:30 p.m., with funeral services to follow at 3:00 p.m. W....
Mike Kirby
December 10, 2014
MIKE KIRBY Tupelo - Michael Charles Kirby, 66, died Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at his home after an extended illness. He was born in Newton on September 7, 1948 to Kermit and Odessa Kirby. In 1967, Mike graduated Bibb County High School. He was a well trained sewing machine mechanic and troubleshooter. Mike was an avid Alabama Crimson Tide fan....
Cleo Marie Hindman
December 9, 2014
Cleo Marie Hindman, 93, of Westfield, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Maple Park Village in Westfield. She was born on October 18, 1921 to Joe Willis and Cassie Carolyn (Wages) Richey in Tupelo, Mississippi.Cleo was a quilter for John J. Madden Manufacturing for over 40 years. She was a member of Rosie's Riveters during WWII; and also...
Lawrence Stanley
December 8, 2014
Lawrence Stanley Tupelo- Lawrence Mitchell Stanley, 85, went to be with his Savior Jesus Christ on December 8, 2014 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born to Walter and Ruth Stanley on September 6, 1929 in Saltillo, Mississippi. Upon graduation from Saltillo High School in 1946 he moved to Tupelo and became one of Tupelo's greatest ambassadors....
Ann Norton
December 7, 2014
ANN NORTON Tupelo - Ann Katherine Norton, 98, died Sunday, December 7, 2014, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born October 6, 1916 to the late Dan H. and Mary E. Rhodes Long. Ann found beauty in flowers and loved working in her yard. She worked in the retail industry including the Gizmo, and also managed...
Evelyn Douglass Perry
December 6, 2014
Evelyn Douglass Perry Tupelo- Evelyn Douglass Perry, aged 90, passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014 at the Cedars Rehab Clinic. She has been a resident of Traceway Manor for the last three years. Prior to that, she lived in Johnson City, Tennessee after retiring from W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors in Tupelo. Evelyn was a member of Verona Christian Church,...
Juanita Wilson Dunaway
December 6, 2014
JUANITA WILSON DUNAWAY Fulton- Juanita Dunaway, 65, of Fulton went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 6, 2014, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. Mrs. Dunaway was born on December 22, 1948, in Lambert, Mississippi to James H. and Ruby Wilson. Services will be 3 p.m. Monday, December 8, 2014 at the...
Frances Kahlstorf Gowdy
December 6, 2014
FRANCES KAHLSTORF GOWDY Tupelo - Frances Kahlstorf Gowdy went peacefully to be with her Lord on December 6 2014, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Cleveland, Mississippi February 26, 1918, to the late William and Lula Brannon. She moved to Greenville, Mississippi at the age of 13. Frances graduated from Greenville High School in 1938 and married...
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