OBITUARIES
Jess Newcomb
August 20, 2013
JESS NEWCOMB Marietta - Jess Hulon Newcomb, 92, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Itawamba County on March 20, 1921, to Robert and Beatie Garrett Newcomb. He was a farmer and after retirement continued to enjoy his vegetable gardening. He loved to rabbit hunt with his beagles and time spent with...
Thadgel F. Crumpton
August 18, 2013
THADGEL F. CRUMPTON, JR. Blue Springs - Thadgel F. Crumpton, Jr., 70, died Sunday August 18, 2013. He was employed by Bud Coley Trucking, Inc of Tupelo, Mississippi and a Marine Corp veteran. Survivors include his mother, Coy V. Crumpton; his daughters, Kelly Crumpton and Jennifer C. Boyster (George); one sister, R. Ann Crumpton; one brother, James R. Crumpton; two...
Thadgel Crumpton
August 18, 2013
THADGEL F. CRUMPTON, JR. Blue Springs - Thadgel F. Crumpton, Jr., 70, died Sunday August 18, 2013. He was employed by Bud Coley Trucking, Inc of Tupelo, Mississippi and a Marine Corp veteran. Survivors include his mother, Coy V. Crumpton; his daughters, Kelly Crumpton and Jennifer C. Boyster (George); one sister, R. Ann Crumpton; one brother, James R. Crumpton; two...
Elroise Gray
August 17, 2013
BUDDY GRAY Richmond Community? Elroise ?Buddy? Gray, 82, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 17, 2013, at Germantown Methodist Hospital. He was born June 13, 1931, to Lucine Christian Gray and Archie Samuel Gray. Buddy married Sarah Williams on March 18, 1951. Together they raised three daughters. He was the oldest active member at Evergreen...
Elroise "Buddy" Gray
August 17, 2013
BUDDY GRAY Richmond Community- Elroise "Buddy" Gray, 82, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 17, 2013, at Germantown Methodist Hospital. He was born June 13, 1931, to Lucine Christian Gray and Archie Samuel Gray. Buddy married Sarah Williams on March 18, 1951. Together they raised three daughters. He was the oldest active member at Evergreen...
Joyce Ferguson
August 16, 2013
JOYCE FERGUSON Tupelo - Joyce Ferguson, 70, died Friday, August 16, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A Tupelo native, she was born March 13, 1943 to Trannie Darnell and Hettie Lucille Putt Bowen. A faithful employee, she retired from NMMC after 35 years of service as a CLPN. She was loved by her family and will be greatly...
Thelma Estes
August 16, 2013
THELMA ESTES Belden - Thelma Estes, 89, died Friday, August 16, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice. She was born October 27, 1923 to James Arthur and Sula Bell Robinson Fowler. She was a long-time dynamic active Christian and a member of Belden Baptist Church until her health declined. An industrious woman, she worked in various public positions...
Mary Stanley
August 15, 2013
MARY ALICE STANLEY Saltillo - Mary Alice Stanley, 84, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 15, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice. Mary Alice was born December 13, 1928, to Paul Clayton and Myrtle Corrine Dugard Lanphere. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Saltillo. Mary Alice had worked as a...
Mary Alice Stanley
August 15, 2013
MARY ALICE STANLEY Saltillo - Mary Alice Stanley, 84, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 15, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice. Mary Alice was born December 13, 1928, to Paul Clayton and Myrtle Corrine Dugard Lanphere. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Saltillo. Mary Alice had worked as a...
Dudley McCully
August 13, 2013
DUDLEY T. MCCULLY Saltillo - Dudley T. McCully, 93, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at The Meadows in Fulton after a short illness. A Lee County native, he was born June 23, 1920, to John Thomas and Minnie Lee Cowley McCully. He graduated from Saltillo High school in 1938. In 1966 he opened McCully?s Electric Service, Inc. and worked...
Dudley T. McCully
August 13, 2013
DUDLEY T. MCCULLY Saltillo - Dudley T. McCully, 93, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at The Meadows in Fulton after a short illness. A Lee County native, he was born June 23, 1920, to John Thomas and Minnie Lee Cowley McCully. He graduated from Saltillo High school in 1938. In 1966 he opened McCully's Electric Service, Inc. and worked...
Mildred Moreland
August 13, 2013
Mildred Jeanette Sorrell Moreland, 93, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. Born in Friendship, TN, on April 5, 1920, to Herman Aaron and Grace Payne Sorrell, she grew up in Memphis where she was a 1938 graduate of Messick High School. She married Dewey A. Moreland on Aug. 13,...
Judy Riley
August 12, 2013
JUDY DIETRICH RILEY Saltillo - Judy Dietrich Riley, 23, went to be with the Lord, Monday, August 12, 2013, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born in Hinds County on February 14, 1990. Judy was a very dedicated and loving mother to her daughter, Rayleigh. She worked as the key holder of Dollar General on West Main...
William Humphreys
August 11, 2013
WILLIAM FRANK HUMPHREYS, JR. Coles Point - William Frank Humphreys, Jr., 68, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit. A New Albany native, he was born February 9, 1945, to William Frank and Syble Lois Stevens Humphreys. After 15 years of service, he retired from the Memphis Press-Scimitar as Distribution Manager. A United...
Don Melton
August 11, 2013
DON MELTON Mooreville - Don Melton "Mr. Z Man", 55, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born January 31, 1958, in Tupelo and has been a long time resident of The Mooreville Community. On March 28, 1987, he married his wife of 26 years, Betty Tackett Melton. A...
William "Billy" Humphreys, Jr.
August 11, 2013
WILLIAM FRANK HUMPHREYS, JR. Coles Point - William Frank Humphreys, Jr., 68, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit. A New Albany native, he was born February 9, 1945, to William Frank and Syble Lois Stevens Humphreys. After 15 years of service, he retired from the Memphis Press-Scimitar as Distribution Manager. A United...
Cindy Scott
August 8, 2013
CYNTHIA SCOTT Belmont - Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Scott, 52, passed away suddenly Thursday, August 8, 2013, at her residence. She was born January 11, 1961, to Hareston and Nana Faye Johnson Scott in Aiken, South Carolina. Formerly of Saltillo, Cindy grew up and spent most of her life in Saltillo until recently moving to Belmont. She was a graduate of...
Harold Livingston
August 8, 2013
Harold Hubbard Livingston, a resident of Tupelo, MS since 1982, died on August 8, 2013 at Sanctuary Hospice after an extended illness. Harold was born on May 28, 1948 in Troy, Alabama to Willard Wise and Ann Key Murphree Livingston. His family moved to Montgomery, Alabama when Harold was a child. Harold graduated from Sidney Lanier High School. He attended...
Mirtie Parker
August 7, 2013
MIRTIE PARKER Tupelo - Mirtie Irene Steele Parker, 95, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Wednesday night, August 7, 2013. She was born in Fulton on November 13, 1917, to Charlie and Pearlie Steele. November 7, 1937, she married Jasper Cleburn Parker. She was an amazing homemaker and retired from Blue Bell in the early 1980's....
Carolyn Smith
August 5, 2013
CAROLYN SMITH Tupelo - Carolyn ?Tolly? Smith, 75, passed away Monday, August 5, 2013, at her residence after an extended illness. An Itawamba County native, she was born March 24, 1938, to Hershel and Sophia Reed Wheeler. In 1955, she graduated from Itawamba High School and on July 23, married her husband of 58 years, Gary Smith. Together they owned...
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