OBITUARIES
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...
Carolyn "Tolly" 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...
Judy Jones
August 4, 2013
Judy Jones Tupelo - Beloved wife, mother, and dear friend to many, Eleanor Judith Bouchelle Jones passed away peacefully at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo on Sunday August 4, 2013. Judy was born in 1943 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina to William and Eleanor Bouchelle. As a graduate of the University of Mississippi she received Bachelor's and Master's degrees in...
Verna Jean Duncan
August 3, 2013
VERNA DUNCAN Tupelo - Verna Jean Duncan, 82, died Saturday, August 3, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice. A Lee County native, she was born April 15, 1931, to Booker Quitman and Mildred Allen McKinney. She was a long time resident of Tupelo, living here since 1969. After twenty-five years of service, she retired from the Comcast Cable...
Clif Clifton
August 3, 2013
CLIF CLIFTON Mooreville - James Henry "Clif" Clifton, III, 54, passed away Saturday, August 3, 2013, at his residence surrounded by his family. A Tupelo native, he was born June 10, 1959, to James Henry, Jr. and Shirley Annette Scruggs Clifton. Clif lived most of life in Lee County. After twenty years of service, he retired from Cooper Tire. Clif...
Verna Duncan
August 3, 2013
VERNA DUNCAN Tupelo - Verna Jean Duncan, 82, died Saturday, August 3, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice. A Lee County native, she was born April 15, 1931, to Booker Quitman and Mildred Allen McKinney. She was a long time resident of Tupelo, living here since 1969. After twenty-five years of service, she retired from the Comcast Cable...
Jettie Sanders
August 1, 2013
JETTIE SANDERS Tupelo - Jettie Cross Sanders, 95, passed away peacefully, Thursday, August 1, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Montgomery County on April 22, 1918, to John Monroe and Sabra Ann Greenlee Cross. She was a graduate of Draughon's Business College in Memphis, Tennessee. After graduation, she was the office manager for Tombigbee Electric....
Alvin "Bud" Tilson
July 31, 2013
ALVIN "BUD" TILSON Shannon - Alvin "Bud" Tilson, 83, passed away surrounded by his family, on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at his home in the Old Union Community. He was born June 29, 1930 in Sunflower County to Louis and Allean Gant Tilson. He married Sarah Matthews on June 17, 1952 and together they celebrated sixty-one years of married life....
H. Edwin Clayton
July 31, 2013
HENRY EDWIN CLAYTON Beloved husband and father, Henry Edwin Clayton, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on July 31, 2013, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Montgomery. Born June 20, 1927, to Mary Cornelia Sewell and Jefferson Kirk Clayton, on Clayton Street in Tupelo, Mississippi, Edwin grew up loving science, mathematics and music....
H. Clayton
July 31, 2013
HENRY EDWIN CLAYTON Beloved husband and father, Henry Edwin Clayton, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on July 31, 2013, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Montgomery. Born June 20, 1927, to Mary Cornelia Sewell and Jefferson Kirk Clayton, on Clayton Street in Tupelo, Mississippi, Edwin grew up loving science, mathematics and music....
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