OBITUARIES
Mary Ann Sneed
May 30, 2013
MARY ANN SNEED Tupelo - Mary Ann Sneed, 83, died Thursday, May 30, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on June 17, 1929, to Ward and Ola Belle Wilson. She was a 1947 graduate of Tupelo High School, attended MSCW, and she and her husband and best friend, Jim Sneed, owned Sneed Oil Company for...
Mary Sneed
May 30, 2013
MARY ANN SNEED Tupelo ? Mary Ann Sneed, 83, died Thursday, May 30, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on June 17, 1929, to Ward and Ola Belle Wilson. She was a 1947 graduate of Tupelo High School, attended MSCW, and she and her husband and best friend, Jim Sneed, owned Sneed Oil Company for...
Fred West
May 26, 2013
FRED WEST Tupelo - Fred Lee West, 83, died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at his residence. A Ratliff Community native, he was born March 1, 1930, to Griffie Allen and Vera Mae Ratliff West. He grew up in Saltillo and had attended Itawamba Junior College where he studied automotive mechanics. Serving in the U.S. Marine Corp from 1947 to 1950,...
Fred Lee West
May 26, 2013
FRED WEST Tupelo - Fred Lee West, 83, died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at his residence. A Ratliff Community native, he was born March 1, 1930, to Griffie Allen and Vera Mae Ratliff West. He grew up in Saltillo and had attended Itawamba Junior College where he studied automotive mechanics. Serving in the U.S. Marine Corp from 1947 to 1950,...
Frances "Fran" Gooszen
May 25, 2013
FRAN GOOSZEN Saltillo ? Frances Ann ?Fran? Gooszen, 84, died Saturday morning, May 5, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Fran was born September 25, 1928, in Watertown, Massachusetts to Charles Stanley and Mary Grey Power. She was raised in Watertown and also spent a great portion of her childhood at her family?s summer home...
Frances Ann "Fran" Gooszen
May 25, 2013
FRAN GOOSZEN Saltillo - Frances Ann "Fran" Gooszen, 84, died Saturday morning, May 5, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Fran was born September 25, 1928, in Watertown, Massachusetts to Charles Stanley and Mary Grey Power. She was raised in Watertown and also spent a great portion of her childhood at her family's summer home...
Dan Wood
May 25, 2013
DAN WOOD Tupelo - Billy Dan Wood, 62, died Saturday, May 25, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Tutwiler native, he was born May 6, 1951, to Herbert Lee and Harriet Eldine Childs Wood. He was raised in Drew, Mississippi and worked for the Central Services Association. Private graveside services will be Monday, May 27,...
Reba Morris
May 24, 2013
REBA MARTIN MORRIS Amory - Reba Martin Morris, 82, died Friday, May 24, 2013, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born December 16, 1930, in Fulton to Henry E. and Delia Hall Martin. She retired after thirty years of service as an inspector for Reed's Manufacturing Company. She was a member of Bethel Apostolic Church in Amory. She was...
Nadene Watkins
May 23, 2013
NADENE WATKINS Black Zion Community - Nadene Watkins, 64, died Thursday, May 23, 2013, surrounded by her family at the North Mississippi Medical Center. An Osceola, Arkansas native, she was born September 9, 1948, to John and Evelyn Parnell Yarber. She was a minister's wife for twenty-three years and for twenty years taught in the daycare at Harrisburg Baptist Church...
Alice Lyles
May 18, 2013
ALICE LYLES Tupelo - Mary Alice Chism Lyles, 72, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 7, 1940, to Jim and Roxie Anna Hood Chism. She was a lifelong resident of the Auburn Community and retired from Reeds Manufacturing after many years of service. She enjoyed cooking, playing dominoes and especially spending...
Johnnie M. Tomason
May 16, 2013
JOHNNIE M. TOMASON Nettleton - Johnnie M. Tomason, 76, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at her residence. She was born in Plantersville on September 24, 1936 to Relder and Louise Bacon Scribner. She was a high school graduate. She was employed thirty plus years before retirement with Super Sagless as a Personnel Operator. She enjoyed traveling all over the country...
Johnnie Tomason
May 16, 2013
JOHNNIE M. TOMASON Nettleton - Johnnie M. Tomason, 76, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at her residence. She was born in Plantersville on September 24, 1936 to Relder and Louise Bacon Scribner. She was a high school graduate. She was employed thirty plus years before retirement with Super Sagless as a Personnel Operator. She enjoyed traveling all over the country...
Cozette Cryder
May 11, 2013
COZETTE CRYDER Tupelo - Cozette Cryder, 96, died Saturday, May 11, 2013, at his residence after a brief illness. He was born February 26, 1917, in Lee County to Ed and Minnie Bell Haas Cryder. In his early life, he was a carpenter and the skills he learned stayed with him througout his life. He retired after many years of...
Mary Perry
May 10, 2013
Mary Kathryn Perry COLUMBUS ? Mary Kathryn Perry passed away Friday, May 10, 2013, at Countrywood Plantation in Mantachie. Born March 13, 1926, she was the daughter of Will Lee Jones and Gracie Mae Hadley Jones. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who always had a smile for everyone. She loved growing a garden and cooking for...
Mary Kathryn Perry
May 10, 2013
Mary Kathryn Perry COLUMBUS - Mary Kathryn Perry passed away Friday, May 10, 2013, at Countrywood Plantation in Mantachie. Born March 13, 1926, she was the daughter of Will Lee Jones and Gracie Mae Hadley Jones. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who always had a smile for everyone. She loved growing a garden and cooking for...
Ruby Burcham
May 10, 2013
RUBY BURCHAM Tupelo - Ruby Earnestine "Tina" Burcham, 82, loving wife and mother, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 10, 2013, at her home in Tupelo. She was born October 20, 1930, to Ruby and Clemmie Dyer of Smithville and married to Curtis Lamar Burcham for fifty-six years. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 12,...
Harold Sanford
May 9, 2013
HAROLD SANFORD Saltillo - Harold "Big Harold" Sanford, 69, died Thursday, May 9, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born June 15, 1943, in New Albany to James Allen and Alice Virginia Hogue Sanford. He retired from Tupelo Public School Maintenance Department after twenty years of service. He doted over his children and especially his grandchildren. He was...
Marie Harville
May 6, 2013
MARIE HARVILLE Pontotoc - Marie Benefield Harville, 75, died Monday, May 6, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Alabama on April 6, 1938, to Richard and Lillie Mae Gentry Benefield. She was reared in the Goodwater Community area in Alabama and was a 1956 graduate of Goodwater High School. She met...
Bettie Robbins
May 6, 2013
BETTIE ROBBINS Tupelo - Bettie Van Robbins, 76, died Monday, May 6, 2013, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Crosby native, she was born February 8, 1937, to Wesley Vanshack and Eva Lee Cole King, and lived in Tupelo for the past 50 years. After graduating from Crosby High School, she went on to attend Hinds...
Opal Curtis
May 6, 2013
OPAL CURTIS Belden - Opal Fern Curtis, 89, died Monday, May 6, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Fulton native, she was born April 27, 1924, to Wiley and Ora Penny Rae Morse. In 1937 she married John Riley Curtis. For many years, she worked as a nurses' aide at the Fulton Hospital. Then later,...
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