OBITUARIES
Dale Clift
March 14, 2013
DALE C. CLIFT Tupelo - Dale C. Clift, 88, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on October 1, 1924 to Fred and Mary Hannah Carmack. A very faithful Christian, Dale served her Lord in many ways. She was a life-long member of the First Christian Church and served as the...
Sadie Wages
March 14, 2013
SADIE WAGES Tupelo - Sadie Frances Wages, 86, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. She was born July 10, 1926 in New Albany, Mississippi to Prentiss and Kattie Frances Mask Baughman. She enjoyed sewing and making odd end things. She last worked for Hunter-Sadler for many years in the sample department....
Richard Stanford
March 13, 2013
RICHARD "RICK" STANFORD Amory - Richard Wayne Stanford, 61, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the University Medical Center in Jackson. He was born in Liverpool, England on January 1, 1952 to Archie and Mary Christina Stanford. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 17, 2013 at The Saltillo Chapel of W.E. Pegues. Survivors include one son, Cameron Stanford and...
Clytee Wood
March 13, 2013
CLYTEE WOOD Belden - Clytee Wood, 98, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in the care of hospice at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Lee County on January 4, 1915, to James and Maude Spearman. She spent her early married life farming and raising her children. After grandchildren came along, she was helping to teach them. She...
Willard Allen
March 12, 2013
WILLARD HICKS ALLEN Willard Hicks Allen died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Highlands Cashiers Hospital, Highlands, North Carolina following a brief illness. She was 102 years old. Mrs. Allen was born July 19, 1910 in Belmont, Mississippi and moved to Tupelo as a young girl. She was a talented musician and served her community by teaching music and playing the...
Willard Hicks Allen
March 12, 2013
WILLARD HICKS ALLEN Willard Hicks Allen died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Highlands Cashiers Hospital, Highlands, North Carolina following a brief illness. She was 102 years old. Mrs. Allen was born July 19, 1910 in Belmont, Mississippi and moved to Tupelo as a young girl. She was a talented musician and served her community by teaching music and playing the...
Mary Darwin Brooks
March 11, 2013
MARY SUE BROOKS Tupelo - Mary Sue Brooks, born December 6, 1927, passed away at The Leeper House of the Green Houses of Traceway Manor on March 11, 2013, at the age of 85. She married Lawrence Wayne Brooks on November 9, 1952, and was a member of Sherman Baptist Church where she was active in WMU and served as...
Mary Sue Darwin Brooks
March 11, 2013
MARY SUE BROOKS Tupelo - Mary Sue Brooks, born December 6, 1927, passed away at The Leeper House of the Green Houses of Traceway Manor on March 11, 2013, at the age of 85. She married Lawrence Wayne Brooks on November 9, 1952, and was a member of Sherman Baptist Church where she was active in WMU and served as...
Judy Putt
March 10, 2013
JUDY PUTT Mooreville - Judy Faye Putt, 59, died suddenly on Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. She was born in Waukegan, Illinois on January 25, 1954, to William R. and Joann Lippincott Harbin. Judy graduated in 1972 from Mantachie High School, and then attended Itawamba Community College. She was a 1976 graduate of Mississippi State...
Bobby
March 9, 2013
REV. BOBBY LEE Tupelo - Rev. Bobby Gerald Lee, 68, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at a nursing home in Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Franklin County on February 13, 1945 to Albert and Iris Lee. He graduated from Delta State University and attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught school in Georgia and Mississippi and pastured churches...
Rev. Bobby G. Lee
March 9, 2013
REV. BOBBY LEE Tupelo - Rev. Bobby Gerald Lee, 68, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at a nursing home in Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Franklin County on February 13, 1945 to Albert and Iris Lee. He graduated from Delta State University and attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught school in Georgia and Mississippi and pastured churches...
Louise Kelly
March 9, 2013
LOUISE KELLY Tupelo - Louise Austin Kelly, 98, died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at her home in the Briar Ridge Community. She was born August 28, 1914, to Isaac Luke and Lou Ella Austin in Corinth where she spent her early years. After moving to Tupelo she met and married Woodrow W. Kelly celebrating sixty-one years of marriage. They were...
Homer Wright
March 8, 2013
HOMER LEE WRIGHT Nettleton - Homer Lee Wright, 61, died Friday, March 8, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born July 5, 1951, in Sunflower County to Mitchell Fair and Annie Lee Gray Wright. He was a lifelong resident of Nettleton. He loved spending time with his family and especially cooking for his family. He enjoyed working...
Homer Lee Wright
March 8, 2013
HOMER LEE WRIGHT Nettleton - Homer Lee Wright, 61, died Friday, March 8, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born July 5, 1951, in Sunflower County to Mitchell Fair and Annie Lee Gray Wright. He was a lifelong resident of Nettleton. He loved spending time with his family and especially cooking for his family. He enjoyed working...
Bobbie Russell Roden
March 7, 2013
BOBBIE NELL RUSSELL RODEN Tupelo - Bobbie Nell Russell Roden, 79, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, at her home after a brief illness. She was born June 3, 1933, in Thaxton to Moody E. and Louallie Gafford Russell. She was a graduate of Thaxton High School and attended business school in Memphis. She was a stewardess for Southern Airways in...
Bobbie Nell Russell Roden
March 7, 2013
BOBBIE NELL RUSSELL RODEN Tupelo - Bobbie Nell Russell Roden, 79, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, at her home after a brief illness. She was born June 3, 1933, in Thaxton to Moody E. and Louallie Gafford Russell. She was a graduate of Thaxton High School and attended business school in Memphis. She was a stewardess for Southern Airways in...
Jerry Partain
March 6, 2013
JERRY PARTAIN Tupelo - Jerry Joe "Yogi" Partain, 58, died Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at his residence after a sudden illness. A Marshall County native, he was born July 20, 1954, to Walter Eugene and Oredale Davis Partain. For the last five months, he lived in Tupelo. His employment history included, Tupelo Manufacturing, City Cab, Brook's Cab and Liberty Cab...
Charles Johnson
March 6, 2013
CHARLES W. JOHNSON Charles W. Johnson 82 died Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at the NMMC. He was born January 17, 1931, to Edgar Dow and Hattie Skinner Johnson. He spent most of his childhood in Itawamba County. He graduated from Mantachie High School and attended ICC. He served in the Navy during the Korean War conflict and after 37 years...
Joyce Rooker
March 6, 2013
JOYCE ROOKER Plantersville - Joyce Rooker, 71, died March 6, 201, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a long illness. She was the daughter of J. F. "Al" and Ruby Neal Rooker of Plantersville. A private graveside service will be held at Plantersville Cemetery on March 10, 2013. Donations in her honor may be made to the Lee County...
Charles W. Johnson
March 6, 2013
CHARLES W. JOHNSON Charles W. Johnson 82 died Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at the NMMC. He was born January 17, 1931, to Edgar Dow and Hattie Skinner Johnson. He spent most of his childhood in Itawamba County. He graduated from Mantachie High School and attended ICC. He served in the Navy during the Korean War conflict and after 37 years...
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