OBITUARIES
Leon Herring
January 7, 2013
LEON L. HERRING Palmetto - Leon L. Herring, 90, died Monday, January 7, 2013, at his residence in the Palmettto Community. He was born in Lee County on July 19, 1922 to Ralph A. and Ada Bell Christian Herring. He was a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church. He was a farmer and enjoyed working with his hands. He loved woodworking,...
Dorris Norris
January 7, 2013
DORRIS NORRIS Saltillo - Mrs. Norris, 78, died Monday, January 7, 2013 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born March 31, 1934 to Namon and Minnie Montgomery Bryant. Mrs. Norris was a member of Saltillo United Methodist Church, where, for many years she provided beautiful arrangements for the Sunday services. Mrs. Norris was a crossing guard for...
Joe Allen Tackett
January 5, 2013
JOE TACKETT Mooreville - Joe Allen Tackett, 82, died Saturday, January 5, 2013. He was born April 4, 1930. He was retired from Sheller-Globe Mfg. after twenty-three years. He was a deacon at Skyline Baptist Church for forty-four years. He loved racing, football, westerns, wrestling and spending time with family. He owned and operated Joe's Pillow Co. Services will be...
Joe Tackett
January 5, 2013
JOE TACKETT Mooreville ? Joe Allen Tackett, 82, died Saturday, January 5, 2013. He was born April 4, 1930. He was retired from Sheller-Globe Mfg. after twenty-three years. He was a deacon at Skyline Baptist Church for forty-four years. He loved racing, football, westerns, wrestling and spending time with family. He owned and operated Joe?s Pillow Co. Services will be...
Maudie Brents
January 4, 2013
MAUDIE MAE BRENTS TUPELO - Maudie Mae Brents, 90, died January 4, 2013, at her daughter's home in Lafayette, Tennessee, after a short illness. A Mississippi native, she was born November 15, 1922 in the Ratliff Community in Itawamba County, to Maggie Mae Briggman and Alva Marshall Whitehead. At the age of seven she moved to live with her foster...
Robert Nance
January 3, 2013
ROBERT NANCE Tupelo ? Robert F. Nance Jr., 58, died Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Baldwyn Nursing Facility. He was born December 24, 1954 in Memphis, Tennessee to Robert Finch Nance and Barbara Howell Nance. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in the stateroom at W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors in Tupelo with the Rev. Bryan Collier officiating. Visitation will...
Helen Wammack
January 3, 2013
HELEN WAMMACK Tupelo - Helen Wammack, 83, died Thursday, January 3, 2013, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona after a short illness. She was born March 28, 1929, in New Albany to Everett and Tishey Lou Melton Owen. She was a member of West Jackson Street Baptist Church. A devoted mother and grandmother, she was very involoved in...
Robert Finch Nance, Jr.
January 3, 2013
ROBERT NANCE Tupelo - Robert F. Nance Jr., 58, died Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Baldwyn Nursing Facility. He was born December 24, 1954 in Memphis, Tennessee to Robert Finch Nance and Barbara Howell Nance. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in the stateroom at W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors in Tupelo with the Rev. Bryan Collier officiating. Visitation will...
Melissa Markette Oakes
January 2, 2013
Melissa Oakes Melissa Markette Oakes, 56, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center of complications resulting from an accidental fall in her home. She was born on October 5, 1956, in San Antonio, Texas. She was many things during her too-short lifea high school science teacher, a tennis champion, an excellent cook, and an ardent volunteer. Among...
Melissa Oakes
January 2, 2013
Melissa Oakes Melissa Markette Oakes, 56, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center of complications resulting from an accidental fall in her home. She was born on October 5, 1956, in San Antonio, Texas. She was many things during her too-short life?a high school science teacher, a tennis champion, an excellent cook, and an ardent volunteer. Among...
George A. Coutoumanos
December 30, 2012
GEORGE A. COUTOUMANOS Tupelo - George A. Coutoumanos, 84, died Sunday, December 30, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born September 28, 1928 in Mellia, Spain to Moes Chocron and Estria Sol Sanaes Chocron. He was a Merchant Marine from 1942 - 1945. In 1948, he migrated to America docking in Mobile, Alabama before...
Julia Frances Wiggington
December 30, 2012
JULIA WIGGINGTON Tupelo - Julia Frances Wiggington, 84, died Sunday, December 30, 2012, at The Dogwood Plantations Assisted Living in Fulton after an extended illness. She was born July 7, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri to Clifford and Lula Marie Dozier. She worked at Blue Bell for twenty-six years and then went on to work for Foamex, formerly Sheller Globe,...
George Coutoumanos
December 30, 2012
GEORGE A. COUTOUMANOS Tupelo - George A. Coutoumanos, 84, died Sunday, December 30, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born September 28, 1928 in Mellia, Spain to Moes Chocron and Estria Sol Sanaes Chocron. He was a Merchant Marine from 1942 ? 1945. In 1948, he migrated to America docking in Mobile, Alabama before...
Julia Wiggington
December 30, 2012
JULIA WIGGINGTON Tupelo - Julia Frances Wiggington, 84, died Sunday, December 30, 2012, at The Dogwood Plantations Assisted Living in Fulton after an extended illness. She was born July 7, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri to Clifford and Lula Marie Dozier. She worked at Blue Bell for twenty-six years and then went on to work for Foamex, formerly Sheller Globe,...
Jerry Taylor
December 29, 2012
JERRY TAYLOR Saltillo - Jerry F. Taylor, 64, died Saturday, December 29, 2012 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born June 13, 1948 in Corinth to Merle "Red" Taylor and Martha Jean Ellis Taylor, he spent most of childhood traveling with his dad who was a legend in Blue Grass music. He enjoyed spending...
Judy Parsons
December 28, 2012
JUDY EVANS PARSONS Tupelo - Judy Evans Parsons died Friday, December 28, 2012, at her residence after a lengthy illness. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, she was the daughter of William Edgar and Annie Burress Evans. She was married to Lt. Col. Harold Parsons, Miss. Army National Guard, Ret., who preceded her in death. She retired from South...
Judy Evans Parsons
December 28, 2012
JUDY EVANS PARSONS Tupelo - Judy Evans Parsons died Friday, December 28, 2012, at her residence after a lengthy illness. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, she was the daughter of William Edgar and Annie Burress Evans. She was married to Lt. Col. Harold Parsons, Miss. Army National Guard, Ret., who preceded her in death. She retired from South...
Agnes Mae Tipton
December 26, 2012
AGNES TIPTON Auburn Community - Agnes Mae Tipton, 82, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Friars Point on May 16, 1930, to James Cecil and Mary Katherine McCullum Bass. On April 26, 1968, she married Robert R. Tipton in Greenville and for the past thirty years lived in the Auburn Community....
Agnes Tipton
December 26, 2012
AGNES TIPTON Auburn Community - Agnes Mae Tipton, 82, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Friars Point on May 16, 1930, to James Cecil and Mary Katherine McCullum Bass. On April 26, 1968, she married Robert R. Tipton in Greenville and for the past thirty years lived in the Auburn Community....
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