OBITUARIES
Sarah Carpenter Christian
November 13, 2012
SARAH CHRISTIAN Holly Springs - Sarah Lillian Carpenter Christian, 82, died Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at Trinity Missions in Holly Springs. She worked for Holiday Inn and The Natchez Trace for many years. She loved her job and all the people she came into contact with. Her family was the most important thing in her life and she would not...
Sarah Lillian Carpenter Christian
November 13, 2012
SARAH CHRISTIAN Holly Springs - Sarah Lillian Carpenter Christian, 82, died Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at Trinity Missions in Holly Springs. She worked for Holiday Inn and The Natchez Trace for many years. She loved her job and all the people she came into contact with. Her family was the most important thing in her life and she would not...
Cole Petty
November 10, 2012
MR. JUSTIN COLE PETTY Guntown - Cole Petty, 18, died Saturday, November 10, 2012 at his residence. He was born March 18, 1994 in Amory to Gene and Gina Blankenship Petty. A student, he served as a volunteer fireman for Guntown, Birmingham Ridge, Cedar Hill and Baldwyn, Mississippi. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and spending time with his family and friends...
Petty
November 10, 2012
MR. JUSTIN COLE PETTY Guntown - Cole Petty, 18, died Saturday, November 10, 2012 at his residence. He was born March 18, 1994 in Amory to Gene and Gina Blankenship Petty. A student, he served as a volunteer fireman for Guntown, Birmingham Ridge, Cedar Hill and Baldwyn, Mississippi. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and spending time with his family and friends...
Richard Houston
November 8, 2012
RICHARD HOUSTON Tupelo - Richard Lee Houston, 64, died Thursday, November 8, 2012 at his residence. He was born March 6, 1948 in Tupelo to Robert G. and Katherine Houston. He retired from the Tupelo Fire Department after twenty years and then worked for S & W Welding Supply for twenty years. He was a thirty second degree Mason at...
Verna Cayson
November 6, 2012
VERNA CAYSON Tupelo - Verna Mae Cayson, 78, died Tuesday, November 6, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born December 8, 1933 in Fulton, Mississippi to Verlon and Ara Reich Wilson. Mrs. Verna made many life long friends as manager of Chateau Royale Apartments. Later she enjoyed working at Midnite Pottery making her rabbits and...
James "Jim" Pittman
November 6, 2012
JAMES H. PITTMAN Tupelo - James H. ?Jim? Pittman, 83, died Tuesday, November 6, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born February 13, 1929, to James Franklin and Mattie Lou Walden Pittman in Avera, Georgia. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Augusta, Georgia. For 41 years he...
James H. "Jim" Pittman
November 6, 2012
JAMES H. PITTMAN Tupelo - James H. "Jim" Pittman, 83, died Tuesday, November 6, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born February 13, 1929, to James Franklin and Mattie Lou Walden Pittman in Avera, Georgia. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Augusta, Georgia. For 41 years he...
Steve Collins
November 4, 2012
STEVE COLLINS Tupelo - Richard Stephen Collins, 71, died Sunday, November 4, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born September 25, 1941 in West Grove, Pennsylvania to Joseph Cecil and Pauline Parsons Collins. He was a retired veteran of the United States Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict. A 1977 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, he also retired...
Wiley Miller
November 3, 2012
JOHN MILLER Tupelo - John Wiley Miller, 84, died Saturday, November 3, 2012 at his home. He was born February 12, 1928 in Lowndes County to Lena Reeves and George Miller. He graduated from New Hope High School and then Draughn's Business College in Jackson. He served in the Corp of Engineers from 1945 - 47 serving twelve months in...
Harold Black
November 3, 2012
HAROLD BLACK Tupelo - Harold Elzie Black, 88, died Saturday, November 3, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born July 16, 1924, in Jasper, Alabama to James Riley and Velia Privett Black. He loved his Airstream trailer and traveled with Era throughout the US and Canada and enjoyed getting lost. He loved his family, friends and his...
Ursula Cullin
October 31, 2012
URSULA CULLIN Saltillo - Maria Ingeborg Ursula Cullin, 77, died Wednesday, October 31, 2012, surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Ansbach, Germany on July 2, 1935, to Paul and Eva Maria Krauss Sorgatz, becoming a United States Citizen November 17, 1988. She was an active member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church where...
John McKinney
October 29, 2012
JOHN McKINNEY Tupelo - John Lee McKinney, 82, died October 29, 2012 at the VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas after a lengthy illness. He was born July 4, 1930 to Lee and Hattie McKinney in Shannon. He retired from the US Army in 1971 after 20 years of honorable military service. He loved spending time with his family, watching...
Gwendolyn Fleming Moody
October 29, 2012
GWENDOLYN MOODY Guntown - Gwendolyn Diane Flemings Moody, 59, died Monday, October 29, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Pontotoc on July 14, 1953 to Whitmon and Dora Flemings. She was a member of West Side Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking, flowers and collecting wind chimes. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday, November 2, 2012...
John Lee McKinney
October 29, 2012
JOHN McKINNEY Tupelo - John Lee McKinney, 82, died October 29, 2012 at the VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas after a lengthy illness. He was born July 4, 1930 to Lee and Hattie McKinney in Shannon. He retired from the US Army in 1971 after 20 years of honorable military service. He loved spending time with his family, watching...
Gwendolyn Diane Fleming Moody
October 29, 2012
GWENDOLYN MOODY Guntown - Gwendolyn Diane Flemings Moody, 59, died Monday, October 29, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Pontotoc on July 14, 1953 to Whitmon and Dora Flemings. She was a member of West Side Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking, flowers and collecting wind chimes. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday, November 2, 2012...
Doug Rogers
October 28, 2012
DOUG ROGERS Brewer - Doug Rogers, 58, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2012 at his home after an extended illness. He was born June 23, 1954, in Lepanto, Arkansas, to James T and Helen E. Shempert Rogers. Before his illness, he worked for Associated Trucking for 17 years. He loved spending time with his children and grandchildren. He was an...
Ginny Rutledge
October 28, 2012
GINNY RUTLEDGE Tupelo - Susan Virginia "Ginny" Rutledge, 77, died Sunday, October 28, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia on August 8, 1935, to James Ernest and Vidella Ruth Williams Dykes. She graduated from Harding College with a degree in teaching. She taught for many years as a school teacher in Memphis with...
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