OBITUARIES

Helen Wammack

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Carden

Carden

December 24, 2012

GENE CARDEN TUPELO- Lloyd Eugene ?Gene? Carden, 68, died Monday, December 24, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born June 15, 1944, in Rome, Georgia to James Osmond Carden and Myra Virginia Smith Carden. He married Ann Massey Carden on June 11, 1966, and they were married for 46 years. He was a...

Gene Carden

Gene Carden

December 24, 2012

GENE CARDEN TUPELO- Lloyd Eugene "Gene" Carden, 68, died Monday, December 24, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born June 15, 1944, in Rome, Georgia to James Osmond Carden and Myra Virginia Smith Carden. He married Ann Massey Carden on June 11, 1966, and they were married for 46 years. He was a...

Billy Rutledge

Billy Rutledge

December 23, 2012

BILLY RUTLEDGE Tupelo - Billy Q. Rutledge, 79, died Sunday, December 23, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born September 20, 1933 in Union Community to Barm and Cuebell Benjamin Rutledge. A veteran, he served four years in the U.S. Air Force, he worked for Bovay Engineering for four years, retired from Bell-South as a 3rd level...

Rubal Priddy

Rubal Priddy

December 21, 2012

RUBAL PRIDDY Tupelo - Flossie Ruby "Rubal" Priddy, 91, died Friday, December 21, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Cente. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, December 24, 2012 at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Robert Garland Garland officiating. Survivors include her son, Danny Wilbanks of Tupelo; great nephew, Sonny McGonagill. She was preceded in death...

Loraine Bolen

Loraine Bolen

December 21, 2012

LORAINE BOLEN Gulfport - Virginia Loraine Bolen, 90, died Friday, December 21, 2012, at her home in Gulfport. She was born February 1, 1922 in Guntown to Dr. Wilbur and Martha Bishop Harville. She was a graduate of Verona High School and started her married life in the Palmetto Community. She was a member of Chalk Bluff Baptist Church in...

Mary Riley

Mary Riley

December 21, 2012

MARY LOUVINNIE RILEY Peppertown - Mary Louvinnie Riley, 83, went to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, December 21, 2012, after a short illness. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Peppertown in Itawamba County. She was retired from Delta Manufacturing Co. in Tupelo and since retiring loved working in her garden, canning, being a grandmother and...

Tommy Timmons

Tommy Timmons

December 18, 2012

TOMMY TIMMONS Saltillo - Tommy Glenn Timmons, 69, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012 from a sudden illness. He was born in Lee County on August 3, 1943 to Lawrence and Mildred Glenn Timmons. He owned and operated Timmons Woodworks. He retired with the rank of Major from the Mississippi Army National Guard after 27 years, serving in the 1st Battalion/...