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Nellie Faye Bennett Gault
Mar 15, 2024
Saltillo-- Nellie Faye Bennett Gault, 86, passed away Friday, March 15, 2024, at The Meadows in Fulton. She was born May 1, 1937 to Roy Clifford Bennett and Ruby Tallent Bennett. Mrs. Gault was a member of Saltillo First Baptist Church where she loved her Sunday School class, and served as the Corresponding Secretary for her class. She retired after...
Terry Ethridge
Mar 11, 2024
Belden—Terry Lee Ethridge, age 65, lost his long battle with cancer on Monday, March 11, 2024. He was born in Tampa, Florida on December 29, 1958 to Horace and Wanda Keeling Ethridge. He attended Paragould High School where he graduated in 1977. Terry then joined the U.S. Army where he served as Military Police in Panama City, Panama....
Effie O'dell Franks
Mar 10, 2024
Tupelo—Effie O’dell Hood Franks passed away Sunday, March 10, 2024 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. O’dell was born April 17, 1935 to Richard and Effie Sarah Nancy Rogers Hood. She grew up in a large family in Mooreville with four sisters and three brothers. She attended Mooreville School. O’dell joined the workforce in Tupelo in the 1960’s. She worked...
Brenda Burt
Mar 8, 2024
Tupelo--Brenda Kaye Wolfe Burt, age 73, passed away Friday, March 8, 2024 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Born December 17, 1950 in Meridian, She was the daughter of Edgar and Evelyn Wolfe. She married Melvin Burt in 1970 and they enjoyed 44 years together before his passing in 2014. In 1979, Brenda and her family moved to Tupelo....
Jo Ann Chism
Mar 7, 2024
Pontotoc—Jo Ann Chism, age 93, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. Born December 7, 1930 in Tupelo, she was the daughter of former Tupelo Police Chief Robert H. Monaghan and Lois Tucker. After graduation from Tupelo High School, she worked for Hunter Sadler and also in the restaurant industry. She leaves behind her daughters, Becky...
Ron Cook
Mar 2, 2024
Ron Cook, a beloved friend, father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born in Iowa on September 11, 1951. Ron dedicated himself to a fulfilling career as a broadcast journalist for American Family Radio, where he touched the lives of many through his work.Ron had two great...
Charlie Brown
Mar 2, 2024
Charlie Brown
Charlie F. Brown, Jr, age 91, of Guntown, died Saturday, March 2, 2024, in hospice care at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born July 17, 1932, in Pontotoc County to Charlie, Sr. and Fannie B. Brown.
Following his Algoma High School graduation in 1949, he joined the United States Air Force in 1950. After a 20-year military...
C. B. Davis
Feb 26, 2024
C. B. Davis
Clinton Bryon Davis, Jr. died Monday, February 26, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. C.B. recently celebrated his 100th birthday, February 22 surrounded by family and friends. He is the son of the late Clinton Bryon Davis, Sr. and Nola Mae Brummet Davis and widow of Roberta Garner Davis. C. B. was a proud...
Cindy McCollum
Feb 24, 2024
Mooreville—Cynthia Kaye “Cindy” McCollum, age 65, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2024 at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit after an extended illness. Cindy was born in Tupelo on March 30, 1958, the daughter of Eugene and Sylvia Howle Rayburn. She enjoyed simple activities such as working in her yard and spending time with friends and family.
Cindy leaves behind...
Saundra Scott
Feb 23, 2024
Belden--Saundra Jo Scott passed away Friday, February 23, 2024 at the Sanctuary Hospice house after an extended illness. She was 78 years old. Born April 19, 1945 in Tupelo, she was the daughter of B.O. Brown and Josephine Simmons Brown. Not long after her high school graduation, she began working at BancorpSouth (now Cadence Bank), retiring with over 40 years...
Sandra Weaver Simmons
Feb 20, 2024
Sandra Weaver Simmons
Tupelo--Sandra Alicia Weaver Simmons, a native Floridian, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit. She was born October 6, 1945, in Panama City, Florida to Charles Melvin Weaver and Mae Gertrude Williams Weaver. She was one of 15 children. In the 1950s, the family resided in a 19th...
Emily Lamons
Feb 19, 2024
Emily Lamons, passed away Monday, February 19, 2024 at the Creekside Manor in Saltillo. She was 86. Born April 22, 1937, she was the daughter of Lewis Smith and Sadie McKissick Smith. Emily was a longtime resident of the Auburn Community where she and her husband raised their children. On January 3, 1956, she married the love of her life,...
Tommy Allen Smith
Feb 18, 2024
Guntown-- Tommy Allen Smith, 85, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2024, at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo, MS. He was born on August 27, 1938, to Thomas Earl Smith and Dollie Mae Smith. Mr. Smith served in the United States Army. He enjoyed gardening and drinking coffee with his buddies. He loved and cherished his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He is survived by his...
Lowery Tackett
Feb 17, 2024
Skyline Community- Lowery Irvin Tackett, 93, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2024, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born April 25, 1930, to Oscar Lee Tackett and Erin “Era” Irene Horton Tackett.
Following his 1949 graduation from Moorville High School, Lowery enlisted in the US Army, he was a Korean War veteran. He married the love of his life...
Ron Casner
Feb 14, 2024
Ronald James Casner, 80, of Guntown, Mississippi, passed away February 14, 2024 at Parkway Health and Rehabilitation Center in Memphis after a brief illness. He was born April 4, 1943 in Indianapolis, Indiana to James Leo and Mary Marguerite Browning Casner. After graduating from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, he served in the US Navy as a jet mechanic...
Neal Dorroh Sr.
Feb 11, 2024
Gerald O’Neal “Neal” Dorroh, Sr., 100, of Tupelo, Mississippi peacefully went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, February 11, surrounded by family. Neal was born to James Zachary and Lois George Dorroh on September 21, 1923, in Tupelo. A graduate of Saltillo High School, Neal faithfully and honorably served his country in the U.S. Marine...
Walter F. French, III
Feb 10, 2024
Columbus-- Walter F. French III, 50, passed away Saturday, February 10, 2024. He was born January 11, 1974, to Walter F. French, Jr. and Nang C Le’. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed playing his guitar.
He is survived by his two brothers, Sheppard French and Johnny French
He is preceded in death by his parents.
Expressions of sympathy may be left at...
Michele Stanford
Feb 8, 2024
Guntown--Michele Hardy Stanford, age 56, crossed into Heaven on Thursday, February 8, 2024 after a short but intense battle with cancer. She was born December 7, 1967 in Normandy, Missouri to Pete Hardy and Mary Frances Harrelson. In 1991 she married the love of her life, Michael Stanford and they were blessed to share 32 years together. Michele was very...
Douglas E. Wagner
Feb 6, 2024
Douglas E. Wagner, born September 21, 1942, died February 6, 2024. He wanted to stay longer but it was not to be. See you in my dreams, big guy. Wife Donna of 62 years and son, D. Michael and family.
Don Six
Feb 5, 2024
Don Six
Saltillo- Donald Orcen Six, son of the late Charles W. Six, Sr. and Pearl Oyler Six, passed away Monday, February 5, 2024, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Cunningham, Kansas on May 20, 1931. Don proudly served his country on an LST ship in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. On September 13,...
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