OBITUARIES
Janie Foster
September 5, 2012
Tupelo - Janie Inzer Foster died Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee after a sudden illness. A lifelong resident of Tupelo, she was born May 21, 1947, to Duchess and Jim Inzer. She worked in the furniture business at the Tupelo Furniture Market. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, September 8, 2012, at The Jefferson...
Bobbie Gilbert
September 1, 2012
Bobbie Ray Gilbert, 63, of Walnut died Saturday, September 1, 2012 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Robert W. Weaver
August 30, 2012
Eggville - Robert Wayne Weaver, 84, died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at the Courtyard Community Living Center in Fulton. He was born December 28, 1927 to Charles Melvin and Mae Williams Weaver. He was a long-time resident of the Eggville Community. He was a veteran of the United States Army Airforces and served during World War II. He worked for...
Robert Weaver
August 30, 2012
Eggville - Robert Wayne Weaver, 84, died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at the Courtyard Community Living Center in Fulton. He was born December 28, 1927 to Charles Melvin and Mae Williams Weaver. He was a long-time resident of the Eggville Community. He was a veteran of the United States Army Airforces and served during World War II. He worked for...
Walter Griggs
August 30, 2012
Mooreville - Walter Earl Griggs, 59, died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center unexpectedly. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 28, 1953 to Earl P. and Bernice Mayhall Griggs. He married his wife of 26 years, Brenda, on July 3, 1986. Since 1989, he was the owner and operator of Griggs Mobile Home. He...
Vadine McRee
August 27, 2012
Tupelo - Mary Vadine McRee, 97, died Monday, August 27, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. Vadine was a native of Memphis and Millington, Tennessee. She was an educator by heart and profession, attaining a Master of Education degree from Memphis State University, teaching elementary school children in Shelby County, TN, Brookhaven, Ms and Tupelo, MS...
Maynard M. Swinney
August 24, 2012
MAYNARD M. SWINNEY Tupelo - Maynard M. Swinney, 94, died Friday, August 24, 2012, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility. He was born in Prentiss County on December 10, 1917, to Clofus Guy and Doxie Ann Swinney. He married Annie Belle Smith, on September 22, 1940. She preceded him in death in November, 1980. They had three daughters, Ann, Maurice, and Helen....
Travis Edge
August 24, 2012
Saltillo - Travis Eugene Edge, 75, went home to be with the Lord after a brief illness on August 24, 2012 at the North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was the loving husband of Shirley Sandlin Edge for 57 years and the beloved father to Garry (Sandra) Edge of Herriman, Utah, Mike (Gay) Edge of Collierville,...
Travis E. Edge
August 24, 2012
Saltillo - Travis Eugene Edge, 75, went home to be with the Lord after a brief illness on August 24, 2012 at the North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was the loving husband of Shirley Sandlin Edge for 57 years and the beloved father to Garry (Sandra) Edge of Herriman, Utah, Mike (Gay) Edge of Collierville,...
Edith Griffin
August 24, 2012
EDITH GRIFFIN Tupelo - Edith "Momma E." Griffin, 78, died Friday, August 24, 2012, at the Meadows in Fulton. She was born May 31, 1934, in Itawamba County to Bessie Bell Walton and Jessie Walton. She was the widow of V. E. "Junior" Griffin, Jr. who preceded her in death on December 21, 1976. She went to Dorsey School and...
Hansel Scruggs
August 24, 2012
HANSEL SCRUGGS Okolona - Hansel Scruggs, 90, died Friday, August 24, 2012, at his residence, after a lengthy illness. A native of Sherman, he was born January 10, 1922, to Charles Cecil and Lula Elizabeth Bolton Scruggs. He served in the U. S. Army Signal Corp during WWII and participated in the Allied Invasion of Normandy. For 35 years he...
William T. Cross
August 24, 2012
WILLIAM CROSS Tupelo - William T. "Dub" Cross, 88, died Friday, August 24, 2012, at the Baldwyn Nursing Facility after an extended illness. He was born June 25, 1924 to John Monroe and Sabra Ann Greenlee Cross . In 1942 he graduated from Tupelo High School and then served two years in the U. S. Air Force during World War...
Maynard Swinney
August 24, 2012
MAYNARD M. SWINNEY Tupelo - Maynard M. Swinney, 94, died Friday, August 24, 2012, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility. He was born in Prentiss County on December 10, 1917, to Clofus Guy and Doxie Ann Swinney. He married Annie Belle Smith, on September 22, 1940. She preceded him in death in November, 1980. They had three daughters, Ann, Maurice, and Helen....
William Cross
August 24, 2012
WILLIAM CROSS Tupelo - William T. ?Dub? Cross, 88, died Friday, August 24, 2012, at the Baldwyn Nursing Facility after an extended illness. He was born June 25, 1924 to John Monroe and Sabra Ann Greenlee Cross . In 1942 he graduated from Tupelo High School and then served two years in the U. S. Air Force during World War...
Mildred Lovorn Long
August 23, 2012
MILDRED LONG Tupelo - Mildred Lovorn Long, 86, died Thursday, August 23, 2012, at her home in Tupelo. She was born June 17, 1926 to Henry Tom and Abby Fulcher Lovorn. She attended Mississippi State University where she became a teacher and taught for thirty-three years in public schools. She loved to read, sew, work in her garden, and take...
Bashir Kabban
August 23, 2012
BASHIR KABBAN Tupelo - Bashir S. Kabban, 85, died Thursday, August 23, 2012, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks. A Jaffa, Palestine native, he was born September 20, 1926 to Salim George and Sophia Kabban. He was a loving husband and father. He was a retired Chief Master Sargent in the United States Air Force for twenty-four years and nine...
Tommy Millwood
August 23, 2012
Tupelo - Tommy ?Ed? Millwood, 83, died Thursday, August 23, 2012, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. He was born December 7, 1928, to Wesco Thomas and Pearlie Adams Millwood. For many years he worked at Blue Bell Manufacturing as a supervisor, from which he retired. He enjoyed working in his yard and was a member...
Tommy "Ed" Millwood
August 23, 2012
Tupelo - Tommy "Ed" Millwood, 83, died Thursday, August 23, 2012, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. He was born December 7, 1928, to Wesco Thomas and Pearlie Adams Millwood. For many years he worked at Blue Bell Manufacturing as a supervisor, from which he retired. He enjoyed working in his yard and was a member...
Bashir Salim Kabban
August 23, 2012
BASHIR KABBAN Tupelo - Bashir S. Kabban, 85, died Thursday, August 23, 2012, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks. A Jaffa, Palestine native, he was born September 20, 1926 to Salim George and Sophia Kabban. He was a loving husband and father. He was a retired Chief Master Sargent in the United States Air Force for twenty-four years and nine...
Florence Mink
August 21, 2012
ONEATA MINK Saltillo - Oneata Mink, 91, died Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Lee County, she was born June 30, 1921, to Columbus and Ila Eaton Blankenship and for the past twelve years resided in Saltillo. For many years she worked as a seamstress in the furniture industry...
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