OBITUARIES

Eva Delle Otts Montague

Eva Delle Otts Montague

December 16, 2012

EVA DELLE OTTS MONTAGUE Arkansas - Eva Delle Otts Montague, 85, died Sunday at Sparks Regional Medical Center in Ft. Smith, Arkansas on December 16, 2012. A Lee County native, she was born on August 7, 1927, to Hosie Monroe and Frances Parker Otts. She worked as a seamstress for many years until she was able to pursue her passion...

Trish Caradine

Trish Caradine

December 16, 2012

MRS. TRISH CARADINE Saltillo - Patricia Ann Caradine, 34, died Sunday, December 16, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born September 20, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas to John and Martha Ward. She enjoyed the outdoors and loved fishing, working in her flower garden and especially swimming with her children. Services will be...

Carl White

Carl White

December 15, 2012

CARL LEE WHITE Saltillo - Carl Lee White, 66, died Saturday, December 15, 2012, at his home. He was born May 7, 1946 to William Essery and Ila Mae Allen White. He had lived the last twenty years in Saltillo. During his life, he was proud to have been a carpenter, a farmer and a painter. He enjoyed gardening, yard...

Carl Lee White

Carl Lee White

December 15, 2012

CARL LEE WHITE Saltillo - Carl Lee White, 66, died Saturday, December 15, 2012, at his home. He was born May 7, 1946 to William Essery and Ila Mae Allen White. He had lived the last twenty years in Saltillo. During his life, he was proud to have been a carpenter, a farmer and a painter. He enjoyed gardening, yard...

Billie Porter Baggett

Billie Porter Baggett

December 14, 2012

BILLIE PORTER BAGGETT Tupelo - Billie "B.B." Porter Baggett, 86, died Friday, December 14, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born March 28, 1926 in Memphis, Tennessee to Arthur Sanderson and Annie Spencer Porter. She was a graduate of Messick High School in Memphis, Tennessee. On July 21, 1946 she married the love of her life, Robert...

Florence Lang

Florence Lang

December 11, 2012

FLORENCE T. LANG Tupelo-Florence T. Lang 79, died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at her home after a brief illness. Born January 10, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan, she became a Christian at age 18, and during her college years, worked as an interpreter for a missionary. After graduating from college with a degree in education, she taught junior high and high...

Florence T. Lang

Florence T. Lang

December 11, 2012

FLORENCE T. LANG Tupelo-Florence T. Lang 79, died Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at her home after a brief illness. Born January 10, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan, she became a Christian at age 18, and during her college years, worked as an interpreter for a missionary. After graduating from college with a degree in education, she taught junior high and high...

Charles William Igert

Charles William Igert

December 11, 2012

CHARLES IGERT Tupelo - Charles William Igert, 87, formerly of Jeffersonville, Indiana, passed away Dec 11, 2012 after a brief illness. A member of "the greatest generation", he was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in WWII. He retired with the rank of Captain from the Louisville, Kentucky Fire Department in 1974. He was born October 20, 1925 in Milltown, Indiana...

Charles Igert

Charles Igert

December 11, 2012

CHARLES IGERT Tupelo - Charles William Igert, 87, formerly of Jeffersonville, Indiana, passed away Dec 11, 2012 after a brief illness. A member of "the greatest generation?, he was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in WWII. He retired with the rank of Captain from the Louisville, Kentucky Fire Department in 1974. He was born October 20, 1925 in Milltown, Indiana...

Susan McDonald

Susan McDonald

December 10, 2012

Susan McDonald TUPELO - Susan Rogers Newton McDonald died Monday, December 10, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Seminary, Mississippi, to Willie Lea and George Alexander Newton who preceded her in death. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern Mississippi with a major in journalism and a minor in history. Susan married...

Norman Reed

Norman Reed

December 9, 2012

NORMAN REED Mooreville - Norman Reed, 48, died Sunday, December 9, 2012, at his residence in Mooreville. He was born January 7, 1964 to James R. and Helen Harbin Reed. He loved his family and friends as well as music, cars and motorcycles. He truly loved to laugh and enjoyed every moment of life. He will be missed so much....

Danny Miles

Danny Miles

December 9, 2012

DANNY MILES Tupelo - Danny Wayne Miles, 61, died Sunday, December 9, 2012, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Newton on May 24, 1951, to Floyd and Dean Stokes Miles. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and the Army National Guard, serving over fourteen years. Before his retirement, he worked eight...

Samuel Henderson

Samuel Henderson

December 8, 2012

SAMUEL FELIX HENDERSON Samuel Felix Henderson, 90, died Saturday, Dec.8, 2012 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born Dec. 31, 1921 to Isaac Perry Henderson and Lucy Wynona Richardson Henderson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving as a Technical Sergeant in the 726th combat infantry during World War II. He was twice wounded and earned...

Samuel Felix Henderson

Samuel Felix Henderson

December 8, 2012

SAMUEL FELIX HENDERSON Samuel Felix Henderson, 90, died Saturday, Dec.8, 2012 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born Dec. 31, 1921 to Isaac Perry Henderson and Lucy Wynona Richardson Henderson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving as a Technical Sergeant in the 726th combat infantry during World War II. He was twice wounded and earned...

Billy Richard “Bill” Cherry

Billy Richard “Bill” Cherry

December 7, 2012

BILL CHERRY Saltillo - Billy Richard "Bill" Cherry, 75, died Friday, December 7, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of the Birmingham Ridge Community, he was born April 9, 1937 to G. R. and Mittie Miller Cherry. He had lived most of his adult life in Saltillo where he was a current member of Saltillo First United...

Billy Richard

Billy Richard

December 7, 2012

BILL CHERRY Saltillo - Billy Richard ?Bill? Cherry, 75, died Friday, December 7, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of the Birmingham Ridge Community, he was born April 9, 1937 to G. R. and Mittie Miller Cherry. He had lived most of his adult life in Saltillo where he was a current member of Saltillo First United...

Hank Boerner

Hank Boerner

December 6, 2012

Hank Boerner TUPELO - Henry Alexander Leopold "Hank" Boerner, 57, died Thursday morning at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He died of complications from severe septic shock. Boerner was the 20-year director of the North Mississippi Medical Center Wellness Center, which includes facilities in Tupelo, Pontotoc and Baldwyn. He was born in Miami, Fla., and spent most of his...

Ashley Scott

Ashley Scott

December 5, 2012

ASHLEY SCOTT Baldwyn - Brenda Ashley Scott, 25, died December 5, 2012 in an automobile accident. She was born November 15, 1987 in Tupelo to Larry Eugene and Brenda Scott. She was a 2005 Mooreville High School graduate. She attended Zion Hill Baptist Church in Alpine. She was a loving mother of three and she devoted her time and energy...

Bessie Raper Brown

Bessie Raper Brown

December 1, 2012

BESSIE LEE RAPER BROWN Tupelo - Bessie Lee Raper Brown, 94, went to be with the Lord early Saturday morning, December 1, 2012, at Sunshine Rest Home after a long illness. She was born July 12, 1918, to Dexter and Fannie Horton Raper and graduated from Belden High School in 1936. On July 5, 1942, she married Charles E. Brown...

Tommy Sanders

Tommy Sanders

December 1, 2012

TOMMY RAY SANDERS Saltillo - Tommy Ray Sanders, 65, died Saturday, December 1, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born February 27, 1947 in Tupelo to Murry Edward and Martha McBrayer Sanders. He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 3, 2012 at The Saltillo Chapel of W.E. Pegues with...