OBITUARIES
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...
Grace Davis
October 28, 2012
GRACE LEVI DAVIS Mooreville - Grace Levi Davis, twelve days old, earned her wings, Sunday, October 28, 2012, at Wiser Hospital for Women & Infants in Jackson. She was born October 16, 2012 to Marty and Shawna Davis. Grace Levi is also survived by her big sister, Hailee LaKin; her paternal grandmother, Donna Donaldson (Larry) all of Mooreville; her paternal...
Grace Levi Davis
October 28, 2012
GRACE LEVI DAVIS Mooreville - Grace Levi Davis, twelve days old, earned her wings, Sunday, October 28, 2012, at Wiser Hospital for Women & Infants in Jackson. She was born October 16, 2012 to Marty and Shawna Davis. Grace Levi is also survived by her big sister, Hailee LaKin; her paternal grandmother, Donna Donaldson (Larry) all of Mooreville; her paternal...
Virginia Sheffield
October 28, 2012
VIRGINIA SHEFFIELD Tupelo - Virginia Gunter Sheffield, 89, died Sunday, October 28, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born August 8, 1923 in Lee County to Glen and Janie Kelly Gunter. She was one of the first bookkeepers at Hancock Fabrics and worked there for forty years. She had lived at Avon Lea Assisted Living for the...
John Caldwell
October 26, 2012
MR. JAKE CALDWELL Mt Vernon - John Chester "Jake" Caldwell, 89, died Friday, October 26, 2012, at the State Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born June 21, 1923 in Sherman to Chester Cooper and Notie Lura Phillips Caldwell. He served in the South Pacific during World War II as a Sea B. and ship welder, working on the dry...
O. H. "Bunch" Gardner
October 24, 2012
BUNCH GARDNER Shannon - O.H. "Bunch" Gardner, 92, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at his home in Shannon, MS after a short illness. He was born January 29, 1920, in the Springhill Community to Exer and Maude Gardner. Bunch was honorably discharged from the Army in 1945 after serving 6 years with 3 years in the Pacific Theater during...
O. "Bunch" Gardner
October 24, 2012
BUNCH GARDNER Shannon - O.H. ?Bunch? Gardner, 92, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at his home in Shannon, MS after a short illness. He was born January 29, 1920, in the Springhill Community to Exer and Maude Gardner. Bunch was honorably discharged from the Army in 1945 after serving 6 years with 3 years in the Pacific Theater during...
Carl Mabry
October 24, 2012
CARL MABRY Tupelo - Carl Lipscomb Mabry, 94, died October 24, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice Sellers Mabry, who was his wife for sixty-one years. They had a wonderful life together. He was in the service three and one-half years (11/2 years in India, 2 years at Drew Field, Tampa, Florida in the Signal Corp. attached to...
Charles Michael Buse
October 24, 2012
MIKEY BUSE Saltillo - Charles Michael "Mikey" Buse, 58, died Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at the Meadows in Fulton. He was born in Baldwyn on January 28, 1954, to Jessie Lawrence and Viola Lee Buse. He loved watching football, putting jigsaw puzzels together and spending time with his family. He was an avid baseball fan and especially loved to watch...
Gail Lewis
October 24, 2012
GAIL E. LEWIS Pontotoc - Gail E. Lewis, 56, died Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at her residence under hospice care. She was born in Lee County on May 16, 1956 to Cleophus and Mary Cranford Swann. She worked many years with Reed's and Action. She loved to decorate and enjoyed making flower arrangements, and spending time in her flower garden....
Charles Buse
October 24, 2012
MIKEY BUSE Saltillo - Charles Michael ?Mikey? Buse, 58, died Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at the Meadows in Fulton. He was born in Baldwyn on January 28, 1954, to Jessie Lawrence and Viola Lee Buse. He loved watching football, putting jigsaw puzzels together and spending time with his family. He was an avid baseball fan and especially loved to watch...
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