OBITUARIES
Jimmie DeVault
July 22, 2012
JIMMIE DeVAULT Okolona - James D. DeVault, 87, died Sunday, July 22, 2012, at his residence. An Okolona native, he was born January 20, 1925 to the late Jesse and Sue DeVault. He, with his wife, owned and operated the Dixie-Bell Cleaners before retiring in 2003. He loved his wife dearly and his pet's. He was a member of First...
Robert Ellison
July 20, 2012
BOB ELLISON Tupelo - Robert Earl ?Bob? Ellison, 62, died Sunday, July 22, 2012, at his residence in Belden. A Tupelo native, he was born March 10, 1950 to James Lewis and Doris Faye Lackey Ellison. Bob was a former firefighter from Memphis, Tennesee whom also served as a firefighter at the Tupelo airport for several years. He also served...
Robert Earl Ellison
July 20, 2012
BOB ELLISON Tupelo - Robert Earl "Bob" Ellison, 62, died Sunday, July 22, 2012, at his residence in Belden. A Tupelo native, he was born March 10, 1950 to James Lewis and Doris Faye Lackey Ellison. Bob was a former firefighter from Memphis, Tennesee whom also served as a firefighter at the Tupelo airport for several years. He also served...
Bea McBryde
July 19, 2012
BEATRICE McBRYDE Tupelo - Beatrice McBryde, 88, died Thursday, July 19, 2012, at Traceway Manor. She was born June 18, 1924 in New Albany to Joel Richard and Ethel Potts Clayton. She was a devote Christian and assisted in the establishment of Broadmore Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. She owned and operated a daycare in Little Rock, Arkansas for...
Altie Dees
July 18, 2012
ALTIE E. DEES Bowling Green, KY ? Altie E. Dees, 88, died Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was born as one of eleven children on August 10, 1923, in Halltown, Alabama to Gain and Velma Dessie Devaney Mitchell and is the widow of William Woodrow Dees. She was a life-long servant of...
Altie E. Dees
July 18, 2012
ALTIE E. DEES Bowling Green, KY - Altie E. Dees, 88, died Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was born as one of eleven children on August 10, 1923, in Halltown, Alabama to Gain and Velma Dessie Devaney Mitchell and is the widow of William Woodrow Dees. She was a life-long servant of...
Louise Godwin
July 15, 2012
LOUISE GODWIN Tupelo - Louise Nanney Godwin, a lifelong Tupelo resident and widely admired civic leader, died peacefully Sunday, July 15, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Godwin was the widow of the late Chauncey Rivers Godwin, Sr., a prominent manufacturer, entrepreneur and statewide business leader. She was the daughter of the late Mayor James Philip Nanney and Annie McAllister Nanney....
Jeremy Allen New
July 14, 2012
JEREMY ALLEN NEW Pontotoc - Jeremy Allen New, 20, died Friday, July 13, 2012, in Tupelo from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was born in Tupelo on July 14, 1991 to Jerry Lyn New and Tracy Renee Clark New. He attended Oasis of Love Christian School. He was a member of Oasis of Love Church. He enjoyed fishing,...
Jeremy
July 14, 2012
JEREMY ALLEN NEW Pontotoc - Jeremy Allen New, 20, died Friday, July 13, 2012, in Tupelo from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was born in Tupelo on July 14, 1991 to Jerry Lyn New and Tracy Renee Clark New. He attended Oasis of Love Christian School. He was a member of Oasis of Love Church. He enjoyed fishing,...
Robert Sullins
July 14, 2012
ROBERT DON SULLINS Pontotoc - Robert Don Sullins, 21, died Friday, July 13, 2012 in Tupelo. He was born in Shreveport, Louisianna on October 21, 1990. He was a volunteer fire fighter for Longview and the Sherman communities. He enjoyed breaking and riding horses, fishing and hunting. Services will be 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 16, 2012 at The Jefferson Street...
Sybil Holley
July 13, 2012
Tupelo - Sybil Patterson Holley, 83, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born August 26, 1928, to Aubrey and Reba Conwill Patterson. She attended Tupelo Schools, Belhaven College and was a legal secretary before her marriage in 1952. She travelled extensively for the next 14 years with her Air Force husband Joe. A...
Mildred McElroy
July 12, 2012
MILDRED McELROY MILDRED McELROY Tupelo - Mildred Webb McElroy, 95, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at the Green Houses at Traceway. A native of Richland, Georgia, she was born to Ralph and Beulah Webb in 1916, and was a graduate of Richland High School and Freeman's Business College. After moving to Tupelo in 1967, she earned a master's degree from...
Larry
July 12, 2012
Larry Edward Ray Larry Edward Ray, 70, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born January 30, 1942, in Paris, Tennessee, to Walton Edward Ray and Lucy Griffin Ray. He graduated in 1960 from Grove High School in Paris and attended Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He worked as the assistant manager of the New Southern...
Larry E. Ray
July 12, 2012
Larry Edward Ray Larry Edward Ray, 70, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born January 30, 1942, in Paris, Tennessee, to Walton Edward Ray and Lucy Griffin Ray. He graduated in 1960 from Grove High School in Paris and attended Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He worked as the assistant manager of the New Southern...
Ann McLendon
July 9, 2012
ANN McLENDON Tupelo - Ann Lumpkin McLendon, 92, died Monday, July 9, 2012 at the Martin House at Traceway. She was born June 22, 1920 to Houston and Chester Dare Lumpkin of Tupelo. She met her husband Larry in 1939 at Riley's Jewelers in Tupelo. They married in 1942 and they were married sixty-two years before his death in September...
Louise Whitworth Berlin Ford
July 8, 2012
Louise Whitworth Berlin Ford, 85, of Tupelo, formerly of Corinth, died Sunday, July 8, 2012 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born July 22, 1926 in Tishomingo County to Shelby Blythe Whitworth and Ethel Pace Whitworth. She was a member of St. Luke Methodist Church in Tupelo and former member of First Methodist Church in Corinth. She retired as...
Chad Grantham
July 7, 2012
Saltillo - Chad Lee Grantham, 37, died Saturday, July 7, 2012. A Hielburg, Germany native, he was born October 1, 1974 to Willard Grantham and Barbara Scott McLarty. He worked for Century Construction Co. where he was empoyed as a truck driver. He loved to go fishing, camping, and do his yard work. Services will be Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. at...
Chad Lee Grantham
July 7, 2012
Saltillo - Chad Lee Grantham, 37, died Saturday, July 7, 2012. A Hielburg, Germany native, he was born October 1, 1974 to Willard Grantham and Barbara Scott McLarty. He worked for Century Construction Co. where he was empoyed as a truck driver. He loved to go fishing, camping, and do his yard work. Services will be Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. at...
Elizabeth Eloise Evans
July 7, 2012
Tupelo - Elizabeth Eloise Evans, 95, died Saturday, July 7, 2012, at Avonlea Assisted Living. A Newbern native, she was born March 25, 1917 to Mr. Homer B. Pope and Mrs. Emma Lancaster. She loved working puzzells, playing card games, crocheting, and making baby blankets. She was also an avid NASCAR and golf fan. She was a member of First...
Cayce Banks Livingston
July 5, 2012
Tupelo - Cayce Banks Livingston, died Thursday, July 5, 2012. He was born September 21, 1917 to the late Cayce L. and Mary Belle Livingston of Belden, Mississippi. A graduate of Mississippi State University, he joined the Navy and served from 1941 to 1945. He also served as the head of PMA in Tunica County, taught school in Burnsville for...
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