OBITUARIES
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...
Florence Oneata 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...
Gloria Bell
August 20, 2012
GLORIA BELL Guntown - Gloria Harrelson Bell, 83, died Monday, August 20, 2012, at the Baldwyn Nursing Facility after an extended illness. She was born in Tupelo on July 14, 1929, to John and Henrietta Wheeler Harrelson. In 1947 she graduated from Tupelo High School, and then married her husband George of 62 years. Earlier in their married life, they...
Amanda King Odom
August 17, 2012
AMANDA ODOM Chesterville - Amanda King Odom, 24, died Friday, August 17, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a long and courageous battle with leukemia. A native and live long residence of the Chesterville Community, she was born December 19, 1987, to Henry H. King, Jr. and Carey Ann Crane King. She had worked for the Hilton Garden...
Jettie Burcham
August 17, 2012
JETTIE L. BURCHAM Tupelo - Jettie L. Burcham, 89, died Friday, August 17, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born July 6, 1923 to Elisha and Trannie Isaballe Tindall Gillentine. She was a devoted wife and mother and was a homemaker while raising her children. After her children began to leave home, she...
Amanda Odom
August 17, 2012
AMANDA ODOM Chesterville - Amanda King Odom, 24, died Friday, August 17, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a long and courageous battle with leukemia. A native and live long residence of the Chesterville Community, she was born December 19, 1987, to Henry H. King, Jr. and Carey Ann Crane King. She had worked for the Hilton Garden...
Sandra Hanson
August 16, 2012
SANDRA HANSON Lake Piomingo - Sandra Fay Hanson, 65, died August 16, 2012 at the Regency Hospital of Meridian after a brief illness. She was born on December 6, 1946 to Eugene and Mary Lou McBrayer. She married James E. Hanson on September 1, 1978. She was a loving wife and devoted mother and grandmother. She enjoyed spending time with...
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August 15, 2012
SHAWN MORTON Saltillo - James Shawn Morton, 39, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Tupelo on May 28, 1973, to James Wayne Morton and Bonita McKinney Morton. He enjoyed fishing. He was a beloved son, father and brother. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, August 18,...
Shawn Morton
August 15, 2012
SHAWN MORTON Saltillo - James Shawn Morton, 39, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Tupelo on May 28, 1973, to James Wayne Morton and Bonita McKinney Morton. He enjoyed fishing. He was a beloved son, father and brother. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, August 18,...
Kenneth Hanson
August 13, 2012
KENNETH HANSON Tupelo- Kenneth Warren Hanson, 90, died Monday August 13th, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He had been a resident of Tupelo for 11 years living at Traceway Retirement Community with his wife of 64 years, Margaret, who died in 2010. They met while Ken was stationed on board the U.S.S. Rudyard Bay serving in the South Pacific during...
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