OBITUARIES
Kathryn Ferrell Ausborn
June 22, 2012
KATHRYN AUSBORN New Albany - Kathryn Ferrell Ausborn, 87, died Friday, June 22, 2012, at Magnolia Place of New Albany Personal Care Home. She was born in Etta on June 11, 1925 to Johnnie Fletcher and Thelma Lorine Phillips Ferrell. She was a member of South Green Baptist Church in Tupelo. She worked in banking for over fifty years. She...
Michael Mihelic
June 21, 2012
MIKE MIHELIC Saltillo - Michael Mihelic, 56, died Thursday, June 21, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Houston native, he was born March 3, 1956 to John Jacob and Louise Freeman Davis Mihelic. He was a machine designer for FMC of Saltillo. He owned his own recording studio and recorded music for such groups...
Joe Turner
June 21, 2012
JOE TURNER Saltillo - Joe Albert Turner, 73, died Thursday, June 21, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born June 3, 1939 in Tippah County to James Virtis and Annie H. Windham Turner. He worked many years at Piper Industries and retired after many years of service from Columbian Rope Company in Guntown. Services will be 3:30...
Lorene Patterson
June 21, 2012
LORENE PATTERSON Saltillo - Edith Lorene Patterson, 81, died Thursday, June 21, 2012, at her residence after a long term illness. She was born in Mississippi on July 12, 1930 to George Walter and Lillie Cooper Hignite. She was a seamstress with Lucky Star for many years and retired after twenty years of service as an LPN with The North...
Ivor Steadman
June 20, 2012
IVOR STEADMAN Tupelo - Ivor Joe ?Bud? Steadman, 86, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at his daughter?s residence in Martin, Tennessee. He was born in Kingsport, Tennessee on February 4, 1926 to Ivor Clyde and Georgia Kate Nelms Steadman. He retired as Master Chief from the United States Navy after thirty years of service to his country. Graveside services with...
Ivor "Bud" Steadman
June 20, 2012
IVOR STEADMAN Tupelo - Ivor Joe "Bud" Steadman, 86, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at his daughter's residence in Martin, Tennessee. He was born in Kingsport, Tennessee on February 4, 1926 to Ivor Clyde and Georgia Kate Nelms Steadman. He retired as Master Chief from the United States Navy after thirty years of service to his country. Graveside services with...
Charlotte A. Shirley Gardner
June 18, 2012
CHARLOTTE GARDNER Tupelo - Charlotte A. Shirley Gardner, 68, died Monday, June 18, 2012, at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia from injuries sustained in a fall at her daughter's home in Douglasville, Georgia. She was born December 16, 1943, to James Leon and Mary Moss Shirley. She was raised in Tupelo and was a graduate of Tupelo High School....
Charlotte Shirley Gardner
June 18, 2012
CHARLOTTE GARDNER Tupelo - Charlotte A. Shirley Gardner, 68, died Monday, June 18, 2012, at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia from injuries sustained in a fall at her daughter?s home in Douglasville, Georgia. She was born December 16, 1943, to James Leon and Mary Moss Shirley. She was raised in Tupelo and was a graduate of Tupelo High School....
Jimmy Blue
June 18, 2012
JIMMY BLUE James Douglas "Jimmy" Blue ("Blue"), 69, died Monday, June 18, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House following a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his mother, Annie Grace (Trotter) Blue and his father, Russell Graham Blue. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Dorothy Marie (McDonald) Blue of Tupelo; his five children, Lisa Blue (Amy...
Blanche Reed Strain
June 16, 2012
BLANCHE STRAIN Tupelo - Blanche Reed Strain, 98, died Saturday, June 16, 2012, at her residence. She was born January 8, 1914, in Itawamba County to Luther Lamar Reed and Mary Lula Weaver Reed. She graduated from Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Mississippi and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. She married James Albert "Ab" Strain on March 7,...
Blanche Strain
June 16, 2012
BLANCHE STRAIN Tupelo - Blanche Reed Strain, 98, died Saturday, June 16, 2012, at her residence. She was born January 8, 1914, in Itawamba County to Luther Lamar Reed and Mary Lula Weaver Reed. She graduated from Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Mississippi and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. She married James Albert ?Ab? Strain on March 7,...
Mildred Bryson Irwin
June 14, 2012
MILDRED LOUISE BRYSON IRWIN Tupelo - Mildred Louise Bryson Irwin, 92, died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Lee County on July 26, 1919, to William Brack and Clifford Harris Bryson. A lifelong resident of the community, she graduated from Guntown High School and Sunflower Junior College (now...
Corinne Massey
June 14, 2012
CORINNE MASSEY Tupelo - Corinne M. Massey, 94, died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at her residence. She was born in the Ratliff Community, October 21, 1917, to H. C. Mitchell and Kittye Rogers Mitchell. She grew up in Plantersville and then moved to Tupelo after marrying her husband, Fred Eugene Massey on July 15, 1939. A graduate of Millsaps College...
Mildred Louise Bryson Irwin
June 14, 2012
MILDRED LOUISE BRYSON IRWIN Tupelo - Mildred Louise Bryson Irwin, 92, died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Lee County on July 26, 1919, to William Brack and Clifford Harris Bryson. A lifelong resident of the community, she graduated from Guntown High School and Sunflower Junior College (now...
Etoyle F. Coutoumanos
June 13, 2012
Etoyle F. "Gran Gran" Coutoumanos Tupelo - Etoyle F. "Gran Gran" Coutoumanos, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born November 26, 1931 to James Leonard and Nancy Lenora Bryant Ferguson. She retired from Belk Department Store, after 20 years of service. Spending time with her family, kids and grand kids...
Jeanie Pearce
June 13, 2012
JEANIE PEARCE Pontotoc - Jeanie Lynn Pearce, 52, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born August 3, 1959 to Charles and Patsy Johnson. She and her husband were the owners and operators of Houlka Food Shop for the past eighteen years. Being a Christian wife and mother, cooking, yard work, exercising, taking...
Etoyle Coutoumanos
June 13, 2012
Etoyle F. ?Gran Gran? Coutoumanos Tupelo ? Etoyle F. ?Gran Gran? Coutoumanos, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born November 26, 1931 to James Leonard and Nancy Lenora Bryant Ferguson. She retired from Belk Department Store, after 20 years of service. Spending time with her family, kids and grand kids...
John Rial
June 12, 2012
Saltillo - John W. Rial,78, died Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday with services following on Friday.
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