OBITUARIES
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...
John Herndon
July 4, 2012
JOHN WESLEY HERNDON, III Saltillo - John Wesley Herndon, III, 79, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born March 11, 1933, in Memphis, Tennessee to John Wesley ?Bud? Herndon, Sr. and Willie Brice Wiseman Herndon and lived in the Tupelo and Saltillo area all his adult life. He was a decendant of Grandma...
John Wesley Herndon, III
July 4, 2012
JOHN WESLEY HERNDON, III Saltillo - John Wesley Herndon, III, 79, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born March 11, 1933, in Memphis, Tennessee to John Wesley "Bud" Herndon, Sr. and Willie Brice Wiseman Herndon and lived in the Tupelo and Saltillo area all his adult life. He was a decendant of Grandma...
Diane Tannehill
July 4, 2012
DIANE TANNEHILL Tupelo - Diane Evans Henderson Tannehill, 80, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at her residence after an extended illness. A Phoenix native, she was born January 7, 1932, to Clifford Arthur and Violette Margaret Letts Evans. Her father died when she was seven and several years later her mother married Alpheus Lester Henderson, who became her second father....
Ronnie Hughes
June 30, 2012
RONNIE HUGHES Belden - Ronnie Hughes, 59, died Saturday, June 30, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born January 19, 1953, to Roy Lee and Hilda Brown Hughes. He was a recording engineer and had been a D.J. for local radio stations. Playing the guitar and singing was his favorite thing to do. Also, he was a...
Betty Hughes
June 30, 2012
BETTY HUGHES Tupelo - Betty A. Hughes, 60, died Saturday, June 30, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Biloxi on November 8, 1951, to Cleveland Tollie and Mildred Jeleusish Roberts. For over 30 years, she was a manager for Sodexo Food Service Company, where she was a dedicated employee. A stateroom prayer service will be...
Hazel McDonald
June 29, 2012
HAZEL MCDONALD Union Community - Hazel McDonald, 87, went to be with the Lord Friday, June 29, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born May 1, 1925, in Tupelo to George Washington and Myrtle Lloyd Hankins and lived in the Tupelo area all her life. She worked for Hunter Saddler for 14 years,...
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