OBITUARIES

Louise Taylor

Louise Taylor

May 10, 2012

LOUISE TAYLOR Tupelo - Clara Louise Taylor, 68, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Pontotoc on April 18, 1944. She was raised in Pontocola and attended Shannon High School. She attended The Orchard. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and camping with friends and the Good Sams Club. She was...

James Quimby

James Quimby

May 7, 2012

Hernando- James Ernest Quimby, age 67, died Monday, May 7, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. He was born in 1945 to the late Sam and Mary Elizabeth Quimby. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi where he graduated with a B.F.A. Recently retired, he was a life-long artist who loved his family, baking, gardening and classical music. A...

James Ernest Quimby

James Ernest Quimby

May 7, 2012

Hernando- James Ernest Quimby, age 67, died Monday, May 7, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. He was born in 1945 to the late Sam and Mary Elizabeth Quimby. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi where he graduated with a B.F.A. Recently retired, he was a life-long artist who loved his family, baking, gardening and classical music. A...

Martha Gardner

Martha Gardner

May 6, 2012

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Robbie Gann

Robbie Gann

May 6, 2012

Tupelo - Robbie Haskell Gann, 90, died Sunday, May 6, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Hamilton, Alabama on August 31, 1921, to Elbert Stephen Belk and Lucinda Johnson Belk. She was a former long-time member of East Heights Baptist Church and a current member of South Green Baptist Church. She was a loving mother of six children....

Martha Dee Gardner

Martha Dee Gardner

May 6, 2012

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Robbie Haskell Gann

Robbie Haskell Gann

May 6, 2012

Tupelo - Robbie Haskell Gann, 90, died Sunday, May 6, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Hamilton, Alabama on August 31, 1921, to Elbert Stephen Belk and Lucinda Johnson Belk. She was a former long-time member of East Heights Baptist Church and a current member of South Green Baptist Church. She was a loving mother of six children....

Lynn Martin

Lynn Martin

May 5, 2012

Tupelo - Lynn Martin, 55, died Saturday, May 5, 2012, at her residence after an extended illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will announced later.

Jimmie Brown

Jimmie Brown

May 1, 2012

Graveside services, 3 p.m., Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Tupelo Memorial Park.

Peggy Lynn Harris

Peggy Lynn Harris

April 30, 2012

Tupelo - Peggy Lynn Harris, 57, died Monday, April 30, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Lee County native, she was born November 16, 1954, to Robert Lewis and Virginia Doris Petty Wester. She was a 1972 graduate of Tupelo High School and was a member of Bissell Baptist Church. She was an avid...

Peggy Harris

Peggy Harris

April 30, 2012

Tupelo - Peggy Lynn Harris, 57, died Monday, April 30, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Lee County native, she was born November 16, 1954, to Robert Lewis and Virginia Doris Petty Wester. She was a 1972 graduate of Tupelo High School and was a member of Bissell Baptist Church. She was an avid...

Jearlean Murphree

Jearlean Murphree

April 30, 2012

Tupelo - Jearlean Murphree, 80, died Monday, April 30, 2012, at her residence. She was born July 21, 1931 in Lee County to Clarence Lee and Dewdrop Burleson Hardin. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where she served as Church Secretary for several years and was involved with the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Gospel Group and traveled...

Richard Schlitz

Richard Schlitz

April 27, 2012

Saltillo?Richard A. Schlitz, 78, died Friday, April 27, 2012, at his residence. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 4 at the All Saints Chapel Mausoleum in Kenosha, Wisc. Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com .

Richard A. Schlitz

Richard A. Schlitz

April 27, 2012

SaltilloRichard A. Schlitz, 78, died Friday, April 27, 2012, at his residence. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 4 at the All Saints Chapel Mausoleum in Kenosha, Wisc. Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com .

Jennifer Marie Skinner

Jennifer Marie Skinner

April 24, 2012

Tupelo - Jennifer Marie Skinner, 33, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. A Tupelo native, she was born June 24, 1978 to Larry and Una Skinner. A 1996 graduate of Tupelo High School, she then went on to Itawamba Community College where she graduated with an Associate's Degree in accounting. She was employed by Steak...

Vona Beatrice Morgan

Vona Beatrice Morgan

April 24, 2012

Greenwood - Vona Beatrice Beene Morgan, 91, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Greenwood. A native of Itawamba County, she was born June 10, 1920 to Thurmond and Agnes Beene. She attended Itawamba Agricultural High School and was a member of their state championship basketball team. She was a very prolific citizen and was self motivated beyond belief. An accomplished...

Vona Morgan

Vona Morgan

April 24, 2012

Greenwood - Vona Beatrice Beene Morgan, 91, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in Greenwood. A native of Itawamba County, she was born June 10, 1920 to Thurmond and Agnes Beene. She attended Itawamba Agricultural High School and was a member of their state championship basketball team. She was a very prolific citizen and was self motivated beyond belief. An accomplished...

Jennifer Skinner

Jennifer Skinner

April 24, 2012

Tupelo - Jennifer Marie Skinner, 33, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. A Tupelo native, she was born June 24, 1978 to Larry and Una Skinner. A 1996 graduate of Tupelo High School, she then went on to Itawamba Community College where she graduated with an Associate?s Degree in accounting. She was employed by Steak...

Wilma Catherine Followell

Wilma Catherine Followell

April 23, 2012

Corinth - Wilma Catherine Followell, 90, died Monday, April 23, 2012, in Corinth. She was born July 9, 1921, in Indianapolis, Ind. to Emory and Ada Trowbridge Bocock. She married Aubrey Leon Followell and they spent their early years together in Columbus, Ind. raising a family. Her husband's work sent them to Oneida, Tenn. and later to Tupelo where they...

Wilma Followell

Wilma Followell

April 23, 2012

Corinth - Wilma Catherine Followell, 90, died Monday, April 23, 2012, in Corinth. She was born July 9, 1921, in Indianapolis, Ind. to Emory and Ada Trowbridge Bocock. She married Aubrey Leon Followell and they spent their early years together in Columbus, Ind. raising a family. Her husband?s work sent them to Oneida, Tenn. and later to Tupelo where they...