OBITUARIES
Florene Gillentine
March 13, 2012
Tupelo ? Florene Beard Gillentine, 85, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at her residence after a brief illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born June 21, 1926, to Woodie and Charlie Price Green. She worked as a seamstress in the garment industry. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, and spending time with her family. Weather permitting, graveside services...
Ruby Lewis
March 13, 2012
Tupelo - Ruby Jewel Lewis, 80, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Homeplace Assisted Living in Saltillo after an extended illness. A native of the Bissell Community, she was born March 29, 1931, to Howard and Myrtle Hutchins Sanderson. She worked as an investigator for the Mississippi Department of Welfare for ten years. She enjoyed cooking for her family and...
Florene Beard Gillentine
March 13, 2012
Tupelo - Florene Beard Gillentine, 85, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at her residence after a brief illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born June 21, 1926, to Woodie and Charlie Price Green. She worked as a seamstress in the garment industry. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, and spending time with her family. Weather permitting, graveside services...
Dorothy McBroom
March 11, 2012
DOROTHY D. McBROOM TUPELO ? Dorothy Daisy Waters ?Dot? McBroom, 92, died March 11, 2012, at the Greenhouses at Traceway. A native of Prentiss County, she was born December 24, 1919, to Guy Wesley Waters and Lena Tapp Waters. She was a member of Verona United Methodist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. March 14, 2012, at the Verona...
Dorothy Daisy McBroom
March 11, 2012
DOROTHY D. McBROOM TUPELO - Dorothy Daisy Waters "Dot" McBroom, 92, died March 11, 2012, at the Greenhouses at Traceway. A native of Prentiss County, she was born December 24, 1919, to Guy Wesley Waters and Lena Tapp Waters. She was a member of Verona United Methodist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. March 14, 2012, at the Verona...
Mae Stanford
March 10, 2012
MAE STANFORD Saltillo - Mae Stanford, 90, died Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Saltillo on September 24, 1921 to Oscar and Minnie Pearl Sanders Smith. She retired after twenty-five plus years of service as a seamstress from Reed's Manufacturing. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Saltillo. She loved working with...
Joyce Holcomb
March 8, 2012
JOYCE HOLCOMB Tupelo - Joyce Ozbirn Holcomb, 78, died Thursday, March 8, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. She was born in Tishomingo County to Carl and Estine Ozbirn on September 14, 1934. Joyce attended school in Belmont graduating Valedictorian. She continued her education at Northeast Junior College where she was trained in secretarial skills. In...
Joyce Ozbirn Holcomb
March 8, 2012
JOYCE HOLCOMB Tupelo - Joyce Ozbirn Holcomb, 78, died Thursday, March 8, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. She was born in Tishomingo County to Carl and Estine Ozbirn on September 14, 1934. Joyce attended school in Belmont graduating Valedictorian. She continued her education at Northeast Junior College where she was trained in secretarial skills. In...
Mary Trammel Davis
March 5, 2012
Tupelo- Mary Alice Trammel Davis, 86, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at The Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Dorsey on December 25, 1925, to William Arnold and Aurelia Beatrice Sheffield Trammel. She was a graduate of Itawamba Agricultural High School. Known for her love of family, friends and her church, she also enjoyed needlework and cultivating roses. She...
Mary Davis
March 5, 2012
Tupelo- Mary Alice Trammel Davis, 86, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at The Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Dorsey on December 25, 1925, to William Arnold and Aurelia Beatrice Sheffield Trammel. She was a graduate of Itawamba Agricultural High School. Known for her love of family, friends and her church, she also enjoyed needlework and cultivating roses. She...
Marion H. Christian
March 4, 2012
Huntsville, AL - Marion Howard Christian, 84, went to be with our Lord and Savior Sunday, March 4th, 2012 following a heroic battle with cancer. Mr. Christian was a retired MSgt U.S. Air Force where he spent 21 Years-9 Months-7 Days in service to our country. He was born and raised in Auburn Community, located east of Tupelo Mississippi, where...
Marion Christian
March 4, 2012
Huntsville, AL ? Marion Howard Christian, 84, went to be with our Lord and Savior Sunday, March 4th, 2012 following a heroic battle with cancer. Mr. Christian was a retired MSgt U.S. Air Force where he spent 21 Years-9 Months-7 Days in service to our country. He was born and raised in Auburn Community, located east of Tupelo Mississippi, where...
Peggy Chandler
March 4, 2012
Tupelo - Peggy Lahoma Raley Chandler, 85, died Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Baptist Trinity Hospice House in Collierville, Tenn. after an extended illness. A Dyersburg, Tenn. native, she was born October 5, 1926 to Ivan and Johnnie Hobson Raley. She was a longtime active member of First Baptist Church where she served as librarian for over 40 years. She...
Zachary Martin
March 3, 2012
Saltillo - Zachary Neal Martin, 24, died Saturday, March 3, 2012, of an automobile accident. He was born in Tupelo on October 29, 1987 to Dr. Walter Neal Martin, Jr. and Suzan Shorter Martin. After graduation in 2006 from Saltillo High School, he attended Mississippi State University. He was a fraternity member of Alpha Gamma Rho. He was a member...
Merle Smith
March 3, 2012
Guntown - Merle Wayne Smith, 71, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at the North Mississippi Center. He was born in Lee County on March 1, 1941 to Wesley and Clester Vivian Braden Smith. Earlier in his life, he had served in the Mississippi Army National Guard and participated in the integration at The University of Mississippi after President Kennedy nationalized...
Margaret June Maynard
March 1, 2012
Jackson--Margaret June Maynard, 83, died Thursday March 1,2012 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. June was born May 28,1928 to Elizabeth and Doug Powell. She was a long time resident of Tupelo before moving to Jackson two years ago. June was retired from the Social Security Administration in Tupelo and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Tupelo. Graveside service...
Margaret Maynard
March 1, 2012
Jackson--Margaret June Maynard, 83, died Thursday March 1,2012 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. June was born May 28,1928 to Elizabeth and Doug Powell. She was a long time resident of Tupelo before moving to Jackson two years ago. June was retired from the Social Security Administration in Tupelo and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Tupelo. Graveside service...
Robert Green
February 28, 2012
Tupelo - Robert Oklen "R.O." Green, 80, died Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Itawamba County, he was born July 20, 1931, to Ulmer and Myrtle Helen Phillips Green. Earlier in life, he worked 16 years in sales for Pepsi Cola Bottling and later for Saunders & Associates Food Brokerage until his retirement....
Robert Curry Tuggle
February 27, 2012
Brewer- Robert Curry "Tug" Tuggle, 82, died Monday, February 27, 2012, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born March 15, 1929, in Alanta, Georgia to Robert Leonard Curry and Anne Jewel White Tuggle. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in the Philippines and Guam during the clean up efforts after WWII. In 1992,...
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