OBITUARIES
Ruth Cannon Wilemon
March 29, 2012
Tupelo - Ruth Cannon Wilemon, 84, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Houston, she was born February 15, 1928 to Melvin and Mary Foster Cannon. She was a devoted pastor?s wife, serving alongside her husband for over 50...
Ann Phillips
March 29, 2012
Saltillo - Ann Phillips, 62, died Thursday, March 29, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Fulton native, she was born January 24, 1950 to Roy and Ruby Belle Bonds Tyler. She was raised in the Jug Fork Community. A longtime resident of Greensburg, La., she worked over 20 years as a nurses aid in...
Bille J. Murphree
March 29, 2012
Tupelo - Billie Jane Murphree, 77, died Thursday, March 29, 2012, at her residence in Skyline. She was born in Toccopola on September 27, 1934 to Alford Frank and Sina Beatrice Montgomery Flemons. She was a Jonestown High School Graduate. Before moving to Skyline five months ago, she had lived in the Lake Enid area for more than nineteen years....
Bille Murphree
March 29, 2012
Tupelo - Billie Jane Murphree, 77, died Thursday, March 29, 2012, at her residence in Skyline. She was born in Toccopola on September 27, 1934 to Alford Frank and Sina Beatrice Montgomery Flemons. She was a Jonestown High School Graduate. Before moving to Skyline five months ago, she had lived in the Lake Enid area for more than nineteen years....
John C. Byrd
March 26, 2012
Booneville - John Calvin Byrd, 86, died Monday, March 26, 2012, at Landmark Nursing Center after an extended illness. A Pontotoc County native, he was born March 22, 1926 to William Lafayette and Mary Belle Adams Byrd. He worked in the furniture industry and enjoyed reading and crossword puzzles. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the...
Mary Sherfey
March 26, 2012
MARY KATHRYN GARDNER SHERFEY Shannon ? Mary Kathryn Gardner Sherfey, 95, died Monday, March 26, 2012, at her residence. She was born February 3, 1917 in the Springhill Community of Saltillo to Exer and Maude Gardner. At an early age, the family moved to Shannon. After graduation from Shannon High School on May 7, 1935, she attended Draughon?s Business College....
John Byrd
March 26, 2012
Booneville - John Calvin Byrd, 86, died Monday, March 26, 2012, at Landmark Nursing Center after an extended illness. A Pontotoc County native, he was born March 22, 1926 to William Lafayette and Mary Belle Adams Byrd. He worked in the furniture industry and enjoyed reading and crossword puzzles. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the...
Mary Kathryn Sherfey
March 26, 2012
MARY KATHRYN GARDNER SHERFEY Shannon - Mary Kathryn Gardner Sherfey, 95, died Monday, March 26, 2012, at her residence. She was born February 3, 1917 in the Springhill Community of Saltillo to Exer and Maude Gardner. At an early age, the family moved to Shannon. After graduation from Shannon High School on May 7, 1935, she attended Draughon's Business College....
George T. Lyons
March 24, 2012
GEORGE T. LYONS Tupelo - George Thomas Lyons, Sr., 73, died Saturday, March 24, 2012, at The Meadows in Fulton. He was born in Lee County on June 19, 1938 to William Thomas and Anne Marie Hipps Lyons. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force where he served in the SAC, Maintenance Squadron. He was a self-employed...
George Lyons
March 24, 2012
GEORGE T. LYONS Tupelo - George Thomas Lyons, Sr., 73, died Saturday, March 24, 2012, at The Meadows in Fulton. He was born in Lee County on June 19, 1938 to William Thomas and Anne Marie Hipps Lyons. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force where he served in the SAC, Maintenance Squadron. He was a self-employed...
Ed Frederick
March 23, 2012
ED FREDERICK Shannon - Edwin Earl "Ed" Frederick, 74, died Friday, March 23, 2012, at his residence. He was born April 11, 1937 in Red Bay, Alabama to Thomas Edwin and Fannie Neola Steele Frederick. He graduated from Central High School in West Helena, Arkansas in 1956. He also later attended Itawamba Junior College. He worked in several states including...
Louise Smith
March 22, 2012
LOUISE SMITH Pontotoc - Louise Smith, 67, died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Lee County on October 30, 1944 to Leslie and Helen Brown. She loved her Church and Church Family and was an active and dedicated member of Buchanan Baptist Church in Ecru. She loved her family, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her dog, Rebel....
Blanche Otis
March 22, 2012
Tupelo - Blanche H. Otis, 98, died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Noxubee County native, she was born November 15, 1913 to Kenneth Keith and Elizabeth Pate Hill. She was a graduate of Shuqualak High School where she was valedictorian of her senior class. She was a cafeteria manager, worked...
Blanche H. Otis
March 22, 2012
Tupelo - Blanche H. Otis, 98, died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Noxubee County native, she was born November 15, 1913 to Kenneth Keith and Elizabeth Pate Hill. She was a graduate of Shuqualak High School where she was valedictorian of her senior class. She was a cafeteria manager, worked...
Trip Boone
March 21, 2012
JOHN BOONE, JR. Booneville - John ?Trip? Boone, Jr., 52, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Booneville. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee on September 10, 1959 to John Robert ?Bobby? Sr. and Patricia Louise McGee Boone. He was a veteran of the United States Marines. He was a member of First Pentecostal Church in Booneville....
Trip Boone, Jr.
March 21, 2012
JOHN BOONE, JR. Booneville - John "Trip" Boone, Jr., 52, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Booneville. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee on September 10, 1959 to John Robert "Bobby" Sr. and Patricia Louise McGee Boone. He was a veteran of the United States Marines. He was a member of First Pentecostal Church in Booneville....
Charlotte Sanders Russell
March 17, 2012
Baldwyn - Charlotte Dean Sanders Russell, 45, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Baldwyn due to an automobile accident. A Tupelo native and life-long resident of Lee County, she was born May 9, 1966 to Tommy Ray Sanders and Dorothy Dean Clark Sanders. She received her Registered Nurse degree from North East Community College. She worked in Tupelo as a...
Charlotte Dean Sanders Russell
March 17, 2012
Baldwyn - Charlotte Dean Sanders Russell, 45, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Baldwyn due to an automobile accident. A Tupelo native and life-long resident of Lee County, she was born May 9, 1966 to Tommy Ray Sanders and Dorothy Dean Clark Sanders. She received her Registered Nurse degree from North East Community College. She worked in Tupelo as a...
Gerald Clinton McDaniel, Sr.
March 15, 2012
TupeloGerald Clinton McDaniel, Sr., 72, died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born May 31, 1939, to Clinton Lidelle and Clara Wilson McDaniel. On May 9, 1957, he married Muriel Hester McDaniel. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves and the Mississippi National Guard. He worked as...
Bryan Arnold
March 15, 2012
Mooreville - Bryan Garrett Arnold, infant son of Bryan and Amanda Vinson Arnold was born and died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at North MS Medical Center Women's Hospital. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday, March 19, 2012 at Boguefala. Burial will be in Boguefala Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Bran H. and Amanda S. Arnold of Mooreville; two brothers, Bryson...
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