OBITUARIES
Willie
August 13, 2011
Obituary for Willie "Billy" Gann Verona - Willie Doyle Billy Gann, 51, died Saturday, August 13, 2011, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. He was born in Pontotoc on February 17, 1960 to Roy and Elaine Robbins Gann. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday, August 15, 2011 at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues...
Harold Wesson
August 12, 2011
Obituary for Harold E. Wesson Mooreville - Harold E. Wesson, 84, died Friday, August 12, 2011, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born in Lee County on May 1, 1927 to Gaston and Annie Jarvis Wesson. He was a veteran of World War II with the United States Navy. He retired from Eljer Manufacturing and before that he worked...
Gene Carroll
August 10, 2011
Obituary for Gene Carroll Grand Prairie Texas --Gene Carroll, 74, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at the Arlington Memorial Community Hospice in Arlington, Tex. after an extended illness. He was born in August of 1936 to John R. and Lucille Arnold Carroll. Gene moved from Tupelo to Texas where he resided with his family who loved and supported him greatly...
John Hurt
August 7, 2011
Obituary for John Hurt Tupelo, Miss John Earl Hurt, 92, died Sunday, August 7, 2011 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born January 4, 1919 near Martin, Tennessee. He lived in Union City, Tennessee, from the age of eleven until he joined the United States Army Air Force in 1940, where he served in both the European and...
Sandra Robbins
August 4, 2011
Obituary for Sandra Robbins Verona - Sandra Lee Robbins, 55, died Thursday, August 4, 2011, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. A Tupelo native and resident of Verona, she was born May 19, 1956, to Leo and Josie Pope. She graduated from White Station High School in Memphis and was employed at the Mississippi State University Extention...
Betty McLarty
August 3, 2011
Obituary for Betty McLarty Saltillo - Betty McLarty, 74, died Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in the Eggville Community on December 3, 1936 to David Arnold and Lucy Irene Holder Harris. She was an active member of Blair Gospel Tabernacle in the Blair Community. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, traveling and visiting people....
Buster Brooks
August 2, 2011
Obituary for Buster Brooks Tupelo - George William"Buster" Brooks, 90, died Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born January 6, 1921, in Pontotoc County to William Murphy and Mattie Simmons Brooks. Reared in the Oak Hill Community, he lived in Tupelo all of his adult life. He served as a US...
William (Buddy) McKinney
July 28, 2011
Obituary for William T. (Buddy) McKinney Tupelo - William T. Buddy McKinney, 79, died Thursday, July 28, 2011, at his residence. He was born June 5, 1932 in Tupelo. He was a retired after 22 years of service with the United States AirForce as a Senior Master Sergeant. He was a member of Boguefala Baptist Church. He was an avid...
Era Waters
July 28, 2011
Obituary for Era Mae Waters Tupelo - Era Mae Waters, 92, died Thursday, July 28, 2011, at the Green Houses at Traceway after an extended illness. She was born in Ennis, Texas on November 10, 1918 to Emory Nehemiah and Brady Monaghan Griffin. She worked for the Tupelo Public Schools at Joyner Street School and the Tupelo Uniform Center. She...
Peggy Johnson
July 27, 2011
Tupelo - Peggy Marlene Edwards Johnson, 78, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Tupelo native, she was born July 19, 1933, to Cecil E. and Jessie Gregg Edwards. She attended school in West Point, graduating with honors in 1953. She married Roger Johnson on March 12, 1959, in West Point....
Thomas Brown, Jr.
July 25, 2011
Tupelo - Thomas Edward Brown, Jr., 74, died Monday, July 25, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Memphis, Tenn. native, he was born April 28, 1937, to Thomas E. and Margaret Bishop Brown. After graduating high school at Columbia Military Academy, he joined the Marines, trained at Camp LeJune, and was stationed in Subie...
Thomas Brown
July 25, 2011
Tupelo - Thomas Edward Brown, Jr., 74, died Monday, July 25, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Memphis, Tenn. native, he was born April 28, 1937, to Thomas E. and Margaret Bishop Brown. After graduating high school at Columbia Military Academy, he joined the Marines, trained at Camp LeJune, and was stationed in Subie...
Robert Barnett
July 25, 2011
Obituary for Robert Edward Barnett Tupelo - Robert Edward Bobby Barnett, 54, died Monday, July 25, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia on June 19, 1957 to William R. and Francis Jo Walls Barnett. He moved to the Tupelo area with his family at the age of eleven and graduated from Shannon High School. He...
Margaret Taylor
July 22, 2011
Auburn - Mary Margaret Taylor, 80, died Friday, July 22, 2011, at Dogwood Plantation in Fulton after an extended illness. An Auburn Community native and lifelong resident, she was born June 17, 1931, to Virgil and Hycinth Bishop Thompson. She worked 26 years for Hunter Saddler Manufacturing, now Oxford Industries. She especially enjoyed growing and arranging flowers, helping friends with...
Eunice Little
July 20, 2011
Blue Springs - Eunice Little-Rice, 69, died Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born in Lamar County Alabama on August 12, 1941, to Luther Aaron and Weader Sims. She worked as a waitress for a number of years. Her favorite past-times were watching football and NASCAR. She loved animals especially her six puppy...
Bertha Presley
July 19, 2011
Nettleton - Bertha Gilmore Presley, 91, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born May 24, 1920, to Tom and Willie Gilmore. She worked as a seamstress at Lucky Star in Nettleton, Blue Bell in Tupelo and retired from Longnecker Garment Manufacturing in...
Bertha G. Presley
July 19, 2011
Nettleton - Bertha Gilmore Presley, 91, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born May 24, 1920, to Tom and Willie Gilmore. She worked as a seamstress at Lucky Star in Nettleton, Blue Bell in Tupelo and retired from Longnecker Garment Manufacturing in...
Joe Hann
July 19, 2011
Tupelo - Joseph August Hann, 79, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at his residence after an extended illness. A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, Joe was born March 22, 1932, to John Joseph and Anna Gamper Hann. He served as an Airman with the 1st Air Transport Squadron (MATS) in the Korean Conflict with the United States Air Force. He graduated from...
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