OBITUARIES
Mae Buckman
January 20, 2012
Obituary for Mae Buckman Tupelo - Mae Buckman, 80, died Friday, January 20, 2012, at Golden Living Center in Tupelo. She was born May 16, 1931, in Itawamba County, the daughter of Chester and Christina Nona Allred Clouse. She was a homemaker and loved spending time with her family. She was the widow of Bill Buckman who died January 24,...
Jonathan Douglas Penny
January 20, 2012
Obituary for Jonathan Andrew Douglas Penny Saltillo - Jonathan Andrew Douglas "Drew" Penny, one day old infant son of Douglas and Kara Smothers Penny, died Friday, January 20,2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center Womens Hospital. He was born January 19, 2012. A private graveside service will be held Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Tupelo Memorial Park with Dr. Forrest...
Gene Pavone
January 20, 2012
Obituary for Gene Pavone Tupelo - Eugene Anthony "Gene" Pavone, 87, died Friday, January 20, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Chicago, Ill., he was born January 17, 1925, to James and Emmanuela Marrone Pavone. He served in the US Army during World War II under General George Patton. He graduated from Northwestern University with a...
Rhonda Whitaker
January 15, 2012
Obituary for Rhonda Todd Whitaker Saltillo - Rhonda Todd Whitaker, 47, died Sunday, January 15, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Illinois on September 15, 1964 to Russell Fuller and Margarette Ann Bright Todd. She was a housewife. She attended Liberty Pentecostal Church in Centerville. She always helped anyone in need. Graveside Services will be 12 p.m. Wednesday,...
Evelyn Duncan
January 12, 2012
Obituary for Evelyn Duncan Tupelo - Evelyn Homan Duncan, 85, died Thursday, January 12, 2012, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born December 20, 1926, in Gunnison, the daughter of B.W. and Ethelene Homan. She has been a resident of Tupelo since February of 1936, and graduated from Tupelo High School. She also completed several...
Charles Bell
January 11, 2012
Obituary for Charles Bell Saltillo - Charles Junior Bell, 81, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at his residence after an extended illness. A native of Paris, Miss, he was born March 18, 1930, to W.J. and Ruth Goforth Bell. He worked 32 years for the Ford Motor Company as a general superintendent in Chicago, Ill. The past ten years, he...
Virgil "Jack" Herring
January 9, 2012
Obituary for Virgil W. "Jack" Herring Saltillo - Virgil W. Jack Herring, 73, died Monday, January 9, 2012, at The Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after an extended illness. A native of Saltillo, he was born January 14, 1938, to Robert Howard and Virgie Ovella Price Herring. He graduated from Saltillo High School and served in the U.S. Army from...
Virgil W.
January 9, 2012
Obituary for Virgil W. "Jack" Herring Saltillo - Virgil W. Jack Herring, 73, died Monday, January 9, 2012, at The Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after an extended illness. A native of Saltillo, he was born January 14, 1938, to Robert Howard and Virgie Ovella Price Herring. He graduated from Saltillo High School and served in the U.S. Army from...
Murial Black
January 6, 2012
Obituary for Murial Black Verona - Murial Ford Black, 89, died Friday, January 6, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born May 5, 1922, in McCrory, Arkansas to John Thomas and Eileen Pickett Ford. She was a graduate of Hillman High School in McCrory, Ark. A former resident of Indio, California for 22...
Beatrice Hood
January 6, 2012
Obituary for Beatrice L. Hood Mooreville - Beatrice Montgomery Hood, 89, died Friday, January 6, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Amory. She was born February 14, 1922 in Nettleton to Semore and Sarah Nancy Newell Montgomery. She was an active and dedicated member of Union Grove Church of God of Prophecy where she served as a church pianist...
Billi Wildman
January 6, 2012
Obituary for Billi Jo Wildman Nettleton - Billie Jo Wildman, 38, died Friday, January 6, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born on March 17, 1973 to Billy Wayne and Harriett Wildman. She was a life-long resident of Nettleton and attended The South Nettleton Baptist Church. She had many hobbies which included latch...
Paula Tittle
January 6, 2012
Obituary for Paula Tittle Local arrangements by W. E. Pegues. A memorial service will be held in Winfield, AL
Dorsey "Red" Riley
January 5, 2012
Obituary for Dorsey Lee "Red" Riley Nettleton - Dorsey Lee"Red" Riley, 77, died Thursday, January 5, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born May 31, 1934 to Bengie and Nancy Ola Smith Riley. He was retired from Rockwell Delta after 27 years of service. His friends knew him as...
Dorsey Lee
January 5, 2012
Obituary for Dorsey Lee "Red" Riley Nettleton - Dorsey Lee"Red" Riley, 77, died Thursday, January 5, 2012, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born May 31, 1934 to Bengie and Nancy Ola Smith Riley. He was retired from Rockwell Delta after 27 years of service. His friends knew him as...
Bobby Clark
January 4, 2012
Obituary for Bobby L. Clark Blue Springs - Bobby Lee Clark, 80, died Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at his residence in Blue Springs. He was born May 5, 1931 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to John Jacob and Claudia Mobley Clark. He was a resident of Blue Springs since 2000 and had previously lived in Brandon and Jackson. He was a long-time...
Mary Weatherford
January 3, 2012
Obituary for Mary Weatherford Mooreville-- Mary Ellen Weatherford, 84, died Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center of Pontotoc after an extended illness. A Prentiss County native, she was born March 8, 1927, to Wilburn Abner and Catherine Davis Caldwell. She graduated from Baldwyn High School in 1945 and married Roger Hugh Weatherford the same year. She was...
Earl Estes
January 2, 2012
Obituary for Earl Estes Tupelo - Earl Estes, 71, died Monday, January 2, 2012, at his residence after an extended illness. A life-long Lee County native, he was born June 28, 1940 to Earl Fredrick and Edna Mae Estes. He was a truck driver and very proudly served thirteen years as a volunteer with the Forrest Service. He was a...
Wib Johnston
December 31, 2011
Obituary for Wib Johnston Tupelo - Wilburn Lee Wib Johnston, 88, died Saturday, December 31, 2011, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks. He was born August 29, 1923 in Middlebrook, Arkansas to Lewis and Ella Davis Johnston. He was a veteran of the United States Army from 1944 until 1946. During that time, he served an extensive tour of duty...
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