OBITUARIES
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...
R D. Homer
July 18, 2011
Saltillo - R. D. Homer, 81, died Monday, July 18, 2011, at Graceland Care Center in New Albany. He was born in Saltillo on June 18, 1930 to Ed and Gracie Dunaway Homer. He was a life-long Saltillo resident. He worked many years as a roofer with Abernathy and Clark. He was Church of Christ. Services will be 10 a.m....
R Homer
July 18, 2011
Saltillo - R. D. Homer, 81, died Monday, July 18, 2011, at Graceland Care Center in New Albany. He was born in Saltillo on June 18, 1930 to Ed and Gracie Dunaway Homer. He was a life-long Saltillo resident. He worked many years as a roofer with Abernathy and Clark. He was Church of Christ. Services will be 10 a.m....
Keith Hanlon
July 17, 2011
Tupelo - Roswell Keith Hanlon, 75, died Sunday, July 17, 2011, at University of Alabama Medical Center at Birmingham. He was born September 10, 1935, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to Roswell Keith and Mary Jane Blackmen Hanlon. He attended Memphis State University and from 1953 to 1958 he served in the U.S. Navy as a 2nd Class Petty Officer. He was...
Judith Koehler
July 14, 2011
TupeloJudith Allen Koehler passed away on July 14, 2011, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS after a challenging year of declining health. She was 81 years old. Judy was born in New York City on December 24, 1929. She was the only child of Roger Chase Allen and Helen Hardy Allen. She grew up in Dover, MA. Her...
Victor Archabal
July 13, 2011
Tupelo - Victor Dale Archabal, 51, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at his residence. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee on January 7, 1960 to Sabian Joe and Mary Estelle Hood Archabal. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School. He was employed with Lee County before he became disabled. He loved to fish. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday,...
Fred Jenkins
July 13, 2011
Ft. Myer, Fla. - Fred M. Jenkins, 82, formerly of Tupelo, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the Gulf Coast Hospital in Ft. Myers, Fla. He was born August 21, 1928 in Water Valley. He was a Southern Baptist Minister and served for over 50 years. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, July 17, 2011 at The Jefferson Street Chapel...
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