OBITUARIES
Steve Young
May 14, 2011
Tupelo - Ben Stephen Young, 61, died Saturday, May 14, 2011, at The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born July 26, 1949, to Benny F. and Gena Malone Young. He was a graduate of Shannon High School and attended Itawamba Junior College. He was a US Army...
John Bell
May 14, 2011
Tupelo - John Edward Bell, 30, died Saturday, May 14, 2011, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, he was born March 9, 1981. to John and Joy Bell. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School and then attended Itawamba Community College. He worked for the Furniture Outlet in Tupelo. He enjoyed reading,...
Senator J. " Jack " Gordon
May 7, 2011
Okolona Longtime State Senator Carl J. Jack Gordon, Jr., 66 died Saturday, May 7, 2011, at home with his family. He was a lifelong member of Okolona First Baptist Church. As the second longest serving legislator he served 36 years, 8 in the House of Representatives and 28 in the State Senate. He was honored to serve under the leadership...
Senator Carl J. " Jack " Gordon,
May 7, 2011
Okolona Longtime State Senator Carl J. Jack Gordon, Jr., 66 died Saturday, May 7, 2011, at home with his family. He was a lifelong member of Okolona First Baptist Church. As the second longest serving legislator he served 36 years, 8 in the House of Representatives and 28 in the State Senate. He was honored to serve under the leadership...
Burton Paikoff
May 6, 2011
Mr. Burton L. Paikoff passed away May 6, 2011, at his home in Tupelo, MS at the age of 81 years. Burt was born on March 21st, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY and graduated from West Coast University. Born to Sol and Mary Paikoff, (both deceased), he had an older sister Natalie, now deceased, and a surviving younger brother, Mel. Burt...
Burton L. Paikoff
May 6, 2011
Mr. Burton L. Paikoff passed away May 6, 2011, at his home in Tupelo, MS at the age of 81 years. Burt was born on March 21st, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY and graduated from West Coast University. Born to Sol and Mary Paikoff, (both deceased), he had an older sister Natalie, now deceased, and a surviving younger brother, Mel. Burt...
Erin Caldwell
May 1, 2011
Tupelo Erin Burt Caldwell, 93, died Sunday, May 1, 2011, at the Green Houses At Traceway. She was born December 24, 1917, in Verona to Sam and Mattie Sue Thomas Burt. She attended Blue Mountain College and made a career in bookkeeping. She worked with Dunlap Pontiac Cadillac, First United Methodist Church, and LIFT, Inc. She loved to visit with...
Estelle Goff
May 1, 2011
Tupelo - Estelle Deaton Goff, 96, died Sunday, May 1, 2011, at her home in the Skyline Community after an illness of 10 months. She was born February 14, 1915 to John and Annie Deaton of Counce, Tenn. A faithful and dedicated member of the Skyline Church of Christ, she taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School there and at...
Ruby Taylor
May 1, 2011
Mooreville - Ruby Faye Taylor, 81, died Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Lee County on January 27, 1930 to Riley and Hattie Lindsey Irvin. She was a long-time active member of Ballardsville Baptist Church. She read her Bible daily. She loved her family and her greatest pleasure was time spent with her daughter,...
James Broadhead
April 30, 2011
Stateroom Services will be held Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 3 p.m. at W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
Thomas A. Monaghan, Sr.
April 30, 2011
Tupelo - Thomas A. Monaghan, Sr., 84, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born June 24, 1926 in Gunnison to Robert H. and Lois Christian Monaghan. He married Margie Sheffield on June 28, 1947. He worked for Singer Sewing Machine Company and Hunter Sadler Manufacturing of Tupelo and retired as a...
Thomas Monaghan
April 30, 2011
Tupelo - Thomas A. Monaghan, Sr., 84, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born June 24, 1926 in Gunnison to Robert H. and Lois Christian Monaghan. He married Margie Sheffield on June 28, 1947. He worked for Singer Sewing Machine Company and Hunter Sadler Manufacturing of Tupelo and retired as a...
Jewell Lamb
April 27, 2011
Belden - Jewell Lorene Ms. Jewell Lamb, 64, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at her daughters residence in Eggville after an extended illness. A native of the Carolina Community and lifelong resident of Lee County, she was born February 15, 1947, to Ed and Mamie Duvall Barrett. She worked at Joyner-Fields for over 26 years. She had been a member...
George Jones
April 27, 2011
Eastman, GA - George Clifford Jones, 89, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Crescent Ridge Nursing Home in Eastman, Georgia. A native of Eastman, he was born December 6, 1921, to John Lewis and Winnie Saunders Jones. He attended Victory Baptist Church in Pontotoc while he lived in Tupelo. A World War II U.S. Navy veteran, he served aboard the...
Jewell L. Lamb
April 27, 2011
Belden - Jewell Lorene Ms. Jewell Lamb, 64, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at her daughters residence in Eggville after an extended illness. A native of the Carolina Community and lifelong resident of Lee County, she was born February 15, 1947, to Ed and Mamie Duvall Barrett. She worked at Joyner-Fields for over 26 years. She had been a member...
George C. Jones
April 27, 2011
Eastman, GA - George Clifford Jones, 89, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Crescent Ridge Nursing Home in Eastman, Georgia. A native of Eastman, he was born December 6, 1921, to John Lewis and Winnie Saunders Jones. He attended Victory Baptist Church in Pontotoc while he lived in Tupelo. A World War II U.S. Navy veteran, he served aboard the...
Sarah Dunn
April 24, 2011
Tupelo - Sarah Jean Dunn, 67, died Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. She was born December 23, 1943, in the Eggville Community to Clyde and Ruth Geneva Love Lucas and was reared in Mooreville. She was a graduate of Mooreville High School and had lived most of her adult life...
Sarah Jean Dunn
April 24, 2011
Tupelo - Sarah Jean Dunn, 67, died Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. She was born December 23, 1943, in the Eggville Community to Clyde and Ruth Geneva Love Lucas and was reared in Mooreville. She was a graduate of Mooreville High School and had lived most of her adult life...
Mamie Young
April 19, 2011
VeronaMamie Annalee Young, 90, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at the Sunshine Health Care, Inc. in Pontotoc after an extended illness. She was born in Lagrange, Tenn. on May 15, 1920, to James David Caldwell and Ester Ruth Downs Caldwell. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Verona where she taught Sunday School for many...
Syble Blackwell
April 17, 2011
Tupelo - Syble Blackwell, 82, died Sunday, April 17, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born May 7, 1928 to Tom and Frankie Partlow Estes. She graduated from Plantersville High School. She was worked in several garment factories as a seamstress, and retired from Action Industries after 20 years...
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