OBITUARIES

Erin Caldwell

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Barbara Kritner

Barbara Kritner

April 16, 2011

Mantachie - Barbara Ann Kritner, 60, died Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Baldwyn on August 19, 1950 to Robert Edward and Gladys Ann Lindsey Davis. For the past seven years she endured cancer, but she never stopped living her life, enjoying her family, and her puppy, Bridget. She was an avid fisherman, loved...

Barbara Ann Kritner

Barbara Ann Kritner

April 16, 2011

Mantachie - Barbara Ann Kritner, 60, died Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Baldwyn on August 19, 1950 to Robert Edward and Gladys Ann Lindsey Davis. For the past seven years she endured cancer, but she never stopped living her life, enjoying her family, and her puppy, Bridget. She was an avid fisherman, loved...

Lenteen Todd

Lenteen Todd

April 14, 2011

Tupelo - Lenteen "Lynne" Todd, 85, died Thursday, April 14, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Fulton, Ky., she was born March 7, 1926, to Lennis and Mary Shuck Williams. During World War II, She served as a WAVE in the US Navy. She worked as a bookkeeper and also as a...

Laverne Umfress

Laverne Umfress

April 14, 2011

Mooreville - Elsie Laverne Umfress, 87, died Thursday, April 14, 2011, at The Meadows, in Fulton after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born May 5, 1923, to Cortez and Jodie Christian Garner. She graduated from Mooreville High School. Ealier in her working career, she was employed by Reed Manufacturing for a number of years. She later...

Joseph Montana " Jo " Lindsey

Joseph Montana " Jo " Lindsey

April 12, 2011

Mooreville - Joseph Jo Hooch Montana Lindsey, 21, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011, after injuries sustained in an automobile/cycle accident. He was born December 13, 1989 to Richard Carey and Wanda L. Fennell Lindsey and lived all his life in Mooreville. He was a graduate of Mooreville High School. He was a carpenter by trade and was employed by M...

Joseph Montana

Joseph Montana

April 12, 2011

Mooreville - Joseph Jo Hooch Montana Lindsey, 21, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011, after injuries sustained in an automobile/cycle accident. He was born December 13, 1989 to Richard Carey and Wanda L. Fennell Lindsey and lived all his life in Mooreville. He was a graduate of Mooreville High School. He was a carpenter by trade and was employed by M...