OBITUARIES
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...
Vallie Huckaby
April 11, 2011
Mooreville - Vallie McCord Huckaby, 83, died Monday, April 11, 2011, at Residence after an extended illness. A native of Oxford, she was born March 6, 1928 to Dewey and Connie May Inmon McCord. For 15 years she worked as a seamstress for H.I.S. Sportswear in Verona where she retired. After her retirement she worked for Styleline Furniture in Verona....
Myra Patton
April 10, 2011
Tupelo - Myra J. Priddy Patton, 69, died Sunday, April 10, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born August 23, 1941, to John Relder and Luna Mae Davis Priddy. Earlier in her life she worked for Guntown Slacks, Blue Bell, Reed Manufacturing, and Louise Cut and Curl. She enjoyed keeping children and working...
James Kilgo
April 5, 2011
Saltillo - James C. Kilgo, 54, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at his residence. A Lee County native and lifetime resident, he was born February 20, 1957, to Parmer and Mary Ann Reynolds Kilgo. He enjoyed fishing and loved spending time with his family. He was a member of Family Worship Center of Mantachie. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday...
James C. Kilgo
April 5, 2011
Saltillo - James C. Kilgo, 54, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at his residence. A Lee County native and lifetime resident, he was born February 20, 1957, to Parmer and Mary Ann Reynolds Kilgo. He enjoyed fishing and loved spending time with his family. He was a member of Family Worship Center of Mantachie. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday...
Mary Wood
April 2, 2011
Mary Jo Wood, 75, died Saturday April 2 at her home in Montgomery AL where she lived with her son, Gary Wood and his partner, Travis Jernigan. She was born on April 19, 1935 in Arlington KY and lived in Tupelo, Ms for 36 years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Services will be at 11am on Friday...
Mary Jo Wood
April 2, 2011
Mary Jo Wood, 75, died Saturday April 2 at her home in Montgomery AL where she lived with her son, Gary Wood and his partner, Travis Jernigan. She was born on April 19, 1935 in Arlington KY and lived in Tupelo, Ms for 36 years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Services will be at 11am on Friday...
Grover Morris
April 2, 2011
Tupelo - Grover Morris, 79, died Saturday, April 2, 2011, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. He was born August 8, 1931, in Itawamba County to J.J. and Mary Frances Langley Morris. He worked for Pepsi Cola Bottling Works for 35 years. A longtime resident of Lee County and Shannon, he was the widower of Shirley...
Pansy Boozer
April 1, 2011
Tupelo - Pansy Boozer, 87, died Friday, April 1, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Lee County native, she was born May 28, 1923 to Willie Clark and Betty Marie Stovall Allen. She was a1942 graduate of Plantersville High School and married her husband, Thomas Hursel Boozer later that year. She served as the...
Burma Beasley
April 1, 2011
Tupelo - Burma Thompson "Mrs. Bea" Beasley, 88, died Friday, April 1, 2011, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Union County native and longtime resident of Tupelo, she was born August 8, 1922 to Joseph and Maudie Caldwell Thompson. She married Jim Beasley November 11, 1938. She owned and operated Burma's Beauty Shop for many...
Betty Fay Baker Thornton
March 28, 2011
Blue Springs Betty Fay Baker Thornton, 73, died Monday, March 28, 2011 at her home after an extended illness. She was born in the Friendship Community on October 18, 1937 to Robert and Ruby Putt. She was raised and lived in the Lee and Union County area most of her life. She attended school at the Houston Community School near...
Betty Baker Thornton
March 28, 2011
Blue Springs Betty Fay Baker Thornton, 73, died Monday, March 28, 2011 at her home after an extended illness. She was born in the Friendship Community on October 18, 1937 to Robert and Ruby Putt. She was raised and lived in the Lee and Union County area most of her life. She attended school at the Houston Community School near...
Rebecca Catherine Pettey Wilson
March 25, 2011
Shannon - Rebecca Catherine Pettey Wilson, 87, died Friday, March 25, 2011, at her sons residence in Michie, Tenn. after a lengthy illness. She was born July 12, 1923 in Lee County to W. R. Willie Bob and Eula Melvinia Allen Pettey. She was a high school graduate of Shannon High School. She and her husband, Orville Wilson co-owned Tupelo...
George F. Maynard, Jr.
March 25, 2011
Tupelo - George F. Maynard, Jr., 90, died March 26, 2011 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born on October 6, 1920, in Tupelo, Mississippi, the son of George F. and Margaret Bonner Maynard. He graduated from Tupelo High School and attended the University of Mississippi. During his career, he was a buyer for Anderson Clayton Cotton Company in...
Lee Swindle
March 25, 2011
Saltillo - Lee Swindle, 79, died Friday, March 25, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born March 30, 1931 in North Mississippi. He was retired as a long-time auto mechanic and had worked at Firestone in Tupelo. He had also served for six years as Chief of Police in Elaine, Arkansas. He was...
George Maynard
March 25, 2011
Tupelo - George F. Maynard, Jr., 90, died March 26, 2011 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born on October 6, 1920, in Tupelo, Mississippi, the son of George F. and Margaret Bonner Maynard. He graduated from Tupelo High School and attended the University of Mississippi. During his career, he was a buyer for Anderson Clayton Cotton Company in...
Rebecca Pettey Wilson
March 25, 2011
Shannon - Rebecca Catherine Pettey Wilson, 87, died Friday, March 25, 2011, at her sons residence in Michie, Tenn. after a lengthy illness. She was born July 12, 1923 in Lee County to W. R. Willie Bob and Eula Melvinia Allen Pettey. She was a high school graduate of Shannon High School. She and her husband, Orville Wilson co-owned Tupelo...
Ron Heitmeyer
March 22, 2011
Miss - Ronald Ron C. Heitmeyer, 63, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi after a brief illness. He was born in Elyria, Ohio on October 2, 1947 to Carl Frank and Wanda Kathryn Munz Heitmeyer. He was a Certified Public Accountant who spent the majority of his working career in construction and...
Bernice Morgan Ruff
March 20, 2011
Vicksburg - Bernice Morgan Ruff, 93, died Sunday, March 20, 2011, at River Region Hospital in Vicksburg. She was born in Lee County on January 26, 1918 to Hilliard A. and Anna Kate Stovall Morgan. She was a hard worker and worked alongside her brothers in the fields at an early age. She was an excellent cook and talented seamstress...
June Edwards Drummond
March 20, 2011
June Edwards Drummond went home to be with the Lord Sunday, March 20, 2011, while being hospitalized at Northeast Mississippi Medical Center after a long and valiant battle with heart disease. She was born June 1 in Tupelo and married her high school sweetheart and love of her life, William Drummond, for 30 years. She was a leader during her...
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