OBITUARIES
Wayne Piatt
September 28, 2011
Obituary for Wayne K. Piatt Saltillo - Wayne K.Piatt, Jr. 54, died Wednesday, September 28, 2011, at his residence in the Birmingham Ridge Community. He was born in Davenport, Iowa on September 29, 1956 to Wayne Kenneth and Bonita Kathryn Gardner Piatt. He was a graduate of Itawamba Community College with a degree in tool and die. He owned and...
Karol Voge
September 24, 2011
Obituary for Karol Jean Voge Natchez Trace Villas - Karol Jean Voge, 69, died Saturday, September 24, 2011, at her sisters home in Oxford after a sudden illness. She was born July 25, 1942, in Oxford, to Richard Edwin and Gene Alberstett Keye. A 1960 graduate of University High School in Oxford, she then went on to attend The University...
W Walls
September 21, 2011
Obituary for W. L. Walls Tupelo E. L. Walls, 74, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Pontotoc native, he was born December 14, 1936 to Bera and Annie Mae Simmons Walls. He served eight years with the 155th Unit of The National Guard. Heloved to spending time keeping his car...
James Blaylock
September 21, 2011
Obituary for James Blaylock Tupelo - James Olen Blaylock, 62, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born October 12, 1948, to B. M. and Vernie D. Peoples Blaylock. He liked to play cards, dominoes, and shoot pool. He was a Baptist by faith. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 23, 2011...
Lavell Whiren
September 21, 2011
Obituary for Lavell Whiren Tupelo - Lavell Palmer Whiren, 91, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. A Bigbee native, she was born August 3, 1920 to John Talbert and Mary Cordelia Lancaster Palmer. She is the sole survivor of seven siblings. Before moving to Tupelo in the early 80s she lived in Slovack, Arkansas, where...
Betty Marshall
September 20, 2011
Obituary for Betty Marshall Tupelo - Betty Jo Marshall, 85, died Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Missouri native, she was born May 4, 1926 to Joe and Fern M. Hillme Johnson. In 1996, she moved from Idaho and made Columbus her home. She was a Nazarene by faith. Her passion...
Robert Spear
September 19, 2011
Obituary for Robert Spear Tupelo - Robert Earl Spear, 51, died Monday, September 19, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Miami, Florida on October 10, 1959, to Bobby Hensley and Earline Smith Spear. A graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to attend Itawamba Jr. College and Mississippi State...
Leland (Lee) Duncan, Sr.
September 18, 2011
Obituary for Leland Miller (Lee) Duncan, Sr. Tupelo - Leland Miller (Lee) Duncan, Sr., 89, died Sunday, September 18, 2011, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Ingomar, he was born March 21, 1922 to Pittser Miller and Edith Mae Goodwin Duncan. He was raised in Ingomar and had been a Tupelo resident since 1950....
Linda Wilson Hester
September 18, 2011
Obituary for Linda Ann Wilson Hester Tupelo - Linda Ann Wilson Hester, 61, died Sunday, September 18, 2011, at her residence in Tupelo. Visitation will be 5 - 8 p.m. Monday, September 19, 2011 at Pegues Funeral Home Tupelo. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com
Fred Wiygul
September 15, 2011
Obituary for Fred Wiygul Skyline - Fred N. Wiygul, 90, died Thursday, September 15, 2011, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born August 8, 1921, to Ephriam H. and May Shumpert Wiygul. In 1938, he graduated from Verona High School as Valedictorian and then attended Itawamba Junior College. During World...
Betty Peters
September 12, 2011
Obituary for Betty Peters Tupelo - Betty Sue Conlee Peters, 76, died Monday, September 12, 2011, at the Countrywood Plantation in Mantachie after an extended illness. A Plantersville native, she was born June 30, 1935 to Walter Monts and Mary Ruby Kelly Conlee. She was a 1953 grauate of Plantersville High School. She worked over 35 years for the Peoples...
Burless Oyler
September 11, 2011
Obituary for Burless J. Oyler Tupelo - Burless J. Oyler, 66, of Tupelo passed away Sept. 11, 2011. He was born on Feb. 24, 1945 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Joe M. Oyler and the late Imogene Cornutt Oyler. He graduated from S. D. Lee High School in Columbus, Miss., and graduated from Mississippi State University in 1973. He volunteered for...
James Pettigo
September 11, 2011
Obituary for James A. Pettigo Saltillo - James Andrew Pettigo, 81, died Sunday, September 11, 2011, at his residence near Saltillo after an eight month long illness. He was born January 2, 1930, in the Twenty Mile Bottom area of Itawamba County to Jack and Sallie Mae Roberts Pettigo. He lived most of his life in Lee County. He was...
Nadine Franks
September 10, 2011
Obituary for Nadine Franks Printable Version Recently Lit Memorial Candles W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors and Staff We are pleased to provide this Book of Memories to the family ... (read more)
Mary Hannah
September 10, 2011
Obituary for Mary H. Hannah Saltillo - Mary H. Hannah, 60, died Saturday, September 10, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief stay. She has now gone to join her heavenly father whom she loved so dearly. She was born May 4, 1951 in Marks to Joe Willie and Betty Smith Ransom. She was a devoted mother to her...
Judy Lewis
September 10, 2011
Obituary for Judy Lewis Tupelo - Judy Lynn Lewis, 59, died Saturday, September 10, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Tupelo native, she was born March 26, 1952 to James and Helon Hopper Lewis. She was the widow of Larry Aderholt. She was a fundraiser for many years with the Lee County Shriners and...
Carl Tallant
September 8, 2011
Obituary for Carl Mays Tallant Mr. Carl M. Tallant died Thursday, September 8, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues. Burial will be in Tupelo Memorial Park. Visitation will be 1 p.m. to service time Saturday.
Mary West
September 8, 2011
Obituary for Mary Alice West Tupelo - Mary Alice Feemster West, 76, died Thursday, September 8, 2011, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born February 9, 1935 to John Houston and Ruth Newman Feemster. She grew up in Corinth but moved to Tupelo where she graduated from Tupelo High School in 1952. She then attended Itawamba Community College...
Idell Butler
September 5, 2011
Obituary for Idell Butler Tupelo - Mildred Idell Goodwin Butler, 86, died Monday, September 5, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born May 5, 1925 to Harley and Ruth Fulton Goodman. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, September 8, 2011 at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Bro. David Hendrix and Bro. O.D. Hester...
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