OBITUARIES
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...
June 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...
Bernice 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...
Maye Harlow
March 15, 2011
Belden - Maye Maye Harlow, 81, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident of Belden, she was born May 22, 1929, to Samuel Lester and Viola Ray Blythe. She graduated from Belden High School and married Kenneth Harlow. She worked in sales for WELO and Miss...
Maye Maye Harlow
March 15, 2011
Belden - Maye Maye Harlow, 81, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident of Belden, she was born May 22, 1929, to Samuel Lester and Viola Ray Blythe. She graduated from Belden High School and married Kenneth Harlow. She worked in sales for WELO and Miss...
Jeff Wayne Parker
March 14, 2011
Plantersville - Jeff Wayne Parker, 73, died Monday, March 14, 2011, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born August 30, 1937 to John Turner and Emma Trevette Rogers Parker. He worked as a roofer for many years and enjoyed gardening. He was a member of the Plantersville Baptist Church and attended Priceville...
Jeff Parker
March 14, 2011
Plantersville - Jeff Wayne Parker, 73, died Monday, March 14, 2011, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born August 30, 1937 to John Turner and Emma Trevette Rogers Parker. He worked as a roofer for many years and enjoyed gardening. He was a member of the Plantersville Baptist Church and attended Priceville...
Mary Kirkpatrick
March 11, 2011
Tupelo, Miss. - Mary Grimes Kirkpatrick, 89, died Friday March 11, 2011, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Miss. after an extended illness. A Tula, Mississippi native, she was born March 14, 1921 to Samuel Earl and Sara Moss Grisham Grimes. She was raised in Sanatorium near Magee, Miss. and had attended the University of Mississippi. She had lived...
Elizabeth Towery
March 10, 2011
ELIZABETH TOWERY Guntown - Elizabeth Towery, 86, died at home Thursday, March 10, 2011, after a lengthy illness. She was born August 7, 1924 to Daniel L. and Cynthia Ann Stout Henderson. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Saltillo. After she could no longer attend services, she was blessed to have the care and support of...
Annette Kindt
March 9, 2011
Saltillo - Ethel Annette Kindt, 73, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born April 17, 1937 to Columbus Richard and Melverta L. Hill Norris. She enjoyed working crossword puzzles, watching game shows, reading, and was an avid Nascar fan. She loved spending time with her family, especially her children, grandchildren and...
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