OBITUARIES
Marie Wright
December 28, 2010
Tupelo - Marie N. Wright, 94, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A native of Marmaduke, Arkansas, she was born March 17, 1916, to Thomas and Nora McGill Thedford. She was the owner of Marie's Alterations of Tupelo and lived in Tupelo since 1988. She enjoyed sewing, loved her family and...
Marie N. Wright
December 28, 2010
Tupelo - Marie N. Wright, 94, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A native of Marmaduke, Arkansas, she was born March 17, 1916, to Thomas and Nora McGill Thedford. She was the owner of Marie's Alterations of Tupelo and lived in Tupelo since 1988. She enjoyed sewing, loved her family and...
San Adkerson
December 24, 2010
TUPELO San Shuttleworth Adkerson, 63, died peacefully in her sleep from complications related to Parkinsons Disease while visiting New Orleans, LA. on Dec. 24th, 2010. She was the endearing and beloved mother of Richard Clark Adkerson, William Tyler Adkerson and wife Heather and Robert Ryan Adkerson. She was the former spouse and close friend of Richard Carl Adkerson. She was...
Joe Westmoreland
December 24, 2010
Tupelo - Joe Westmoreland, 74, went to be with the Lord Friday, December 24, 2010, at his home in Tupelo after a long illness. He was born March 10, 1936, in Pontotoc to Joe and Lorene Westmoreland. Earlier in his life, he was an instructor in refrigeration at Itawamba Junior College and had also worked a number of years as...
Carol McDowell
December 23, 2010
Mathiston - Carol H. McDowell, 69, died Thursday, December 23, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. A native of Collville, Washington, she was born February 14, 1941 to Harry and Evelyn Kern Higgins. She was a retired medical technician and had also served in the U.S. Army. A family memorial service will be held at a later...
Prentis Franks
December 23, 2010
Skyline - Prentis V. Franks, 89, died Thursday, December 23, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born August 26, 1921, in the Gilvo Community to Otto and Irene Payne Franks. Due to an injury as a child, he was unable to serve in the military; however, during World War II he worked for...
Diane Johnson
December 22, 2010
Saltillo - Diane Johnson, 62, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at her residence. She was born March 6, 1948 in Booneville to Jack and Mildred Johnson. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Saltillo. She was a loving wife and homemaker. She enjoyed cooking and collecting everything but her life was devoted to her family. Services will be...
James C. Chism
December 21, 2010
Saltillo - James C. Chism, 76, died Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born June 19, 1934 to James Marion and Roxie Anna Hood Chism. A longtime resident of Saltillo, he was a truck driver for Scruggs Farm Supply for nearly 60 years, retiring in 1996. He enjoyed playing dominoes...
James Chism
December 21, 2010
Saltillo - James C. Chism, 76, died Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born June 19, 1934 to James Marion and Roxie Anna Hood Chism. A longtime resident of Saltillo, he was a truck driver for Scruggs Farm Supply for nearly 60 years, retiring in 1996. He enjoyed playing dominoes...
June Woolard
December 21, 2010
Tupelo - June B. Woolard, 82, died Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at her residence. She was born June 1, 1928, in New Athens, Ohio to John and Alice Ballog. A resident of Tupelo since 1963, she had also lived in Columbus, OH and Birmingham, AL. In 1971, she and her husband, Robert F. Woolard, started the Quality Coatings Paint Company...
Jenell Pardin
December 19, 2010
Saltillo - Jenell Nell Pardin, 82, died Sunday, December 19, 2010, at Homeplace Assisted Living in Saltillo after an extended illness. She was born September 3, 1928 in Saltillo to Albert R. and Ella Becky Burks King. She retired after nearly fifty years as owner and operator of Jenells Beauty Shop. She had a gift for gardening and landscaping her...
Jenell
December 19, 2010
Saltillo - Jenell Nell Pardin, 82, died Sunday, December 19, 2010, at Homeplace Assisted Living in Saltillo after an extended illness. She was born September 3, 1928 in Saltillo to Albert R. and Ella Becky Burks King. She retired after nearly fifty years as owner and operator of Jenells Beauty Shop. She had a gift for gardening and landscaping her...
Joan Taylor
December 19, 2010
Sherman - Joan D.Taylor, 78, died Sunday, December 19, 2010, at her residence after an extended illness. A Sherman native, she was born December 21, 1931 to Walter Flaut and Bertha Shettles Dillard. She was a graduate of Sherman High School, a homemaker and business partner with her husband. Some of the things she enjoyed was quilting, reading, and watching...
Joan D. Taylor
December 19, 2010
Sherman - Joan D.Taylor, 78, died Sunday, December 19, 2010, at her residence after an extended illness. A Sherman native, she was born December 21, 1931 to Walter Flaut and Bertha Shettles Dillard. She was a graduate of Sherman High School, a homemaker and business partner with her husband. Some of the things she enjoyed was quilting, reading, and watching...
Helen Garner Hankins
December 18, 2010
Carr Vista - Helen Juanita Garner Hankins, 72, died Saturday, December 18, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. A Beech Springs native, she was born February 11, 1938 to Wesley Earl and Emiline Wages Hutcheson. She was an Oncology nurse for the North Mississippi Medical Center, where she received several honors such as Oncology Nurse...
Braylen Stanley
December 18, 2010
TupeloBraylen Ellis Stanley, infant son of Jesse and Rachel Stanley, died Saturday, December 18, 2010, at the North Mississippi Womens Medical Center. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Endville Cemetery with Rev. Horace Barnes officiating. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. He is survived by his parents, Jesse and Rachel Stanley of Fulton and...
Helen Hankins
December 18, 2010
Carr Vista - Helen Juanita Garner Hankins, 72, died Saturday, December 18, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. A Beech Springs native, she was born February 11, 1938 to Wesley Earl and Emiline Wages Hutcheson. She was an Oncology nurse for the North Mississippi Medical Center, where she received several honors such as Oncology Nurse...
Braylen Ellis Stanley
December 18, 2010
TupeloBraylen Ellis Stanley, infant son of Jesse and Rachel Stanley, died Saturday, December 18, 2010, at the North Mississippi Womens Medical Center. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Endville Cemetery with Rev. Horace Barnes officiating. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. He is survived by his parents, Jesse and Rachel Stanley of Fulton and...
Robert McNutt
December 17, 2010
Tupelo - Robert Norwood McNutt, 90, died Friday, December 17, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, he was born December 1, 1920, to Henry Clay and Annie Lee Smith McNutt. A 1938 graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to Vanderbuilt University where he received his bachelors...
Velora Fowler
December 16, 2010
Shannon - Velora Fowler, 65, died Thursday, December 16, 2010, at her residence in Smithville after an extended illness. She was born November 7, 1945 to William and Ann Culver. She attended Calvary Assembly in Tupelo. She loved gardening, family gatherings, and her grandkids. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, December 18, 2010 at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W....
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