OBITUARIES
Charles W. Murphy
October 20, 2010
Mantachie - Charles W. Murphy, 84, died Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born to Luther Henry and Lula Mae McMillen Murphy. He grew up on a farm in the Fawn Grove community. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. After returning...
Catherine Quintilia
October 17, 2010
Verona - Catherine Quintilia DOrazio Baker, 89, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at her residence in Verona after a brief illness. She was born March 5, 1921 in Crumlynn, Pennsylvania to Luigi and Grace Rossi D'Orazio. She was raised in Crumlynn and met her husband, Quitman Ellis Baker after moving to Washington D. C. She and her husband had lived...
Catherine Quintilia D’Orazio Baker
October 17, 2010
Verona - Catherine Quintilia DOrazio Baker, 89, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at her residence in Verona after a brief illness. She was born March 5, 1921 in Crumlynn, Pennsylvania to Luigi and Grace Rossi D'Orazio. She was raised in Crumlynn and met her husband, Quitman Ellis Baker after moving to Washington D. C. She and her husband had lived...
Opal Price
October 16, 2010
Baldwyn Opal Price, 86, died Saturday, October 16, 2010, at the Baldwyn Nursing Facility after a lengthy illness. An Evergreen Community native, she was born November 15, 1923 to William Jim and Gracia Rebecca Shumpert. She worked over 20 years with Charm Step Shoe Manufacturing Company in Fulton. She was a member of the Home Demonstration Club in Itawamba County...
Julia Blakey
October 12, 2010
Belden - Julia Dodge Blakey, 53, died Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at her residence after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born February 8, 1957 to Daniel and Lake Strain Dodge. She grew up in Gadsden, Ala. and graduated from Fairfax Hall Preparatory School in Fairfax, Va. before attending Stevens College in Columbia, Mo. Very active in her...
Ellis Blake
October 12, 2010
Saltillo - Walter Ellis Blake, 84, died Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at his residence in Saltillo, after a lengthy illness. He was born July 4, 1926, in Oktibbeha County, to Walter and Donie Wright Blake. He worked 26 years for Miller Brother Dairys in West Point. He then worked for Babcock and Willcox Boiler Makers for 6 years, before becoming...
David Turner
October 12, 2010
Saltillo - David Alan Turner, 32, died Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at his residence. A native of Ripley, he was born March 21, 1978 to Lee Turner and Carolyn Carr. He was a member of Living Waters Community Church. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Tupelo Memorial Park with Rev. Horace Barnes officiating. Burial will be...
Levis King
October 11, 2010
Carolina Community- Levis Wade King, 77, died Monday, October 11, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born October 1, 1933, in the Carolina Community of Itawamba County, to Archie Clay and Myrtle Lamb King. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy where he served aboard the U.S.S. Yorktown. He was a...
Levis Wade King
October 11, 2010
Carolina Community- Levis Wade King, 77, died Monday, October 11, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born October 1, 1933, in the Carolina Community of Itawamba County, to Archie Clay and Myrtle Lamb King. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy where he served aboard the U.S.S. Yorktown. He was a...
Jeff Land
October 11, 2010
Saltillo - Jeff Powell Land, 76, died Monday, October 11, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born October 25, 1933 in Philadelphia, MS to Milton Leland and Emilyn Powell Land. He graduated from Mathiston High School and then served in the U.S. Army Infantry during the Korean War. Following his military service, he went...
David Nichols
October 9, 2010
Greenwood David Nichols, 59, died October 09, 2010, in Greenwood after a short illness. Mr. Nichols was born in Columbus, Ga. September, 29, 1951, to Loyd Thomas Nichols, and Mrs. Gladys Mae Cox Nichols. He was formerly of Tupelo, where he lived and worked until he moved to Greenwood several years ago. He loved fishing and spending time with his...
Walton Dunn
October 4, 2010
Tupelo--Walton B. Dunn, Sr., 92, died in North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi on October 4, 2010. A resident of Tupelo, Mississippi, for the past eleven years Mr. Dunn was born November 18, 1917, outside of Christmasville, Tennessee, to Mr. and Mrs. William Walton Dunn, Sr. (Nancy Elizabeth Blackburn). Walton secured his first job at age nine when his...
Walton B. Dunn Sr.
October 4, 2010
Tupelo--Walton B. Dunn, Sr., 92, died in North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi on October 4, 2010. A resident of Tupelo, Mississippi, for the past eleven years Mr. Dunn was born November 18, 1917, outside of Christmasville, Tennessee, to Mr. and Mrs. William Walton Dunn, Sr. (Nancy Elizabeth Blackburn). Walton secured his first job at age nine when his...
Russell Board
October 2, 2010
Saltillo - Russell P. Board, Jr., 67, died Saturday, October 2, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Nitro, W.V., he was born January 15, 1943 to Russell Paul and Sarah Jannette Casebolt Board. He was a graduate of The University of Charleston and served in U.S. Army in Vietnam as a medic from...
Russell P. Board, Jr.
October 2, 2010
Saltillo - Russell P. Board, Jr., 67, died Saturday, October 2, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Nitro, W.V., he was born January 15, 1943 to Russell Paul and Sarah Jannette Casebolt Board. He was a graduate of The University of Charleston and served in U.S. Army in Vietnam as a medic from...
Hazel Weant
October 1, 2010
Tupelo - Hazel Weant, 94, died Friday, October 1, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born July 24, 1916 in Salisbury, North Carolina to William and Tilley Doss. After her high school graduation, she attended a private finishing school. She was a long-time resident of Tupelo, member of the Tupelo Country Club and an avid bridge player....
John G. Swords
October 1, 2010
Tupelo-John G. Swords, 62, died Friday, October 1, 2010 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born December 20, 1947, in Union County to the late Gaston and Shirley Sloan Swords. He graduated from W.P. Daniel High School in 1967 and then went to Tennessee Tech, where he excelled in football. For 30 years, he was employed by JESCO where...
John Swords
October 1, 2010
Tupelo-John G. Swords, 62, died Friday, October 1, 2010 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born December 20, 1947, in Union County to the late Gaston and Shirley Sloan Swords. He graduated from W.P. Daniel High School in 1967 and then went to Tennessee Tech, where he excelled in football. For 30 years, he was employed by JESCO where...
Ruby Clark
October 1, 2010
Tupelo - Ruby Nell Pitts Clark, 74, died Friday, October 1, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. An Itawamba Co. native, she was born July 18, 1936, to A.J. and Alma Yeager Pitts. She was raised in the Kirkville Community and attended Itawamba Community College. Her working career began with Milam Manufacturing where she gave...
Walter C. Roper
September 30, 2010
Belden - Walter Carol Roper, 86, died Thursday, September 30, 2010, at Rosewood Residence. A Lee County native, he was born June 15, 1924, to Leonard and Gladys Roper. He grew up in the Unity Community and graduated from Belden High School. He married Blanche Young on July 12, 1946. He was a longtime resident of Belden and member of...
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