OBITUARIES
Reba Doris
June 15, 2010
Tupelo - Reba Doris Dot Stembridge, 69, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born April 6, 1941 to Henry Brice and Nancy Paralee Crump Martin. In 1959, she graduated from Sherman High School and then attended Itawamba Community College. She loved sewing and time spent with...
Reba Doris " Dot " Stembridge
June 15, 2010
Tupelo - Reba Doris Dot Stembridge, 69, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born April 6, 1941 to Henry Brice and Nancy Paralee Crump Martin. In 1959, she graduated from Sherman High School and then attended Itawamba Community College. She loved sewing and time spent with...
Lyle Megginson
June 11, 2010
Tupelo - Gray Carlisle Lyle Megginson, 50, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. A Tupelo native, Lyle was born November 26, 1959 to Oscar Gray and Madolin Batte Megginson. He was a 1978 graduate of Tupelo High School and then went on to Gem City College in Quincy, Illinois. He owned and...
Peggy J. Holt
June 11, 2010
Sherman - Peggy J. Holt, 67, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo to William Bonner and Pauline Roberts Summers. She loved canning, gardening and fruit markets. Stateroom services will be 1 p.m Monday, June 14, 2010 at W. E. Pegues with Mr. Sammy Lansdell officiating. Burial will be in Oak...
Peggy Holt
June 11, 2010
Sherman - Peggy J. Holt, 67, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo to William Bonner and Pauline Roberts Summers. She loved canning, gardening and fruit markets. Stateroom services will be 1 p.m Monday, June 14, 2010 at W. E. Pegues with Mr. Sammy Lansdell officiating. Burial will be in Oak...
Rev William Preston Smith
June 10, 2010
Tupelo--William P. (Bill) Smith, III died on Thursday, June 10, while vacationing with his family at Myrtle Beach, SC. He suffered a cardiac arrest while swimming in the ocean with his granddaughter. A Portsmouth, Virginia native, he made his home in Mississippi and received a BA in Speech at Mississippi College in 1959 with a minor in Biblical Studies. He...
Cpl Thomas P. Clifford
June 10, 2010
Guntown Cpl. Thomas P. Clifford, 66, died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Baptist Hospital in New Albany after an extended illness. A native of Chicago, IL, he was born July 13, 1943, to James E. and Helen Mae Vickers Clifford. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1960-1965, primarily in Okinawa, Japan, but also in Hawaii and the...
William Smith
June 10, 2010
Tupelo--William P. (Bill) Smith, III died on Thursday, June 10, while vacationing with his family at Myrtle Beach, SC. He suffered a cardiac arrest while swimming in the ocean with his granddaughter. A Portsmouth, Virginia native, he made his home in Mississippi and received a BA in Speech at Mississippi College in 1959 with a minor in Biblical Studies. He...
Cpl P. Clifford
June 10, 2010
Guntown Cpl. Thomas P. Clifford, 66, died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Baptist Hospital in New Albany after an extended illness. A native of Chicago, IL, he was born July 13, 1943, to James E. and Helen Mae Vickers Clifford. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1960-1965, primarily in Okinawa, Japan, but also in Hawaii and the...
Joyce Gravlee
June 9, 2010
Tupelo - Joyce Tyler Gravlee, 85, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. She was born April 12, 1925 to Luther F. and Lucille Higdon Tyler in Picayune. She graduated from Blue Mountain College in 1947 and then moved to Tupelo to teach high school English and Spanish. Later she taught remedial...
Brenda Mims Rogers Norris
June 8, 2010
Blue Springs - Brenda Mims Rogers Norris, 49, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Arrangments are incomplete and will be announced at a later date. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com
Martha Allred
June 8, 2010
Tupelo - Martha Sue Allred, 68, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at her residence after an extended illness, surrounded by her children. A Lee County native, she was born February 3, 1942 to Clarence and Sarah Snipes Barnes. She was a graduate of Shannon High School. A dedicated employee of Prime Designs, Inc, she worked as a sewing machine operator...
Brenda Rogers Norris
June 8, 2010
Blue Springs - Brenda Mims Rogers Norris, 49, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Arrangments are incomplete and will be announced at a later date. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com
Guy Gravlee
June 4, 2010
Tupelo - Guy Justis Guy Bo Gravlee, III, 57, died Friday, June 4, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A native of Tupelo, he was born February 15, 1953 to Guy Justis and Joyce Tyler Gravlee, Jr. A 1971 graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to Mississippi State University where he graduated...
Margaret Hanson
May 31, 2010
Tupelo - Margaret Hanson, 87, died Monday, May 31, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born March 24, 1923 in Hickman, Kentucky. A graduate of Corinth High School, she then went on to Mississippi University for Women. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, PEO, and many clubs and organizations. She cherished her family, music, and...
James McDivitt
May 31, 2010
Saltillo - James Farley McDivitt, 69, died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at his residence after an extended illness. A native of Calhoun County and longtime resident of Saltillo, he was the son of James Lamar and Noble Goodwin McDivitt. He enjoyed gardening and working on small engines and motors. A very loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, he loved spending time...
Helen Richardson
May 31, 2010
Tupelo - Helen Richardson, 82, died Monday, May 31, 2010, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Dekalb, she was born May 3, 1928, to Robert Morgan and Esther Smith Harmon. She worked for the Public Health system for over 20 years and ended her career as office manager of the Lee County Health Department. She enjoyed...
Jimmie Brooks
May 29, 2010
Belmont - Jimmie Lee Brooks, 65, died Saturday, May 29, 2010, at The Meadows Nursing Home in Fulton after an extended illness. A Lee Co. native, he was born June 4, 1944 to Tildon and Beatrice Brooks. He currently lived in Belmont but was formerly of Plantersville. He was a retired farmer and truck driver. He loved animals, doing yard...
Sterling Simmons
May 28, 2010
Saltillo - John Sterling Simmons, 94, died Friday, May 28, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Verona native, he was born August 15, 1915 to Joshua Milton and Bertha Estelle Hopkins Simmons. He worked 30 years as a supervisor for OshKosh B'Gosh Manufacturing. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He enjoyed...
Earl Crowson
May 28, 2010
Tupelo - Ronnie Crowson, 68, died Friday, May 28, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Greenville native, he was born to Earl Ren and Jewel Armstrong Crowson. He attended Delta State University where he graduated with a Bachelors degree. He was a United States Army veteran, having served time in Korea. After 32 years...
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