OBITUARIES
James (Buster) Christian
May 5, 2010
Tupelo - James Vardaman (Buster) Christian, 101, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Lee County native and longtime resident of the Auburn Community, he was born April 21, 1909, to Howard and Della Roberts Christian. He enjoyed traveling, farming, reading, and playing dominoes with friends at Avonlea. He was a member...
James V.
May 5, 2010
Tupelo - James Vardaman (Buster) Christian, 101, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Lee County native and longtime resident of the Auburn Community, he was born April 21, 1909, to Howard and Della Roberts Christian. He enjoyed traveling, farming, reading, and playing dominoes with friends at Avonlea. He was a member...
Kelly McTaggart
May 5, 2010
Verona - Kelly McTaggart, 42, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a lengthy illness. He was born October 31, 1967, in Illinois to Wayne and Sandra Styck McTaggart. He lived in the Pontotoc-Randolph Community. He was self-employed in the floor covering business. He loved hunting and fishing. Survivors include his father, Wayne McTaggart of...
Crafton Gillentine
May 4, 2010
Tupelo - Willie Crafton Gillentine, 85, of the Auburn Community, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born July 12, 1924 in Itawamba County to Willie and Ireda Moore Gillentine. He moved to Mooreville as a small child where he graduated from Mooreville High School in 1942. He married Lottie Faye...
Murray Moore
May 2, 2010
Tupelo - Robert Murray Moore, Sr., 84, died Sunday, May 2, 2010, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A North Mississippi native, he was born July 2, 1925 in the Cedar Hill Community in North Lee County to Perry and Mellie Haygood Moore. He was a United States Coast Guard veteran of World War II, having...
Tyler Sloan
May 1, 2010
Saltillo - Tyler Sloan, 20, died Saturday, May 1, 2010, in Union County. He was born December 4, 1989 in Memphis, Tennessee to Tommy and Kristi Ellington Sloan. He was very athletic and loved participating in multiple sports including football and baseball. He also played church league ball and coached a little league team. After graduation in 2008 from Saltillo...
Elizabeth Long
April 29, 2010
Tupelo - Elizabeth Wiygul Long, 85, died Thursday, April 29, 2010, at Gilmore Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born August 10, 1924, to Ephriam H. and May Shumpert Wiygul. She was a resident of East Tupelo. She earned her bachelors degree from Ole Miss and later her masters from Mississippi State in Adult Education. She was a...
Amber Green
April 28, 2010
PlantersvilleAmber Yvonne Green, 23, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born July 18, 1986 in Tupelo to James Harold and Bonnie Yvonne Tilson Green. She was a loving mother who enjoyed taking care of her three young children. She was also a talented artist and loved talking on the phone with her friends,...
Rita Kabban
April 27, 2010
Lake PiomingoRita Kabban, 48, died at her residence in the Lake Piomingo Community. She was born October 18, 1961, in Tripoli, Libya to Bashir Salim Kabban and Shirley Geneva Kabban. She graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in mathematics. A lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, she served for three years, stationed in Sunnyvale, Calif. She worked...
Greg Holloway
April 27, 2010
Tupelo - Jon Gregory Holloway, 37, died Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in Hinds County due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Jackson. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident of the Oak Hill Community, he was born December 27, 1972, to David Holloway and Lois Hand Holloway. He attended Saltillo High School. He enjoyed fishing, riding his 4-wheeler, and...
Elvira " Vi " Noonan
April 26, 2010
Fayetteville, GA-- Elvira Crull Noonan of, formally of Tupelo, MS, died April 27, 2010, at the age of 96. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Tupelo for forty-seven years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry F. Noonan. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 30, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. W.E. Pegues Funeral...
Elvira
April 26, 2010
Fayetteville, GA-- Elvira Crull Noonan of, formally of Tupelo, MS, died April 27, 2010, at the age of 96. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Tupelo for forty-seven years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry F. Noonan. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 30, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. W.E. Pegues Funeral...
Martin Covington, Jr.
April 25, 2010
Saltillo - Martin Bryan Covington, Jr., 81, died peacefully Sunday, April 25, 2010, at his residence after an extended illness. A native of Mathis, Tex., he was born January 15, 1929, to Martin Bryan and Francis Elizabeth Covington. He was a mechanical engineer for the Bendix Corporation. A very devoted husband and father, he was known for his honesty and...
Martin Covington
April 25, 2010
Saltillo - Martin Bryan Covington, Jr., 81, died peacefully Sunday, April 25, 2010, at his residence after an extended illness. A native of Mathis, Tex., he was born January 15, 1929, to Martin Bryan and Francis Elizabeth Covington. He was a mechanical engineer for the Bendix Corporation. A very devoted husband and father, he was known for his honesty and...
Russell Sheffield
April 24, 2010
TUPELO - Albert Russell Sheffield, 87, died Saturday, April 24, 2010, at Avonlea Assisted Living in Tupelo. He was a former employee of Hancock Fabrics and an electrician. A World War II veteran, he served in the Air Force in the South Pacific. He loved hunting, fishing, and working in the yard. He was a member of St. Mark United...
Bobby Lee Johnson
April 24, 2010
Pontotoc - Bobby Lee Johnson, 69, died Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Nettleton, he was born October 29, 1940, to Arlie and Martha Calmes Johnson. He was retired from Richco Plastics in Harvard, Il. after more than 30 years of service. He moved back to Mississippi five years...
Bobby Johnson
April 24, 2010
Pontotoc - Bobby Lee Johnson, 69, died Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Nettleton, he was born October 29, 1940, to Arlie and Martha Calmes Johnson. He was retired from Richco Plastics in Harvard, Il. after more than 30 years of service. He moved back to Mississippi five years...
Luke Orville Wilson
April 23, 2010
Old Union - Luke Orville Wilson, 86, died Friday, April 23, 2010, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Monroe County native, he was born October 16, 1923 to Luke and Lucien Hester Wilson. He was reared in the Shannon and Okolona areas, and had lived most of his adult life in Tupelo. He served in...
Luke Wilson
April 23, 2010
Old Union - Luke Orville Wilson, 86, died Friday, April 23, 2010, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Monroe County native, he was born October 16, 1923 to Luke and Lucien Hester Wilson. He was reared in the Shannon and Okolona areas, and had lived most of his adult life in Tupelo. He served in...
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