OBITUARIES
Stephen R. Stanford
September 25, 2009
Saltillo - Stephen Ray Stanford, 56, died Friday, September 25, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born July 26, 1953 to Fletcher and Ruth Malone Stanford. A 1971 graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to University of Mississippi where he graduated in 1982...
Mary Scruggs Mitchell
September 25, 2009
Tupelo - Mary Evelyn Scruggs Mitchell, 90, died Friday, September 25, 2009, at the Gregory House, Traceway Retirement Community after an extended illness. A Pontotoc County native, she was born August 31, 1919 in Sherman, MS as the only child to William Edwin Scruggs and Mary Lucille Ashe Scruggs. After graduating from Sherman High School in 1936, she attended Mississippi...
Virginia Poole
September 23, 2009
Tupelo " Virginia Cole Poole, 90, died Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Guntown, she was born November 11, 1918, to Leander Valentine (Volly) and Johnnie Shell Cole. A 1936 graduate of Baldwyn High School, she then went on to Electric Mills Nursing School where she graduated in 1939. That...
Opal Chittom
September 22, 2009
Tupelo - Opal Garner Chittom, 93, died Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. She was born in Lee County October 31, 1915, the first child of Lewis E. and Miley P. Garner. She was married to Aubrey Harmon Chittom on January 12, 1935. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary...
Jimmy Dye
September 20, 2009
Saltillo -- James Tate Jimmy Dye, 71, died Sunday, September 20, 2009 at the Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born in the Brewer Community to James Duel and Nellie Tate Dye on February 6, 1938. He was 20 year retired E 7 Chief petty officer in the United States Navy having served in the Vietnam War....
Thomas Rivers
September 20, 2009
Tupelo - Thomas Lamar Rivers, 75, died Sunday, September 20, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born December 7, 1933, in Neshoba County to Curtis Hugh Lee and Mavis Dallas Rivers. A 1952 graduate of Meridian High School, he then went on to Meridian Junior College and East Mississippi Junior college where he...
Jimmy
September 20, 2009
Saltillo -- James Tate Jimmy Dye, 71, died Sunday, September 20, 2009 at the Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born in the Brewer Community to James Duel and Nellie Tate Dye on February 6, 1938. He was 20 year retired E 7 Chief petty officer in the United States Navy having served in the Vietnam War....
Arvad Dye
September 20, 2009
NETTLETON " Arvad L. Dye, 94, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, at his residence in Nettleton only four days from the passing of his wife of 67 years, Margaret. He was born Oct. 22, 1914, in the Brewer Community to James Rufus and Gladys Nicholson Dye. An Army Veteran of World War II, he spent 26 and a half months...
Arvad
September 20, 2009
NETTLETON " Arvad L. Dye, 94, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, at his residence in Nettleton only four days from the passing of his wife of 67 years, Margaret. He was born Oct. 22, 1914, in the Brewer Community to James Rufus and Gladys Nicholson Dye. An Army Veteran of World War II, he spent 26 and a half months...
Douglas Bass
September 18, 2009
Oxford - Douglas Phillip Bass, 88, died Friday, September 18, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. A Lee County native, he was born March 1, 1921 to Phillip and Olga Hussey Bass. He joined the United States Army on October 12, 1942 and was honorably discharged after becoming disabled as a result of serving in World War II. He...
Douglas P. Bass
September 18, 2009
Oxford - Douglas Phillip Bass, 88, died Friday, September 18, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. A Lee County native, he was born March 1, 1921 to Phillip and Olga Hussey Bass. He joined the United States Army on October 12, 1942 and was honorably discharged after becoming disabled as a result of serving in World War II. He...
J T. Stephens
September 17, 2009
Tupelo - James Thomas J.T. Stephens, 72, died Thursday, September 17, 2009, at his residence after a brief illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born December 30, 1936, to Allen and Jewell Mae Short Stephens. A 1955 graduate of Mooreville High School, he then attended Itawamba Community College. He married his wife, Elizabeth, August 14, 1965,...
Meredith High Davidson
September 17, 2009
Olive Branch - Meredith High Davidson, 27, died Thursday, September 17, 2009, at her home in Olive Branch. She was born February 28, 1982, in Birmingham, Ala., to Henry and Lynn Cork High. She attended Tupelo public schools and graduated from Faith Christian Academy in 2000. She married Cody Davidson, January 7, 2006. She enjoyed spending time with family and...
Meredith Davidson
September 17, 2009
Olive Branch - Meredith High Davidson, 27, died Thursday, September 17, 2009, at her home in Olive Branch. She was born February 28, 1982, in Birmingham, Ala., to Henry and Lynn Cork High. She attended Tupelo public schools and graduated from Faith Christian Academy in 2000. She married Cody Davidson, January 7, 2006. She enjoyed spending time with family and...
J Stephens
September 17, 2009
Tupelo - James Thomas J.T. Stephens, 72, died Thursday, September 17, 2009, at his residence after a brief illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born December 30, 1936, to Allen and Jewell Mae Short Stephens. A 1955 graduate of Mooreville High School, he then attended Itawamba Community College. He married his wife, Elizabeth, August 14, 1965,...
Margaret
September 16, 2009
Nettleton - Margaret Dye, 88, died Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Birmingham, Ala, she was born February 28, 1921 to Charles Gates and Carrie Hingle Moreland. She grew up in Talladega, Ala. and attended Jacksonville State Teachers College in Jacksonville, Ala. She married Arvad Dye on December 24, 1941, and they...
Margaret Dye
September 16, 2009
Nettleton - Margaret Dye, 88, died Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Birmingham, Ala, she was born February 28, 1921 to Charles Gates and Carrie Hingle Moreland. She grew up in Talladega, Ala. and attended Jacksonville State Teachers College in Jacksonville, Ala. She married Arvad Dye on December 24, 1941, and they...
Velma Lott
September 16, 2009
Guntown - Velma Rush Lott, 86, died Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at Cedars Heathcare Center after an extended illness. A longtime resident of Guntown, she was born in Pontotoc County June 6, 1923 to John Henry and Elizabeth Pearl McCord Rush. She was a homemaker, but earlier in her life she worked in the garment plant in Guntown. She enjoyed...
Mittie " Nubbin " Shattles
September 15, 2009
Booneville - Mittie Pearl "Nubbin" Payne Shattles, 77, died Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born February 13, 1932, to Samuel and Lillia Ellis Payne. After growing up and living a number of years in Lee County, she also spent 20 years on Pickwick Lake after...
Mittie
September 15, 2009
Booneville - Mittie Pearl "Nubbin" Payne Shattles, 77, died Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born February 13, 1932, to Samuel and Lillia Ellis Payne. After growing up and living a number of years in Lee County, she also spent 20 years on Pickwick Lake after...
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