OBITUARIES

Billy McLarty

Billy McLarty

September 14, 2009

BILLY JOE McLARTY Saltillo - Billy Joe McLarty, 75, died Monday, September 14, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Booneville after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born to Quay Grover McLarty and Verna Ward Bass McLarty. He married Betty Harris in 1953 and they recently celebrated 56 years of marriage. He lived many years in the...

Billy Joe McLarty

Billy Joe McLarty

September 14, 2009

BILLY JOE McLARTY Saltillo - Billy Joe McLarty, 75, died Monday, September 14, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Booneville after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born to Quay Grover McLarty and Verna Ward Bass McLarty. He married Betty Harris in 1953 and they recently celebrated 56 years of marriage. He lived many years in the...

Clarence (Bill) Sullivan

Clarence (Bill) Sullivan

September 12, 2009

Tupelo - Clarence Leonard "Bill" Sullivan, Jr., 79, died Saturday, September 12, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Birmingham Ridge, he was born June 25, 1930 to Clarence L. and Lynette Parker Sullivan. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was retired from Truck Center...

Clarence L.

Clarence L.

September 12, 2009

Tupelo - Clarence Leonard "Bill" Sullivan, Jr., 79, died Saturday, September 12, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Birmingham Ridge, he was born June 25, 1930 to Clarence L. and Lynette Parker Sullivan. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was retired from Truck Center...

Martha Blake

Martha Blake

September 10, 2009

Tupelo - Martha A. Blake, 55, died Thursday, September 10, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Fulton native, she was born April 25, 1954 to Willie Marshall Rhyne and Mable Jean Tackett Rhyne. She attended Itawamba Junior College. She worked during her career at the Tupelo Manor Nursing Home where she received her Certified...

Martha A. Blake

Martha A. Blake

September 10, 2009

Tupelo - Martha A. Blake, 55, died Thursday, September 10, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Fulton native, she was born April 25, 1954 to Willie Marshall Rhyne and Mable Jean Tackett Rhyne. She attended Itawamba Junior College. She worked during her career at the Tupelo Manor Nursing Home where she received her Certified...

Pamela Hayes

Pamela Hayes

September 10, 2009

TupeloPamela C. Hayes, 47, died Thursday, September 10, 2009, at her residence in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. She was born November 14, 1961, in Somerset, Kentucky and has lived in Tupelo since 2000. She attended Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky and received her Associates degree from Hinds Junior College in Jackson. She was a computer wiz and enjoyed...

Pamela C. Hayes

Pamela C. Hayes

September 10, 2009

TupeloPamela C. Hayes, 47, died Thursday, September 10, 2009, at her residence in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. She was born November 14, 1961, in Somerset, Kentucky and has lived in Tupelo since 2000. She attended Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky and received her Associates degree from Hinds Junior College in Jackson. She was a computer wiz and enjoyed...

Barbara Thrasher

Barbara Thrasher

September 9, 2009

Mantachie - Barbara Nell Thrasher, 52, died Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Clarksdale, she was born August 13, 1957 to Jimmy Lee and Bobby Nell Pettit Boling. She was a homemaker and had been a resident of Mantachie for the past 20 years. She enjoyed camping, fishing and...

Doris Shirley

Doris Shirley

September 7, 2009

Birmingham Ridge - Doris Shirley, 70, died Monday, September 7, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born November 1, 1938 to Cordie Lee and Iva Lee Scruggs Hill. She was retired from National Mortgage Company in Memphis, Tenn. She had lived in Birmingham Ridge the past 13 years. Graveside...

Hazel Faye Brown

Hazel Faye Brown

September 6, 2009

Saltillo - Hazel Faye Brown, 75, died Sunday, September 6, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Hickory Flat native, she was born February 6, 1934 to Woodrow Wilson and Clevie Ann Perkins Crouch. She was retired from Lawhon Elementary where she worked in the school cafeteria. She enjoyed working in her yard and growing...

Kenny Blackshear

Kenny Blackshear

September 6, 2009

Tupelo - Kenny Leon Blackshear, 55, died Sunday, September 6, 2009, at his residence after an extended illness. A native of Jonesboro, Ark., he was born August 22, 1954 to Russell Leon and Naomi Ruth Powell Blackshear. A 1972 graduate of Jonesboro High School, he then went on to Arkansas State University where he graduated with a bachelor of science...

Hazel Brown

Hazel Brown

September 6, 2009

Saltillo - Hazel Faye Brown, 75, died Sunday, September 6, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Hickory Flat native, she was born February 6, 1934 to Woodrow Wilson and Clevie Ann Perkins Crouch. She was retired from Lawhon Elementary where she worked in the school cafeteria. She enjoyed working in her yard and growing...

Corrine Franks

Corrine Franks

September 3, 2009

Mooreville - Corrine Ruth Franks, 94, died Thursday, September 3, 2009, at the Baldwyn Nursing Facility after an extended illness. She was born in Ripley March 17, 1915 to Jess and Martha Tatum Richardson. She was a 1937 graduate of Cedar Hill High School and the widow of Shelby Preston Franks. While most of her life was spent as a...

Corrine Ruth Franks

Corrine Ruth Franks

September 3, 2009

Mooreville - Corrine Ruth Franks, 94, died Thursday, September 3, 2009, at the Baldwyn Nursing Facility after an extended illness. She was born in Ripley March 17, 1915 to Jess and Martha Tatum Richardson. She was a 1937 graduate of Cedar Hill High School and the widow of Shelby Preston Franks. While most of her life was spent as a...

Shirley Davis

Shirley Davis

September 1, 2009

Tupelo - Shirley Emily Wilson Davis, 72, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born July 1, 1937 to Roy W. and Rebecca Brown Wilson. She attended Itawamba Community College and was retired from United Insurance Company. She was a loving grandmother, affectionately known as Mama Shirley. She was married...

John Thomas Malosh

John Thomas Malosh

August 31, 2009

Saltillo - John Thomas Malosh, 66, died Monday, August 31, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Raised in Beaverton, Mich., he was born May 10, 1943, to John H. and Wanda L. Rise Malosh. He served his country in the United States Navy. He was formerly of the Sanford, Michigan area and retired with General...

John Malosh

John Malosh

August 31, 2009

Saltillo - John Thomas Malosh, 66, died Monday, August 31, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Raised in Beaverton, Mich., he was born May 10, 1943, to John H. and Wanda L. Rise Malosh. He served his country in the United States Navy. He was formerly of the Sanford, Michigan area and retired with General...

Lois Wood

Lois Wood

August 31, 2009

Tupelo - Frances Lois Wood, 68, died Monday, August 31, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born August 21, 1941 in Trenton, Tenn. to Raymond and Myrtle Ragsdale Gibson. She has lived in the Lee County area for the past 30 years. A resident of Lake Piomingo, she enjoyed evening rides on the pontoon boat and...

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August 30, 2009

Tupelo - E-9 Sgt Major Thomas Jefferson Tom Carr, Retired, 87, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, at his residence in the Andrews Chapel Community after a lengthy illness. A Lee County native, he was born September 5, 1921 to and Mary Cornelia Christian Carr and George Jefferson Carr. He joined the National Guard in 1937 and answered a call to...