OBITUARIES

Roy Thomas " Tom " O'Shields

Roy Thomas " Tom " O'Shields

August 10, 2009

Clermont, Fla.--Roy Thomas "Tom" OShields, 69, died Monday, August 10, 2009, at the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont, Florida. He was born February 21, 1940, in Tupelo, Mississippi to Enoch L. and Mary Jean OShields. He was a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity and was a veteran of...

Mary Eason

Mary Eason

August 9, 2009

Tupelo - Mary Ann Eason, 81, died Sunday, August 9, 2009, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. She was born in Martin, Tennessee on June 28, 1928 to M.H. and Earlene Cantrel Smith. She married James Paul Eason October 8, 1950 and was a homemaker. She was a member of the garden club and bridge club,...

Mary Ann Eason

Mary Ann Eason

August 9, 2009

Tupelo - Mary Ann Eason, 81, died Sunday, August 9, 2009, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. She was born in Martin, Tennessee on June 28, 1928 to M.H. and Earlene Cantrel Smith. She married James Paul Eason October 8, 1950 and was a homemaker. She was a member of the garden club and bridge club,...

Joyce Jones

Joyce Jones

August 8, 2009

Tupelo - Joyce Jones, 62, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, August 8, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Tupelo native, she was born August 17, 1946 to Clovis and Christine Brooks Jones. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church and she very much enjoyed listening to gospel music. Services will...

Carlos Pettigrew

Carlos Pettigrew

August 7, 2009

Cayson - Carlos Pettigrew, 94, died Friday, August 7, 2009, at his residence in the Cayson Community. A native and life-long resident of Tupelo, he was born July 3, 1915, to John and Bessie Smith Pettigrew. On April 26, 1936, he married Velera Mae Sis Roebuck and they recently celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary. He was a United States Army...

Beth Graham

Beth Graham

August 1, 2009

Black Zion " Mary Elizabeth Chisholm Graham, 55, of the Black Zion Community, died Saturday, August 1, 2009 at her home after a lengthy illness. Beth was born May 23, 1954 in Tupelo. She attended Tupelo High School and Northeast Mississippi Junior College. She worked at Tupelo Foam for over 17 years and had worked with her husband at Shannon...

Laura Rhudy McCaskill

Laura Rhudy McCaskill

August 1, 2009

Tupelo - Laura Rhudy McCaskill, 96, died Saturday, August 1, 2009, at Cedars Heathcare Center after an extended illness. She was born in the Brewer Community to Jim H and Mary Lee Porter Rhudy. She worked at Reeds Manufacturing. She had lived at Cedars Health Center since February 2006. She was a member of Center Hill Baptist Church in Plantersville...

Laura McCaskill

Laura McCaskill

August 1, 2009

Tupelo - Laura Rhudy McCaskill, 96, died Saturday, August 1, 2009, at Cedars Heathcare Center after an extended illness. She was born in the Brewer Community to Jim H and Mary Lee Porter Rhudy. She worked at Reeds Manufacturing. She had lived at Cedars Health Center since February 2006. She was a member of Center Hill Baptist Church in Plantersville...

Beth Chisholm Graham

Beth Chisholm Graham

August 1, 2009

Black Zion " Mary Elizabeth Chisholm Graham, 55, of the Black Zion Community, died Saturday, August 1, 2009 at her home after a lengthy illness. Beth was born May 23, 1954 in Tupelo. She attended Tupelo High School and Northeast Mississippi Junior College. She worked at Tupelo Foam for over 17 years and had worked with her husband at Shannon...

Jean Pettis

Jean Pettis

July 30, 2009

Tupelo - Jean Pettis, 72, died Thursday, July 30, 2009, at her residence after a sudden illness. She was born September 11, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee to Lester George and Beulah Louise Meadows Greene. She graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in social work. She married Dr. James Leighton Pettis, Jr. on January 28, 1956 and for...

Mary Betts

Mary Betts

July 29, 2009

CHRISTINE LANSDELL BETTS SALTILLO- Christine Lansdell Betts, 66, died peacefully Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Lee County, she was born November 2, 1942 to the late M.H. and Clara Mae Williams Lansdell. She was a graduate of Tupelo High School, and attended Itawamba Community College, LPN school. She...

Michael W. Mansell

Michael W. Mansell

July 27, 2009

Texas " Michael W. Mansell, passed away, Monday, July 27, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas at 57 years of age. He was a native of Tupelo, Mississippi and graduated from Shannon High School. He attended South West Baptist College in Boliver, MO as well as Missouri State. He was married to the former Susan Taylor of Saint Clair, Missouri for...

Michael Mansell

Michael Mansell

July 27, 2009

Texas " Michael W. Mansell, passed away, Monday, July 27, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas at 57 years of age. He was a native of Tupelo, Mississippi and graduated from Shannon High School. He attended South West Baptist College in Boliver, MO as well as Missouri State. He was married to the former Susan Taylor of Saint Clair, Missouri for...

Trula Phillips

Trula Phillips

July 27, 2009

Unity - Trula Fay Phillips, 81, died Monday, July 27, 2009, at The Meadows in Fulton after a brief Illness. A Lee County native , she was born November 27, 1927 to John and Etta Vena Hill Young. She attended Holmes Junior College on a basketball scholarship before earning her degree in education from Mississippi State University. She was a...

Daniel Clardy

Daniel Clardy

July 25, 2009

GUNTOWN " Daniel Gene Clardy Sr., 50, died Saturday, July 25, 2009, at his home after a long illness. He was born May 20, 1959, in Waukegan, Ill., to Carroll Eugene and Lucile Harkness Clardy. He had lived in the Saltillo-Guntown area for about 11 years. He was an employee of The McCarty Company Construction Group Inc. of Tupelo. He...

Aileen Crump Davis

Aileen Crump Davis

July 24, 2009

AILEEN DAVIS Pontotoc - Aileen Crump Davis, 83, died Friday, July 24, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North MS after a short illness. She was born February 6, 1926 to Ira and Lillian Caldwell Crump. After graduating in 1941 from Sherman High School, she attended Draughns Business College in Memphis. After graduation, she married and moved to Camden, New Jersey where...

Aileen Davis

Aileen Davis

July 24, 2009

AILEEN DAVIS Pontotoc - Aileen Crump Davis, 83, died Friday, July 24, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North MS after a short illness. She was born February 6, 1926 to Ira and Lillian Caldwell Crump. After graduating in 1941 from Sherman High School, she attended Draughns Business College in Memphis. After graduation, she married and moved to Camden, New Jersey where...

Nona Shumpert

Nona Shumpert

July 23, 2009

Hiram, Ga.Nona Shumpert, 95, died Thursday, July 23, 2009 At Wellstar Paulding Nursing Center in Dallas, Georgia, after a short illness where she lived the past several years. She was born June 14, 1914 in Itawamba County to the late Will and Ada Loden Lindsey. She was married to Robert L. (Shorty) Shumpert August 10, 1946 who died in 1974....

Richard Morgan

Richard Morgan

July 22, 2009

RICK MORGAN Tupelo - Richard Dean "Rick" Morgan, 45, died Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born December 1, 1963 to Audie and Barbara Wages Morgan. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School and then attended Itawamba Community College. He worked a number of years as...

Anneliese Davis

Anneliese Davis

July 17, 2009

Tupelo - Anneliese Herz Davis, 80, died Friday, July 17, 2009, at her daughters residence after an extended illness. She was born August 21, 1928, in Wiesbaden, Germany to Karl and Maria Kling Herz. In 1949, she moved to Mississippi, settling in Natchez in 1960, where she raised her family and lived until her health began to decline. She then...