OBITUARIES

Searcy Kitchen

Searcy Kitchen

December 17, 2009

TN - Gena Searcy Kitchen, 54, died Thursday, December 17, 2009, at Methodist Hospital in Germantown after a sudden illness. A Greenville native, she was born October 29, 1955 to David and Jean Searcy. She was a 1973 graduate of Tupelo High School. She graduated from University of Mississippi with a Bachelors of Art degree. She then attended MSCW with...

Lamont Starling

Lamont Starling

December 14, 2009

Mooreville - Lamont Starling, 77, died Monday, December 14, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born June 7, 1932 to Cladue and Alma Dodson Starling. For most of his working life he was a brick mason with Hopkins Masonary Company. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean...

Ollie G. Swanson

Ollie G. Swanson

December 14, 2009

Tupelo - Ollie Swanson, 79, died Monday, December 14, 2009, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. She was born in Tennessee on March 24, 1930, to Jack and Fannie May Edwards Albritton. She was a vetenarian assistant for Dr. Stevens in Verona for many years. She enjoyed going to yard sales, gardening, and canning what she...

Ollie Swanson

Ollie Swanson

December 14, 2009

Tupelo - Ollie Swanson, 79, died Monday, December 14, 2009, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. She was born in Tennessee on March 24, 1930, to Jack and Fannie May Edwards Albritton. She was a vetenarian assistant for Dr. Stevens in Verona for many years. She enjoyed going to yard sales, gardening, and canning what she...

Harold Ray Duncan

Harold Ray Duncan

December 13, 2009

Tupelo, Miss.Harold Ray Duncan, 62 of Saltillo, Miss. died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, he was born July 26, 1947. He graduated from McAdory High School and then attended Samford University. He was also a graduate of the Naval School of Music and was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving...

Harold Duncan

Harold Duncan

December 13, 2009

Tupelo, Miss.Harold Ray Duncan, 62 of Saltillo, Miss. died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, he was born July 26, 1947. He graduated from McAdory High School and then attended Samford University. He was also a graduate of the Naval School of Music and was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving...

Martha Reed

Martha Reed

December 12, 2009

Tupelo - Martha Ann Reed, 68, died Saturday, December 12, 2009, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, she was born April 21, 1941, to the late Robert P. and Katie Ruth Gentry Reed. She was a 1960 graduate of Tupelo High School. Earlier in her life, she worked for Reed Manufacturing...

Martha Ann Reed

Martha Ann Reed

December 12, 2009

Tupelo - Martha Ann Reed, 68, died Saturday, December 12, 2009, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, she was born April 21, 1941, to the late Robert P. and Katie Ruth Gentry Reed. She was a 1960 graduate of Tupelo High School. Earlier in her life, she worked for Reed Manufacturing...

Jack Kahlstorf

Jack Kahlstorf

December 12, 2009

Tupelo " Dr. Jack H. Kahlstorf, 57, died Saturday, December 12, 2009, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born in Greenville on January 16, 1952, to Skovel and Frances Brannon Kahlstorf. He attended Greenville High School, where he excelled in academics and athletics. He played varsity tennis and basketball, winning awards for scholarship and individual achievement in tennis. He also...

Dr Jack H. Kahlstorf

Dr Jack H. Kahlstorf

December 12, 2009

Tupelo " Dr. Jack H. Kahlstorf, 57, died Saturday, December 12, 2009, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born in Greenville on January 16, 1952, to Skovel and Frances Brannon Kahlstorf. He attended Greenville High School, where he excelled in academics and athletics. He played varsity tennis and basketball, winning awards for scholarship and individual achievement in tennis. He also...

Ray McGarity

Ray McGarity

December 9, 2009

Saltillo - Ray McGarity, 67, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at his residence after an extended illness. A native of Reform, Ala., he was born October 25, 1942 to Williie and Mamie Gobar McGarity. He served his country for 32 years, 4 years in the U.S. Navy and was also retired from the National Guard after 28 years of service....

Joe Simpson

Joe Simpson

December 9, 2009

Tupelo - Joe Francis Simpson, Jr., 79, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was a longtime resident of Tupelo and was the lst surviving member of his family. his parents were Elizza Smith Simpson and Joe F. Simpson, Sr. of the Eggville Community. Mr. Simpson was a president and salutatorium...

Joe F. Simpson, Jr.

Joe F. Simpson, Jr.

December 9, 2009

Tupelo - Joe Francis Simpson, Jr., 79, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was a longtime resident of Tupelo and was the lst surviving member of his family. his parents were Elizza Smith Simpson and Joe F. Simpson, Sr. of the Eggville Community. Mr. Simpson was a president and salutatorium...

Ethel Huffman

Ethel Huffman

December 8, 2009

Tupelo - Ethel Huffman, 88, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born November 27, 1921, in Burlison, Tenn. to C.M. and Lillie McMillin Baskin. She made her home in Burlison until 2000 when she moved to Tupelo. She was married to Milton Russell Huffman, a World War II veteran, for...

Daisy White

Daisy White

December 8, 2009

Baldwyn - Daisy Marie White, 92, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at her residence after a brief illness. A native of Floral, Ark., she was born October 17, 1917 to Louis and Anna Brannan Brown. She grew up in Floral, Ark. and moved to Oklahoma in a covered wagon in 1921 before returning to Arkansas a few years later. She...

Alexander

Alexander

December 3, 2009

Saltillo - Gene Alexander, 72, died Thursday, December 3, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born September 18, 1937 to Thomas Bonner and Viola Turner Alexander. He was a life-long resident of Saltillo. For 50 years, he worked as a route salesman for Sunshine Groceries and J J Rogers and Sons Wholesale Groceries....

Gene Alexander

Gene Alexander

December 3, 2009

Saltillo - Gene Alexander, 72, died Thursday, December 3, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born September 18, 1937 to Thomas Bonner and Viola Turner Alexander. He was a life-long resident of Saltillo. For 50 years, he worked as a route salesman for Sunshine Groceries and J J Rogers and Sons Wholesale Groceries....

Betty Scott

Betty Scott

December 3, 2009

Mantachie - Betty Scott, 70, died Thursday, December 3, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Illinois, she was born August 10, 1939 to John and Ethel Hall Powell. She moved to the Tupelo area when she married her husband, Wayne Scott. She lived in Mantachie the past ten years. She worked for Dudie's Diner a...

Michael Thrasher

Michael Thrasher

December 2, 2009

Mantachie - Michael Joe Thrasher, 56, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born October 30, 1953, to the late Rubel and Jewel Mae Dill Thrasher. He was a member of the Pentecostal Church. He loved spending time with his wife and enjoyed animals. Graveside Services...

Jo Watson

Jo Watson

November 27, 2009

Tupelo - Jo Watson, 81, died Friday, November 27, 2009, at Rosewood Residence after an extended illness. A native of Sherman, she was born July 25, 1928 to Hilary and Estelle Alexander Livingston. She owned and operated a beauty shop for serveral years. She married George Watson May 1, 1976. She was manager of Super Sports in the Downtown Mall...