OBITUARIES
Nancy Thomas
October 18, 2009
Pontotoc - Nancy Thomas, 66, died Sunday, October 18, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Reading, Penn., she was born March 14, 1943 to Edgar and Mary Cataldi Palmer. She was the office manager for Industrial Express Trucking Company. She enjoyed cooking and playing bingo. She was a member the Catholic Church....
Earl W. Repult
October 17, 2009
Tupelo - Earl W. Repult, 67, died Saturday, October 17, 2009, at his and his daughters residence in Saltillo. He was born in Plantersville July 20, 1942, to William Earl and Ethel Mae Witt Repult. He was raised in East Tupelo and graduated from Tupelo High School. Afterwards, he immediately joined the United States Marine Corps. While serving in the...
Earl Repult
October 17, 2009
Tupelo - Earl W. Repult, 67, died Saturday, October 17, 2009, at his and his daughters residence in Saltillo. He was born in Plantersville July 20, 1942, to William Earl and Ethel Mae Witt Repult. He was raised in East Tupelo and graduated from Tupelo High School. Afterwards, he immediately joined the United States Marine Corps. While serving in the...
Ladosky Fennell
October 16, 2009
Eggville - Ladosky Farris Fennell, 84, crossed over to Jordan to be with her Lord, Friday, October 16, 2009, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born in the Ballardsville Community on May 7, 1925 to Will and Virgie Farris. Earlier in her life, she worked in several area garment manufacturing plants and later worked at the...
Ladosky Farris Fennell
October 16, 2009
Eggville - Ladosky Farris Fennell, 84, crossed over to Jordan to be with her Lord, Friday, October 16, 2009, at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born in the Ballardsville Community on May 7, 1925 to Will and Virgie Farris. Earlier in her life, she worked in several area garment manufacturing plants and later worked at the...
Corinne Tate
October 15, 2009
Tupelo - Corinne Tate, 87, died Thursday, October 15, 2009, at Golden Living Center after a brief illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, she was born November 1, 1921 to Frank and Leona Haskett Richards. She worked as a greeter at Wal-Mart on West Main. Earlier, she had worked at the Thomas Street School cafeteria. An avid reader, she...
Ilene Burrough
October 12, 2009
Tupelo - Ilene Holley Burrough, 80, died Monday, October 12, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. A native of Randolph, she was born January 25, 1929, to Walter and Pauline Flaherty. She worked in the garment industry as a seamstress for several years. She was the widow of Hubert Holley who preceded her in death...
Ilene Holly Burrough
October 12, 2009
Tupelo - Ilene Holley Burrough, 80, died Monday, October 12, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. A native of Randolph, she was born January 25, 1929, to Walter and Pauline Flaherty. She worked in the garment industry as a seamstress for several years. She was the widow of Hubert Holley who preceded her in death...
JoAnn Evans
October 12, 2009
Thaxton - JoAnn Evans, 62, died Monday, October 12, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born December 11, 1946 to A.D.and Hortense Stanford. Before she was disabled, she worked at Reed Manufacturing. For 32 years, she and her family lived in the Brewer Community before moving to Thaxton. She enjoyed playing the...
Joel Mitchell
October 9, 2009
Mooreville - Joel Mitchell, 71, died October 9, 2009, at his residence, after a brief illness. A native of Lee County, he was born September 1, 1938 to the late Delmus Connie Mitchell and Hazel Jane Loftin Mitchell. He was self employed and owned various businesses through out the years, including a gas station and rental properties. He enjoyed music...
Mildred Baker
October 6, 2009
Tupelo - Mildred Nancy Baker, 82, died Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A native of Berry, Ala., she was born January 16, 1927 to Dude and Nancy Alma Smallwood Davis. She was a retired telephone operator, serving 30 years. She was the widow of W.O. Hightower Baker who preceded her in...
Ruth Jolliffe
October 5, 2009
Tupelo - Ruth Jean Jolliffe, 80, died Monday, October 5, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born December 25, 1928, in Detoit, Mich. to Jack and Ada Maude Jagoe Wilson. She was a homemaker and enjoyed art work and writing poems. She was the widow of Eugene Waggoner and Alfred Jolliffe. She was...
Nancy Coggins
October 4, 2009
Dorsey - Nancy Faye Coggins, 46, died Sunday, October 4, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. An Okolona native, she was born October 25, 1962. She worked at KC's Mart in Mooreville. She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandkids and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday...
Dr Benjamin Hal Buchanan, Jr.
October 4, 2009
Benjamin Hal Buchanan Jr., beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 4, 2009. He grew up in Greenville, Mississippi, attended Delta State University, and graduated from the University of Mississippi Medical School in 1969. He then completed an Internship at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Georgia, before returning to Jackson to complete an...
Benjamin Buchanan
October 4, 2009
Benjamin Hal Buchanan Jr., beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 4, 2009. He grew up in Greenville, Mississippi, attended Delta State University, and graduated from the University of Mississippi Medical School in 1969. He then completed an Internship at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Georgia, before returning to Jackson to complete an...
George Winders
October 4, 2009
Verona - George Irvin Winders, 57, died Sunday, October 4, 2009, at his home after a sudden illness. He was born March 9, 1952 in Lee County to Clarence George and Jo Bell Irvin Winders. A graduate of Nettleton High School, he then went on to Mississippi State University where he graduated with a degree in marketing. He worked as...
Sandra Manley
October 4, 2009
Decatur, Ga. - Sandra Lee Manley, 68, died Sunday, October 4, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of the Atlanta, Georgia area, she was born July 4, 1941. Her parents were Robert Lee and Gertrude Jones Rainwater. She was married to Charles L. Cook who died, August 15, 1976, and later married...
George Wilson
October 3, 2009
Tupelo - George Allen Wilson, 83, died Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native and life-long resident of Tupelo, he was born November 29, 1925 to Joel Sylvester and Alma Jackson Wilson. Immediately after graduating from East Tupelo High School in 1943, he joined the United States Navy. During World War...
George Allen Wilson
October 3, 2009
Tupelo - George Allen Wilson, 83, died Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native and life-long resident of Tupelo, he was born November 29, 1925 to Joel Sylvester and Alma Jackson Wilson. Immediately after graduating from East Tupelo High School in 1943, he joined the United States Navy. During World War...
Bobbie Russell
September 29, 2009
Fulton - Bobbie Sue Russell, 79, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at Phillips Personal Care Home after a sudden illness. A Lee County native and longtime resident, she was born August 30, 1930 to Joel Cleveland and Leona Barber Mabry. She was a retired employee of Hunter Saddler Manufacturing but was previously a longtime employee of Playcraft in Saltillo. She...
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