OBITUARIES
Robert McDade
June 23, 2009
Shannon--Robert E. McDade passed away on June 23, 2009 at the age of 84. He was born in Marie, Arkansas to Roberta Derdeyn McDade and Clarence R. McDade. His family soon moved to North Mississippi and purchased a small farm in Shannon, MS where Robert lived and worked for the remainder of his life. Robert graduated from Shannon High School...
Susan Higgins
June 21, 2009
Tupelo - Susan Furr Higgins, 42, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Communcity Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born February 16, 1967 to Donald Paul and Mary Ruth Sims Furr, Jr. She worked in Human Resources at Aircap/MTD Industries for 16 years. She enjoyed life and the time she spent with family...
Dorothy " Dot " Leech
June 20, 2009
TUPELO " Dorothy H. Dot Leech, 74, died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born Aug. 30, 1934, in Baldwyn to the late Kirby and Myrtle Miller Hill. She was a longtime resident of Tupelo and was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was a medical transcriptionist for...
Dorothy
June 20, 2009
TUPELO " Dorothy H. Dot Leech, 74, died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born Aug. 30, 1934, in Baldwyn to the late Kirby and Myrtle Miller Hill. She was a longtime resident of Tupelo and was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was a medical transcriptionist for...
Harold Caradine
June 14, 2009
JACKIE CARADINE Saltillo - Harold Edward Jackie Caradine, Jr., 63, died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at his residence in Saltillo after an extended illness. He was born December 21, 1945 in Clay County to Harold Edward Caradine, Sr. and Faye Reese Caradine. He served a number of years in the United States Marine Corps. He worked many years in the...
Robert Kneisly
June 12, 2009
BOB KNEISLY Pratts - Robert Craig Bob Kneisly, 70, died Friday, June 12, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Dayton, Ohio native, he was born November 23, 1938 to Ralph and Marietta Shoup Kneisly. He graduated from Avondale High School in Avondale Estates, Georgia. He then went on to the University of the South...
Howard Thorne
June 11, 2009
Saltillo - Howard Thorne, Jr., 68, died Thursday, June 11, 2009, at the Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a long battle with cancer. A Booneville native and lifelong resident of North Mississippi, he was born July 22, 1940 to Howard C. Thorne, Sr. and Mildred Joyner Thorne. He was a retired truck driver, a barber for 40 years, and...
Howard C. Thorne, Jr.
June 11, 2009
Saltillo - Howard Thorne, Jr., 68, died Thursday, June 11, 2009, at the Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a long battle with cancer. A Booneville native and lifelong resident of North Mississippi, he was born July 22, 1940 to Howard C. Thorne, Sr. and Mildred Joyner Thorne. He was a retired truck driver, a barber for 40 years, and...
Wallace Benson
June 10, 2009
Brewer - Sam Wallace Benson, 70, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at his residence after a brief illness. A Lee County native, he was born September 12, 1938 to the late Sam and Christine Sargent Benson. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and was considered Papa to many kids in the community. Memorial Services will be 7 p.m. Saturday,...
Janice Oxner
June 8, 2009
Beech Springs - Nancy Janice Stembridge Oxner, 68, died Monday, June 8, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born November 9, 1940, to Victor and Nina Stanley Stembridge. She was a graduate of Tupelo High School and married Sonny Oxner April 22, 1966. Earlier in her...
Kevin Durham
June 8, 2009
Saltillo- Kevin Brent Durham, 54, died Monday, June 8, 2009, at Darlington Oaks in Verona after an extended illness. A native of Kokomo, Indiana, he was born October 14, 1954 to Daniel and Wilma Jo Gearheart Durham. He was a printing press operator for Mid South Fine Printers and had previously been employed with Barber Printing. He enjoyed playing his...
Anna Ator
June 7, 2009
Amarillo, Tex.-- Anna Bob Beckham Ator, died Sunday June 7, 2009 after an extended illness. She was the daughter of Robert C. and Elizabeth Long (Betty) Beckham, of Tupelo, MS, known to her family by her childhood nickname Teensy. She married Lloyd George Ator on April 15, 1942, shortly before he reported for active duty. Not long after the war...
Gladys Davis
June 7, 2009
Mantachie - Gladys Geneva Dickerson Davis, 84, died Sunday, June 7, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born August 19, 1924, in Itawamba County to George Preston and Lula Dozier Moore. A lifelong resident of Lee County, she was a devoted mother and grandmother and enjoyed cooking for her family and church gatherings....
Gladys Geneva Davis
June 7, 2009
Mantachie - Gladys Geneva Dickerson Davis, 84, died Sunday, June 7, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born August 19, 1924, in Itawamba County to George Preston and Lula Dozier Moore. A lifelong resident of Lee County, she was a devoted mother and grandmother and enjoyed cooking for her family and church gatherings....
Ethel Feltman Parmer
June 6, 2009
TUPELO " Ethel Feltman Parmer, 90, entered into rest Saturday, June 6, 2009, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi. She was born April 19, 1919, in Marion County, Ala., to the late Claude Wilton Feltman and Maryann Avery Feltman. She had lived in the Feemster Lake area since 1962 and was a charter member of Skyline Baptist Church...
Ethel Parmer
June 6, 2009
TUPELO " Ethel Feltman Parmer, 90, entered into rest Saturday, June 6, 2009, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi. She was born April 19, 1919, in Marion County, Ala., to the late Claude Wilton Feltman and Maryann Avery Feltman. She had lived in the Feemster Lake area since 1962 and was a charter member of Skyline Baptist Church...
Walter
June 5, 2009
Tupelo " Walter Tatum Tate Stokely, 94, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at his residence after a brief illness and a long, happy life. A Drew, Mississippi native, he was born April 16, 1915, to Isaac Ernest and Emma Belle Bibb Stokely. For 42 years he lived in Drew, before moving to Jackson, where he lived 13 years. He and...
Walter Stokely
June 5, 2009
Tupelo " Walter Tatum Tate Stokely, 94, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at his residence after a brief illness and a long, happy life. A Drew, Mississippi native, he was born April 16, 1915, to Isaac Ernest and Emma Belle Bibb Stokely. For 42 years he lived in Drew, before moving to Jackson, where he lived 13 years. He and...
Samuel Hunter Quimby
June 4, 2009
Rock Hill, S.C. - Samuel Hunter Quimby, III, 67, died Thursday, June 4, 2009, at Peidmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C. after an extended illness. A Gulfport native, he was born May 22, 1942 to Samuel Hunter Quimby Jr, and Mary Elizabeth Quimby. A graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to Mississippi State University where he...
Samuel Quimby
June 4, 2009
Rock Hill, S.C. - Samuel Hunter Quimby, III, 67, died Thursday, June 4, 2009, at Peidmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C. after an extended illness. A Gulfport native, he was born May 22, 1942 to Samuel Hunter Quimby Jr, and Mary Elizabeth Quimby. A graduate of Tupelo High School, he then went on to Mississippi State University where he...
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