OBITUARIES
Thelma Carson
May 21, 2009
Brewer Community " Thelma E. Granny Polly Carson, 96, died Wednesday, May 21, 2009, at the Shearer- Richardson Nursing Home in Okolona. A Lee County native, she was born December 19, 1912 to John Thomas and Ethel Russell Bowles. For most of her life she lived in the Brewer community. Early in her life, she enjoyed farming with her husband....
Danny Brazil
May 19, 2009
Mt. Vernon - Daniel Hugh Danny Brazil, 59, died Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at his residence in the Mt. Vernon Community. A Lee County native, he was born September 2, 1949, to Robert Edwin and Alma Edna Wilson Brazil. He graduated from Belden High School. He was a U.S. Marine Corp Veteran of Vietnam which caused him to later become...
Mary Ruth Carnathan
May 17, 2009
Auburn - Mary Ruth Carnathan, 91, died Sunday, May 17, 2009, at Golden Living Center after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of theAuburn Community, she was born October 15, 1917, to Archie and Lucille Garner Carnathan. She was a homemaker and enjoyed attending church and spending time with family and friends. She also enjoyed participating in the...
Dorothy Allen
May 17, 2009
Tupelo " Dorothy T. Allen, 89, died Sunday, May 17, 2009, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a long illness. She was the widow of Lee N. Allen, Sr. who died in 1992. She was born near Hamilton, Alabama, to the late Matthew and Lydia Taylor. Mrs. Allen graduated from high school in Hamilton, Alabama, in 1937. She has been a...
Mary Carnathan
May 17, 2009
Auburn - Mary Ruth Carnathan, 91, died Sunday, May 17, 2009, at Golden Living Center after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of theAuburn Community, she was born October 15, 1917, to Archie and Lucille Garner Carnathan. She was a homemaker and enjoyed attending church and spending time with family and friends. She also enjoyed participating in the...
Dorothy T. Allen
May 17, 2009
Tupelo " Dorothy T. Allen, 89, died Sunday, May 17, 2009, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a long illness. She was the widow of Lee N. Allen, Sr. who died in 1992. She was born near Hamilton, Alabama, to the late Matthew and Lydia Taylor. Mrs. Allen graduated from high school in Hamilton, Alabama, in 1937. She has been a...
John M. Lamb, Jr.
May 15, 2009
Eggville Community " John Marvin Lamb, Jr., 79, died Friday, May 15, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of the Eggville community, he was born May 5, 1930, to John Marvin and Maude Weathers Lamb. During the Korean War, he served in the United States Navy. He was a member of...
John Lamb
May 15, 2009
Eggville Community " John Marvin Lamb, Jr., 79, died Friday, May 15, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of the Eggville community, he was born May 5, 1930, to John Marvin and Maude Weathers Lamb. During the Korean War, he served in the United States Navy. He was a member of...
Marjorie Morgan
May 14, 2009
Spring Hill - Marjorie Sue Morgan, 56, died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at The Meadows in Fulton after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of the Spring Hill Community, she was born October 8, 1952 to Gaston and Betty Dozier Morgan. She was a member of Eggville Free Will Baptist Church. She enjoyed bingo and spending time with...
Erma Finney
May 14, 2009
Saltillo- Erma Louise Granny Finney, 90, died May 14, 2009 at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born in Pontotoc County September 3, 1918, to Cecil and Lula Elizabeth Bolton Scruggs. She retired from Hunter Sadler in 1986, where she was employed as a seamstress for 33 years. For many years, she attended First Baptist Church...
Marjorie S. Morgan
May 14, 2009
Spring Hill - Marjorie Sue Morgan, 56, died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at The Meadows in Fulton after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of the Spring Hill Community, she was born October 8, 1952 to Gaston and Betty Dozier Morgan. She was a member of Eggville Free Will Baptist Church. She enjoyed bingo and spending time with...
Martin Garner
May 13, 2009
Sherman - Frank Martin Garner, 58, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of north Mississippi, he was born May 23, 1950, to John Frank and Edna Starkey Garner. He graduated from Overton High School in Memphis then attended The University of Memphis. He served in the U.S. Air Force...
Jimmie I. Henson
May 12, 2009
Shannon " Jimmie I. (Pawpaw Jim) Henson,77, died May 12, 2009, after a brief illness at his residence in Shannon. He was an employee at Aircap MTD for forty-two years where he retired in 2000. A Hot Springs, Arkansas native, he was born November, 8, 1931 to the late William Robert and Mary Matthews Henson. He was a veteran of...
Flora Phillips
May 12, 2009
Tupelo - Flora Dean Phillips, 79, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Belden native, she was born July 21, 1929, to Christopher and Inez Horton Heatherly. Raised in Verona and a graduate of Verona High School, most of her life was spent in Lee County. She worked 20 years as...
Jimmie Henson
May 12, 2009
Shannon " Jimmie I. (Pawpaw Jim) Henson,77, died May 12, 2009, after a brief illness at his residence in Shannon. He was an employee at Aircap MTD for forty-two years where he retired in 2000. A Hot Springs, Arkansas native, he was born November, 8, 1931 to the late William Robert and Mary Matthews Henson. He was a veteran of...
Joe Cobb
May 11, 2009
Palmetto " Bro. Joe William (Bill) Cobb, 86, died Monday, May 11, 2009, at Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born November 17, 1922 to Gilbert and Thelma Louise Lipford Cobb. He was a graduate of Palmetto Consolidated High School and a longtime resident of the Palmetto Community. He began...
Sue
May 10, 2009
Tupelo - Sue (Suzy) O'Neal, 65, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at her brothers residence after an extended illness. She was born May 15, 1943 in Santa Barbara, California to Carl and Dorothy Alice Finster O'Neal. She lived most of her life in Tupelo and worked at Aircap in the office for many years. She was the Director of the...
Sue O'Neal
May 10, 2009
Tupelo - Sue (Suzy) O'Neal, 65, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at her brothers residence after an extended illness. She was born May 15, 1943 in Santa Barbara, California to Carl and Dorothy Alice Finster O'Neal. She lived most of her life in Tupelo and worked at Aircap in the office for many years. She was the Director of the...
Elaine Allen
May 9, 2009
TUPELO " Elaine Bramlett Allen, 97, died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the Community Hospice House - Darlington Oaks in Verona. She was born March 29, 1912, in Stewart to the late William Chester Bramlett and Sarah Eudora Bruce Bramlett. She was a homemaker and a member of the Verona Church of Christ. She loved crocheting, crossword puzzles, dominoes and...
Machellah Lo'Rae Crump
May 9, 2009
Tupelo - Machellah Lo'Rae Crump, infant daughter of Sherretta Gatewood and Christopher Crump died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at The North MS Medical Center Women's Hospital. Graveside Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Tupelo Memorial Park with Elder Gerald Smith officiating. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. Survivors include her parents Sherretta Gatewood and...
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