OBITUARIES
Machellah 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...
Mary Johnson
May 8, 2009
Phoenix, AZ --Mary E. Johnson, 93, died Friday, May 08, 2009, at the Beatitudes Care Center in Phoenix. She was born to Jack and Myrtle Reese on November 21, 1915. She attended Aberdeen schools and upon completion of high school in 1934, she moved to Tupelo, MS to attend Draughon's Business College. On November 22, 1939 she married William F....
Mary E. Johnson
May 8, 2009
Phoenix, AZ --Mary E. Johnson, 93, died Friday, May 08, 2009, at the Beatitudes Care Center in Phoenix. She was born to Jack and Myrtle Reese on November 21, 1915. She attended Aberdeen schools and upon completion of high school in 1934, she moved to Tupelo, MS to attend Draughon's Business College. On November 22, 1939 she married William F....
Wylma Rose Ommen
May 8, 2009
Tupelo " Wylma Rose Ommen, 71, died Friday, May 08, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A South Dakota native, she was born February 25, 1938 to the late Floyd Cecil Paige and Jennie Carolyn Palmer Paige, later adopted and raised by Harry Hutten. After attending Lerreto Heights in Denver, Colorado, she then went on...
Wylma Ommen
May 8, 2009
Tupelo " Wylma Rose Ommen, 71, died Friday, May 08, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A South Dakota native, she was born February 25, 1938 to the late Floyd Cecil Paige and Jennie Carolyn Palmer Paige, later adopted and raised by Harry Hutten. After attending Lerreto Heights in Denver, Colorado, she then went on...
Patricia Glass
May 7, 2009
Tupelo- Patricia Diana Glass, 52, one of Gods precious angels, died Thursday, May 7, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Tiptonville, Tenn., she was born December 25, 1956 to William Edward and Gearldean Sanderson Glass. She had lived in the Auburn Community the past three years and worked at the Work Opportunity Research Center in...
Sandy Finkel
May 5, 2009
Saltillo - Sandy Sandlin Finkel, 39, died Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Saltillo native and lifelong resident, she was born February 10, 1970, to George Samuel and Betty Walters Sandlin. She worked as a medical assistant at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia before returning home. She then continued her...
Rhonda Wilson
May 3, 2009
Tupelo - Rhonda Wilson, 58, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Guntown native, she was born December 8, 1950 to Thomas Jefferson and Lila Vance Bishop Greene. She married Mitchell Wilson September 22, 1978. They made their home in Guntown until the mid 80s before moving to Saltillo. She worked in...
Isabell Hardy
May 3, 2009
Mooreville - Isabell Hardy, 84, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born September 7, 1924 to William and Rebecca Niblett Horn. She grew up in the Kosciusko area and had lived in Mooreville the past 50 years. She was a homemaker and the widow of Denville Coleman Hardy who...
Lionel Summerford
May 2, 2009
Tupelo - Lionel Glenn Summerford, 83, died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born in Smithville on June 6, 1925 to Dee Calvin and Vera Cruz Robinson Summerford. His family moved to Amory in 1930 and after graduating from Amory High School in 1942, he attended East Mississippi Junior College in...
Lionel G. Summerford
May 2, 2009
Tupelo - Lionel Glenn Summerford, 83, died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. He was born in Smithville on June 6, 1925 to Dee Calvin and Vera Cruz Robinson Summerford. His family moved to Amory in 1930 and after graduating from Amory High School in 1942, he attended East Mississippi Junior College in...
Maj Eustis Leland
May 1, 2009
Tupelo " Maj. Eustis Leland Pete Poland Jr., U. S. Army Retired, 90, died Friday, May 1, 2009, at his residence in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. He was born June 29, 1918 in Galveston, Texas, the son of Eustis Leland Poland, Sr. and Shelby Blackburn Potter Poland. He was a graduate of Fishburne Military Acadamy and attended William &...
Maj Leland (Pete) Poland
May 1, 2009
Tupelo " Maj. Eustis Leland Pete Poland Jr., U. S. Army Retired, 90, died Friday, May 1, 2009, at his residence in Tupelo after a lengthy illness. He was born June 29, 1918 in Galveston, Texas, the son of Eustis Leland Poland, Sr. and Shelby Blackburn Potter Poland. He was a graduate of Fishburne Military Acadamy and attended William &...
Lazette Miller
April 30, 2009
Palmetto - Lazette Stone Metcalfe Miller, 92, died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident of the Palmetto community, she was born August 26, 1916, to Dr. Clyde and Willie Gandy Stone. She was a homemaker and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution....
Lazette Metcalfe Miller
April 30, 2009
Palmetto - Lazette Stone Metcalfe Miller, 92, died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident of the Palmetto community, she was born August 26, 1916, to Dr. Clyde and Willie Gandy Stone. She was a homemaker and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution....
Anna Hanson
April 27, 2009
Tupelo - Anna Jean Hanson, 87, died Monday, April 27, 2009, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. An Alabama native and resident of Birmingham, she was born April 14, 1922 to William Miller and Martha Stewart Rodgers. She was the widow of Herbert Cooper Hanson. Private burial services will be held at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. W....
Lenore Cook
April 27, 2009
Tupelo - Lenore Burcham Irby Cook, 78, died Monday, April 27, 2009, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. A Mooreville native and lifelong resident of Lee County, she was born October 26, 1930 to Arthur E. and Lena Mae Brooks Burcham. In 1949, she graduated from Mooreville High School. She lived most of her adult life...
Dr Robert Smith
April 24, 2009
Dr. Robert Boynton Smith, devoted husband, father and friend, passed into the loving, comforting and waiting hands of both his creator and savior on Friday, April 24, 2009. Born September 20, 1931 in Bath, SC and growing up in nearby Augusta, Ga., Bob served honorably in the United States Marine Corp. before graduating from Presbyterian College in 1954. Dr. Smith...
Robert Smith
April 24, 2009
Dr. Robert Boynton Smith, devoted husband, father and friend, passed into the loving, comforting and waiting hands of both his creator and savior on Friday, April 24, 2009. Born September 20, 1931 in Bath, SC and growing up in nearby Augusta, Ga., Bob served honorably in the United States Marine Corp. before graduating from Presbyterian College in 1954. Dr. Smith...
Olivia Sudduth
April 23, 2009
Hilton Head Island, SC--Olivia Jewel Sudduth, 93, died April 23, 2009, at her retirement home in Hilton Head Island, SC after a brief illness. The daughter of William Johnson and Georgia Erin Lowry Sims, she was born in Pontotoc, MS on November 30, 1915 and attended Pontotoc elementary, middle, and high schools. She graduated from what is now Delta State...
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