OBITUARIES
Deborah Wolfe
August 15, 2009
Saltillo - Deborah Wolfe, 52, died Saturday, August 15, 2009, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 3, 1957. She was a very active member of the Saltillo Senior Center. She loved roses, love songs, playing dominoes, living her life and she was known for her smile. Services will be...
John Frerer
August 13, 2009
Tupelo - John Paul Frerer, 18, died Thursday, August 13, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford due to injuries sustained in an accident. He was born March 19, 1991, to Jim and Liria Peshkepia Frerer. A senior at Tupelo High School, he was a member of the Boy Scouts of America, achieving Eagle Scout and the Order of the...
John Paul Frerer
August 13, 2009
Tupelo - John Paul Frerer, 18, died Thursday, August 13, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford due to injuries sustained in an accident. He was born March 19, 1991, to Jim and Liria Peshkepia Frerer. A senior at Tupelo High School, he was a member of the Boy Scouts of America, achieving Eagle Scout and the Order of the...
Angela Poland
August 10, 2009
Belden " Angela Grillo Poland, 93, died Monday, August 10, 2009, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Bound Brook, New Jersey, she was born January 8, 1916, to Alfonso and Anna DeBlanco Grillo. A 1934 graduate of Bound Brook High School, she then went on to Trenton State Teacher's College where she graduated in 1938. She...
Roy Thomas
August 10, 2009
Clermont, Fla.--Roy Thomas "Tom" OShields, 69, died Monday, August 10, 2009, at the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont, Florida. He was born February 21, 1940, in Tupelo, Mississippi to Enoch L. and Mary Jean OShields. He was a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity and was a veteran of...
Josephine McKinney
August 10, 2009
Kansas City, Mo.--Josephine McKinney, 73, died peacefully August 10, 2009 at Kansas City Hospice House, surrounded by loved ones. She was born October 11, 1935 to Robert Cecil and Gertrude Yarbrough in Indianola and was a long time resident of Tupelo. She graduated from nursing school in Alabama and was a registered nurse for a number of years, leaving the...
Roy Thomas " Tom " O'Shields
August 10, 2009
Clermont, Fla.--Roy Thomas "Tom" OShields, 69, died Monday, August 10, 2009, at the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont, Florida. He was born February 21, 1940, in Tupelo, Mississippi to Enoch L. and Mary Jean OShields. He was a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity and was a veteran of...
Mary Eason
August 9, 2009
Tupelo - Mary Ann Eason, 81, died Sunday, August 9, 2009, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. She was born in Martin, Tennessee on June 28, 1928 to M.H. and Earlene Cantrel Smith. She married James Paul Eason October 8, 1950 and was a homemaker. She was a member of the garden club and bridge club,...
Mary Ann Eason
August 9, 2009
Tupelo - Mary Ann Eason, 81, died Sunday, August 9, 2009, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. She was born in Martin, Tennessee on June 28, 1928 to M.H. and Earlene Cantrel Smith. She married James Paul Eason October 8, 1950 and was a homemaker. She was a member of the garden club and bridge club,...
Joyce Jones
August 8, 2009
Tupelo - Joyce Jones, 62, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, August 8, 2009, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Tupelo native, she was born August 17, 1946 to Clovis and Christine Brooks Jones. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church and she very much enjoyed listening to gospel music. Services will...
Carlos Pettigrew
August 7, 2009
Cayson - Carlos Pettigrew, 94, died Friday, August 7, 2009, at his residence in the Cayson Community. A native and life-long resident of Tupelo, he was born July 3, 1915, to John and Bessie Smith Pettigrew. On April 26, 1936, he married Velera Mae Sis Roebuck and they recently celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary. He was a United States Army...
Beth Graham
August 1, 2009
Black Zion " Mary Elizabeth Chisholm Graham, 55, of the Black Zion Community, died Saturday, August 1, 2009 at her home after a lengthy illness. Beth was born May 23, 1954 in Tupelo. She attended Tupelo High School and Northeast Mississippi Junior College. She worked at Tupelo Foam for over 17 years and had worked with her husband at Shannon...
Laura Rhudy McCaskill
August 1, 2009
Tupelo - Laura Rhudy McCaskill, 96, died Saturday, August 1, 2009, at Cedars Heathcare Center after an extended illness. She was born in the Brewer Community to Jim H and Mary Lee Porter Rhudy. She worked at Reeds Manufacturing. She had lived at Cedars Health Center since February 2006. She was a member of Center Hill Baptist Church in Plantersville...
Laura McCaskill
August 1, 2009
Tupelo - Laura Rhudy McCaskill, 96, died Saturday, August 1, 2009, at Cedars Heathcare Center after an extended illness. She was born in the Brewer Community to Jim H and Mary Lee Porter Rhudy. She worked at Reeds Manufacturing. She had lived at Cedars Health Center since February 2006. She was a member of Center Hill Baptist Church in Plantersville...
Beth Chisholm Graham
August 1, 2009
Black Zion " Mary Elizabeth Chisholm Graham, 55, of the Black Zion Community, died Saturday, August 1, 2009 at her home after a lengthy illness. Beth was born May 23, 1954 in Tupelo. She attended Tupelo High School and Northeast Mississippi Junior College. She worked at Tupelo Foam for over 17 years and had worked with her husband at Shannon...
Jean Pettis
July 30, 2009
Tupelo - Jean Pettis, 72, died Thursday, July 30, 2009, at her residence after a sudden illness. She was born September 11, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee to Lester George and Beulah Louise Meadows Greene. She graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in social work. She married Dr. James Leighton Pettis, Jr. on January 28, 1956 and for...
Mary Betts
July 29, 2009
CHRISTINE LANSDELL BETTS SALTILLO- Christine Lansdell Betts, 66, died peacefully Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Lee County, she was born November 2, 1942 to the late M.H. and Clara Mae Williams Lansdell. She was a graduate of Tupelo High School, and attended Itawamba Community College, LPN school. She...
Michael W. Mansell
July 27, 2009
Texas " Michael W. Mansell, passed away, Monday, July 27, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas at 57 years of age. He was a native of Tupelo, Mississippi and graduated from Shannon High School. He attended South West Baptist College in Boliver, MO as well as Missouri State. He was married to the former Susan Taylor of Saint Clair, Missouri for...
Michael Mansell
July 27, 2009
Texas " Michael W. Mansell, passed away, Monday, July 27, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas at 57 years of age. He was a native of Tupelo, Mississippi and graduated from Shannon High School. He attended South West Baptist College in Boliver, MO as well as Missouri State. He was married to the former Susan Taylor of Saint Clair, Missouri for...
Trula Phillips
July 27, 2009
Unity - Trula Fay Phillips, 81, died Monday, July 27, 2009, at The Meadows in Fulton after a brief Illness. A Lee County native , she was born November 27, 1927 to John and Etta Vena Hill Young. She attended Holmes Junior College on a basketball scholarship before earning her degree in education from Mississippi State University. She was a...
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