OBITUARIES

Martin Garner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Machellah Crump

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...