OBITUARIES
Imogene Livingston
December 27, 2008
Delaware " Imogene Crump Livingston, 90, died November 27, 2009, in Wilmington, Delaware after a brief illness. Born June 16, 1919, in Blue Springs, MS, she was a graduate of Blue Mountain College. After college graduation, she was a teacher and homemaker. She was the Founding Teacher of Bible Study for Today, which began as a home Bible study in...
Annie Monaghan Watts
December 25, 2008
Tupelo- Annie B. Monaghan Watts, 90, died Thursday, December 25, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born July 15, 1918, to Rev. Frank and Maggie Cain Monaghan. She was a lifetime member of Tupelos First Baptist Church, an active member of Ruth Sunday School Class and a volunteer at The...
Annie B. Monaghan Watts
December 25, 2008
Tupelo- Annie B. Monaghan Watts, 90, died Thursday, December 25, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born July 15, 1918, to Rev. Frank and Maggie Cain Monaghan. She was a lifetime member of Tupelos First Baptist Church, an active member of Ruth Sunday School Class and a volunteer at The...
Doyce King
December 24, 2008
FURRS - Doyce W. Carr King, 78, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tishomingo native, she was born Oct. 31, 1930, to Johnnie W. and Wanda Barnett Carr. She was the owner of King's Grocery in Palmetto and was a Baptist. She loved camping and the outdoors. Services will be...
Nell Sewell
December 23, 2008
Belmont - Audrey Nell Sewell, 82, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. An Itawamba County native, she was born September 8, 1926 to Henry T. and Mary Winningham Cox. She was retired from Blue Bell Manufacturing. Her husband Aaron Sewell preceded her in death in 1990. She enjoyed quilting, needlework and...
Suzie Miller
December 22, 2008
AuburnSuzie Carter Miller, 44, died Monday, December 22,2008, at her residence in the Auburn Community after an extended illness. A Tupelo native and longtime resident of Lee County, she was born July 18, 1964, to Gerald and Martha Rodgers Carter. She worked as a supervisor for Reeds Manufacturing for many years and also worked as a supervisor for Wal-Mart for...
Wayne Smith
December 17, 2008
TUPELO - James DeWaine "Wayne" Smith, 77, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, at the Golden Living Center after a long illness. A native of Itawamba County, he was born Nov. 25, 1931, to Joseph Aurthur and Essie Mae Hill Smith. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict and received the Purple Heart for his injuries. Earlier in...
Anna Frances Long
December 16, 2008
Tupelo - Anna Frances Long, 92, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born July 9, 1916 to Claude and Clara Tanner Mears and was the widow of Earl V. Long whom she married August 9, 1941. Raised in East Tupelo, she lived in many different areas of the country while her husband...
Hazel Hand
December 16, 2008
Mantachie - Hazel Banks Hand, 83, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born July 28, 1925 in Arkansas to Arthur and Willie Banks. She was retired from Stanley Hardware. She lived 42 years in Tupelo before moving to Mantachie five years ago. Her life revolved around her family, as...
Steve Hollaway
December 16, 2008
Tupleo - James Steven Smokey Hollaway, 57, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born June 10, 1951, in Elkhart, Indiana to Douglas and Dorothy Hollaway. He was raised in Tupelo and was a 1970 graduate of Tupelo High School. Earlier in his life, he worked...
Anna Long
December 16, 2008
Tupelo - Anna Frances Long, 92, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born July 9, 1916 to Claude and Clara Tanner Mears and was the widow of Earl V. Long whom she married August 9, 1941. Raised in East Tupelo, she lived in many different areas of the country while her husband...
Hoyle Bedford
December 14, 2008
Tupelo - Hoyle William Bedford, 83, died Sunday, December 14, 2008, at The Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after a short illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born August 18, 1925 to Ernest Clyde and Ola Mae Hipps Bedford. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was retired from Daybrite Industries where he served 32...
Emealine Alice Witt
December 13, 2008
Las Vegas - Emealine Alice Witt, 82, went home to be with Jesus Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Harmon Medical & Rehabilitation Hospital after an extended illness. Born February 27, 1926 to Thomas and Glo Pickle Francis in Tupelo, Miss., she lived in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1959 to 2008. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Priceville Cemetery....
Emealine Witt
December 13, 2008
Las Vegas - Emealine Alice Witt, 82, went home to be with Jesus Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Harmon Medical & Rehabilitation Hospital after an extended illness. Born February 27, 1926 to Thomas and Glo Pickle Francis in Tupelo, Miss., she lived in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1959 to 2008. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Priceville Cemetery....
Busby
December 12, 2008
Plantersville - Gerald Gene Busby, 68, died Friday, December 12, 2008, after an extended illness. Born March 22, 1940 to Fate and Lula Waldrop Busby, he was a life-long resident of Plantersville. He retired after approximately 30 years as a bulldozer operator. He loved fishing and deer hunting and was a member of Plantersville Baptist Church. Stateroom services will be...
Gene Busby
December 12, 2008
Plantersville - Gerald Gene Busby, 68, died Friday, December 12, 2008, after an extended illness. Born March 22, 1940 to Fate and Lula Waldrop Busby, he was a life-long resident of Plantersville. He retired after approximately 30 years as a bulldozer operator. He loved fishing and deer hunting and was a member of Plantersville Baptist Church. Stateroom services will be...
Floyd Francis
December 12, 2008
Tupelo - Floyd Francis Sr., 85, died Friday, December 12, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born June 26, 1923 to Wiley Alva and Betty Hall Francis and was a 1945 graduate of Mooreville High School. He was a life-long resident of Lee County and was employed for 50 years as an office...
Lex Orman
December 6, 2008
Lex Orman, 69, died December 6, 2008 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi, after an extended illness. He was born March 16, 1939 in Columbus, MS to the late Arthur Noel Orman and Arenta Dill Orman. His birth name was Delton Lavelle Orman. He entered into Federal employment with the U. S. Air Force in March 1956 and...
Cleo Herring
December 5, 2008
Saltillo - Cleo Floyd Herring, 90, died Friday, December 5, 2008, at his residence after an extended illness. A Union County native, he was born August 20, 1918 to John and Lula Crumpton Herring. He married Mattie Lee Clayton in 1937 and worked as a farmer most of his life. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II....
Annette Metz
December 5, 2008
Tupelo " Annette Metz, 51, died Friday, December 5, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany after an extended illness. She was born on March 8, 1957 to Betty and John Tribuiano, Sr. in Follansbee, West Virginia. She lived in the Furrs Community since 2003. She retired after 18 years as the owner of Annette's Styling Salon in Biloxi,...
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