OBITUARIES
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,...
Ora Inez Cox
December 4, 2008
Tupelo - Ora Inez Dunnam Cox, 89, died Thursday, December 4, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Union County native, she was born October 6, 1919 to Loyd Kyle and Ethel Grubbs Dunnam. She was a homemaker and the widow of Foster B. Cox to whom she was married for 50 years. She loved...
Ora Inez
December 4, 2008
Tupelo - Ora Inez Dunnam Cox, 89, died Thursday, December 4, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Union County native, she was born October 6, 1919 to Loyd Kyle and Ethel Grubbs Dunnam. She was a homemaker and the widow of Foster B. Cox to whom she was married for 50 years. She loved...
Willard Dill
December 1, 2008
Tupelo - Willard Jean Dill, 78, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Tishomingo County native, she was born August 20, 1930 to Dewey and Mattie Wadkins Sanders. A longtime resident of Saltillo, she enjoyed her church, family, and watching T.V. She was the widow of Beland Dill, Jr. and a member...
Curtis Gentry, Jr.
December 1, 2008
Auburn - Curtis Eugene Gentry, Jr., 91, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at his residence in the Auburn Community after an extended illness. A native of the Beech Springs Community, he was born November 26, 1917 to Curtis Eugene and Lena Mae Hill Gentry, Sr. He was the widower of Lucille Gentry whom he married Aug. 19, 1939. He was...
James Burns
December 1, 2008
Palmetto - James Hoyle Cotton Burns, 76, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at his home in the Palmetto Community after a sudden illness. A Saltillo native, he was born August 20, 1932 to James Clyde and Willie Towry Burns. He served in the Navy during the Korean War and later served four years in the Air Force. He worked for...
Curtis Gentry
December 1, 2008
Auburn - Curtis Eugene Gentry, Jr., 91, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at his residence in the Auburn Community after an extended illness. A native of the Beech Springs Community, he was born November 26, 1917 to Curtis Eugene and Lena Mae Hill Gentry, Sr. He was the widower of Lucille Gentry whom he married Aug. 19, 1939. He was...
Willard Jean Dill
December 1, 2008
Tupelo - Willard Jean Dill, 78, died Monday, December 1, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Tishomingo County native, she was born August 20, 1930 to Dewey and Mattie Wadkins Sanders. A longtime resident of Saltillo, she enjoyed her church, family, and watching T.V. She was the widow of Beland Dill, Jr. and a member...
Hazel Adderholt
November 30, 2008
Blue Springs - Hazel Virginia Adderholt, 84, died Sunday, November 30, 2008, at Graceland Care Center in New Albany after a long illness. A Union County native, she was born April 6, 1924, to George and Zelma Floyd Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband, C.E. Buddy Adderholt on August 6, 1977. She shared ownership of Adderholt's Restaurant...
Tracy McKinney
November 29, 2008
TUPELO - Tracy Wayne McKinney, 70, died Nov. 29, 2008, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born Nov. 16, 1938, to Samuel Jhue and Edith Louise Miller McKinney. He was a sales representative for Body Shop Supply and attended East Heights Baptist Church. He loved rebuilding old cars and was an avid member of the...
Charlye Newman
November 28, 2008
Tupelo - Charlye W. Newman, 81, died Friday, November 28, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. She was born in North Mississippi April 4, 1927 to Thomas Jackson and Susan Isabelle Thompson White. She was retired from Peoples Bank where she worked for over 20 years. She enjoyed reading, crocheting and giving to others. She...
Mary James
November 26, 2008
Tupelo - Mary Lou James, 75, died Wednesday, November 26, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born May 4, 1933 to Roy and Jeston Murphy Badgett in Walkertown, North Carolina. She married Ed James on March 15, 1952. She was a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church. She was a member of the Good Sam...
Mary Lou James
November 26, 2008
Tupelo - Mary Lou James, 75, died Wednesday, November 26, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born May 4, 1933 to Roy and Jeston Murphy Badgett in Walkertown, North Carolina. She married Ed James on March 15, 1952. She was a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church. She was a member of the Good Sam...
Linda Gaskins
November 25, 2008
Dogwood Hills - Linda Kay Gaskins, 59, died Tuesday, November 25, 2008, at her home after an extended illness. A native of Atalla, Ala., she was born January 24, 1949 to Guy and Blanche Morris Butler. Raised in California, she moved with her husband to this area from San Diego 22 years ago. She was the office manager for Nichol's...
Joyce Barnett
November 24, 2008
Tupelo " Joyce McGuire Barnett, 81, died Monday, November 24, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born December 6, 1926 to Rawdon and Merle Rhodes McGuire of Baldwyn. She was a graduate of Baldwyn High School and attended the University of Mississippi. She married Thomas (Tom) M. Barnett in 1948, and they had a loving...
Treman Keith
November 21, 2008
Saltillo - Treman Keith, 74, died Friday, November 21, 2008, at his home in Saltillo after a brief illness. He went home to be with his Lord and Savior. An Itawamba County native, he was born August 31, 1934 to Cecil and Odena Park Keith. He was retired from Dixie Electrical in Tupelo since 2004, but was previously employed with...
Robert Murphy
November 20, 2008
Saltillo - Robert Shawn Murphy, 37, died Thursday, November 20, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born June 5, 1971 in Greenwood to Robert W. Murphy and Shelia McMurry Moore. He grew up and lived most of his life in Tupelo. He worked in delivery for Eagle One Pharmacutical. He enjoyed working on...
Harold Livingston
November 19, 2008
Tupelo - Harold O'Neal Livingston, 83, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at his residence at Traceway Retirement Village after a sudden illness. A Tupelo native, he was born September 21, 1925 to Hilary Adolphus and Rachel Estelle Alexander Livingston. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific...
Bernadette Mabry
November 19, 2008
Tupelo - Bernadette Myers Mabry, 86, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born December 16, 1921 in McComb, to Clifford Leroy and Loretta Wilhelmsen Myers. A 1939 graduate of McComb High School, she then attended the Felt and Tarrant Comptometer School and began working for the government in 1940....
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