OBITUARIES
Christine Nanney
October 8, 2008
Tupelo - Christine Chris Taylor Nanney, 79, died Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at The Traceway Leeper Green House in Tupelo after an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born February 12, 1929 to Joseph Swep and Florence Ballard Taylor. She was a 1947 graduate of Mooreville High School where she lettered in basketball and was...
Ruby Kingsley
October 7, 2008
Eggville - Ruby Ione Kingsley, 93, died Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at an assisted living center in the Skyline Community after a brief illness. An Eggville Community native and lifelong resident, she was born February 14, 1915, to Joseph Francis and Elizza Smith Simpson. She was a homemaker and employed by Reeds Manufacturing Company for a number of years. She...
Bill Brannigan
October 6, 2008
Tupelo - William Patrick Brannigan, Jr., 58, died Monday, October 6, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Chicago, Ill. native, he was born May 28, 1950 to William Patrick and Loraine Von Leschner Brannigan. He was a graduate of Western Illinois University and taught school earlier in life. He moved to Tupelo 21 years...
James W. Rodgers
October 6, 2008
SALTILLO - James Walter Rodgers, 71, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, in Sunflower County after a sudden illness. He was born Oct. 5, 1937, in Lee County to Dempsey D. Rodgers and Edna Hankins Rodgers. He was a longtime resident of Saltillo and a 1957 graduate of Saltillo High School. He was a 100 percent disabled U.S. Navy veteran, honorably...
James Rodgers
October 6, 2008
SALTILLO - James Walter Rodgers, 71, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, in Sunflower County after a sudden illness. He was born Oct. 5, 1937, in Lee County to Dempsey D. Rodgers and Edna Hankins Rodgers. He was a longtime resident of Saltillo and a 1957 graduate of Saltillo High School. He was a 100 percent disabled U.S. Navy veteran, honorably...
Mary Rachel Box
October 4, 2008
UNION GROVE - Mary Rachel Box, 85, died Oct. 4, 2008, at her daughter's residence in Empire, Ala. after an extended illness. A Mississippi native, she was born Dec. 19, 1922, to Purd E. and Lillie Grimes Langston. She was a member of Union Grove Church of God of Prophecy. In the past, she had a home class for people...
Dexter Wayne Snow
October 4, 2008
TUPELO - Dexter Wayne Snow, 68, died Oct. 4, 2008, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. An Itawamba native, he was born July 8, 1940, to George Washington and Wilma Louise Canup Snow. He was a United States Army veteran of Desert Storm and retired from the Mississippi National Guard Armory after 23 years. He retired after 26 years from...
Dexter Snow
October 4, 2008
TUPELO - Dexter Wayne Snow, 68, died Oct. 4, 2008, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. An Itawamba native, he was born July 8, 1940, to George Washington and Wilma Louise Canup Snow. He was a United States Army veteran of Desert Storm and retired from the Mississippi National Guard Armory after 23 years. He retired after 26 years from...
Mary Rachel
October 4, 2008
UNION GROVE - Mary Rachel Box, 85, died Oct. 4, 2008, at her daughter's residence in Empire, Ala. after an extended illness. A Mississippi native, she was born Dec. 19, 1922, to Purd E. and Lillie Grimes Langston. She was a member of Union Grove Church of God of Prophecy. In the past, she had a home class for people...
Carrol F. Bryant
October 3, 2008
BEECH SPRINGS - Carrol Franklin "Calvin" Bryant, 76, died Oct. 3, 2008, at his residence after a sudden illness. He was born March 4, 1932, in Tippah County to Frank Bryant and Lessie Roberson Bryant. He was a resident of Beech Springs since 1958, and a member of Beech Springs Free Will Baptist Church. He was married to Donnie Mackey...
Carrol Bryant
October 3, 2008
BEECH SPRINGS - Carrol Franklin "Calvin" Bryant, 76, died Oct. 3, 2008, at his residence after a sudden illness. He was born March 4, 1932, in Tippah County to Frank Bryant and Lessie Roberson Bryant. He was a resident of Beech Springs since 1958, and a member of Beech Springs Free Will Baptist Church. He was married to Donnie Mackey...
Ed Buchanan
October 3, 2008
Saltillo - Edward L. Buchanan, 63, died Friday, October 3, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born February 14, 1945, to Howard Leon and Lillie Keith Buchanan. He was raised in the Furrs Community and raised his family in Saltillo. He worked as a commercial electrician for Jesco Construction for many years. He...
Leonard Stransky
September 29, 2008
Ridgeland--Leonard J. Stransky, 87, died September 29, 2008, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland after an extended illness. He was born in Chicago, IL, on March 1, 1921, to Joseph and Libby (Kubista) Stransky. He graduated from Morton East High School in 1939. He served in the infantry in World War II, and received the Purple Heart for injuries sustained during...
Chad Brazeal
September 28, 2008
Saltillo " Chad Brazeal, 31, entered this life on Oct. 3, 1976, and went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008, after a sudden illness. He was a Baptist. He was born in Tupelo and in his youth played baseball. He also enjoyed music, hunting, fishing, football (Ole Miss Rebels and Denver Broncos), spending time with...
Gary Paul Dickerson
September 26, 2008
Mooreville - Gary Paul Dickerson, 58, died Friday, September 26, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born November 27, 1949 in Tupelo to Paul E Bid and Earline Smith Dickerson. He was a 1967 graduate of Mooreville High School and a 1974 graduate of the University of Mississippi. He was a United States Navy Corpsman who served...
Gary Dickerson
September 26, 2008
Mooreville - Gary Paul Dickerson, 58, died Friday, September 26, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born November 27, 1949 in Tupelo to Paul E Bid and Earline Smith Dickerson. He was a 1967 graduate of Mooreville High School and a 1974 graduate of the University of Mississippi. He was a United States Navy Corpsman who served...
Gail Scoville
September 25, 2008
Tupelo - Gail Scoville, 66, died Thursday, September 25, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A native of Schenectady, N.Y., she was born August 1, 1942 to Italo and Vera Frederico Piccolo. She worked as a teller for Renasant Bank and was a very active member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. Her family will remember her...
James H. Davis
September 24, 2008
Tupelo - James H. Davis, 80, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at Golden Living Center after an extended illness. He was born December 20, 1927 in Dumas to Thomas Houston and Fannie Fay Davis. A longtime resident of Tupelo, he was a retired Taxi-cab driver in the Tupelo area until he became disabled. He was the widow of Bessie Davis...
Phyllis Smith
September 24, 2008
Tupelo - Phyllis Fry Smith, 96, died September 24, 2008 at Cedars Health Care Center at Traceway after an extended illness. She was born in Lee County on April 18, 1912, to Jacob and Parris Morgan Fry. She married Francis Theodore Smith in 1943. He preceded her in death January 30, 1970. For many years she and her husband were...
Opal Atkins
September 24, 2008
Chattanooga - Opal Lynette Atkins, 89, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at the Health Center at Standifer Place in Chattanooga, Tenn. after an extended illness. She was born March 3, 1919, in Tupelo to Samuel Roland and Bridget Crowson Yarbrough. She moved to Memphis in 1948 where she worked as the manager of Halpern's Fabric until she retired. She was...
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