OBITUARIES
Jerry Queen
September 2, 2008
Tupelo - Jerry Queen, 62, died Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at Golden Living Center after an extended illness. A native of Galloway, Ga., he was born February 22, 1946 to Clinton and Mary Petty Queen. He spent his early childhood in Blue Ridge, Ga. and moved to Wynedotte, Mich. where he graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1965. He...
Helon Louise Price
August 31, 2008
Eggville - Helon Louise Price, 84, died Sunday, August 31, 2008, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born March 31, 1924 in Cullman County, Alabama to the late Hermon D. and Myrtle Jane Vest Lee. She married Hollis Cleveland Price in 1953. She was a member of Eggville Freewill Baptist but recently had been attending Eggville Church...
Jack Kemp
August 31, 2008
Tupelo- Jack Alton Carter Kemp, 73, died Sunday, August 31, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born April 5, 1935 in Phoenix City, Alabama to Henry C. and Sarah Elizabeth Hudson Kemp. He was a thirty year veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He lived in the Tupelo area for the last 12 years. He collected eagles....
Helon Price
August 31, 2008
Eggville - Helon Louise Price, 84, died Sunday, August 31, 2008, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born March 31, 1924 in Cullman County, Alabama to the late Hermon D. and Myrtle Jane Vest Lee. She married Hollis Cleveland Price in 1953. She was a member of Eggville Freewill Baptist but recently had been attending Eggville Church...
Anne Reagan
August 30, 2008
Tupelo, Miss - Anne Sharon Reagan, 70, passed away August 30, 2008 in Tupelo, MS. Born May 8, 1938 to Dr. and Mrs. Charles Harold Reagan in Grundy, VA., Ms Reagan moved to Mississippi in 1961 where she attended the University of Mississippi. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of West Point, MS. Ms Reagan was a...
Anne Sharon Reagan
August 30, 2008
Tupelo, Miss - Anne Sharon Reagan, 70, passed away August 30, 2008 in Tupelo, MS. Born May 8, 1938 to Dr. and Mrs. Charles Harold Reagan in Grundy, VA., Ms Reagan moved to Mississippi in 1961 where she attended the University of Mississippi. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of West Point, MS. Ms Reagan was a...
Eugene Hughes
August 29, 2008
Atlanta, GA - Ernest Eugene Hughes, Jr., 42, went on to be with the Lord, Friday, August 29, 2008. He was born in Tupelo, on January 19, 1966 to Gene and Linda Carol Whirley Hughes. He was a 1984 graduate of Mooreville High School and a graduate of the University of Mississippi. He was a member of East Heights Baptist...
Anna Russell
August 27, 2008
VERONA - Anna Lois "Miss Anna" Russell, 82, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at the Trace Regional Hospital in Houston after a long illness. She was a native of Lee County and the daughter of Curtis Lee Morphis and Mary Caroline Davis Morphis. She was a longtime resident of Verona. She was a retired seamstress with more than 30 years...
Lois Conaway
August 27, 2008
Tupelo - Lois Irene Conaway, 96, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, she was born March 18, 1912 to Richard William and Samantha Catherine Clayton Robison. She married Roy Conaway September 28, 1930. She was the beloved mother of ten children and loved gardening, Gospel...
Carolyn Schreiter
August 24, 2008
TupeloCarolyn Newell Schreiter, 58, died Sunday, August 24, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born January 8, 1950, to Malone and Jacquilla Newell of Mantachie. She graduated from Mantachie High School, Itawamba Junior College and Mississippi State University. She taught English for a short while before beginning her family. She enjoyed reading, especially theology,...
Annie Lee Lansdell
August 23, 2008
Mooreville - Annie Lee Lansdell, 92, died Saturday, August 23, 2008, at Community Hospice " Darlington Oaks after a short illness. A Lee County native, but she lived most of her life in Mooreville. She was born December 12, 1915 to Jim and Hattie Pearl Starling Martin. She was married July 4, 1936 to Jack Lansdell. She loved her family...
Annie Lansdell
August 23, 2008
Mooreville - Annie Lee Lansdell, 92, died Saturday, August 23, 2008, at Community Hospice " Darlington Oaks after a short illness. A Lee County native, but she lived most of her life in Mooreville. She was born December 12, 1915 to Jim and Hattie Pearl Starling Martin. She was married July 4, 1936 to Jack Lansdell. She loved her family...
Samuel Forsyth
August 18, 2008
Tupelo - Samuel Logan Sammy Forsyth, Jr., 54, died Monday, August 18, 2008, at his residence after a sudden illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, he was born January 27, 1954 to Samuel Logan and Constance Lee Brown Forsyth. He served in law enforcement with the Saltillo and Tupelo Police Departments and later worked in sales and marketing before...
Samuel Forsyth, Jr.
August 18, 2008
Tupelo - Samuel Logan Sammy Forsyth, Jr., 54, died Monday, August 18, 2008, at his residence after a sudden illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, he was born January 27, 1954 to Samuel Logan and Constance Lee Brown Forsyth. He served in law enforcement with the Saltillo and Tupelo Police Departments and later worked in sales and marketing before...
Janice Martin
August 17, 2008
Saltillo - Janice Martin, 68, died Sunday, August 17, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Pensacola, Fla., she was born September 11, 1939 to Ira and Winnie Powell. She worked in furniture manufacturing as a polly foam cutter for several years. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchidlren. Survivors include her husband...
James Lyons
August 15, 2008
Fulton - James E. Lyons, 73, died Friday, August 15, 2008, at The Meadows in Fulton after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born February 20, 1935 to Thomas and Annie Marie Lyons. He lived most of his life in Tupelo, but lived in Durma the past 16 years. Earlier in his life, he worked for Mid-south...
Jerry Raines
August 14, 2008
Lake Piomingo - Jerry Dale Raines, 69, died Thursday, August 14, 2008, at his home at Lake Piomingo after a sudden illness. He was born March 29, 1939 in Pontotoc County to Curtis Raines and Elsie Spencer Raines. He worked as a carpenter and brick layer until becoming disabled in 1969. He loved watching boxing on t.v., dismantling old cars,...
Jerry Wynne
August 13, 2008
BALDWYN " Gerald "Jerry" Wynne, 71, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born on Dec. 4, 1936, in Muskegon, Mich., to Carl Francis and Clarabelle Vanderlaun Wynne. He was a retired employee of Air Cap Inc. of Verona after 16 years of service, and a former employee of the City of Verona....
Ed Forrester
August 12, 2008
Dorsey - Lewis Edward Ed Forrester, 86, died Monday, August 11, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of the Glen Community, he was born September 16, 1921 to Lewis Golbern and Ella Jane Lambert Forrester. He grew up in Burnsville. A U.S. Army Air Corp veteran, he served as a cook during World...
Patrick Stafford
August 11, 2008
Senatobia - Patrick D. Stafford, 41, died Monday, August 11, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo due to injuries sustained in a work related accident which occurred March 3. A native of Memphis, Tenn., he was born December 8, 1966. He worked as a truck driver for Pass More & Sons. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and most...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
