OBITUARIES

Kathryn Roberts

Kathryn Roberts

July 2, 2008

St Augustine, Florida - Kathryn Frost Roberts, 99, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at the home of her son in St. Augustine, Florida after an extended illness. A Baldwyn native, she was born December 3, 1908. She was a graduate of Mississippi State College for Women where she met her husband, R. L. Roberts, who was attending Mississippi State University....

Kathryn Frost Roberts

Kathryn Frost Roberts

July 2, 2008

St Augustine, Florida - Kathryn Frost Roberts, 99, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at the home of her son in St. Augustine, Florida after an extended illness. A Baldwyn native, she was born December 3, 1908. She was a graduate of Mississippi State College for Women where she met her husband, R. L. Roberts, who was attending Mississippi State University....

Patti Ann Best

Patti Ann Best

July 2, 2008

Saltillo - Patti Ann Best, 51, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Chicago native, she was born March 30, 1957 to Thomas and Betty Bowersox Patton. She worked 14 years as a sewing machine operator with Reed's Manufacturing in Tupelo. She was an avid NASCAR/Jimmie Johnson fan and enjoyed flower...

Jewell Hutcheson

Jewell Hutcheson

July 1, 2008

Old Union - Jewell Hutcheson, 85, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a short illness. A Colt, Arkansas native, she was born December 21, 1922 to George W. and Lucille Clark Collie. She married Willard Hutcheson and moved shortly afterwards to Guntown. She has been a resident in the Old Union Community since 1959. For...

Nora Corbett

Nora Corbett

June 30, 2008

Saltillo - Nora Lary Corbett, 86, died Monday, June 30, 2008, at her residence after a sudden illness. She was born November 7, 1921 in Atlanta, Georgia to James E. and Ada Lillian Tallant Lary. She was the widow of William Corbett, who preceded her in death in 1985. She retired 26 years ago, after working as a hairdresser in...

Jerry Williams

Jerry Williams

June 29, 2008

Tupelo - Jerry Williams, 50, died Sunday, June 29, 2008, at his residence after a sudden illness. He was born August 27, 1957 in Paducah, Kentucky to Johnnie R. and Verna Singleterry Williams but was a life long residence of Tupelo and attended First United Methodist Church. He worked as an automotive technician and enjoyed racing motorcycles and working with...

Blanche Easterling

Blanche Easterling

June 29, 2008

Birmingham Ridge - Blanche Easterling, 83, died Sunday, June 29, 2008, at her residence after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born September 29, 1924 to A. M. and Mamie Barkley Carson. She owned Easterling Grocery and also retired from Reed's Manufacturing. She was a member of Birmingham Ridge Baptist Church where she was a member for...

Captain James Marvin Mitchell

Captain James Marvin Mitchell

June 28, 2008

Tupelo " Captain James Marvin Mitchell (Retired), 90, died Saturday, June 28, 2008, at Gregory Green House At Traceway after an extended illness. A Sherman native, he was born February 25, 1918 to James Perry and Evaliner McCraw Mitchell. A life long soldier and Army officer, his career began in February, 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and he served the...

Captain Marvin Mitchell (Retired)

Captain Marvin Mitchell (Retired)

June 28, 2008

Tupelo " Captain James Marvin Mitchell (Retired), 90, died Saturday, June 28, 2008, at Gregory Green House At Traceway after an extended illness. A Sherman native, he was born February 25, 1918 to James Perry and Evaliner McCraw Mitchell. A life long soldier and Army officer, his career began in February, 1941 at Camp Shelby, MS and he served the...

Nagle Russell Ethridge Sr.

Nagle Russell Ethridge Sr.

June 28, 2008

Mooreville - Nagle Russell Ethridge Sr, 62, died, Saturday, June 28,2008 at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Little Rock, Arkansas native, he was born December 17, 1945 to Horace Frank and Ruby Watson Ethridge. He married his wife of 45 years, Mable Lee Patterson, on April 16, 1963. He worked 20 years at Penske and...

Nagle Ethridge

Nagle Ethridge

June 28, 2008

Mooreville - Nagle Russell Ethridge Sr, 62, died, Saturday, June 28,2008 at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Little Rock, Arkansas native, he was born December 17, 1945 to Horace Frank and Ruby Watson Ethridge. He married his wife of 45 years, Mable Lee Patterson, on April 16, 1963. He worked 20 years at Penske and...

Charles (Mickey) Johnson

Charles (Mickey) Johnson

June 26, 2008

Meza, Ariz.--Charles Mickey C. Johnson, Sr. died June 26 th, 2008 at the age of 81. He was born and raised in Verona, Mississippi. He served in the U. S. Navy after graduating from Tupelo High school. After the Navy he worked in the insurance business in Tupelo before moving to California to work in the oil and gas industry....

Charles C.

Charles C.

June 26, 2008

Meza, Ariz.--Charles Mickey C. Johnson, Sr. died June 26 th, 2008 at the age of 81. He was born and raised in Verona, Mississippi. He served in the U. S. Navy after graduating from Tupelo High school. After the Navy he worked in the insurance business in Tupelo before moving to California to work in the oil and gas industry....

Curtis West

Curtis West

June 25, 2008

Tupelo - Curtis West, 96, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at the Simerson Green House of Cedars Heathcare Center after a brief illness. A Lee County native, he was born May 9, 1912 to John Clifford and Maggie Mae Davidson West. He was a graduate of Shannon High School. He served in the United States Army. He married Loraine Bethany...

Mary Tucker

Mary Tucker

June 23, 2008

Shannon - Mary A. Tucker, 81, died Monday, June 23, 2008 at the Broadway Healthcare Center in West Memphis, Arkansas after an extended illness. A Sulligent, Alabama native, she was born November 25, 1926 to the late Darris and Annabell Mcgee Reed. She worked at Reeds Manufacturing in Nettleton for 28 years. She was a cashier with Williams Grocery from...

Bertie Turner

Bertie Turner

June 22, 2008

TUPELO - Bertie L. Turner, 91, died Sunday, June 22, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born Nov. 9, 1916, to Arthur David and Martha Pearl Lindsey Turner. She was a 1934 honors graduate of Saltillo High School and recipient of the Balfour Award, which recognizes scholarship, character, service and leadership....

Violet Edwards

Violet Edwards

June 21, 2008

Bartlett, TN-Violet Canup Edwards, 105, died June 21, 2008, in Tupelo, MS, at the home of her grandson following a brief illness . She was a resident of Bartlett, TN and a member of Bartlett Baptist Church. She was born in Benton, KY on March 2, 1903 to Charlie Canup and Emma Tynes Visitation is Friday, June 27, 2008 from...

Burie Stevens

Burie Stevens

June 18, 2008

Auburn - Burie Stevens, 81, died Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A Tremont native, she was born March 19, 1927 to Houston T. and Alva Dewdrop Gentry Miller. She was a retired seamstress, working 19 years for Blue Bell Manufacturing and four years for Prentiss Manufacturing. Growing up, she enjoyed playing...

Ethel Stockburger

Ethel Stockburger

June 18, 2008

Ethel Stockburger, 95, died Wednesday, 6-18-2008 at Avon Lea Assisted Living in Tupelo, MS. She was born November 3, 1912 in Ottumwa, Iowa to Lee and Eva Lina Grubbs. Ethel married Cecil Stockburger May 1, 1936. They purchased a hardware store in Hinton, Iowa in 1951 and Ethel managed the business until her retirement in 1998. Upon retirement she relocated...

Bobby Hall

Bobby Hall

June 16, 2008

Saltillo - Bobby Lee Hall, 39, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born in Lee County, March 21, 1969 to Jimmy Claude and Lana Jean Hall. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing and working on old cars. He loved spending time with his family...