OBITUARIES
Gertrude Giles
June 3, 2008
Tupelo--Gertrude Hailey Giles, 93, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born September 2, 1914, in Meridian to Gertrude Hailey Chisholm and Ernest Robert Chisholm. A graduate of Tupelo High School in 1932, she worked and lived in Tupelo for most of her life, except for several years in Pontotoc. She...
Margaret Stanford
June 2, 2008
MARGARET L. STANFORD Tupelo - Margaret Allyne Lackey Stanford died Monday, June 2, 2008, after a sudden illness. A Lee County native, she was born February 6, 1934 to the late Turner and Edna Dearman Lackey. She was a graduate of Belden High School. She was one of the first female real estate agents in the area and worked for...
Vernece Christian Robbins
June 1, 2008
Auburn - Vernece Christian Robbins, 71, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Pontotoc County native, she was born December 25, 1936 to the late Thomas Dallas and Lizzie Jane Clement Curry. She worked for several years as a seamstress. She was a member of Auburn Baptist Church. Services will be...
Paulene Dunaway
June 1, 2008
Plantersville - Paulene Mae Dunaway, 82, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born March 5, 1926 to the late Beland and Flora Mae Bell Dill. She was a homemaker and took care of her grandchildren. Her kindness and maternal instincts touched the lives of many...
Vernece Robbins
June 1, 2008
Auburn - Vernece Christian Robbins, 71, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Pontotoc County native, she was born December 25, 1936 to the late Thomas Dallas and Lizzie Jane Clement Curry. She worked for several years as a seamstress. She was a member of Auburn Baptist Church. Services will be...
Virgil Scott
May 31, 2008
Okolona - Marvin Virgil Scott, 74, died Saturday, May 31, 2008, at his residence after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, he was born October 23, 1933 to the late Charlie Thomas and Esther Ella House Scott. He married Marlene Scott in 1954 and they lived in Danville, Illinois and Tyler, Texas before returning to North Mississippi six years ago....
Etoil Walls
May 31, 2008
Tupelo - Etoil Walls, 92, died Saturday, May 31, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Union County native, she was born January 28, 1916 to the late Luther Alexander and Myrtle Ledbetter Gray. She was a member of Parkway Baptist Church, where she was the oldest member. Services will be 3:00 p.m. Monday, June 2,...
Chester Fitts
May 31, 2008
Oxford - Daniel Chester Fitts, 90, of Pontotoc died Saturday, May 31, 2008, at Mississippi State Veterans Home after an extended illness. He was born March 2, 1918 to the late Daniel Webster and Mary Lee Breeden Fitts in Hardeman County, TN. He was a member of First Baptist Church Tupelo. He served in Company B, 96th Chemical Mortar Battalion...
Nadine Lancaster
May 30, 2008
Tupelo - Georgia Nadine Lancaster, 83, died Friday, May 30, 2008, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks after an extended illness. A Jackson, Tenn. native, she was born June 21, 1924, to the late George Dewey and Mable L. Bishop. She was a homemaker and enjoyed playing golf and sewing, playing with her great-grandchildren and her little dachshund, Lucy. She...
Gueary
May 28, 2008
Saltillo - Gueary Thomas "Tom" Reed, Jr., 72, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008 due to an automobile accident. A native of Cookville, Tenn., he was born March 20, 1936 to the late Gueary Thomas Reed, Sr and Gola Stinson Reed. He graduated from Lynnville High School and then went on to University of Tennessee at Martin where he earned his...
Gueary Tom ) Reed
May 28, 2008
Saltillo - Gueary Thomas "Tom" Reed, Jr., 72, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008 due to an automobile accident. A native of Cookville, Tenn., he was born March 20, 1936 to the late Gueary Thomas Reed, Sr and Gola Stinson Reed. He graduated from Lynnville High School and then went on to University of Tennessee at Martin where he earned his...
Elvis Murphree
May 27, 2008
Tupelo - Elvis Emory Murphree, 85, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, he was born November 30, 1922 to the late Lesker and Mary Maude Robinson Murphree. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Battle of the Buldge. He was a...
James Reed
May 27, 2008
Mooreville - James Thomas Reed, 59, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Tennessee, he was born July 17, 1948 to Lillie Belle Allbritton Reed and the late I. M. Reed. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in Vietnam. He worked as a truck driver after his discharge...
Evie Estes
May 27, 2008
Richmond - Evie Lou Estes, 92, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born January 5, 1916, to the late Charlie and Annie Mae Pettigrew Waycaster. Her life was spent as a homemaker and she enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening. The joy of her life was...
Lela Yancey
May 26, 2008
Tupelo - Lela B. Yancey, 91, died Monday, May 26, 2008, at Traceway Manor after a brief illness. A Lee County native, she was born April 5, 1917 to the late Ernest Lee and Essie Moore Bolen. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, quilting, reading and working crossword puzzles. She also spent time volunteering for the Greenhouses at Traceway...
Lela B. Yancey
May 26, 2008
Tupelo - Lela B. Yancey, 91, died Monday, May 26, 2008, at Traceway Manor after a brief illness. A Lee County native, she was born April 5, 1917 to the late Ernest Lee and Essie Moore Bolen. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, quilting, reading and working crossword puzzles. She also spent time volunteering for the Greenhouses at Traceway...
Christine Jones
May 24, 2008
TUPELO - Jessie Christine Jones, 83, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, at her residence in Tupelo. She went to be with the Lord peacefully surrounded by her family and friends after a brief illness. She was born June 28, 1924 to Willie Marshall Brooks and Elsie Gregory Brooks in Itawamba County. She loved sewing, doing crafts before he eyesight failed...
H C.
May 23, 2008
AUBURN " H.C. "Bill" Wallace, 84, died Friday, May 23, 2008, at his sons residence after an extended illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born April 16, 1924, and had been a resident of the Auburn community since 1944. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He participated in the Normandy invasion and served two years...
H C. " Bill " Wallace
May 23, 2008
AUBURN " H.C. "Bill" Wallace, 84, died Friday, May 23, 2008, at his sons residence after an extended illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born April 16, 1924, and had been a resident of the Auburn community since 1944. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He participated in the Normandy invasion and served two years...
Vera Laney
May 22, 2008
Tupelo - Vera Bon Laney, 94, died Thursday, May 22, 2008, at the Laney Green House at Traceway after an extended illness. A native of Goldsmith, Indiana, she was born November 1, 1913 to John and Lena Pyle. She was retired from Madden Furniture Manufacturer. She moved to Tupelo in 1981 after the death of her husband, George R. Boldon....
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