OBITUARIES
Joyce Swindle
January 1, 2008
Saltillo " JOYCE RIDGE SWINDLE, 78, died unexpectedly Tuesday, January 1, 2008, at her residence. An Itawamba County native, she was born June 21, 1929 to the late Charles Robert and Nancy Maude Bingham Ridge. She worked for many years as a Nursing Supervisor for North Mississippi Medical Center, retiring in 1991. She was an avid writer and was loved...
Joyce Ridge Swindle
January 1, 2008
Saltillo " JOYCE RIDGE SWINDLE, 78, died unexpectedly Tuesday, January 1, 2008, at her residence. An Itawamba County native, she was born June 21, 1929 to the late Charles Robert and Nancy Maude Bingham Ridge. She worked for many years as a Nursing Supervisor for North Mississippi Medical Center, retiring in 1991. She was an avid writer and was loved...
J Young
January 1, 2008
Tupelo - JESSIE D. YOUNG, JR., 76, died Tuesday, January 1, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Mantachie, he was born January 31, 1931, to the late Jessie D. and Pauline Robbins Young. He was a 1950 graduate of Belden High School and attended Itawamba Junior College. He was a veteran of...
J (Jake) Bailey
December 30, 2007
J.C. (JAKE) BAILEY Tupelo - J.C. "Jake" Bailey, 68, died Sunday, December 30, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. A Marietta native, he was born April 3, 1939 to the late Joseph and Zera Fleming Bailey. He worked as a body repairman for George Ruff Buick and also for AAA Body and glass before being disabled. He was...
J C.
December 30, 2007
J.C. (JAKE) BAILEY Tupelo - J.C. "Jake" Bailey, 68, died Sunday, December 30, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. A Marietta native, he was born April 3, 1939 to the late Joseph and Zera Fleming Bailey. He worked as a body repairman for George Ruff Buick and also for AAA Body and glass before being disabled. He was...
Howard B. Davenport
December 29, 2007
HOWARD B. DAVENPORT Tupelo, Miss. - HOWARD B. DAVENPORT "Mr. D.", 75, formerly of Milwaukee, died Saturday, December 29, 2007, at his residence in Tupelo, Miss. An Oakland, Iowa native, he was born June 1, 1932 to the late Ralph and Bertha Bird Davenport. He served in the Army National Guard of Iowa from 1948 to 1952 achieving the rank...
Howard Davenport
December 29, 2007
HOWARD B. DAVENPORT Tupelo, Miss. - HOWARD B. DAVENPORT "Mr. D.", 75, formerly of Milwaukee, died Saturday, December 29, 2007, at his residence in Tupelo, Miss. An Oakland, Iowa native, he was born June 1, 1932 to the late Ralph and Bertha Bird Davenport. He served in the Army National Guard of Iowa from 1948 to 1952 achieving the rank...
Mary Knox Kirksey
December 28, 2007
Denton, Tex.--Mary Knox Kirksey, 91, died Friday, December 28, 2007 at the Vintage Retirement Community of Denton, Texas. She was born on October 8, 1916 1n Batesville to Roy and Margaret Knox. She married Elvin B. Kirksey in Tupelo and was a resident there for many years. She served as Executive Assistant to the Highway Commissioner of Northern District of...
Mary Kirksey
December 28, 2007
Denton, Tex.--Mary Knox Kirksey, 91, died Friday, December 28, 2007 at the Vintage Retirement Community of Denton, Texas. She was born on October 8, 1916 1n Batesville to Roy and Margaret Knox. She married Elvin B. Kirksey in Tupelo and was a resident there for many years. She served as Executive Assistant to the Highway Commissioner of Northern District of...
Lt Col. William C. " Bill "
December 24, 2007
TUPELO " Lt. Col. William C. Bill Anglin, 89, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, at the Leeper House of the Green Houses at Traceway. He was born May 22, 1918, in Pontotoc County to the late Eric Troy and Eliza Ann Cleveland Anglin. He was a graduate of Mississippi State University and a Methodist. When World War II broke out,...
Ruth Bright
December 24, 2007
RUTH BRIGHT Shannon - RUTH BRIGHT, 95, died Monday, December 24, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born October 3, 1912 to the late Whit and Nannie McHarry Parchman. She graduated from Buena Vista High School and attended Blue Mountain College. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker. She was a...
Col. C.
December 24, 2007
TUPELO " Lt. Col. William C. Bill Anglin, 89, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, at the Leeper House of the Green Houses at Traceway. He was born May 22, 1918, in Pontotoc County to the late Eric Troy and Eliza Ann Cleveland Anglin. He was a graduate of Mississippi State University and a Methodist. When World War II broke out,...
Jim Patterson
December 22, 2007
Jim E. Patterson ANDREWS CHAPEL " Jim E. Pap Patterson, 69, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007, at the North Miss. Medical Center after a long illness. He was born April 23, 1938, in the Evergreen community to James C. and Annie Lucille Repult Patterson. He was the owner of Jim E. Patterson C.P.A. Firm for 26 years in Tupelo and...
Raymond Kellum
December 21, 2007
TupeloRaymond L. Kellum, Sr., 79, died Friday, December 21, 2007, at UAB Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. H.J. Kellum, Sr. He graduated from Tupelo High School in 1947 and received his BAE degree from the University of Mississippi in 1953 and a MAE degree in 1960. In 1952, he served in...
Kenneth Lackey
December 21, 2007
Ozark, Ala.--Kenneth Lackey, a native of Shannon, died Friday, Dec.21, 2007, at Southeast Alabama Medial Center, near his home of Ozark, Ala. after a brief illness. A Memorial Service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues with his nephew, Jay Hatcher, officiating. Burial will be at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Shannon. He is survived...
Johnnie Taylor
December 19, 2007
Tupelo - Johnnie Faye Taylor, 78, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at The Meadows in Fulton after an extended illness. She was born January 18, 1929, in Eupora to the late Thomas Elmer and Minnie Lucius Henley. She worked for 17 years at Southern Bell Telephone as a representative. She was also a homemaker and loved spending time with her...
Randy Clayton
December 19, 2007
Macedonia Community - RANDY J. CLAYTON, 51, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at his residence after a sudden illness. A Memphis native, he was born October 24, 1956 to Bobby J. Clayton and the late Billy Joyce Clayton. He had been a resident of the Macedonia community for 35 years. He worked in maintenance for Sara Lee Foods for seventeen...
Kenneth Wood
December 17, 2007
Tupelo " Kenneth Wood, 83, died Monday, December 17, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Greenville native, he was born August 1, 1924 to the late James Earnest and Allie Ouida Johnston Wood. He attended Delta State University. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the European theatre and...
Conrado Aguirre
December 13, 2007
Tupelo - CONRADO AGUIRRE, 80, died Thursday, December 13, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. A Wichita, Kansas native, he was born February 19, 1927 to the late Francisco and Elena Aguirre. He married Joan Frey Aguirre April 1, 1947. He came to Tupelo in 1963 with Randy's Steak. He was one of...
Helen Cobb
December 12, 2007
Palmetto - Helen Bryant Cobb, 85, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Raleigh, she was born October 30, 1922, to the late Pete and Eula Kennedy Bryant. She married Rev. Joe Cobb July 23, 1944. During their years of ministry, they served churches in Adamsville, Tenn., Stuttgart, Ark.,...
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