OBITUARIES
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
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
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
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)
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Darrell Tramontine
June 16, 2008
Tupelo - Darrell Eugene Tramontine, 64, died Monday, June 16, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Iron, Michigan, he was born December 28, 1943. A 100 % disabled American Veteran, he served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was an employee of Daybrite Lighting for over 20 years. He...
Robert Sandefur
June 15, 2008
Tupelo " Robert A. Sandefur, 73, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, at Community Hospice in Verona after an extended illness. A lifelong native of Tupelo, he was born October 26, 1934 to the late Troy and Jenny Mae White Sandefur. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends and loved to watch television. He was a member of Wildwood Baptist...
Larry Neal
June 14, 2008
MOOREVILLE - Larry Wayne Neal, 64, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Birmingham, Ala., and raised in Webster County; he was born on Oct. 18, 1943, to Wister Franklin and Morea Henley Neal. He was a member of Boguefala Baptist Church in Mooreville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday...
Sandra Miles
June 13, 2008
Mooreville - Sandra Gale Miles, 58, died Friday, June 13, 2008, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born November 29, 1949 to James and Eva Lavelle Bacon McKissack. She worked as a caregiver for the elderly for over 20 years. She enjoyed spending time with her family and traveling to Nashville,...
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