OBITUARIES
Betty Cook
November 16, 2007
BETTY JEAN COOK McCalla, Ala " Betty Jean Cook, 71, longtime resident of Mooreville, died Friday, November 16, 2007, at The Plantation Manor near Birmingham, Alabama after a lengthy illness. A native of the Unity Community east of Saltillo, she was born July 24, 1936 to the late Leeman L. and Madie Lee Young Hester. She was a 1956 graduate...
Judy Wall
November 14, 2007
JUDY WALL Guntown - JUDY CAROL WALL, 47, died Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a battle with colon cancer since June 19, 2005. She was born July 1, 1960 in Ripley to John M. and Johnie Ruth Hurt Jumper. She was a 1978 graduate of Falkner High School. In 1987, she moved to Tupelo...
Johnny Hall
November 8, 2007
SHANNON - John A. "Johnny" Hall, 62, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at his home in Shannon after a sudden illness. He was born June 4, 1945, in Lee County to John Adam Hall II and Wilda Laverne Graham Hall. He had lived in the Shannon area since 1951. He was a 1963 graduate of Shannon High School. He was...
Johnny A. Hall
November 8, 2007
SHANNON - John A. "Johnny" Hall, 62, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at his home in Shannon after a sudden illness. He was born June 4, 1945, in Lee County to John Adam Hall II and Wilda Laverne Graham Hall. He had lived in the Shannon area since 1951. He was a 1963 graduate of Shannon High School. He was...
Dr Walter Bourland
November 8, 2007
Tupelo, MS -- Beloved husband, father, physician, and friend, Dr. Walter Lee Bourland, 82, died November 8, 2007. A native of Amory, he was born February 27, 1925, to the late Ebeneezer Carroll and Eva English Bourland. He graduated from Amory High School in 1942 and enrolled at Mississippi State University. At the age of 18, Dr. Bourland entered the...
Walter Bourland
November 8, 2007
Tupelo, MS -- Beloved husband, father, physician, and friend, Dr. Walter Lee Bourland, 82, died November 8, 2007. A native of Amory, he was born February 27, 1925, to the late Ebeneezer Carroll and Eva English Bourland. He graduated from Amory High School in 1942 and enrolled at Mississippi State University. At the age of 18, Dr. Bourland entered the...
John W. Hall
November 8, 2007
John Wiley Hall, Jr. Born 8/2/1924 Died 11/08/07 Former resident of Tupelo, Mississippi and more recently Woodstock, Illinois; John Wiley Hall, Jr. died quietly in his sleep due to complications from diabetes at the Manteno Veterans Home in Illinois. He was 83 years old. He was born in Osceola, Arkansas and the only child of John Wiley Hall, Sr. and...
John Hall
November 8, 2007
John Wiley Hall, Jr. Born 8/2/1924 Died 11/08/07 Former resident of Tupelo, Mississippi and more recently Woodstock, Illinois; John Wiley Hall, Jr. died quietly in his sleep due to complications from diabetes at the Manteno Veterans Home in Illinois. He was 83 years old. He was born in Osceola, Arkansas and the only child of John Wiley Hall, Sr. and...
Ruth McDaniel
November 6, 2007
ALINE MCDANIEL Chesterville Community - RUTH ALINE MCDANIEL, 86, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at her daughters residence after a brief illness. She was born June 23, 1921, in the Long View Community to the late Robert and Florence Duke Kelly. She worked as a seamstress for Blue Bell Manufacturing for 44 years. She was the widow of David McDaniel...
Ruth Aline McDaniel
November 6, 2007
ALINE MCDANIEL Chesterville Community - RUTH ALINE MCDANIEL, 86, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at her daughters residence after a brief illness. She was born June 23, 1921, in the Long View Community to the late Robert and Florence Duke Kelly. She worked as a seamstress for Blue Bell Manufacturing for 44 years. She was the widow of David McDaniel...
Ann Leake
November 4, 2007
Ann Gilpin Leake Ann Gilpin Leake, 76, died Sunday, November 4, 2007 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. In 1952, Mrs. Leake married Medford Memory (Mem) Leake. Immediately following their marriage, the couple was stationed for two years at Edwards Air Force Base, California, followed by an assignment in the 22nd District Office of Special Investigation...
Marvin Kellum
November 2, 2007
Brewer " Marvin Kellum, 73, died Friday, November 2, 2007, at his residence in the Brewer Community after an extended illness. A Tomnolen native, he was born March 6, 1934 to the late James and Alma Blanton Kellum. He was raised in the Starkville area and later joined the Army where he served in a training unit in France during...
Morie Bass
November 1, 2007
Palmetto Community " Morie Gilmore Bass, 77, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at her residence after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born September 14, 1930 to the late Eddie Jacob and Evalena McMahan Gilmore. She married Thomas Bass in 1946 and they lived in Memphis for 36 years, returning to Palmetto after her husband's retirement in...
Margaret Purvis
October 28, 2007
SALTILLO - Margaret Purvis, 44, of the Unity community east of Saltillo, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, at her residence after a sudden illness. She was born April 19, 1963, in Lee County to M.H. Lansdell and Clara Mae Williams Lansdell. She was the owner of Hunter's Choice Taxidermist for 15 years and a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church. She...
Gladys Stanphill
October 27, 2007
TUPELO - Gladys E. Stanphill, 75, died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, at the North Miss. Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born May 11, 1932, in Itawamba County to Ed Barrett and Mamie Deavall Barrett. She had lived in the Carolina community of Itawamba County all her life. She was retried from the garment industry as a seamstress....
Estelle Dillard
October 23, 2007
Tupelo - ESTELLE DILLARD, 88, died Tuesday, October 23, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Union County native, she was born October 20, 1919 to the late E.A. and Annie Harden Miller. Her husband, Elbert Dillard Sr. preceded her in death when she was 27 years of age. After his death, she devoted her life...
Melvin Maxey
October 23, 2007
Kosciusko - MELVIN VICTOR MAXEY, 81, died Wednesday, October 24, 2007, at Montfort-Jones Hospital in Kosciusko after an extended illness. A Mississippi native and long time resident of Tupelo, he was born December 20, 1925 to the late Nona L. and Sally Barnett Maxey. He was a US Marine Corp Veteran of World War II and spent two years in...
Sue Scott
October 23, 2007
IUKA " Sue Scott, 74, died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka after a sudden illness. She was born March 6, 1933, in Saltillo to the late Davis C. and Esther Whitaker Payne. She was a longtime resident of Danville, Ill., before moving back to Saltillo. Because of her love of camping, she lived the...
Frank D. McCarley
October 22, 2007
Nettleton - FRANKLIN DELANO (FRAN K) MCCARLEY, 73, died Monday, October 22, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born March 23, 1934 to the late William and Ruby Gahagan McCarley. He worked 23 years as a body shop foreman for George Ruff Buick and Olds and also worked for Mansco Manufacturing before...
Lorene Stanford
October 22, 2007
Auburn - Lorene Stanford "Big-Mama", 79, died on Monday, October 22, 2007, after an extended illness, she went home to her Lord, surrounded by friends and family. She was born on December 13, 1927 to Elmer and Maudie Keith Brooks. She married her love, Charles Stanford on September 16, 1944. They were residents of the Auburn Community for 53 years....
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