OBITUARIES
Robert Cowsert
March 28, 2008
TUPELO - Robert L. "Bob" Cowsert, 57, died Friday, March 28, 2008, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A Tupelo native, he was born October 4, 1950 to Wayne and Mary Eliza Gregg Cowsert. For over eight years, he was a P.P.O. officer at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in New Albany. He attended the Universtiy of Southern Mississippi and loved...
Jane Sudduth
March 27, 2008
Tupelo - SHIRLEY JANE LONG SUDDUTH, 73, died Thursday, March 27, 2008, at her residence after a short illness. She was born May 28, 1934, to the late John Marley and Lena Sory Long of Saltillo. She was a lifelong resident and a member of First Baptist Church. She worked at North Mississippi Medical Center for 21 years, Church Street...
Patsy Towery
March 26, 2008
Guntown - PATSY GAIL TOWERY, 64, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Saltillo/Guntown native and lifelong resident, she was born April 30, 1943 to Elizabeth Henderson Towery and the late William Deach Towery. She enjoyed playing with her special toys and dolls, especially her stuffed animals....
Irene Allen
March 26, 2008
Tupelo - IRENE GURLEY ALLEN, 83, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at her residence after a sudden illness. A Carroll County, Tenn. native, she was born September 15, 1924 to the late Jesse and Floy Meals Gurley. After graduating from high school, she married Jim Allen. They resided in DeSoto County Miss. for six years before moving to the Tupelo/Lee...
Patsy Gail Towery
March 26, 2008
Guntown - PATSY GAIL TOWERY, 64, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Saltillo/Guntown native and lifelong resident, she was born April 30, 1943 to Elizabeth Henderson Towery and the late William Deach Towery. She enjoyed playing with her special toys and dolls, especially her stuffed animals....
Arlene Jones
March 25, 2008
Sherman - ARLENE JONES, 66, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at her residence after a brief illness. She was born September 11, 1941 in Pontotoc County to the late James and Etoyle Moss Smith. Earlier in her life, she was a seamstress with Joyner-Fields and Town Creek Companies. Most of her life was spent as a homemaker, taking care of...
Lela Dykes
March 25, 2008
LELA DELON BACON IHLE DYKES Saltillo - LELA DELON IHLE DYKES, 79, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at her residence in Saltillo. A Lee County native, she was born June 8, 1928 to the late William Henry and Dera Springer Bacon. A 1945 graduate of McGaugh (Nettleton) High School, she was a member of the basketball team. She worked for...
John L. Crumby
March 24, 2008
Tupelo - JOHN LYNN CRUMBY, 73, died Monday, March 24, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Water Valley, he was born March 25, 1934 to the late Johnnie F. and Zula Pearl Hood Crumby. In 1953, he graduated from Water Valley High School and then went on to Northwest Mississippi Junior College...
John Crumby
March 24, 2008
Tupelo - JOHN LYNN CRUMBY, 73, died Monday, March 24, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Water Valley, he was born March 25, 1934 to the late Johnnie F. and Zula Pearl Hood Crumby. In 1953, he graduated from Water Valley High School and then went on to Northwest Mississippi Junior College...
Mildred Pearce
March 22, 2008
MOOREVILLE - Mildred Morgan Pearce, 85, died Saturday, March 22, 2008, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born March 1, 1923, to the late John W. and Tennessee Carnathan Morgan. A graduate of Mooreville High School, she was salutatorian of her 1940 graduating class. She was All State guard in...
Samuel Forsyth
March 21, 2008
SAMUEL LOGAN FORSYTH SR. Tupelo - SAMUEL LOGAN FORSYTH SR, 85, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at his residence. A Corinth native, he was born November 7, 1922 to Robert and Ella Maude Forsyth. A veteran of World War II he served in the United States Army, Calvary Division. He was stationed in the Philippines. It was during the Iwo...
Hazel Williams
March 21, 2008
HAZEL R WILLIAMS Tupelo- HAZEL R WILLIAMS, 85, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at The North Mississippi Medical Center. She was a Lee County native born May 10, 1922. She was a member of East Heights Baptist Church. She was a loving mother and her children considered her the best mother in the world. A life-long gardner. Her favorite flowers...
Samuel Forsyth SR
March 21, 2008
SAMUEL LOGAN FORSYTH SR. Tupelo - SAMUEL LOGAN FORSYTH SR, 85, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at his residence. A Corinth native, he was born November 7, 1922 to Robert and Ella Maude Forsyth. A veteran of World War II he served in the United States Army, Calvary Division. He was stationed in the Philippines. It was during the Iwo...
Dorothy Christian
March 18, 2008
SaltilloDorothy Y. Christian, 85, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at the Homeplace in Saltillo. She was born July 7, 1922, in Indianola to the late Roy and Helen Jeanette Shepherd Yarbrough. She graduated from Indianola High School, attended Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky and Scarrit College of Christian Education in Nashville, Tenn. She enjoyed many years of ministry in the...
Euel Bryant
March 17, 2008
Nettleton - EUEL BROWN BRYANT, 90, died Monday, March 17, 2008, at Community Hospice in Verona after an extended illness. He was born November 13, 1917 in Ellistown to the late Lonnie Euel Bryant and Fannie Mabel Roberts Bryant. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II and in Occupied Japan after...
Keith Franks
March 16, 2008
Lonnie "Keith" Franks, 42, died Sunday March 16, 2008, at the Sanctuary Hospice House from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born Aug. 25, 1965, in Baldwyn to Arthur V. and Barbara Morton Franks. He was employed with Cooper Tire-SIMOS. He was a Christian and a member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church. He loved to being family...
Doug Jenkins
March 15, 2008
New Albany " Douglas Bruce Doug Jenkins, 57, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County after an extended illness. He was born July 14, 1950, to the late Eugene and Florence Vest Jenkins. Until his health declined, he had worked at several area furniture manufacturing companies. He was an avid fisherman and loved spending time with his...
Tommy Meek
March 15, 2008
Southaven - TOMMY C. MEEK, 84, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at his residence in Southaven. A native of the Jerico Community, he was born November 17, 1923 to the late Tyson Claude and Callie Bell Meek. He was retired E-9 with the United States Navy after 25 years of service. He served in World War II and the Korean...
Tommy C. Meek
March 15, 2008
Southaven - TOMMY C. MEEK, 84, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at his residence in Southaven. A native of the Jerico Community, he was born November 17, 1923 to the late Tyson Claude and Callie Bell Meek. He was retired E-9 with the United States Navy after 25 years of service. He served in World War II and the Korean...
Larry McKissick
March 14, 2008
TUPELO - Larry "Alfalfa" McKissick, 59, died Friday, March 14, 2008, at his Tupelo residence after a lengthy illness. Born in Nettleton, he was a retired driver of 17 years with Action Transport of Tupelo and a Baptist. A Vietnam veteran of 91-2 years in the U.S. Navy, he was a flight engineer on the U.S.S. Roosevelt and the U.S.S....
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