OBITUARIES

Lea Paslay Sr.

Lea Paslay Sr.

October 18, 2007

Tupelo - LEA CLAYTON PASLAY, SR, 75, died Thursday, October 18, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born April 7, 1932, in Como to the late Dr. Byran Hicklin and Etta Decell Rogers Paslay. He attended Sardis High School where he was selected as an All American Football Player. He then went on...

Lea Paslay

Lea Paslay

October 18, 2007

Tupelo - LEA CLAYTON PASLAY, SR, 75, died Thursday, October 18, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born April 7, 1932, in Como to the late Dr. Byran Hicklin and Etta Decell Rogers Paslay. He attended Sardis High School where he was selected as an All American Football Player. He then went on...

Doyle Cooper

Doyle Cooper

October 18, 2007

REV. DOYLE B. COOPER Guin, Ala " Rev. Doyle B. Cooper, 68, died Thursday evening near Houston from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born July 2, 1939 in East Tupelo to Howard C. and Loreda Christian Cooper. He was raised in the Belden area and was a 1957 graduate of Belden High School. After high school, he...

Linda Gillentine

Linda Gillentine

October 15, 2007

Nettleton - LINDA FRANCES GILLENTINE, 58, died Monday, October 15, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an eleven year battle with breast cancer. She was born December 12, 1948, in Pascola, Missouri to the late Lynn Warren Blackburn and Leona Woodard Blackburn Hall. She worked for Action Industries and Peoplelounger. She enjoyed bird watching, gardening, cooking, and loved...

Linda Frances Gillentine

Linda Frances Gillentine

October 15, 2007

Nettleton - LINDA FRANCES GILLENTINE, 58, died Monday, October 15, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an eleven year battle with breast cancer. She was born December 12, 1948, in Pascola, Missouri to the late Lynn Warren Blackburn and Leona Woodard Blackburn Hall. She worked for Action Industries and Peoplelounger. She enjoyed bird watching, gardening, cooking, and loved...

Erma E.

Erma E.

October 15, 2007

Tupelo - ERMA E. (NORA) CRYDER, 90, died Monday, October 15, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Algoma, she was born August 17, 1917 to the late Bonner Levi and Pearl Kennedy Miller. She was a graduate of Algoma High School. She worked as a waitress for TKE's for several years. She...

Erma (Nora) Cryder

Erma (Nora) Cryder

October 15, 2007

Tupelo - ERMA E. (NORA) CRYDER, 90, died Monday, October 15, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Algoma, she was born August 17, 1917 to the late Bonner Levi and Pearl Kennedy Miller. She was a graduate of Algoma High School. She worked as a waitress for TKE's for several years. She...

Kathie Herring Ingellis

Kathie Herring Ingellis

October 8, 2007

Tupelo - Kathie Herring Ingellis, 51, died Monday, October 8, 2007, at her home after an extended illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, she was born December 9, 1955, to Kathryn Harlow Herring and the late J.L. Herring. She was a 1974 graduate of Tupelo High School. She enjoyed flower gardening, feeding her pet racoons and was an avid...

Kathie Ingellis

Kathie Ingellis

October 8, 2007

Tupelo - Kathie Herring Ingellis, 51, died Monday, October 8, 2007, at her home after an extended illness. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, she was born December 9, 1955, to Kathryn Harlow Herring and the late J.L. Herring. She was a 1974 graduate of Tupelo High School. She enjoyed flower gardening, feeding her pet racoons and was an avid...

Beatrice McGregor

Beatrice McGregor

October 7, 2007

McCalla, Ala. - BEATRICE ADDERHOLT MCGREGOR, 90, died Sunday, October 7, 2007, at Plantation Manor in McCalla, Ala. after an extended illness. She was born April 4, 1917 to the late George and Sally Kelly Alexander. She was a life long resident of Lee County until she moved to her son's home in Birmingham, Alabama. She loved spending time with...

Beatrice Adderholt McGregor

Beatrice Adderholt McGregor

October 7, 2007

McCalla, Ala. - BEATRICE ADDERHOLT MCGREGOR, 90, died Sunday, October 7, 2007, at Plantation Manor in McCalla, Ala. after an extended illness. She was born April 4, 1917 to the late George and Sally Kelly Alexander. She was a life long resident of Lee County until she moved to her son's home in Birmingham, Alabama. She loved spending time with...

Mildred Hankins Scott

Mildred Hankins Scott

September 30, 2007

MILDRED HANKINS SCOTT Mooreville - MILDRED BEATRICE HANKINS SCOTT, 83, died Sunday, September 30, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born May 28, 1924 to the late Elbert and Rosie Bell Miles Towery. She was a published author and poet, and an avid gardener. Other tallents included quilting, crocheting, embroidery,...

Mildred Scott

Mildred Scott

September 30, 2007

MILDRED HANKINS SCOTT Mooreville - MILDRED BEATRICE HANKINS SCOTT, 83, died Sunday, September 30, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born May 28, 1924 to the late Elbert and Rosie Bell Miles Towery. She was a published author and poet, and an avid gardener. Other tallents included quilting, crocheting, embroidery,...

Robert Alvin Lusk

Robert Alvin Lusk

September 29, 2007

MARION, Ill. - Robert Alvin Lusk, 84, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at his home in Marion, Ill., after a sudden illness. He was a native of Birmingham, Ala., and a longtime resident of Marion, Ill. He was a retired schoolteacher in the Stillville, Ill., public school system. He was a graduate of Memphis State University and received his master's...

Mary McCarty

Mary McCarty

September 29, 2007

TUPELO - Mary Alice McCarty, 82, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at her son's residence after a short illness. She was born May 8, 1925, in Lee County to James Turnage Lucas Sr. and Lydia Marham Lucas. She had lived in Lee County most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of the Freewill Baptist. She loved...

Bill Mullins

Bill Mullins

September 29, 2007

TUPELO - William P. "Bill" Mullins, 51 , died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. He was born Nov. 8, 1955, to the late William Polk Mullins Sr. and Belle Knight Mullins. He grew up in Mantachie and graduated from Mantachie High School in 1973. He went on to obtain a BS...

Robert Lusk

Robert Lusk

September 29, 2007

MARION, Ill. - Robert Alvin Lusk, 84, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at his home in Marion, Ill., after a sudden illness. He was a native of Birmingham, Ala., and a longtime resident of Marion, Ill. He was a retired schoolteacher in the Stillville, Ill., public school system. He was a graduate of Memphis State University and received his master's...

Ava Tellish

Ava Tellish

September 28, 2007

IukaAva Schoggen Tellish, 99, died Friday, September 28, 2007, at the Tishomingo Hospital. A native of Booneville, she was born April 1, 1908, to the late John H. and Mary Etta Thornton Schoggen. She had worked as a school teacher for 13 years and also as a correspondence supervisor with the F.B.I. for 20 years. She was a member of...

Henry Barger

Henry Barger

September 27, 2007

Memphis - HENRY OWEN BARGER, 88, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis, Tenn. after a brief illness. A native of Sontag, Miss., he was born October 4, 1918 to the late Henry Carlton and Lillian Owen Barger. As a youth, he attended Heucks Retreat School in rural Lincoln County, Mississippi and later enjoyed serving on...

Roger D. Miller

Roger D. Miller

September 25, 2007

ROGER MILLER Tupelo - ROGER DALE MILLER, 58, died Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. An Ironton, Mo. native, he was born March 1, 1949 to Mary Ann Bock Miller and the late Delbert Cecil Miller. He was a graduate of The University of Arkansas at Monticello where he earned a degree...