OBITUARIES

Eunice Earline Fly

Eunice Earline Fly

July 31, 2007

EARLINE FLY Tupelo - EUNICE EARLINE FLY, 90, died Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born April 8, 1917 to the late Raymond Ellis and Ella Wilcy Willis Baker. She was a homemaker and had worked several years at Amory Garment Manufacturing. She was the widow...

Carmen Cumbie

Carmen Cumbie

July 29, 2007

CARMEN CUMBIE Tupelo - CARMEN EDWINA CUMBIE, 90, died Sunday, July 29, 2007, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. She was born November 1, 1916 in Union to the late John Wesley and Susan Ella Fancher Cooper. She was the owner and operator of Carmen's Beauty Salon for many years. She was known for her volunteer...

Carmen McCulley

Carmen McCulley

July 28, 2007

CARMEN MCCULLEY Tupelo - CARMEN TURNER MCCULLEY, 93, died Saturday, July 28, 2007, at her residence in Tupelo after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born September 22, 1913 to the late Arthur David and Martha Pearl Lindsay Turner. A portion of her childhood was spent in Corinth before returning to Lee County where she graduated in 1932...

Sue Skeoch

Sue Skeoch

July 27, 2007

Sue Skeoch TUPELO - Maggie Sue Cooper Long Skeoch, 89, died Thursday, July 26, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born Dec. 4, 1917, in Ozark to Claude and Verna Cooper. She was married to Charles H. Long for 44 years and resided in Tupelo for over 50 years. In 1986 she was married to Gordon M. Skeoch...

Obituary

Obituary

July 27, 2007

J.C. Campbell TUPELO - James C. "J.C." Campbell, 59, died Friday, July 27, 2007, at the Golden Living Center in Tupelo. He was born Sept. 9, 1947, in the Richmond community to the late Walter Alexander Campbell and Sara Marzee Campbell and had lived in Lee County most of his life. He was disabled and a former factory worker for...

Juliet Boggan

Juliet Boggan

July 26, 2007

JULIET C. BOGGAN Tupelo - JULIET C. BOGGAN, 84, died Thursday, July 26, 2007, at Baldwyn Nursing Facility after an extended illness. She was born October 26, 1922, in Florence, Ala. to the late James W. and Leva May Spencer Crunk. She grew up in Okolona where she graduated high school. She then attended secretarial school. Earlier in her life,...

Opal King

Opal King

July 25, 2007

OPAL KING Tupelo - OPAL CHRISTINE KING, 90, died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at The North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born August 26, 1916 to the late Everette Arthur and Etta Mullinnex Bailey. She worked for many years as a beautician. She was a faithful and dedicated member of East Heights...

Alton Lee

Alton Lee

July 24, 2007

ALTON L. CLARK Tupelo - ALTON L. "JACKIE" CLARK, 70, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at his home near Tupelo. He was born June 5, 1937 to Dessie Mae Henderson Clark and the late Jim Taylor Clark. He was a veteran of the US Army and served in Germany. He was employed by Comfort Engineering and retired from Tupelo Aluminum...

James David Webb

James David Webb

July 24, 2007

JAMES DAVID WEBB Tupelo - JAMES DAVID WEBB, 67, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at his residence after a sudden illness. A Lee County native, he was born May 5, 1940 to the late James Ernest and Geneva Mairiam Turner Webb. He was a graduate of Mooreville High School. He was a retired painter and an avid outdoorsman. He was...

James Webb

James Webb

July 24, 2007

JAMES DAVID WEBB Tupelo - JAMES DAVID WEBB, 67, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at his residence after a sudden illness. A Lee County native, he was born May 5, 1940 to the late James Ernest and Geneva Mairiam Turner Webb. He was a graduate of Mooreville High School. He was a retired painter and an avid outdoorsman. He was...

Alton Lee "Jackie" Clark

Alton Lee "Jackie" Clark

July 24, 2007

ALTON L. CLARK Tupelo - ALTON L. "JACKIE" CLARK, 70, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at his home near Tupelo. He was born June 5, 1937 to Dessie Mae Henderson Clark and the late Jim Taylor Clark. He was a veteran of the US Army and served in Germany. He was employed by Comfort Engineering and retired from Tupelo Aluminum...

Earlene Watts

Earlene Watts

July 22, 2007

EARLENE WATTS Baldwyn - Earlene Watts, 83, died Sunday, July 22, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Pontotoc native, she was born July 29, 1923, to the late James and Gertrude Smith Griffin. She was a past employee of Hardin's Bakery and Sherer's Drive Inn. An avid reader, she enjoyed cooking for her family, gardening,...

Walter Herman Estes

Walter Herman Estes

July 20, 2007

Walter Estes SHANNON - Walter Herman Estes, a lifelong resident of Shannon, died Friday, July 20, 2007, as the result of an automobile accident near Jackson on the Natchez Trace. He was a graduate of Shannon High School and a retired employee of Paine Supply Company of Tupelo with over 20 years of service. After retirement, he started a car...

Walter Estes

Walter Estes

July 20, 2007

Walter Estes SHANNON - Walter Herman Estes, a lifelong resident of Shannon, died Friday, July 20, 2007, as the result of an automobile accident near Jackson on the Natchez Trace. He was a graduate of Shannon High School and a retired employee of Paine Supply Company of Tupelo with over 20 years of service. After retirement, he started a car...

Ruth Stokes

Ruth Stokes

July 20, 2007

RUTH JEANETTE STOKES Madison " Ruth Jeanette Earrey Stokes, 96, died Thursday, July 19, 2007, at the Valley View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Madison, Ala. after an extended illness. A native of the Brewer Community, she was born April 2, 1911 to the late Robert Samuel and Mollie Lenora Russell Earrey. She was a 1930 graduate of Verona High...

Frances Louise Mattox

Frances Louise Mattox

July 17, 2007

FRANCES MATTOX Plantersville - Frances Louise Dunlap Mattox, 74, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at her residence after an extended illness. A Pontotoc County native, she was born September 8, 1932 to Katie McCord Dunlap and the late Omia Franklin Dunlap. She was a member of Tupelo Church of God. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Tupelo Church of...

Bob Williford

Bob Williford

July 17, 2007

BOB WILLIFORD Saltillo - ROBERT WOODROW "BOB" WILLIFORD, 65, died Monday, July 16, 2007, at Baptist Hospital, East in Memphis Tenn. after a brief illness. A native of Decaturville, Tenn., he was born August 10, 1941 to the late Woodrow Wilson and Ruby Mae Boroughs Williford. He was a graduate of The University of Memphis. He was a business accountant...

Estelle Witt

Estelle Witt

July 17, 2007

EZELLE WITT Tupelo - EZELLE WITT, 90, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at Cedars Health Center after an extended illness. A native of Sulpher Springs, Tex., she was born December 15, 1916 to the late Milburn and Kate Waggoner Hurley. A longtime Tupelo resident, she worked many years in food service, serving as the manager of the school cafeteria at...

Frances Mattox

Frances Mattox

July 17, 2007

FRANCES MATTOX Plantersville - Frances Louise Dunlap Mattox, 74, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at her residence after an extended illness. A Pontotoc County native, she was born September 8, 1932 to Katie McCord Dunlap and the late Omia Franklin Dunlap. She was a member of Tupelo Church of God. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Tupelo Church of...

Robert

Robert

July 16, 2007

ROBERT ALLEN SMITH Tupelo - ROBERT ALLEN SMITH, 83, died Monday, July 16, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. A Plantersville native, he was born August 4, 1923 to the late Chester and Mabel Schumpert Smith. He graduated from Plantersville High School and then went on to Mississippi State University where he earned his bachelor's degree. He was...