OBITUARIES
Betty Reece
March 19, 2007
BETTY HESTER REECE Tupelo - Betty Hester Reece, 67, died Monday, March 19, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Belden, she was born April 30, 1939 to the late Margaret Key and Alvis Hester. She was a member of Belden United Methodist Church. She loved God and her family and...
Marcelle B. Travis
March 18, 2007
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - Marcelle B. Travis, 78, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at her home in Florida after a brief illness. She was born Aug. 20, 1928, in Rabat, Morocco, to the late Levi and Rica Bensoussan. She had lived in Verona for many years. She was a homemaker and beloved mother and Mamaw. Services will be at...
Marcelle Travis
March 18, 2007
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - Marcelle B. Travis, 78, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at her home in Florida after a brief illness. She was born Aug. 20, 1928, in Rabat, Morocco, to the late Levi and Rica Bensoussan. She had lived in Verona for many years. She was a homemaker and beloved mother and Mamaw. Services will be at...
Bernice Hill
March 17, 2007
BERNICE HILL Tupelo - Bernice Tidwell Hill, 87, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Union County native, she was born January 20, 1920 to the late James T. and Paralee Bishop Tidwell. A graduate of New Albany High School, she then went on to Northeast Mississippi Junior College and Mississippi State...
Martha Williams
March 16, 2007
MARTHA A. WILLIAMS Saltillo - MARTHA A. WILLIAMS, 67, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at her residence in Saltillo after a short illness. She was born March 23, 1939 in Blue Springs to the late Lee Van and Mary Gladys Kelly Anderson. She had lived in Tupelo, Saltillo, Columbus, and Gulfport before returning to Saltillo after Hurricane Katrina. She was...
Janice Swain
March 15, 2007
JANICE SWAIN Tupelo - JANICE M. SWAIN, 66, died Thursday, March 15, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, she was born November 16, 1940 to the late Charles and Erin Morgan Martin. A 1958 graduate of Tupelo High School, she then went on to Bowling Green College of Commerce...
James Hugh Ray
March 15, 2007
JAMES HUGH RAY Lawyer Tupelo, Miss. -- James Hugh Ray, long-time Tupelo lawyer and community leader, died at his home in Tupelo on Thursday, March 15, 2007. He was 79. The funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, 2007, at First Presbyterian Church, Tupelo, with a graveside service to follow at Tupelo Memorial Park on Joyner Avenue....
James Hugh
March 15, 2007
JAMES HUGH RAY Lawyer Tupelo, Miss. -- James Hugh Ray, long-time Tupelo lawyer and community leader, died at his home in Tupelo on Thursday, March 15, 2007. He was 79. The funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, 2007, at First Presbyterian Church, Tupelo, with a graveside service to follow at Tupelo Memorial Park on Joyner Avenue....
Benjamin W. "Chief" Morse
March 14, 2007
BENJAMIN W. MORSE Tupelo - BENJAMIN WILSON MORSE, 84, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at his residence after a brief illness. A Rochester, New York native, he was born April 12, 1922. He was a mason and a Shriner and lived most of his life in Sacremento, California. His career was spent in the military, serving in the US Navy...
Benjamin W.
March 14, 2007
BENJAMIN W. MORSE Tupelo - BENJAMIN WILSON MORSE, 84, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at his residence after a brief illness. A Rochester, New York native, he was born April 12, 1922. He was a mason and a Shriner and lived most of his life in Sacremento, California. His career was spent in the military, serving in the US Navy...
Lounell Harlow Powell
March 14, 2007
LOUNELL HARLOW Mantachie - Lounell Harlow Powell, 82, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Wren, she was born January 21, 1925 to the late John Henry and Evie Sprinkle Hood. She was employed for 38 years in a garment factory, retiring in 1980. She enjoyed flower gardening, cross stitching,...
Clevis Hollis Rowland
March 14, 2007
C.H. ROWLAND Tupelo - CLEVIS HOLLIS ROWLAND, 84, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born September 9, 1922, in the New Harmony Community in Union County, to the late Elzie and Fannie Mae Kitchens Rowland. He was a US army veteran, serving on the aircraft carrier, USS Intrepid in the South Pacific...
Clevis Rowland
March 14, 2007
C.H. ROWLAND Tupelo - CLEVIS HOLLIS ROWLAND, 84, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born September 9, 1922, in the New Harmony Community in Union County, to the late Elzie and Fannie Mae Kitchens Rowland. He was a US army veteran, serving on the aircraft carrier, USS Intrepid in the South Pacific...
Lounell Powell
March 14, 2007
LOUNELL HARLOW Mantachie - Lounell Harlow Powell, 82, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Wren, she was born January 21, 1925 to the late John Henry and Evie Sprinkle Hood. She was employed for 38 years in a garment factory, retiring in 1980. She enjoyed flower gardening, cross stitching,...
Corinne Cooley Taylor
March 13, 2007
CORINNE COOLEY TAYLOR Tupelo - Corinne Cooley Taylor, 87, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born December 22, 1919 in Tremont to the late John Garvin and Rosa Elmira Hiden Robinson and grew up on a family farm in Itawamba County. She was Cafeteria Manager for Rankin Elementary School for...
Corinne Taylor
March 13, 2007
CORINNE COOLEY TAYLOR Tupelo - Corinne Cooley Taylor, 87, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born December 22, 1919 in Tremont to the late John Garvin and Rosa Elmira Hiden Robinson and grew up on a family farm in Itawamba County. She was Cafeteria Manager for Rankin Elementary School for...
James McComb
March 12, 2007
JAMES ROY MCCOMB Tupelo - James Roy McComb, 79, died Monday, March 12, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a short illness. A Saltillo native, and lifelong resident of Tupelo, he was born May 1, 1927 to the late Robert Edward and Birdie Mae Hatley McComb. He worked 44 years at MTD, retiring in 2006. He was a mason...
Rebecca Patterson
March 12, 2007
BECKY PATTERSON Mantachie- Rebecca Sue "Becky Patterson, 52, died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born May 8, 1954 in Itawamba County to the late Rube and Era Williams Palmer. She worked for Super Sagless and Reeds Manufacturing for many years. She was a member of Calvary Tabernacle Baptist Church...
Robert Earl Finley, Sr.
March 11, 2007
ROBERT EARL FINLEY, SR. Auburn - Robert Earl "Bud Finley, Sr., 71, died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born December 21, 1935 in Cotton Plant, Ark. to the late Robert Franklin Elias and Johnnie Fay Smith Finley. As a child, he lived in Memphis, St. Louis, and New Orleans, before...
Malone Merritt
March 11, 2007
Malone Merritt SALTILLO - Wayne Malone Merritt, 68, died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. He was born March 27, 1938, in Tupelo to the late Talmadge Merritt and Katie Malone Merritt. He was a 1956 graduate of Tupelo High School and attended Mississippi State University. He married Coline Smith Merritt on July...
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