OBITUARIES

Jimmy Stanford

Jimmy Stanford

February 22, 2007

JIMMY STANFORD Saltillo - James Hoyt "Jimmy Stanford, 71, died Thursday, February 22, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, he was born April 26, 1935 to the late Earl and Zelma Smith Stanford. He was a United States Navy veteran retiring after 21 years of service. After his retirement from the military, he...

Mary Ann Ford

Mary Ann Ford

February 20, 2007

MARY FORD Tupelo - Mary Ann Ford, 69, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007, at her residence after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born July 9, 1937 to the late Preston and Larue Whiteside Marcy. She graduated from Tupelo High School and married Edward Ford September 3, 1955. Because of her husbands military career, they enjoyed traveling throughout...

Mary Ford

Mary Ford

February 20, 2007

MARY FORD Tupelo - Mary Ann Ford, 69, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007, at her residence after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born July 9, 1937 to the late Preston and Larue Whiteside Marcy. She graduated from Tupelo High School and married Edward Ford September 3, 1955. Because of her husbands military career, they enjoyed traveling throughout...

Rev John D. Humphrey

Rev John D. Humphrey

February 18, 2007

REV. JOHN DAVID HUMPHREY Tupelo - Rev. John David Humphrey, 89, died Sunday, February 18, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House. He became a United Methodist Minister in 1950, retiring in 1983 from the position of Associate General Secretary of the Board of High Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tenn. He was a member of the Misissippi...

John Humphrey

John Humphrey

February 18, 2007

REV. JOHN DAVID HUMPHREY Tupelo - Rev. John David Humphrey, 89, died Sunday, February 18, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House. He became a United Methodist Minister in 1950, retiring in 1983 from the position of Associate General Secretary of the Board of High Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tenn. He was a member of the Misissippi...

Robert Reese

Robert Reese

February 17, 2007

Robert D. Reese MOOREVILLE - Robert Daniel Reese, 68, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at his residence in Mooreville after a sudden illness. He was born in Baldwyn to Jimmy Reese and Beatrice Roden Milstead. He was a Baptist and retired from the Lee County School System Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Jefferson Street Chapel of...

James Pruitt Morris

James Pruitt Morris

February 17, 2007

James Pruitt Morris NETTLETON - James Pruitt Morris, 79, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. An Alabama native, he was born June 24, 1927, to the late James Jackson and Mary Francis Langley Morris. He was a member of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nettleton. He was a retired...

James Morris

James Morris

February 17, 2007

James Pruitt Morris NETTLETON - James Pruitt Morris, 79, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. An Alabama native, he was born June 24, 1927, to the late James Jackson and Mary Francis Langley Morris. He was a member of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nettleton. He was a retired...

Robert Daniel Reese

Robert Daniel Reese

February 17, 2007

Robert D. Reese MOOREVILLE - Robert Daniel Reese, 68, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at his residence in Mooreville after a sudden illness. He was born in Baldwyn to Jimmy Reese and Beatrice Roden Milstead. He was a Baptist and retired from the Lee County School System Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Jefferson Street Chapel of...

Elsie Smith Hamm

Elsie Smith Hamm

February 16, 2007

Elsie Smith Hamm SHERMAN - Elsie Sarah Smith Hamm, 81, died Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, at Graceland Nursing Home in New Albany after a short illness. She was born in Itawamba County, the daughter of James Chester Smith and Annie Mae Gaddy Smith. She had lived in Sherman for the last 60 years. She was a homemaker and a member...

Glen Williams

Glen Williams

February 16, 2007

Glen Williams TUPELO - Glen Williams, 25, died Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, in Tupelo after a sudden illness. He was a roofer in the construction business and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. He loved his family and spending time with his nieces and nephews and he loved music. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Jefferson Street...

Elsie Hamm

Elsie Hamm

February 16, 2007

Elsie Smith Hamm SHERMAN - Elsie Sarah Smith Hamm, 81, died Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, at Graceland Nursing Home in New Albany after a short illness. She was born in Itawamba County, the daughter of James Chester Smith and Annie Mae Gaddy Smith. She had lived in Sherman for the last 60 years. She was a homemaker and a member...

Zilpha Merchent

Zilpha Merchent

February 12, 2007

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Harold Collier

Harold Collier

February 12, 2007

HAROLD WAYNE COLLIER Tupelo - Harold Wayne Collier, 69, died Monday, February 12, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Plantersville native, he was born September 8, 1937 to the late John Jefferson and Maudie Vera Gillentine Collier. He was He had worked at AirCap and Blue Bell for several years and also for Greyhound Bus...

Margarita Phillips

Margarita Phillips

February 12, 2007

MARGARITA GOMEZ PHILLIPS Tupelo - Margarita Gomez Phillips, 96, died Monday, February 12, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born April 5, 1910 in Campeche, Mexico to the late Francisco and Margarita Llovera Gomez. She was married to the late James Phillips. She came to the U.S. in 1932 after completing her education in...

Claude Springfield

Claude Springfield

February 12, 2007

Claude H. Springfield, Jr. Tupelo--Claude Harrison Springfield, Jr., 90, died on February 12, 2006, in Tupelo, Mississippi. Claude was preceded in death by his wife, Norma Wilkinson Springfield. Claude was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee to the late Claude Harrison Springfield and his wife, Grace Martin Springfield. He attended City High School in Chattanooga where he was an honor student and...

Elizabeth "Sis" Bain

Elizabeth "Sis" Bain

February 12, 2007

ELIZABETH "SIS BAIN Tupelo - ELIZABETH NICHOLS "SIS BAIN, 82, died Monday, February 12, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. An Itawamba Co. native and long time Tupelo resident, she was born September 22, 1924 to the late Murrah and Onnie Pennington Nichols. She was a 1941 graduate of Tupelo High School. During her working career...

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

February 12, 2007

ELIZABETH "SIS BAIN Tupelo - ELIZABETH NICHOLS "SIS BAIN, 82, died Monday, February 12, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. An Itawamba Co. native and long time Tupelo resident, she was born September 22, 1924 to the late Murrah and Onnie Pennington Nichols. She was a 1941 graduate of Tupelo High School. During her working career...

Vivian Kennedy Filgo

Vivian Kennedy Filgo

February 8, 2007

VIVIAN FILGO Tupelo - Vivian Kennedy Filgo, 93, died Thursday, February 8, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Choctaw Co. native, she was born February 21, 1913 to the late Ross and Ida Rhodes Kennedy. She was a graduate of the University of Mississippi and a retired public school teacher who taught at Mooreville and...

Vivian Filgo

Vivian Filgo

February 8, 2007

VIVIAN FILGO Tupelo - Vivian Kennedy Filgo, 93, died Thursday, February 8, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Choctaw Co. native, she was born February 21, 1913 to the late Ross and Ida Rhodes Kennedy. She was a graduate of the University of Mississippi and a retired public school teacher who taught at Mooreville and...