OBITUARIES
J Estes
April 20, 2007
J. K. ESTES Shannon - J. K. ESTES, 79, died Friday, April 20, 2007, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a sudden illness. A native and lifelong resident Shannon, he was born August 20, 1927, to the late Joe Howard and Myrtle Elaine Harris Estes. He was a member of Shannon First Baptist Church. He was in the moving...
Carolyn Bobo
April 18, 2007
COL. CAROLYN E. BOBO Tupelo - Col. Carolyn E. Bobo, U. S. Air Force, Retired, 77, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after a sudden illness. She was born August 9, 1929 to the late Stephen Leroy and Sarah Delila Lowe Bobo in El Dorado, Arkansas. She was raised in Goodman and was...
Evelyn Brannen
April 18, 2007
EVELYN Y. BRANNEN Mooreville - Evelyn Yione Brannen, 85, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at Samaritan Gardens Personal Care Home after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born August 31, 1921 to the late Joseph Thomas and Ida Ava Flanaghan Johnson. Earlier in her working years, she worked at Milam Manufactoring for many years. In her later...
Morris Herring
April 17, 2007
MORRIS L. HERRING Tupelo - Morris Lynn Herring, 48, died Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born June 18, 1958 to Edward M. and Jean Roberts Herring. He was a 1976 graduate of Tupelo High School and a 1980 graduate of The University of Mississippi with a Bachelor...
Marjorie Farley
April 14, 2007
Marjorie B. Farley TUPELO - Marjorie B. Farley, 92, died Saturday, April 14, 2007, at the Traceway Green Houses Retirement Center after a lengthy illness. She was born Oct. 15, 1914, in Lee County to Sylvester Mallette and Elizabeth Jones Mallette. She was a homemaker and a Methodist. She was a very gentle and loving lady and was loved by...
Earl Wallis
April 14, 2007
Earl Wallis AUBURN - Earl Wallis, 39, died Saturday, April 14, 2007, at the Darlington House Hospice in Verona after a short illness. He was born Jan. 22, 1968, in Barstow, California. He was a construction worker before his health failed him. He loved to garden, woodworking and knife collecting and spending time with his friends. Services will be at...
Buford Deaton
April 13, 2007
Buford Calvin Deaton RICHMOND - Buford Calvin Deaton, 90, of the Richmond community, died Friday April 13, 2007, at his residence. He was born May 29, 1916, in the Brewer community to the late Mac and Essie Rhudy Deaton. He was a retired employee of Blue Bell Manufacturing of Tupelo. He loved gardening and yard work and gospel singing. He...
Alice Edmondson
April 13, 2007
Alice Edmondson TUPELO - Alice "Mamaw" Edmondson, 87, died Friday, April 13, 2007, at the Golden Living Center after a long illness. A native of Alabama, she was born Jan. 4, 1920, to the late Will and Ellie Hagood. She worked for many years at Reed Manufacturing. Later she and her husband owned a grocery store in Carbon Hills, Ala....
Brookie Laney
April 12, 2007
BROOKIE LANEY Tupelo - BROOKIE LANEY, 92, died Thursday, April 12, 2007, at Green Houses At Traceway after an extended illness. A Baldwyn native, she was born July 12, 1914 to the late John T. and Maye Malone Wilson. She was the widow of Rev. John B. Laney, who served as Associational Missionary in six counties in Mississippi. Her life...
Capt Victor
April 11, 2007
Capt. Victor O. "Dick" Johnson, Jr. Covington, La.--Victor Oran "Dick" Johnson, Jr., 92, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at Southerland Assisted Living Home near Covington, La. He was born March 28, 1915, in Verona, Mississippi to the late Victor O. and Dolly Filgo Johnson. He retired from 35 years of service with Delta Airlines, having started his career in 1940...
Capt Victor O. "Dick" Johnson
April 11, 2007
Capt. Victor O. "Dick" Johnson, Jr. Covington, La.--Victor Oran "Dick" Johnson, Jr., 92, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at Southerland Assisted Living Home near Covington, La. He was born March 28, 1915, in Verona, Mississippi to the late Victor O. and Dolly Filgo Johnson. He retired from 35 years of service with Delta Airlines, having started his career in 1940...
Donald Reynolds
April 10, 2007
Donald Reynolds Jr. MEMPHIS - Donald L. Reynolds Jr., 50, formerly of Saltillo, died suddenly Tuesday, April 10, 2007. He was born Sept. 27, 1956, in Buford, S.C. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Saltillo Cemetery with the Rev. Gene Asbury officiating. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. Survivors include his wife...
Donald L. Reynolds
April 10, 2007
Donald Reynolds Jr. MEMPHIS - Donald L. Reynolds Jr., 50, formerly of Saltillo, died suddenly Tuesday, April 10, 2007. He was born Sept. 27, 1956, in Buford, S.C. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Saltillo Cemetery with the Rev. Gene Asbury officiating. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. Survivors include his wife...
Jonnie Robinett
April 10, 2007
Jonnie Robbinett SALTILLO - Jonnie Bennett Robbinett, 85, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at the Darlington Hospice Care Center in Verona after a long illness. A native of Saltillo, she was an employee of Furrs Drug Store and McGaughys Department Store in Tupelo for many years before moving to Indiana. She was a member of Beech Springs Free Will Baptist...
John Williams
April 8, 2007
JOHN R. WILLIAMS Memphis - JOHN R. WILLIAMS, 85, formerly of Tupelo, died Sunday, April 8, 2007, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis after a sudden illness. A native of Itawamba County, he was born August 21, 1921 to the late John Thomas and Cleo Roebuck Williams. He was a retired employee of Futorian Manufacturing. He was a US army...
Virginia Ethridge
April 7, 2007
VIRGINIA K. ETHRIDGE Tupelo - Virginia K. Ethridge, 89, died Saturday, April 7, 2007, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona after a brief illness. A Boone, Iowa native, she was born April 16, 1917 to the late Irvin and Mary Kelley. She moved to Chicago in 1937 and met her future husband while working as a hostess in...
Evelyn Baker
April 6, 2007
EVELYN BAKER Fulton - EVELYN A. BAKER, 92, died Friday, April 6, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an lengthy illness. A Grenada native, she was born June 15, 1914 to the late Arthur A. and Elena Wilson Wiggins. She was a nurses aid and had worked several years with a nursing home in Greenwood and retired from Cedars...
Ernest Estes
April 6, 2007
ERNEST E. ESTES Belden - Ernest E. Estes, 89, died Friday, April 6, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Mississippi October 16, 1917 to the late Mannie and Selma Shumpert Estes. He was a US Army veteran serving during World War II. He was a member of Belden Baptist Church where he served as...
J William "Bill" Breeding
April 5, 2007
BILL BREEDING Mooreville -- J. William "Bill Breeding, 76, died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona after an extended illness. A Holly Grove, Arkansas native, he was born August 1, 1930 to the late Will and Rever Emma Clark Breeding. He was salutatorian of the 1949 graduating class of Holly Grove High School, and...
Jimmie Bratton
April 5, 2007
JIMMIE ELIZABETH BRATTON Tupelo - JIMMIE ELIZABETH BRATTON, 98, died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Walthall, she was born January 26, 1909 to the late Walter and Mabel Hughes Trainor. She was a graduate of Walthall High School. She had lived over 70 years in Tupelo. Her first job...
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