OBITUARIES
Ilene Duke
December 28, 2006
ILENE DUKE Tupelo - ILENE DUKE, 85, died Thursday, December 28, 2006, at Green Houses At Traceway after a brief illness. A native of Glenn Mary Alabama, she was born August 4, 1921 to the late John Dennis and Linnie Lee Miller Dickinson. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a faithful and dedicated member of...
Eugene H. Pillsbury
December 28, 2006
EUGENE H. PILLSBURY Booneville - EUGENE HUNDLEY PILLSBURY, 81, died Thursday, December 28, 2006, at Landmark Community Assisted Living in Booneville after an extended illness. A Malden, Mass. native, he was born June 14, 1925 to the late Horace Watts and Dorothy Hundley Pillsbury. He was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1949, and a veteran...
Eugene Pillsbury
December 28, 2006
EUGENE H. PILLSBURY Booneville - EUGENE HUNDLEY PILLSBURY, 81, died Thursday, December 28, 2006, at Landmark Community Assisted Living in Booneville after an extended illness. A Malden, Mass. native, he was born June 14, 1925 to the late Horace Watts and Dorothy Hundley Pillsbury. He was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1949, and a veteran...
Geraldine
December 25, 2006
GERALDINE MAYO (GERRI) CARTER Huntsville - ALDER GERALDINE MAYO CARTER, 90, died Monday, December 25, 2006, at her residence after an extended illness. A Philadelphia, MS native, she was born June 16, 1916 to the late Claude Leroy and Sara Cornelia Mayo. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Quitman, MS., where she was graduated from High School in 1933. She...
Geraldine "Gerri" Carter
December 25, 2006
GERALDINE MAYO (GERRI) CARTER Huntsville - ALDER GERALDINE MAYO CARTER, 90, died Monday, December 25, 2006, at her residence after an extended illness. A Philadelphia, MS native, she was born June 16, 1916 to the late Claude Leroy and Sara Cornelia Mayo. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Quitman, MS., where she was graduated from High School in 1933. She...
Nannie Cowley
December 24, 2006
Nannie Cowley SALTILLO - Nannie Elizabeth Cowley, 79, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006, at the Whitfield Nursing Home in Corinth after a sudden illness. She was born Jan. 19, 1927, in Summerall to E .C. Easterling and Eloise Mixon Easterling. She was a long time resident of Saltillo. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church...
Robert Wayne "Bob" Leech
December 23, 2006
Bob Leech TUPELO - Robert Wayne "Bob" Leech Sr., 56, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. The son of the late Earnest Wayne Leach and Vernelle Boren Leech, he was a lifelong resident of Tupelo. He worked in marketing and research for the American Family Association (A.F.A.) in Tupelo. He was a...
Robert Wayne
December 23, 2006
Bob Leech TUPELO - Robert Wayne "Bob" Leech Sr., 56, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. The son of the late Earnest Wayne Leach and Vernelle Boren Leech, he was a lifelong resident of Tupelo. He worked in marketing and research for the American Family Association (A.F.A.) in Tupelo. He was a...
Herman Parmer
December 22, 2006
Les Parmer EGGVILLE - Hermon L. "Les" Parmer, 83, died Friday, Dec. 22, 2006, at the Country Wood Plantation in Mantachie after a long illness. He was born June 23, 1923, in Hamilton, Alabama to Andrew A. Parmer and Altha Knight Parmer. He had been a resident of the Eggville community since 1964. He enlisted on Jan. 23, 1941, and...
Asia Wells
December 20, 2006
ASIA MOON WELLS Bartlett, Tenn. - ASIA MOON WELLS, 11, died Wednesday, December 20, 2006, in Jackson, TN due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born October 30, 1995 in Starkville to Gregory and Allison Ellis Wells. She was an honor roll student at Ellendale School and Cheerleader Captain. She was a beautiful Christian spirit and an...
Asia Moon Wells
December 20, 2006
ASIA MOON WELLS Bartlett, Tenn. - ASIA MOON WELLS, 11, died Wednesday, December 20, 2006, in Jackson, TN due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born October 30, 1995 in Starkville to Gregory and Allison Ellis Wells. She was an honor roll student at Ellendale School and Cheerleader Captain. She was a beautiful Christian spirit and an...
Nellie Coggins
December 19, 2006
NELLIE IRENE COGGINS Tupelo - Nellie Coggins, 94, died Tuesday, December 19, 2006, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. A Saltillo native, she was born November 5, 1912 to the late Will W. and Minnie Lee Inmon McKissick. She was retired from Purnell's Pride. She was a member of Eggville Free Will Baptist Church. Services will...
Lottie Smith
December 15, 2006
LOTTIE M. SMITH Tupelo - LOTTIE MARY SMITH, 86, died Friday, December 15, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center. A Guntown native, she was born February 12, 1920 to the late William P. and Lottie Mary Fain McNutt. She was the widow of James B. Smith who died June 7, 1988. She was a wonderful cook and was known for...
Louise Triplett Wilborn
December 13, 2006
LOUISE T. WILBORN Saltillo - Louise Triplett Wilborn, 83, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at her residence after an extended illness. A Winston County native, she was born April 6, 1923 to the late Raymond Wallace and Willie Rose Johnson Triplett. She was married to Mark Wilborn for nearly 63 years, who preceded her in death March 20, 2004. They...
Louise Wilborn
December 13, 2006
LOUISE T. WILBORN Saltillo - Louise Triplett Wilborn, 83, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at her residence after an extended illness. A Winston County native, she was born April 6, 1923 to the late Raymond Wallace and Willie Rose Johnson Triplett. She was married to Mark Wilborn for nearly 63 years, who preceded her in death March 20, 2004. They...
Della Mae Herring
December 12, 2006
DELLA HERRING Tupelo - DELLA MAE HERRING, 82, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Cherokee, AL native, she was born October 18, 1924 to the late Claude and Mary Alice Hutcheson Burns. She was a member Mayfield Church of Christ, Saltillo. She retired from North Mississippi Medical Center. She loved sewing....
Della Herring
December 12, 2006
DELLA HERRING Tupelo - DELLA MAE HERRING, 82, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Cherokee, AL native, she was born October 18, 1924 to the late Claude and Mary Alice Hutcheson Burns. She was a member Mayfield Church of Christ, Saltillo. She retired from North Mississippi Medical Center. She loved sewing....
Odelle Wood Heard
December 10, 2006
Odelle Wood Heard TUPELO - Odelle Wood Heard, 86, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, at the Traceway Retirement Center Green Houses after a long illness. She was born in Itawamba County to Etnis Hale and Lena Humfress Hale. She was a retired longtime employee of the Bank of Mississippi in Fulton and a retired receptionist for the North Mississippi Medical...
Odelle Heard
December 10, 2006
Odelle Wood Heard TUPELO - Odelle Wood Heard, 86, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, at the Traceway Retirement Center Green Houses after a long illness. She was born in Itawamba County to Etnis Hale and Lena Humfress Hale. She was a retired longtime employee of the Bank of Mississippi in Fulton and a retired receptionist for the North Mississippi Medical...
Yvonne Cooper
December 9, 2006
Vonnie Cooper TUPELO - Vonnie Cooper, 90, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford after an extended illness. A Mississippi native she was born March 19, 1916, to the late Ed and Liza Gregory Brown. She owned and operated the Vonae Beauty Shop in Tupelo for 25 years. She was a member of the Tupelo Free...
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