OBITUARIES
Maxine E.
January 9, 2007
MAXINE E. COX Tupelo - Maxine Evelyn Cox, 90, died Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Havana, Ill., she was born September 26, 1916 to the late Melvin and Clara Quigley Wilson. During her working years, she was associated with the Mother's Day Out programs for several area churches. She enjoyed her...
Maxine E. Cox
January 9, 2007
MAXINE E. COX Tupelo - Maxine Evelyn Cox, 90, died Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Havana, Ill., she was born September 26, 1916 to the late Melvin and Clara Quigley Wilson. During her working years, she was associated with the Mother's Day Out programs for several area churches. She enjoyed her...
Eddie Scott Medlock
January 6, 2007
EDDIE MEDLOCK, SR. Saltillo - Eddie Scott Medlock Sr., 62, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 29, 1944, in Dyersburg, Tenn., to Milton Scott Medlock and Martha June Rawles Medlock. He graduated from Mississippi College with a B.S. degree in education and from Mississippi State...
Eddie Medlock
January 6, 2007
EDDIE MEDLOCK, SR. Saltillo - Eddie Scott Medlock Sr., 62, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 29, 1944, in Dyersburg, Tenn., to Milton Scott Medlock and Martha June Rawles Medlock. He graduated from Mississippi College with a B.S. degree in education and from Mississippi State...
Thomas Gatlin "Gat" Palmer
January 4, 2007
THOMAS GATLIN (GAT) PALMER Saltillo - THOMAS GATLIN PALMER, 75, died Thursday, January 4, 2007, at his residence after a brief illness. A Saltillo native, he was born March 9, 1931 to the late George Lester and Gertie Elizabeth Brock Palmer. He was a retired veteran of 30 years having served during the Korean War in the U S Army...
Thomas Gatlin
January 4, 2007
THOMAS GATLIN (GAT) PALMER Saltillo - THOMAS GATLIN PALMER, 75, died Thursday, January 4, 2007, at his residence after a brief illness. A Saltillo native, he was born March 9, 1931 to the late George Lester and Gertie Elizabeth Brock Palmer. He was a retired veteran of 30 years having served during the Korean War in the U S Army...
Kay Gilreath
January 4, 2007
KAY GILREATH Saltillo - Linda Kay Gilreath, 63, died Thursday, January 4, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born October 20, 1943 to the late Henry Russell and Grace O. VanBuskirk Long. She was a graduate of Saltillo High School and then went on to Itawamba Community College. Earlier in life,...
Royce Strickland
January 3, 2007
ROYCE E. STRICKLAND Tupelo - ROYCE E. STRICKLAND, 73, died Wednesday, January 3, 2007, at the Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Mississippi native, he was born to the late John and Nannie Belle Strickland. He graduated from Pisgah High School and then went on to Mississippi State University where he graduated with a degree in accounting. He...
Christine Randolph
January 2, 2007
CHRISTINE RANDOLPH Swainsboro, Ga. - Christine Pannell Randolph, 86, died Tuesday, January 2, 2007, at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital. A New Albany native, she was born June 22, 1920 to the late Walter and Katrina Pannell. Called "Mama" by all her family, she was a wonderful mother and extremely dedicated to her family. She was a longtime member...
George Emison
December 31, 2006
GEORGE EMISON Slate Springs - George Walker Emison, 81, died Sunday December 31, 2006 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after an extended illness. He was born August 13, 1925 in Alamo, Tennessee to the late Hallie and Lucy Casey Emison. He was a long time Lee County and Tupelo Businessman and had been a resident of Slate Springs...
Michael Roper
December 29, 2006
Michael Karl Roper GUNTOWN - Michael Karl Roper, 76, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, at his residence in Guntown after an extended illness. He was born Jan. 10, 1930, to the late John Dillard and Lynne Markham Roper in the Unity community east of Saltillo. He was raised in the Unity community and later in Guntown. Earlier in his life...
Michael Karl Roper
December 29, 2006
Michael Karl Roper GUNTOWN - Michael Karl Roper, 76, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, at his residence in Guntown after an extended illness. He was born Jan. 10, 1930, to the late John Dillard and Lynne Markham Roper in the Unity community east of Saltillo. He was raised in the Unity community and later in Guntown. Earlier in his life...
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...
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