OBITUARIES
Lucille Jenkins
March 29, 2007
LUCILLE M. JENKINS Tupelo - Lucille Mills Jenkins, 100, died Thursday, March 29, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief Illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, she was born October 9, 1906 to the late John Wiley and Fannie Homan Mills. She had worked at the Columbus Air Force Base during World War II as a...
Mavis Herndon
March 28, 2007
MAVIS HERNDON Mantachie - MAVIS H. HERNDON, 85, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at her daughters residence after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born July 20, 1921 to the late Joseph Angie and Emma Parker Lindley. She worked at Milam Manufacturing and later as a sitter for the elderly. She was a member of Lakeview Baptist...
Eula Sullivan
March 28, 2007
EULA HARRIS SULLIVAN Mooreville - EULA AUSTINE HARRIS SULLIVAN, 75, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at her residence after an extended illness. A native of Pettigrew, Ark., she was born August 23, 1931 to the late Thomas Jefferson and Desta Mae Eldridge Harris. She was retired from Reed Manufacturing where she worked as a computer operator in the pattern marking...
Mildred Adams
March 27, 2007
MILDRED ADAMS Tupelo - MILDRED BALLARD ADAMS, 96, died Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at the Green Houses At Traceway after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born June 25, 1910, to the late James M. and Edie Melinda Garner Ballard. She worked at Reed Mfg. and Lucky Star but spent most of her life as a homemaker....
Thetice Evans
March 26, 2007
THETICE EVANS Saltillo - THETICE EVANS, 85, died Monday, March 26, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A Marion County native, she was born September 18, 1921 to the late Robert and Mary Emma Hancock Barefoot. She was employed by Saddler Manufacturing as a government quality inspector for many years. She was an avid fan of...
Tracy E. Lord
March 26, 2007
TRACY E, LORD Tracy Eugene Lord, 80, died March 26, 2007 after bravely fighting cancer for seven years. Tracy was born in February 1927 in Clayton, Michigan to the late Hiram Tracy and Elizabeth Lord. He married the love of his life, Connie Lou Cisco, on December 31, 1947. Tracy joined the Navy in 1943 and served as a signalman...
Tracy Lord
March 26, 2007
TRACY E, LORD Tracy Eugene Lord, 80, died March 26, 2007 after bravely fighting cancer for seven years. Tracy was born in February 1927 in Clayton, Michigan to the late Hiram Tracy and Elizabeth Lord. He married the love of his life, Connie Lou Cisco, on December 31, 1947. Tracy joined the Navy in 1943 and served as a signalman...
Billy Stow
March 26, 2007
BILLY J. STOW Tupelo - BILLY J. STOW, 72, died Monday, March 26, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. He was an active member of Beech Springs Freewill Baptist Church. He was born June 20, 1934, in Cooter, Missouri. He was the son of the late August (Bud) and Vernie Dunn Stow and had eight brothers and one...
Billy J. Stow
March 26, 2007
BILLY J. STOW Tupelo - BILLY J. STOW, 72, died Monday, March 26, 2007, at his residence after an extended illness. He was an active member of Beech Springs Freewill Baptist Church. He was born June 20, 1934, in Cooter, Missouri. He was the son of the late August (Bud) and Vernie Dunn Stow and had eight brothers and one...
John Jones
March 22, 2007
JOHN JONES Saltillo - John Wootson Jones, 90, died Thursday, March 22, 2007, at The Gregory House at The Green Houses At Traceway after an extended illness. A Saltillo native and lifelong resident, he was born February 17, 1917 to the late J. Wootson and Maude Roper Jones. He was a U.S. army veteran of World War II, serving from...
John W. Jones
March 22, 2007
JOHN JONES Saltillo - John Wootson Jones, 90, died Thursday, March 22, 2007, at The Gregory House at The Green Houses At Traceway after an extended illness. A Saltillo native and lifelong resident, he was born February 17, 1917 to the late J. Wootson and Maude Roper Jones. He was a U.S. army veteran of World War II, serving from...
Mario Crosilla
March 21, 2007
MARIO CROSILLA Belden - Mario Crosilla, 87, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born November 1, 1919, in Visignano, Italy to the late Giovanni and Giuseppina Zelco Crosilla. In 1956 he and his family moved to Canada and later to New York. He had lived in the Tupelo area for the past...
Louise Hodges
March 20, 2007
LOUISE S. HODGES Tupelo - ERA LOUISE SMITH HODGES, 82, died Monday, March 19, 2007, at North Mississippi Medical Center due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Lee County native, she was born May 28, 1924 to the late Curtis and Wilma Troupe Smith. She was owner of Louise's Kut and Kurl for 47 years. She enjoyed gardening,...
Frances McKissick
March 20, 2007
FRANCES MCKISSICK Saltillo - Frances Baker McKissick, 77, died Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at Home Place Assisted Living after an extended illness. A Lee County native, she was born February 25, 1930 to the late James Austin and Eppie Moore Baker. In1948, she graduated from Saltillo High School and also married Carl McKissick that same year. She was a seamstress...
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...
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