OBITUARIES
Johnnie Coleman
May 15, 2006
JOHNNIE H. COLEMAN Tupelo, Miss. - Johnnie H. Coleman, 77, died Monday, May 15, 2006, at his residence after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born October 20, 1928 to the late Howard and Elizabeth Topp Coleman. He was the widow of Verna Lee "Babe" Coleman, his wife of 55 years, who died four months ago. He lived...
Johnnie H. Coleman
May 15, 2006
JOHNNIE H. COLEMAN Tupelo, Miss. - Johnnie H. Coleman, 77, died Monday, May 15, 2006, at his residence after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, he was born October 20, 1928 to the late Howard and Elizabeth Topp Coleman. He was the widow of Verna Lee "Babe" Coleman, his wife of 55 years, who died four months ago. He lived...
Jack Foster
May 15, 2006
JACK A. FOSTER TUPELOJack A. Foster, 84, died Monday, May 15, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House. A native of Gideon, MO, he was born May 15, 1922 to the late Eddie and Evelyn Woods Foster. He was a U.S. Marine veteran, serving in Word War II, and a recipient of the Purple Heart. For many years, he worked as...
Sara Mae Maxey
May 14, 2006
SARA MAE MAXEY TUPELO - Sara Mae Maxey, 82, died Sunday, May 14, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born Nov. 1, 1923, to the late Thomas Gilbert and Ada Lee Lynch Barksdale. She was a 1941 graduate of Tupelo High School. She retired from Blue Bell Manufacturing after many years...
Sara Maxey
May 14, 2006
SARA MAE MAXEY TUPELO - Sara Mae Maxey, 82, died Sunday, May 14, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born Nov. 1, 1923, to the late Thomas Gilbert and Ada Lee Lynch Barksdale. She was a 1941 graduate of Tupelo High School. She retired from Blue Bell Manufacturing after many years...
William Smothers
May 12, 2006
WILLIAM TRAVIS SMOTHERS Tupelo - William Travis Smothers, 87, died Friday, May 12, 2006, at the North Miss. Medical Center after an extended illness. A Crockett County, Tennessee native, he was born April 28, 1919, to the late William Edgar and Effie Cherry Smothers. He was a retired diesel mechanic for Dixie Greyhound Bus Line in Memphis. He was a...
Joy Ford
May 12, 2006
JOY FORD Tupelo - Joy Windham Beard Ford, 59, died Friday, May 12, 2006, at her residence after an illness of eleven months. A New Albany native, she was born February 19, 1947 to the late Roscoe Anderson and Lavelle Windham Hardin Beard. A graduate of Myrtle High School, she then went on to The University of Mississippi where she...
Annie Russell
May 12, 2006
ANNIE LOU RUSSELL Houlka - Annie Lou Russell, 79, died Friday, May 12, 2006, at her residence after an extended illness. A Dorsey native, she was born March 10, 1927, to the late Joe and Gertie Harmon McMillen. She was a homemaker, loved to cook, sew and do crossword puzzles. She was a Baptist. Services will be at 2 p.m....
William Travis Smothers
May 12, 2006
WILLIAM TRAVIS SMOTHERS Tupelo - William Travis Smothers, 87, died Friday, May 12, 2006, at the North Miss. Medical Center after an extended illness. A Crockett County, Tennessee native, he was born April 28, 1919, to the late William Edgar and Effie Cherry Smothers. He was a retired diesel mechanic for Dixie Greyhound Bus Line in Memphis. He was a...
Bonna Hester
May 10, 2006
BONNA JEAN HESTER Tupelo - Bonna Jean Hester, 68, died Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Richmond Community native, she was born April 26, 1938 to the late John Charles and Coy Jeanette Allred Estes. She worked for Blue Bell for a number of years and Central Service Association for 31 years...
Obituary
May 9, 2006
G.C. STEVENS Tupelo - G.C. STEVENS, 80, died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Fulton, he was born February 28, 1926 to the late George Clifford and Nima Cook Stevens. He was a veteran having served in the United States Army during World War II in Northern France. He worked...
William O. Newell
May 9, 2006
WILLIAM O. NEWELL Tupelo - WILLIAM O. NEWELL, 84, died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at his residence. A long time resident of Tupelo, he was born in Marietta October 16, 1921 to the late Jessie Lee and Ethel Grammer Newell. He was a veteran having served in the United States Army during World War II and also served in Korea....
William Newell
May 9, 2006
WILLIAM O. NEWELL Tupelo - WILLIAM O. NEWELL, 84, died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at his residence. A long time resident of Tupelo, he was born in Marietta October 16, 1921 to the late Jessie Lee and Ethel Grammer Newell. He was a veteran having served in the United States Army during World War II and also served in Korea....
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May 9, 2006
G.C. STEVENS Tupelo - G.C. STEVENS, 80, died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Fulton, he was born February 28, 1926 to the late George Clifford and Nima Cook Stevens. He was a veteran having served in the United States Army during World War II in Northern France. He worked...
Mary Creely
May 8, 2006
MARY M. CREELY TUPELOMary M. Creely died Monday, May 8, 2006, at Daniel Health Care after a long illness. A native of Ripley, she was born December 8, 1919, to the late Walter Eugene and Jessie Medlin Moffitt. She was a homemaker and a member of West Jackson Street Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading and spending time with her family....
Alvin Holcomb
May 8, 2006
ALVIN C. HOLCOMB Chesterville - Alvin C. Holcomb, 84, died Monday, May 8, 2006, at his residence after an extended illness. A Pontotoc native, he was born November 27, 1921 to the late George Franklin and Margaret Elizabeth Scruggs Holcomb. He attended school at Longview. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II and achieving...
Vada Louise Teuton
May 5, 2006
VADA LOUISE TEUTON Tupelo - Vada Louise Teuton, 78, died Friday, May 5, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Cookeville, Tenn. native, she was born July 11, 1927 to the late Virgil Lee and Maggie Dixon Bohannon. She lived most of her life in Jackson, Tenn. where she was a long time owner and operator...
Vada Teuton
May 5, 2006
VADA LOUISE TEUTON Tupelo - Vada Louise Teuton, 78, died Friday, May 5, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A Cookeville, Tenn. native, she was born July 11, 1927 to the late Virgil Lee and Maggie Dixon Bohannon. She lived most of her life in Jackson, Tenn. where she was a long time owner and operator...
Ruby Oxner
May 4, 2006
RUBY OXNER Saltillo - Ruby Lene Oxner, 67, died Thursday, May 4, 2006, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after a long illness. She was born in Olive Branch to Buddy Greenwood and Mary Langston Greenwood, who preceded her in death. She was a longtime resident of Saltillo. She was a homemaker and a Pentecostal. She enjoyed sewing, quilting...
Ruby Lene Oxner
May 4, 2006
RUBY OXNER Saltillo - Ruby Lene Oxner, 67, died Thursday, May 4, 2006, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after a long illness. She was born in Olive Branch to Buddy Greenwood and Mary Langston Greenwood, who preceded her in death. She was a longtime resident of Saltillo. She was a homemaker and a Pentecostal. She enjoyed sewing, quilting...
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