OBITUARIES
Effie Anderson
Dec 10, 2005
Effie Anderson TUPELO - Effie Mae Anderson, 87, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005, at her home in Tupelo after a long illness. She was born Feb. 3, 1918, in Verona to James Brooks Irby and Stella Miles Irby. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Bissell Baptist Church and Harrisburg Baptist Church, where she received a Perfect Attendance...
Ethel Elizabeth Hattox
Dec 8, 2005
ETHEL ELIZABETH HATTOX PontotocEthel Elizabeth Hattox, age 87, died Thursday, December 08, 2005, at the Pontotoc Nursing Home after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born on July 4, 1918, to the late Robert E. and Essie Elizabeth Marshall Lee. She was a homemaker and an excellent cook who enjoyed preparing food for family and friends, as well...
Ethel Hattox
Dec 8, 2005
ETHEL ELIZABETH HATTOX PontotocEthel Elizabeth Hattox, age 87, died Thursday, December 08, 2005, at the Pontotoc Nursing Home after an extended illness. A Tupelo native, she was born on July 4, 1918, to the late Robert E. and Essie Elizabeth Marshall Lee. She was a homemaker and an excellent cook who enjoyed preparing food for family and friends, as well...
Ruby Cummings
Dec 8, 2005
RUBY CUMMINGS MELBOURNE, FLRuby Savely Cummings died Thursday, December 8, at the William Childs Hospice House in Melbourne, FL at the age of 93. She was born September 17, 1912, to the late Andrew Westfield Savely and Gladys Smith Savely of Shannon. She graduated from Emory University with a degree in nursing. She was a resident of Birmingham, AL for...
Grady J. Robinson
Dec 6, 2005
Grady J. Robinson TUPELO - Grady J. Robinson, 70, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, at Beverly Health Care in Tupelo. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy. He retired from Southern Business Machines in Memphis. He was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church in Millington, Tenn. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday...
Grady Robinson
Dec 6, 2005
Grady J. Robinson TUPELO - Grady J. Robinson, 70, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, at Beverly Health Care in Tupelo. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy. He retired from Southern Business Machines in Memphis. He was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church in Millington, Tenn. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday...
Jimmy Hubert
Dec 5, 2005
JIMMY HUBERT, JR. SALTILLOFountain H. (Jimmy) Hubert, Jr., age, 73, died Monday, December 5, 2005, at the Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. He was born April 13, 1932, in Guntown to the late Fountain H. Hurbert, Sr., and Harriet Jane Robinson. He worked over 20 years for the R.J. Wilemon Construction Company. He is remembered as...
Helen Bullock
Nov 3, 2005
HELEN BULLOCK Blue SpringsHelen Chaney Bullock, 69, died Thursday, November 3, 2005, at her residence in Blue Springs after a lengthy illness. She was born November 2, 1936, in Lee County. She was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting, flea marketing, flower gardening, and spending time with her family and church family. She was a member of Parks Baptist Church. Services...
Marian Winfred Bratton
Oct 21, 2005
MARIAN "MOM BILL BRATTON Tupelo - Marian Winifred Barrett Bratton, 86, died Friday, October 21, 2005 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A Russellville, Alabama native, she was born September 7, 1919, to the late John Nelson and Mattie Mae Braly Barrett. For all her married life she lived in Tupelo and she was the widow of A. E. Bratton...
Marian Bratton
Oct 21, 2005
MARIAN "MOM BILL BRATTON Tupelo - Marian Winifred Barrett Bratton, 86, died Friday, October 21, 2005 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A Russellville, Alabama native, she was born September 7, 1919, to the late John Nelson and Mattie Mae Braly Barrett. For all her married life she lived in Tupelo and she was the widow of A. E. Bratton...
Sadie Caldwell
Oct 19, 2005
SADIE CALDWELL Tupelo - Sadie Caldwell died Wednesday, October 19, 2005, at her home after an extended illness. She was born in the Furrs Community in Pontotoc County and was a lifetime resident of Lee County. She worked for many years as a retail sales associate in Tupelo. An active member of West Jackson Street Baptist Church, she served as...
Paul Clayton
Oct 19, 2005
PAUL R. CLAYTON TupeloPaul Raymond Clayton, 80, died Wednesday, October 19, 2005, at his residence after a sudden illness. He was born in Dorsey on November 6, 1924, to the late Prentis Carl and Myrtle Martin Clayton. A Tupelo resident, he worked for Deposit Guaranty for 36 years and also had worked for Tommy Brooks Oil Company. He was a...
Steve
Oct 19, 2005
WILLIAM "DOC GASKIN Tupelo - William "Doc Gaskin, 59, died Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Raised in Okolona, he graduated from Okolona High School and Itawamba Junior College and had played football at both schools. He was a Disabled Vietnam War Veteran serving in the Air Force from April 1, 1968...
Steve "Doc" Gaskin
Oct 19, 2005
WILLIAM "DOC GASKIN Tupelo - William "Doc Gaskin, 59, died Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Raised in Okolona, he graduated from Okolona High School and Itawamba Junior College and had played football at both schools. He was a Disabled Vietnam War Veteran serving in the Air Force from April 1, 1968...
Bill Lawson
Oct 10, 2005
WILLIAM S. LAWSON Ridgeland, Miss.William S. Lawson, age 80, died Monday, October 10, 2005, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Miss. A devoted and loving father, he was born May 13, 1925, in Memphis, Tenn. to the late Helia and C. J. Lawson. He attended schools in Memphis and upon graduation joined the Army Air Corps, serving during World War II...
Ruth Kitchens
Oct 2, 2005
RUTH KITCHENS Tupelo - Evelyn Ruth Tabor Kitchens died Sunday, October 2, 2005 at St. Josephs Memorial Hospital in Burbank, California after a brief illness. She was born in Winston County to the late William Earl and Clara Watts Tabor. For over 30 years, she was the office manager for her husbands dental practice in Tupelo. She was an active...
Marcelle Loyd
Oct 1, 2005
Bartlett, Tenn.--Marcelle "Tiny" Loyd, 72, died Saturday, October 1, 2005.
John (Joe) Raper
Sep 27, 2005
JOE RAPER NettletonJohn Joseph "Joe Raper, 71, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born November 30, 1933, to the late Rev. Samuel Jackson "Bro. Jack Raper and Beatrice Dean Raper. He previously worked for Rockwell International for over eleven years and W. E. Pegues Funeral...
John Joseph
Sep 27, 2005
JOE RAPER NettletonJohn Joseph "Joe Raper, 71, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. An Itawamba County native, he was born November 30, 1933, to the late Rev. Samuel Jackson "Bro. Jack Raper and Beatrice Dean Raper. He previously worked for Rockwell International for over eleven years and W. E. Pegues Funeral...
Margaret Williamson
Sep 24, 2005
Margaret Williamson TUPELO - Margaret McCurley Williamson went to be with her Lord on September 24, 2005, at her home in Tupelo, Mississippi. She was born September 29, 1951, in Jackson, Mississippi, to William Caston McCurley and Elizabeth Smith McCurley. She spent her childhood in Monticello, Mississippi, and Jackson, Mississippi, and graduated cum laude from Belhaven College in 1972 with...
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