OBITUARIES
Susan Easterling Moxley
September 21, 2022
Susan Easterling Moxley Tupelo- Susan Barnett Easterling Moxley, 62, died Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born March 3, 1960, in Tupelo. She is the daughter of Thomas Easterling and Dean Barnett Easterling. In 1978 she graduated from Tupelo High School. Up until their closing, she was a bookkeeper at Lady...
Shirley Ann Edge
September 20, 2022
Shirley Sandlin Edge, beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and friend stepped into eternity on September 20, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was born September 12, 1936, to Joe and Emogene Sandlin in Saltillo, Mississippi. She married the love of her life, Travis Edge in 1956 and they were married 56 years before his death in 2012. Shirley loved and served...
Linda Wilson
September 19, 2022
Linda Wilson passed away Monday, September 19, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A graveside service honoring her memory will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery in Pontotoc County. A full obituary will be published as soon as it becomes available
Foster Booth Jr.
September 19, 2022
Tupelo—William Foster Booth Jr., age 82, passed away Monday, September 19, 2022 at The Meadows in Fulton. Foster was born January 4, 1940 in Tupelo, the son of William Foster Booth Sr. and Flossie Bates Booth. He graduated from Tupelo High School in 1960, a football standout since the eighth grade and lettered all four years of high school. After...
Shelli Howell Grant
September 19, 2022
Shelli Howell Grant Okolona—Shelli Howell Grant, at the age of 61, passed away Monday, September 19, 2022 at her home in Okolona. Shelli was born February 2, 1961 in Escondido, California to Robert Howell and Bette Fogleman Howell Cantrell. She worked several years in Columbus as an office assistant for the Community Development Foundation. She was dearly loved by her...
Lee Thornton
September 19, 2022
Lether “Lee” Thornton, Jr., age 83, passed away peacefully in his home in Madison, Alabama, on Monday, September 19, 2022. Lee and his wife Lynda, moved from Tupelo to Madison two years ago to be near family, as his health was declining from Alzheimer’s. Lee was the son of Lether Thornton, Sr. and Jimmie Dobson Thornton of West Point, Mississippi....
Leonard McNeil "Len" Pegues
September 19, 2022
Len Pegues Tupelo- Leonard McNeil “Len” Pegues, at 86 years old, died Monday, September 19, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center after suffering a stroke the previous Friday. He was the son of William E. “Willie” and Abbie Abernethy Pegues born on January 5, 1936. Len is a Tupelo High School and John A. Gupton School of Mortuary Science in...
Juaniece Wood
September 16, 2022
Juaniece Wood Tupelo- Anna “Juaniece” Wood, 84, left this world for her Heavenly home on September 16, 2022. She was preceded by her husband, Grady E. Wood, Sr. and her son, Everett L. Wood both of Tupelo. Juaniece is survived by her brother, James Jenkins of Pontotoc; two sons, Tony Wood and Peter Wood; one daughter, Joanna W. Bishop (Ronnie)...
Betty "Aunt Bett" Clark
September 15, 2022
Betty “Aunt Bett” Clark Tupelo—Betty Jean Clark, 84, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2022, at her daughter’s home in Tupelo. Betty was born July 27, 1938, to William “Sid” Sydney Oswalt and Dovie Lee Ellis Oswalt. She grew up in Shannon and attended Shannon High School. Betty married the love of her life, William Odell Clark, in July of 1958...
Wilma Jean McAnally
September 14, 2022
Wilma Jean McAnally Wilma Jean McAnally, 81, of Tupelo, Mississippi passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022. She was born in Tupelo on November 27, 1941, to Elsie Hankins and Lavada Hankins. She spent most of her adult life in Tupelo as a loving daughter, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her four children, Cecelia Rosales, Ray Butler Jr. and...
Joan Jones
September 14, 2022
Joan Jones Tupelo- Joan Galley Jones, died Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness at the age of 88 years old. She was born to John Galley and Ethel Faulkner Galley in Liverpool, England on June 30, 1934. On March 21, 1959, she married Arnold William Jones at Saint Mary’s Church in Walton, Liverpool,...
Billy M. Brown, Sr.
September 13, 2022
Tupelo- Billy Murphy Brown, Sr., at the age of 84 years old, died Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at his home. He was born in Itawamba County to Roy Brown and Izora Murphy on December 4, 1937. He was the proud Forward Guard on the Grand Slam Basketball Championship Team his senior year at Mantachie High School. Following graduation he served...
Dink Allred, Jr.
September 11, 2022
Tupelo- Dink Allred, Jr. died Sunday, September 11, 2022. He was born on May 30, 1945; he was the son of Dink A. Allred and Dora Mears Allred. In his younger years, he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Before he became disabled, he was a Merchandise Distributor for Air Products and Chemicals. Dink was a kind soul and good man. Dink...
Emma Earline Dickerson
September 10, 2022
Emma Earline Dickerson, age 90, of Mooreville, Miss., passed from this life on September 10, 2022 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Saltillo on March 2, 1932, to Thomas Osban and Ethel Lee Davis Smith. In 1948, she married Paul E. “Bid” Dickerson, with whom she spent 54 wonderful years before his passing. Earline (“Mamaw” to...
Gene Petty
September 10, 2022
Guntown—Vernon Eugene “Gene” Petty II, age 57, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2022 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 1, 1964 in Memphis, the son of Vernon E. Petty Sr. and Dorothy Mixon Petty Hardin. As a teenager, he moved to New Hope where he met his future wife, Gina. After graduation from...
Art Loyd, Jr.
September 9, 2022
Tupelo—Art Loyd Jr., age 65, passed away Friday, September 9, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born March 22, 1957 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Artis Loyd Sr. and Mary Frances Dickerson Loyd. He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and spent summers and his later childhood in Tupelo. He lived his adult life in the Eggville...
Charles Holcomb
September 8, 2022
Furrs Community—Charles Allen Holcomb passed away Thursday, September 9, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center at the age of 74. Born May 29, 1948 in Tupelo, Charles was the son of Charlie and Kathryn King Holcomb. After his high school graduation he attended Itawamba Community College He proudly served his country in the United States Army. In 1968, he...
Bradford R. Hattaway
September 5, 2022
Bradford Ray Hattaway, age 88, passed away Monday, September 5, 2022 at his residence in Mantachie. He was born March 30, 1934, the son of Hugh and Aileen Smith Hattaway. Bradford was a career Navy man, serving achieving the rank of Petty Officer Second Class. Memorial Services honoring Bradford’s life will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, September 12, 2022...
Bette R. Cantrell
September 5, 2022
Verona—Bette Ruth Cantrell, age 87 passed from her earthly home into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Monday, September 5, 2022 after a long and courageous battle. Bette was born June 21, 1935 in Phillipsburg, Kansas to Lyle and Ida Hodge Fogleman. She worked as an office manager in the mobile home sales and rental business for many...
Brandy Taylor Gilbreath
September 4, 2022
Brandy Juanita (Taylor) Gilbreath, age 40, of Horn Lake, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022. She was born in Tupelo, MS on September 13, 1981 to Annie Faye (Fowler) Sexton and the late Bobby Joe Taylor. Brandy was a dispatcher for a towing/salvage company and was a member of New Day Fellowship. She enjoyed listening to all types of music,...
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