OBITUARIES
Billy "Bones" Parker
March 21, 2022
Saltillo—Billy “Bones” Parker passed away at his home in Saltillo on March 21, 2022 after a brief illness. He was born February 25, 1961 in Tupelo to Verdie Elijah Parker and Myrtle Dill Parker. He was an Over The Road truck driver for 35 years. After operating his own trucking company for 20 years, Billy was currently employed by Williams...
Jo Anne Harris
March 20, 2022
Tupelo- Jo Anne Stallings Harris died Sunday, March 20, 2022. She was born in Meridian, on February 7, 1930, to James Preston Stallings and Bonnie McElroy Stallings. She grew up in Jackson and moved to Tupelo during her high school years. She graduated from Tupelo High School and attended Blue Mountain College. She married Boyce Ervin Harris on October 12,...
Matt Wright
March 19, 2022
Tupelo- James Matthew “Matt” Wright, the son of James Edward “Eddie” Wright and Patricia “Tricia” Jo Bray Wright, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 19, 2022, a few days after his 33rd birthday. He was born on March 17, 1989, in Tupelo. He was an optimistic and sweet man who at times enjoyed being goofy. He attended Tupelo High School and Itawamba...
Howard Wilson
March 18, 2022
Howard Wilson Guntown- Howard Lane Wilson, 80, died Friday, March 18, 2022, at his home. He was one of ten children of Herman Wilson and Hattie Lou Long Wilson. He was born in Mooreville on September 15, 1941. He faithfully serviced his country in the United States Navy. After his service, he made a career in the trucking industry. He...
Linda S. Ray
March 17, 2022
Linda S. Ray Saltillo- Linda Sue Ray at the age of 69 years old, died Thursday, March 17, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She is the daughter of Cecil Scott and Bobby Reaves Scott born on May 18, 1952. She was born and raised in Tupelo. She had a long career in manufacturing in the...
Dan W. Sudduth
March 16, 2022
Dan Sudduth Asheville, North Carolina--Daniel Webster Sudduth, 89, died after an extended illness Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at the North Carolina State Veterans Home in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Dan was born in Tupelo, Mississippi February 12, 1933, to Michael Carlton Sudduth and Flora Bell Weatherly Sudduth. He was a partner with his family at Sudduth Transfer Moving and Storage...
Myra Neal
March 16, 2022
Myra Neal Tupelo- Myra Jean Neal, the daughter of Ludie Milan and Ida Criddle Milan died March 16, 2022 at her home. She was born in Belmont on November 29, 1934. She is the wife of the late James Henry “Nick” Neal. Myra retired after 23 years of a long and enjoyable career from North Mississippi Medical Center. Myra is...
Ivy N. Duvall
March 13, 2022
Ivy N. Duvall Tupelo- Ivy Noon Duvall, 84, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born December 27, 1937, in Lee County to Noon Duvall and Vera Sheffield Duvall. Ivy was a 1956 Mooreville High School graduate. On October 28, 1960, he married...
Patsy "Pat" Webb
March 11, 2022
Saltillo--Patsy “Pat” Webb passed away peacefully at her home in Saltillo on Friday, March 11, 2022 surrounded by her family. She was 84 years old. Pat was born December 11, 1937 in Tupelo, the daughter of Carl and Sadie Kate Maynard Butler. A woman with a strong work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit, Pat was employed in many capacities over the...
Betty Ann Price Henson
March 9, 2022
Tupelo--Betty Ann Price Henson passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Born in Vicksburg in 1939, Betty Ann was the daughter of Sam and Marguerite Moore Price. After high school graduation she married and later began a career in real estate. At one point, she owned and operated a hotel on Mississippi’s gulf coast....
Virginia Gray
March 9, 2022
Nettleton--Virginia Faye Gray, 79, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at the Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. She was born March 25, 1942 in Vardaman to Thomas Lee Tedder and Rubye Allene Nichols Tedder. Virginia worked for several years as a sewing machine operator for Amory Garment. She loved spending her days outdoors working in her flowers. She...
Britt Allred
March 7, 2022
Britt Anthony Allred, age 60, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Britt was born June 3, 1961, the son of James Melvin Allred and Louise Britt Allred. A lifelong resident of Tupelo, he was a 1979 graduate of Tupelo High School and then attended Mississippi State University where he was the manager of the...
Janie Farrar Breeding
March 7, 2022
Janie Lamoise Loden Farrar Breeding, 87, went home to be with her Heavenly Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, on Monday, March 7, 2022 at 5:20 a.m., at Comfort Care Nursing Home in Laurel, just two days shy of her 88th birthday. Janie was born on March 9, 1934, in Dorsey. Her family moved to Tupelo when she was a child...
Luther Morgan
March 7, 2022
Dorsey Community—Luther Cecil Morgan passed away Monday, March 7, 2022 at the Merit Health Central Intensive Care Unit. He was 79 years of age. Born December 31, 1942 in Saltillo, Luther was the son of George and Grace Cullum Morgan. He served in the military as a member of the United States Air Force. Upon his discharge, he began his...
Haydn Lane Hood
March 7, 2022
Mooreville--Haydn Lane Hood passed away Monday, March 7, 2022 at the young age of 12 years old after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born January 16, 2010 in Tupelo to Christopher Blake Hood and Samantha Johnson Hood. He was a sixth-grader at Mooreville Middle School. Whether he was hunting, fishing, or playing golf, Haydn just loved being outside...
Diann Hillhouse Caraway
March 5, 2022
Diann Hillhouse Caraway Mantachie- Diann Hillhouse Caraway died Saturday, March 5, 2022 at her home at the age of 73 years old. She was born in Grenada, Mississippi on March 20, 1948. She is the daughter of Bob and Ellen Hillhouse. Diann was a doting mother of her four children and great Christian women. She is survived by her three...
Betty J. McCormack
March 3, 2022
Betty J. McCormack Keller, Texas formerly of Tupelo – Betty Jean McCormack, age 84, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022 in Keller, Texas after a brief illness. Born on August 12, 1937, in Mantachie she was the daughter of Reggie and Opal West. She was a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church and a long-time employee of SunnyCros Flower Shop,...
Lou Whitt
March 2, 2022
Lou Whitt Mooreville- The joyful and sassy Lou Ellen Madison Whitt died Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at The Meadows in Fulton at the age of 92 years old. Lou was the youngest child of John Madison and Dolly King Madison born on May 6, 1929 in Jasper, Alabama. Lou attended Cordova High School. In 1947, Lou married Hubert Ray “H.R.”...
Lillian Hortense Botts
February 27, 2022
Palmetto Community—Lillian Hortense Sullivan Botts, age 76, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022 at her home after a lengthy illness. Lillian was born September 14, 1945 in Smithville, the daughter of Tremon and Elvie Weaver Sullivan. After high school, she earned her bachelor degree in education and also achieved two master’s degrees. Lillian was a devoted teacher, serving at Shannon...
Marie Lackey Dickerson
February 25, 2022
Belden--Delphia Marie Lackey Dickerson, age 93 of Belden went to Heaven on February 25, 2022 at home surrounded by her family after suffering a massive stroke on May 25, 2020. She was born on April 30, 1928 in Tupelo to Robert Elliot and Velma Todd Lackey. The Lackey family was extremely musically inclined and mother grew up playing the piano...
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