OBITUARIES
Aileen Ponton
June 28, 2020
Aileen Marie Smith Ponton, 95, died Sunday, June 28, 2020 at Creekside Manor in Saltillo. She was born in California, March 17, 1925 to John and Georgia Bruhn Smith. She retired from the Bank of America after a long, fulfilling career when she was 62. Earlier in life, Aileen enjoyed traveling with her husband, Eugene, and most recently found great...
Jean Creel
June 26, 2020
Saltillo- Jean Bryant Creel, 79, died Friday, June 26, 2020 surrounded by her family, at her home. She was born in Hawkinsville, Georgia, September 6, 1940 to Jesse Henry and Dorothy Senter Bryant. As a young child, her family relocated to Tampa, Florida where she graduated from Plant High School. While working as pastoral secretary in Tampa, she met her...
Michael Lazore
June 26, 2020
Michael Lawrence Lazore, 62, started his new life in heaven on June 26, 2020 after a hard fought eighteen month battle with cancer. He was born in Bisbee, Arizona on August 10, 1957, to the Late Glenn David Lazore Sr and Rosalee Ruth Wells Lazore Salazar. Michael was a many faceted man. He is known for his protective nature over...
Earline Thompson
June 23, 2020
Belden- Earline Elizabeth Carroll Thompson, 90, died Tuesday, June 23, 2020. She was born in Saltillo, October 1, 1929 to Lonnie George and Vera Mae Stafford Carroll. Earline was an extremely hard working woman who worked many years as a seamstress in an industrial environment before purchasing a Barbeque Shack in Mooreville, which she owned and operated for many years....
Dickson Caldwell
June 19, 2020
Dickson Caldwell, 26, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date in his hometown of Ft. Worth, Texas.
Daryle Wayne Lewis
June 15, 2020
Amory- Daryle Lewis, 71, died Monday, June 15, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore in Amory. He was born in Kodiak, Alaska, November 6, 1948 to Joseph and Katherine Frost Lewis. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and was a Purple Heart recipient. Later in life, he drove buses for...
Julie Holcomb
June 14, 2020
Tupelo- Julie Holcomb, 59, died Sunday, June 14, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A memorial service will be held 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues.
Guy Lee Patterson, Sr.
June 13, 2020
Blue Springs- Guy Lee Patterson, Sr., 87, died Saturday, June 13, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Saltillo, September 20, 1932 to John Anderson and Mary Bell Jones Patterson. After graduating from High School, he served in the Dixie Division of the Mississippi Army National Guard out of Saltillo. He received a Bachelors degree in business and worked...
Linda Davis Austin
June 12, 2020
Tupelo- Linda Davis Austin, 73, died Friday, June 12, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Poplarville, on July 15, 1946 to Earl and Mary Bond Davis. After graduating high school, she went on to receive a Bachelors degree in Education from the Mississippi University for Women. She began her teaching career in Kossuth and retired from Shannon High...
Randy Lee Anglin
June 11, 2020
Randy Lee Anglin, 64, died Thursday, June 11, 2020 at his home. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born November 8, 1955, the son of Orbin Anglin and Anne Mae Barnes. After his high school graduation, he worked several different jobs including working for the City of Tupelo and driving a truck. He was a former member...
Bettye C. Whitenton
June 10, 2020
Bettye Jo Clayton Whitenton, 85, died Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Dorsey, October 26, 1934, the only child to Judson Turnage and Ruth Sheffield Clayton. On June 16, 1950, she married Roy Reese Whitenton. Early in life, she worked at Whit’s Music Store and later worked as a bookkeeper for her husband...
Louise Westmoreland
June 9, 2020
Louise Westmoreland, 85, died Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Houston, October 30, 1934 to Russel and Ethel Long King. On November 23, 1950, she married Charles Westmoreland and they shared 39 years together until his death in 1990. For 15 years, she worked in the arts, crafts and fabric department at Walmart. Her hobbies...
Leonard R. Shackelford
June 9, 2020
Leonard Ray Shackleford, 97, died Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Itawamba County, December 16, 1922 to Perry and Alcie Ann Eliza Duffy Shackelford. As a young man, he answered his Country’s call to arms and served many years in the Army during World War II. During his Military career, he was stationed at various...
Virginia Spight
June 7, 2020
Mrs. Virginia Toomer Spight, life-long resident of Tupelo, Mississippi, died June 7, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 2, 1914 at the family home in Tupelo to the late Dr. William A. Toomer, and Ruth Gaither Toomer. She grew up in Tupelo, graduating from Tupelo High School in 1932. During her senior year in high school...
Louise Harris
June 6, 2020
Louise Harris, 81, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born June 1, 1939, the daughter of Avin and Minnie Jackson Towery. During her career, Louise worked at Red Cap Industries, Blue Bell, Baldwyn Nursing Home and Guntown School Cafeteria. She was a member of Living Waters Church in Eggville. Louise enjoyed dancing,...
Robert E. Ellis
June 5, 2020
Robert Earl Ellis, 66, passed away Friday, June 5, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center of an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born March 15, 1954 to Charles R. and Ruth McColum Ellis. Robert worked as a self employed carpenter for several years before his health began to decline. He was a member...
Wanda Jean Reed
June 4, 2020
Pontotoc—Wanda Jean Reed, 49, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020 at the Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven. She was born November 5, 1970, the daughter of Willie Jean Reed and Annie Katherine Montgomery Reed. Wanda worked in food services for the North Mississippi Medical Center for several years. She was a member of God’s House of Prayer and she enjoyed...
Dennis Holmes
June 3, 2020
Dennis Holmes, 55, passed Wednesday, June 3, 2020. He was born July 2, 1964 in Holly Springs to Lonnie and Margaret Feather Holmes. Dennis was the shipping and receiving supervisor for Limoss Manufacturing where he worked for the past eight years. He was a member of the Tupelo Church of God and the most important part of his life was...
Robert Seymore
May 29, 2020
Robert Steve Seymore, 75, died Friday, May 29, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native and life-long resident of Shannon, he was born, September 17, 1944 to Steve and Dorothy Price Seymore. For years, he worked as a supervisor with the Water and Gas Department with the town of Shannon. In 1968, he married Lois Gaines. Robert loved riding...
Leon S. Davis
May 28, 2020
Leon Spencer Davis, 90, died Thursday, May 28, 2020 at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. A native of Lee County, he was born May 10, 1930 to George Franklin and Willie B. Parker Davis. As a young man, Leon traveled to Long Island, New York to visit family and by fate, met his wife, Theresa Scarpa. They made...
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