OBITUARIES
Sonny Jones
November 6, 2024
Sonny Jones
Tupelo- William Allen “Sonny” Jones, Jr., 68, died following a sudden illness at North Mississippi Medical Center on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. Sonny was born in Tupelo on April 29, 1956, to William “Buddy” Allen Jones, Sr. and Ferne Irene Gilstrap Jones. Following graduation from Tupelo High School in 1974, Sonny began his career at Arvin Industries in 1975....
Melanie Vinson
November 5, 2024
Melanie Josephine Vinson, 68, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Melanie was born February 23, 1956, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Anthony Sansone and Mary Kathryn Garrett Sansone.
Melanie earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Mississippi State University and was a devoted fan of her beloved Bulldogs, cheering them on with pride. As a...
Charles Davis
November 5, 2024
Charles Davis
Charles Quitman Davis, Jr, at the age of 77, died Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born February 6, 1947, to Charles Quitman, Sr. and Ruth Ann Walters Davis. On February 4, 1970, he married Sandy Davis. They had 54 cherished years of memories and love. During Charles' working life,...
Sandra Kinkennon Warren
November 4, 2024
Sandra Kinkennon Warren took her savior’s hand on Monday, November 4, 2024 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. She was 67 years old. Sandra was born April 19, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois to Clifford Price Kinkennon and Lola Reeves Kinkennon. Shortly after her birth Sandra’s family moved to Corinth, where she grew up. On July 1, 1976 she married her best...
Jack Leslie
November 2, 2024
Jack Craig Leslie passed away on Saturday, Nov 2 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born on September 20, 1958 in Tupelo to the late Jack and Ludine. His wonderful journey with his wife, Susan, began over 40 years ago. Throughout his life, Jack worked at Pegues Funeral Home and owned Leslie’s Short Stop in Mooreville, where he...
Dan Scott
October 31, 2024
Tupelo--Dan Robert Scott, age 64, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2024 at his daughter’s home in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born July 14, 1960 in Memphis, the son of James and Margaret Scott. Dan worked as a master mechanic rebuilding engines. He found great joy and comfort in horseback riding. Dan enjoyed the simple pleasures of visiting with friends and...
Kathy Reese
October 30, 2024
Polly Katherine Reese, age 88, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. A Tupelo native and lifelong resident, she was born January 26, 1936, the daughter of Delbert and Irene Lloyd Beard. In 1952, Kathy married the love of her life, Joe Reese and they created a family legacy with 72 years of marriage. A...
Jerry Richey
October 25, 2024
Jerry Richey
Tupelo- Ernest Gerald “Jerry” Richey, 81, died peacefully at home Friday, October 25, 2024. Born on December 3, 1942, in Cleveland, Mississippi, to Houston Richey and Mary Alice Smitherman Richey, Jerry grew up in Belden and Saltillo area; but Tupelo is where he spent most of his adult life. He had recently moved to Saltillo to be closer to...
Kay Sheffield
October 23, 2024
Kay Sheffield
Tupelo- Janice Kay Jobe Sheffield, 74, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Kay was born February 26, 1950, to Charles Edger Jobe and Willie Mae Edwards. She grew up in the Plantersville and Nettleton area. Kay and her family were members of Temple Grove Baptist Church, where she took a profession of faith in...
Helen Mears
October 23, 2024
Helen Mears
Helen Dean Henderson Mears, born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on October 18, 1932, passed away Wednesday evening Wednesday, October 23, 2024, while surrounded by her family. Helen grew up in Alabama, later moving to Saltillo with her family. She graduated from Saltillo High School and continued her education at Blue Mountain Christian University, where she pursued a degree in education....
Virginia Dickey
October 22, 2024
Virginia Dickey
Mooreville—Virginia Lavelle Dickey passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at her home in Mooreville. She was 82 years old. Virginia was born February 24, 1942 in Arkansas, the daughter of Haskell and Beatrice Montgomery Hood. She was a graduate of Mooreville High School and a longtime member of Union Grove Church of God of Prophecy. She was the widow...
Rachel Neely Miller
October 22, 2024
Rachel Neely Miller, 66, passed away at her home in Liberty surrounded by her loved ones on October 22, 2024. Rachel was born on July 18, 1958, to J.T. and Helen Neely in Jackson. She graduated from Tupelo High School in 1977. Rachel went on to work at Lee County Justice Court and retired from Boggs and Associates in 2023....
Dina Jo Spencer
October 22, 2024
Dina Jo Spencer
Tupelo- Dina Jo Duncan Spencer, 88, died Tuesday, October 22, 2024, in Tupelo. She was born on August 11, 1936, and was the only daughter of Austin and Kitty Duncan. Dina Jo was a woman who revolved her life around faith and her beloved family. She is the widow of Billy W. Spencer; they were married June 2nd,...
Ian Boswell
October 21, 2024
Birmingham, Alabama, formerly of Tupelo- Ian Andrew Boswell, 42, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2024, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee. Ian was born July 26, 1982, in Flowood, to Tim Boswell and his wife, Kathy Sewell Reece.
Ian grew up in Tupelo, where he graduated from Tupelo High School. He went on to earn his Bachelor’s in...
Sandra Nunnelee
October 20, 2024
Sandra Nunnelee
Sandra Lee Deuschle Nunnelee, 85, a loving wife and mother, was welcomed into heaven on Sunday evening, October 20, 2024, only three days after her beloved husband, Pat Thomas Nunnelee. After a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s, she died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 28, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the second...
Buddy Vance
October 20, 2024
James E. “Buddy” Vance
Buddy Vance died peacefully at home on Sunday, October 20, 2024. He was born October 11, 1954.
James Edmond Vance was born in West Point, Mississippi to Allie Laura Stevens Vance and James O’Neil Vance. He attended West Point High School where he excelled in athletics; especially baseball.
He was the starting pitcher on the West Point High 1972...
Frances Hope Owen
October 18, 2024
Frances “Hope” Hickman Owen, 87, passed away after a battle with extended illness on Friday, October 18, 2024, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Frances graduated from Tupelo High School in 1956 and married the love of her life, the late Charles Sidney Owen, in 1958, sharing 48 years with him. Her professional career was spent working as a secretary...
Pat Nunnelee
October 17, 2024
Pat Nunnelee
Pat Thomas Nunnelee, 88, one of the kindest individuals to ever live, was welcomed into heaven on Thursday evening, October 17, 2024. After a brief illness, Pat died at home, surrounded by his loving family. Pat was born on May 19, 1936; he is the son of Clarence R. “Dink” Nunnelee and Mary Liza “Jane” Scruggs Nunnelee. Pat grew...
Kimberly Wilson
October 17, 2024
Guntown—Kimberly Michelle Wilson, 46, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2024. She was born in Tupelo on December 24, 1977, the daughter of Felix and Linda Prescott Westmoreland. For several years she worked at Muller Brass as a water processor. Kimberly loved the outdoors whether she was fishing or working in her yard tending her flowers. She was also quite talented...
Shirley Geno Lyons
October 16, 2024
Shirley Geno Lyons departed this life on October 16, 2024 at her little cottage by her son’s home surrounded by her family following a period of declining health due to dementia. She was born on November 21, 1935 in Booneville to the late J.C. and Esther Geno. She was always proud and held strong to her Booneville roots.
Shirley was life-long...
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