OBITUARIES
Janice Stanley Anthony
December 8, 2020
Tupelo- Janice Alene Stanley Anthony, 69, died Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Tupelo, she was born July 8, 1951 to Lawrence Mitchell and Helen Alene Stanley and was a 1969 graduate of Tupelo High School. A natural born teacher Janice went on to receive her Bachelor’s degree in Education from Mississippi State University...
Phillip Brewer
December 7, 2020
Phillip Brewer, 59, died Monday, December 7, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital- North Mississippi in Oxford. He was born in Aberdeen, September 16, 1961 to Willis Earl Brewer and Flora Aline Renfro. Phillip was raised in Amory by his loving mother and his dad, Johnny Reed Kyle and was a graduate of Amory High School. On April 7, 1990, he...
Bert R. Miller
December 7, 2020
Belden—Bert R. Miller, 85, passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born December 4, 1935 in Stone, Kentucky to Theo and Virginia Fannin Miller. Growing up in Lynch, Kentucky, he was the son of a coal miner. Bert proudly served his country in the United States Air Force. During...
Joe C. Vess
December 7, 2020
Joe C. Vess, 83, passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Hamilton, Alabama. He was born October 7, 1937 in Mantachie, the son of Henry and Mary Williams Vess. Joe worked for 26 years as a member of the street department for the city of Baldwyn. He enjoyed tinkering on anything mechanical such as...
Nancy Tice
December 6, 2020
Nancy Tice, 85, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at the Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven. She was born December 27, 1934 in Memphis, Tenn. to Melba Davis and Theron Russell. She married her precious and loving husband in 1964 while living in Norfolk, Va. When she had free time, she enjoyed quilting, crossword puzzles and jigsaw puzzles. Survivors include...
Richard Carey Lindsey
December 6, 2020
RICHARD CAREY LINDSEY Mantachie-Richard Carey Lindsey, 75, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020, at his residence in Mantachie. He was born on November 14, 1945, in Pontotoc, the son of Elvie Reid and Timey Lindsey. Richard honorably answered his nation’s call and served with the 58th Infantry Division during the Vietnam War as a proud soldier in the United States...
Thomas E. Markiewicz
December 5, 2020
Thomas Edward Markiewicz, 67, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020 at his home in the Lake Piomingo area. He was born March 15, 1953, in Waukegan, Illinois, the son of Raymond and Elizabeth Proctor Markiewicz. Thomas was a 1971 graduate of North Chicago Community High School and proudly served in the United States Navy. He retired to Lee County 20...
Marvin Paul Tinsley
December 2, 2020
Marvin Paul Tinsley, 79, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born May 19, 1941 in Granite City, Illinois, the son of Marvin T. and Alberta Lamkin Tinsley. Paul proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy and was a 16 year member of the American Legion, Post 16 where he...
Lawrence "Cecil" Payne
December 2, 2020
Lawrence Cecil Payne, 89, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at the Diversicare of Tupelo. He was born in Skyline on June 19, 1931, to Lawrence B. and Lorene Vaughn Payne. He served in the Army and fought in the Korean War and Vietnam War. He attended Allen Chapel Methodist Church in Skyline. Survivors include...
Fred Grass
December 2, 2020
Frederick Keith Grass, 53, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at his home. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born April 10, 1967, the son of Keith and Terry A. Grass. Fred was a graduate of Tupelo High School and Southern Miss University and worked for 26 years in the IT Department of North Mississippi Medical Center....
Tom Robinson
December 1, 2020
Tom Robinson, 37, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. His family will honor Tom's memory with a memorial service at a later date
Judy Armentrout
December 1, 2020
Judith Voelp Armentrout, age 77, passed away peacefully at Sanctuary Hospice House on December 1, 2020. She was lovingly surrounded by her family and minister, The Rev. Olin McBride of First Presbyterian Church in Tupelo. Judy was born on August 31, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Penn. to Harry Kay Voelp and Alberta Friesell Voelp. She graduated Peabody High School in Pittsburgh,...
Linda Gayle Young
November 30, 2020
GUNTOWN - Linda Gayle Young, 62, passed away Monday, November 30, 2020, at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born September 17, 1958 in Tupelo to Earnest and Betty Lyles Stevens. Linda worked for 17 years at the North Mississippi Medical Center retiring as a Unit Coordinator. Linda loved her church, Sherman Pentecostal Church, where she and her...
Linda Whitley
November 28, 2020
Linda Whitley Tupelo- Martha Linda Whitley, 70, died Saturday, November 28, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on October 8, 1950, to Johnny Burns and Mary Laverne Waltman Cliburn. Linda received her Bachelors of Science degree from Mississippi State College for Women in 1972. Soon after graduation, she married Elton Whitley and began her...
Bro. Lowell Johnson
November 27, 2020
Tupelo- Bro. Lowell Franklin Johnson, 73, went to be with Jesus, Friday, November 27, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany. He was born in Meridian, February 12, 1947 to Cecil F. and Ouida Rae Barker Johnson and relocated to Tupelo with his parents in 1950. He was a graduate of Shannon High School, received his Bachelors degree from...
Joe Kilgo
November 27, 2020
Joseph Wayne Kilgo, 80, passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born in Tupelo, January 22, 1940 to Evans and Lena Faye Coley Kilgo. Joe graduated from Tupelo High School in 1957, Itawamba Junior College in 1959 and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Mississippi State University in 1961. He retired in...
Jerry Hopper
November 26, 2020
Saltillo- Jerry Luther Hopper, 52, died Thursday, November 26, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Lee County, June 30, 1968 to Joe Allen and Ruby Lucille Bateman Hopper. On April 16, 1994, he married Connie Ann Everett and together they had three children. For 23 years, he worked as a machine operator at Tecumseh. Jerry was...
Barbara Sheffield
November 24, 2020
Tupelo- Barbara Sheffield, 73, died Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native and lifelong resident of Tupelo, she was born June 11, 1947, to Leon and Maggie Elizabeth Little Blackwell. She was a graduate of Tupelo High School and received her Bachelor’s degree from Blue Mountain College. In May of 1974, she began working as an...
Robert Monaghan
November 23, 2020
Robert Wayne Monaghan Saltillo- Robert Wayne Monaghan, 85, died Monday, November 23, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center, Baldwyn Nursing Facility. He was born in Tupelo November 21, 1935 to Robert Babe “Daddy Babe” and Fannie Lou “Momma Fan” Monaghan and was raised in Mooreville. He retired after 20 years of commitment to his community as a fire fighter. He...
Brittany Rhea Phillips
November 22, 2020
Starkville- Just past midnight on November 22, 2020, the Lord carried our earthly angel, Brittany Rhea Phillips, 26, to her heavenly home. Brittany was born June 3, 1994 and was the loving daughter of Brad and Lane Phillips of Guntown and Stacie Kot Phillips of Starkville. Brittany was a Christian that loved her Lord and Savior. She attended Adaton Baptist...
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