OBITUARIES
Dennis Wayne Gable
November 16, 2019
Dennis Wayne Gable, 60, died Saturday, November 16, 2019 at New Albany Health and Rehab. He was born in Tupelo, December 23, 1958 to Perlis Prentiss and Betty Jo Hall Gable. For a number of years, Dennis worked at the fireworks stand in Nettleton. Later in life, he worked as a cabinet maker for Oakhill Cabinets in Ecru. Dennis enjoyed...
Margie Sheffield Monaghan
November 15, 2019
Margie Sheffield Monaghan, 94, died Friday, November 15, 2019 at the Leeper Greenhouse at Traceway Retirement Community in Tupelo. She was born March 27, 1925 in the Dorsey Community of Itawamba County to Johnny and Addie Gray Sheffield. She attended Dorsey School and began working in the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. immediately after high school during World War II. After...
Richard “Dick” Lutz
November 14, 2019
Richard “Dick” Lutz, formerly of Edgebrook, Lincolnshire, and Buffalo Grove Illinois passed away on November 22, 2019 in Tupelo, Mississippi from complications of cancer. Richard was born on February 27, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois to Harold and Helen Lutz. He attended Taft High School and later obtained a BS in Architecture from the University of Illinois and served as a ...
Mark "Kink" Williams
November 14, 2019
Mark Williams, 60, passed away November 14, 2019, at his home in Belden. He was born in Prentiss, Mississippi, December 3, 1958, to Louis "Tut" Williams and his wife, Elma. He attended Prentiss Christian Academy and was selected for the All State Football team in 1976. He was a star running back in football at Pearl River JC. He attended...
Luciana G. Franklin
November 12, 2019
Luciana G. Tinolli Franklin, 88, died Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at her residence after a brief illness. A native of Trieste, Italy, she was born December 30, 1930 to Igino and Rosita Villatora Tinolli. On October 31, 1951, she married Donald "Gene" Franklin. In 1953, they relocated to the United States and settled in Tupelo in 1986. Earlier in life,...
Wesley Smith
November 11, 2019
Wesley Smith Pontotoc- Calvin Wesley Smith, 80, died Monday, November 11, 2019, at his home in Duck Hill, Mississippi. Wesley was born December 22, 1938, to Fred Smith and Flossie Hill Smith in Carlisle, Arkansas. After graduating from Carlisle High School in 1957, he enlisted in the United States Navy. After the Navy, he worked as a lineman for Arkansas...
Lillian Neff Kellum
November 11, 2019
Lillian Neff Kellum Tupelo- Lillian Loraine Neff Kellum, 98, died Monday, November 11, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born November 28, 1920 in Captains City to Park and Lee Richardson Neff. She was a graduate of Catching High School and received a Bachelor's degree in Education from Delta State. In June of 2019, she moved to Tupelo...
Diane Loudenslager Piraino
November 11, 2019
Tupelo- Diane Marie Loudenslager Piraino, 76, died Monday, November 11, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by her family after a brief illness. She was born May 30, 1943 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania to B.C. and Maxine Everett Loudenslager. She was a 1961 graduate of Williamsport High School where she was an excellent student and athlete and a 1963 graduate...
Hazel Franklin Street
November 10, 2019
Hazel Franklin Street Tupelo- Hazel Franklin Street, 91, died Sunday, November 10, 2019, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born August 22, 1928, to Robert Walter Franklin and Dollie Ellen Gean Franklin. During her high school years she played basketball, her love for sports continued all her life especially SEC and Mississippi State sports. After graduating from Tupelo...
Donald "Gene" Franklin
November 5, 2019
Donald "Gene" Franklin Tupelo- Donald "Gene" Franklin, 88, died Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at his residence. He was born April 24, 1931 in Russell County, Virginia to Alexander Sheridan and Isabel Beatrice Counts Franklin. At the age of 17, he enlisted with the United States Army and served in Italy where he met his wife, Luciana G. Tinolli. They were...
Martha Marcine Orsborn
November 3, 2019
Martha Marcine Orsborn, 89, died Sunday, November 3, 2019 at Countrywood Plantation in Mantachie after a lengthy illness. A native of the Van Buren Community in Itawamba County, she was born February 13, 1930 to Andrew Malachi and George Dewey Gregory Pearce and was a 1949 graduate of Itawamba Agricultural High School. On October 21, 1950, she married Curtis Benjamin...
Flo Pavone
November 3, 2019
Florence Ann "Flo" Pavone, 95, died Sunday, November 3, 2019 at AvonLea Assisted Living after a brief illness. She was born in Chicago, Illinois August 30, 1924 to Anthony and Ann Jedlicka Studin. In 1974, she relocated to Tupelo with her husband, Eugene Pavone with FMC. Later in life, they purchased a home in Naples, Florida where they would spend...
Janet Faye Deckard
November 2, 2019
Blue Springs, Mississippi- Janet Faye Wirth Deckard, 74, died Saturday, November 2, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by her loved ones. A native of Bridgeport, she was born December 15, 1944 to John Henry and Myrtle Irene Griffin Wirth. She later moved to Lawrenceville where she worked a number of years at Delzell's Dress Shop. On May 9,...
Glenda C. Curtis
November 2, 2019
Mantachie- Glenda Carolyn Curtis, 73, died Saturday, November 2, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of Aberdeen, she was born May 17, 1946 to Oliver Earl and Gladys Roebuck Guthrie and called Itawamba County home for most of her life. She had a natural artistic talent and enjoyed creating oil paintings. She loved her family and doted over...
Patricia "Pat" Anne Emerson Thompson
November 1, 2019
Tupelo-Patricia "Pat” Anne Emerson Thompson, 77, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 29, 2019. She was born March 15, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee to the late J. B. and Margaret Emerson. Pat resided in Tupelo with her husband of 57 years, Jim. Pat was a homemaker and also served many years in the mortgage loan industry, retiring from...
Patricia "Pat" Anne Emerson Thompson
October 29, 2019
Tupelo-Patricia "Pat” Anne Emerson Thompson, 77, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 29, 2019. She was born March 15, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee to the late J. B. and Margaret Emerson. Pat resided in Tupelo with her husband of 57 years, Jim. Pat was a homemaker and also served many years in the mortgage loan industry, retiring from...
Gerald L. "Yank" Stanford
October 29, 2019
Brewer Community- Gerald L. “Yank” Stanford, 79, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at his residence. He was born and raised in Flora, Illinois to Harry R and Mildred McGrew Stanford. He worked as a cross country pipeline welder for the Local Union 798 based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma until his retirement. He later moved to the Brewer Community with...
Merle Raymond Claunch
October 28, 2019
Tupelo- Merle Raymond Claunch, 87, died Monday, October 28, 2019 at AvonLea Assisted Living in Tupelo. A native of Guntown, he was born March 21, 1932 to Raymond Strickland and Ruth Ella Moore Claunch. Merle was a graduate of both Cedar Hill High School and Itawamba Junior College and went on to attend Mississippi State University. Merle answered the call...
Ester Sellers Raper Clark
October 27, 2019
Mooreville- Ester Sellers Raper Clark, 84, gained her wings on Sunday, October 27, 2019. She was born May 24, 1935 in Alabama to Loyd Lee and Lucy Barger Sellers. She enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family. Survivors include her six children, Mary Priest (Ray), Billy Raper (Brenda), Joe Raper (Gail), Michael Clark (Angie), Carolyn McCollum (Donny) and Peggy...
Michael William Lail
October 26, 2019
Tupelo- Michael William Lail, 57, died peacefully at home, Saturday, October 26, 2019. He was born in North Carolina on January 30, 1962 to Fred William and Peggy Ann Fox Lail. His job as an Industrial Engineer for Basset Furniture led him to Mississippi. After working for a few other furniture businesses in the area, he settled at Deville Furniture...
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