OBITUARIES
Ople L Gammill
August 16, 2019
Ople L. Gammill Saltillo- Ople L. Robinson Gammill, 84, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, August 16, 2019, at Longwood Community Living Center in Booneville. She was born August 23, 1934 in Saltillo to Joseph Ernest Dunaway and Icy Yeilding Dunaway. She started her working career at Guntown Slacks and later became a private sitter....
Terry Jarzen
August 15, 2019
Terrance Joseph Jarzen, 73, died Thursday, August 15, 2019 at his residence surrounded by family. He was born in Garfield Heights, Ohio April 13, 1946 to Helen and Leo Jarzen. He was a graduate of St. Stanislaus High School and received his Bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University. He worked for over 30 years in tire manufacturing before retiring...
Betty Knight Wimbs
August 15, 2019
Mrs. Betty Knight Wimbs Tupelo- Betty Sue Knight Wimbs, 80, went to her prepared room in heaven on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at The Meadows in Fulton, Mississippi. She had resided at Traceway in Tupelo with her husband, Willie, until a couple of years ago when her health began to fail. She was born August 20, 1938 to William “Bill”...
Frenchie Feather
August 13, 2019
Frenchie Feather Frenchie Esau Genola Feather, 95, of Saltillo, Mississippi, and formerly of Clarksdale, Mississippi, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mrs. Feather was born on July 14, 1924, in Linn, Mississippi, the youngest child of the late Simon Esau Genola and Olive Beevers Genola. She...
Sylvia M. Kyle
August 11, 2019
Sylvia Mansell Kyle, 81, died August 7, 2019 at the Page Greenhouse at Traceway Retirement Community. A native of Tupelo, she was born August 26, 1937 to William A. and Mary Edith Miller Mansell and was a 1955 graduate of Tupelo High School. Early in life, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee and worked for many years at Central Woodwork in...
Johnny Earl Payne
August 9, 2019
Johnny Earl Payne, 65, died Friday, August 9, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native of the Mooreville area, he was born January 1, 1954 to John Howard and Delma Lee Ellis Payne. Early in life, he served in the United States Army. Later in life, he worked as an appliance and HVAC technician. Johnny enjoyed bowling, fishing and...
Elizabeth Williams
August 9, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Williams, 86, died Friday, August 9, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Pontotoc March 26, 1933 to Rufus and Jettie Barber Hill. Early in life, Elizabeth worked at North Mississippi Medical Center, Arvin Industries and Vend Foods. She enjoyed sharing time with her friends at Caring Heart and Hands House Adult Daycare, browsing yard...
Kay Hussey Anglin
August 7, 2019
Kay Hussey Anglin, 68, died Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at her residence. A native and life-long resident of the Mooreville area, she was born September 9, 1950 to Jimmy Allen and Kathleen Willis Hussey. After graduating from Mooreville High School in 1968, she received her Associate Degree from Itawamba Community College. Kay worked for People's Bank, Lucky Star Industry in...
Sylvia M. Kyle
August 7, 2019
Sylvia Mansell Kyle, 81, died August 7, 2019 at the Page Greenhouse at Traceway Retirement Community. A native of Tupelo, she was born August 26, 1937 to William A. and Mary Edith Miller Mansell and was a 1955 graduate of Tupelo High School. Early in life, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee and worked for many years at Central Woodwork in...
Janis Leigh Howell
August 6, 2019
Janis Leigh Howell, 69, died Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House. A native and life-long resident of Tupelo, she was born December 19, 1949 to Cal Hulett and Pauline "Polly" Carrie Rice Howell. In 1967, she graduated from Tupelo High School and went on to earn both her Bachelor's and Master's degree from the Mississippi University for Women....
Dr. James B. "Jim" Alford
August 6, 2019
TUPELO -- Dr. James B. "Jim" Alford, 67, passed away Tuesday, August 06, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, August 10, 2019 at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues with Rev. Greg Herndon officiating and 3 p.m. Sunday, August 11, 2019 at Greenlaw Baptist Church in Kentwood, Louiana. Burial will...
Bob Maynard
August 6, 2019
Robert "Bob" Maynard, 83, died Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of the Tupelo area, he was born December 19, 1935 to A. P. "Dep" and Addie Grace McFarland Maynard and was a 1954 graduate of Tupelo High School. In 1955, he joined the United States Army and served until 1957...
Laura "Blue Eyes" Turner
August 5, 2019
Laura "Blue Eyes" Dill Turner, 83, died Monday, August 5, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A native and life-long resident of Saltillo, she was born one of 13 children, March 6, 1936 to Beland L. and Flora Mae Bell Dill. On July 8, 1977, she married Joe L. Turner and they shared 34 years together...
Mildred P. Oathout
August 1, 2019
Mildred Louise Parker Oathout, 89, died Thursday, August 1, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born in Water Valley, November 21, 1929 to Daniel Felto and LaDelle Doris Parker. On October 15, 1979, she married Howard "Pat" Oathout. In 1980, Mildred retired from Rockwell International in Grenada after working as a secretary for many years. She loved spending time...
Leon Black
July 30, 2019
Robert Leon Black Jr., 80, died Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at his home. He was born April 4, 1939 in Shannon to Robert Black Sr. and Stella Melvin Tackett Black. On September 9, 1961, He married the former Clara Mae Ellis together they have two daughters, Tina and Zina. Leon was a lifelong plumber, before his retirement from B&E Plumbing,...
Julia Skebo Tallant
July 28, 2019
Tupelo- Julia Skebo Tallant, 88, passed away Sunday, July 28, 2019 at Lakeview Place at Countrywood Manor in Mantachie after an extended illness. On May 28, 1931, she was, one of ten children, born to Samuel Skebo and Bessie Stanchic Skebo. She was born and raised in Olanta, Pennsylvania. In 1962, she transferred from Erie, Pennsylvania to Tupelo with Griffin...
Carl Simmons
July 28, 2019
Carl Simmons, 78, died Sunday, July 28, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born in Lee County, April 6, 1941 to Purdy and Earnestine Simmons. Born into a family of musicians, Carl began singing for an audience at the age of four when he performed with his brothers at the Mississippi-Alabama State Fair and won first place....
Lee Roy Wells, Jr.
July 27, 2019
Lee Roy Wells, Jr. Tupelo formerly of Vicksburg- Lee Roy Wells, Jr., age 88, “graduated,” as he used to say, from this life into eternity on July 21, 2019, after several years of declining health. Born on December 24, 1930, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he was the son of Lee Roy Wells, Sr. and Varie Lahatte Wells. After his mother’s untimely...
Beatrice Peters Parker
July 26, 2019
Beatrice Peters Parker Plantersville-Beatrice Peters Parker, 89, passed away peacefully at 9:35 p.m. on Friday, July 26, 2019. She was at home in her room at the Greenhouses surrounded by members of her family and one very special hospice nurse. She was the oldest of seven children born to the late James Carroll Peters and Virginia Grace Jamieson Peters on...
Clyde Stone Metcalfe
July 24, 2019
Palmetto- Clyde Stone Metcalfe, 75, died Thursday, July 24, 2019 at his daughter’s residence in the Palmetto Community. He was a native and lifelong resident of the Palmetto Community, where he was born, raised, and worked on Metcalfe family farm. He enjoyed boating, spending time with his family, and was an avid Nascar fan. Earlier in his life he loved...
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