OBITUARIES

Mary E. Griffin

Mary E. Griffin

September 28, 2019

Mary E. Griffin Plantersville- Mary Elizabeth Griffin, 72, longtime and faithful member of First Baptist Church in Plantersville, died Saturday, September 28, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit in Tupelo, surrounded by her family. She was born November 8, 1946 in Houston, Mississippi to George Worth Huffman and Willie Mae Harmon Huffman. Mary attended Houston High School and...

David Thomason

David Thomason

September 22, 2019

Charles David Thomason, 82, died Sunday, September 22, 2019 at the Hospice Unit of North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Union County, he was born in Myrtle January 7, 1937 to O.M. and Audrey Bateman Thomason and was raised in Blue Springs. He was a 1955 graduate of Sherman High School and went on to...

Dennis W. Livingston

Dennis W. Livingston

September 22, 2019

Tupelo- Dennis Wayne Livingston, 66, died Sunday, September 22, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House after an extended illness. A native of Tupelo, he was born July 12, 1953 to Harold and Lazette Livingston. He was a 1971 graduate of Tupelo High School and went on to receive his Bachelors degree in Accounting from Mississippi State University in 1975. After college,...

Jay Ingram

Jay Ingram

September 20, 2019

Mr. Jay Ogden Ingram, 93, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 3, 1926 to Wallace Davis Ingram and Frieda Elizabeth Kleopfer Ingram. Jay attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati. He enlisted in the United States Marines  during World War II.  He served in the U. S. Second Division Marines where he...

Judy Perrigo Dunehew

Judy Perrigo Dunehew

September 19, 2019

Judy Perrigo Dunehew, 67, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at her home in Tupelo after a long, hard, courageous fight against ovarian cancer. Judy was born the youngest of five children October 3, 1951 to William “Bill” and Evelyn Perrigo in Memphis, Tennessee. Judy graduated from Overton High School in Memphis with the class of 1969. She then attended...

Gladys McDonald Randle

Gladys McDonald Randle

September 19, 2019

Tupelo- Gladys McDonald Randle, 99, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born January 12, 1920 in Union County to John and Tishie Hogue McDonald, the youngest of six children. After attending Ellistown School, she married Joseph Ashby Randle on July 31, 1937. The family moved to Tupelo in 1945. Gladys...

Jr. Parker

Jr. Parker

September 17, 2019

Walker Mace Parker, Jr., 88, died Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the Meadows in Fulton after an extended illness. A native and life-long resident of Lee County, he was born June 14, 1931 to Walker Mace and Jerusha Ion Gory Parker. In 2001, he retired from Clark Truck Line after working as a truck driver for over 50 years. He...

Doris Miles Turner

Doris Miles Turner

September 17, 2019

Doris Miles Tuner died Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at the Inpatient Hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. A native and life-long resident of Lee County, she was born December 22 to Andrew and Melvirda Stanford Miles. She was a 1955 graduate of Saltillo High School and went on to work for Kennedy Transfer and Storage...

Marilyn Perry

Marilyn Perry

September 12, 2019

Marilyn Perry Tupelo- Marilyn Faye Perry, 69, died Thursday, September 12, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born October 1, 1949, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. She graduated from Lee Davis High School in Mechanicsville, Virginia. She was a member of Lee Acres Church of Christ and a former member of Verona Christian Church where she played the...

G. G. Moore

G. G. Moore

September 12, 2019

G. G. Moore Tupelo- George Gaylord Moore, 61, died Thursday September 12, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born July 1, 1958 in Itawamba County, Mississippi to Jimmy Clay Moore and Gary Pennington Moore. During his working life he worked on an off shore oil rig and as a carpenter. G. G. loved music...

Len Shelton

Len Shelton

September 12, 2019

Len Shelton Tupelo- Larry "Len" Shelton peacefully left his earthly home on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at Tishomingo Community Living Center in Iuka, Mississippi. A devoted husband and loving father and grandfather, he was cherished by many and will be missed by all who knew him well. Len's story began 74 years ago. He was born on April 27, 1945,...

Tammy Carruthers

Tammy Carruthers

September 11, 2019

Tupelo- Tammy Darlene Carruthers, 55, died Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in the hospice unit at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Itawamba County February 16, 1964 to James Oye and Ruby Lillian Bobo Gray. Tammy loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and sisters. Survivors include two daughters, Nichole Odom and Noel...

Shelby Collins Upchurch

Shelby Collins Upchurch

September 11, 2019

Tupelo- Shelby Collins Upchurch, 94, passed away September 11, 2019, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home, Oxford, Mississippi. Shelby was loved by his family and friends for his gentleness, generosity, and charming smile. He was devoted to his mother, brothers and their Family. Shelby is survived by his nieces Linda Sullivan (Phil), Marykay Mincy (Perry), Nancy Upchurch, and Pamela Van...

Earl H. Beeler

Earl H. Beeler

September 9, 2019

Earl H. Beeler, 72, died Monday, September 9, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 7, 1946, the second child and first son of Rev. Earl F. and Dorothy F. Beeler in Water Valley. Earl attended high school in Alomogordo, New Mexico and graduated from Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas. He...

Billy Hare

Billy Hare

September 8, 2019

Tupelo- Billy Hare, 82, passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2019 at his residence. He was born May 21, 1937 to Curtis Dexter and Lola Mae Hare. He was a 1956 graduate of Tupelo High School, then served in the United States Marine Corps. He enjoyed retirement from Rockwell/Delta after 35 years of employment. He was an avid golf enthusiast...

Jane Coggin

Jane Coggin

September 8, 2019

Plantersville- Lena Jane Coggin, 73, died Sunday, September 8, 2019 in the Hospice unit at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born in Monroe County March 29, 1946 to Harold and Eloise Taylor Smith and grew up around the Lackey Community. For a number of years, she worked as a cashier at various local grocery stores...

Mark Oliver Bullock

Mark Oliver Bullock

September 7, 2019

Mark Oliver Bullock, 72, died Saturday, September 7, 2019 in the Hospice unit at North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, he was born January 30, 1947, the youngest child of Henry Marvin and Louise Young Bullock. He was a graduate of Lucy Caldwell Ragsdale High School where he was All-State and All-Conference...

Vetrice Williams

Vetrice Williams

September 6, 2019

Corinth- Vetrice Moore Williams, 92, died Friday, September 6, 2019 at Southern Magnolia Estates in Iuka. She was born in Fulton, August 11, 1927 to Herschel and Annie Laura Taylor Moore. In 1945, she married Jack Williams of Lexington who owned and operated an electrical appliance business. Later, he answered God's call to become a minister and Vetrice and Jack...

Wanda Scott

Wanda Scott

September 6, 2019

Mooreville -- Wanda Scott , 74, passed away on Friday September 06, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be held at a later date. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com .

Sue Richey Lindsey

Sue Richey Lindsey

September 5, 2019

Mary Sue Richey Lindsey, 69, died Thursday, September 5, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Cleveland, April 11, 1950 as the youngest child and only daughter of Houston and Mary Alice Smitherman Richey and was raised in Lee County. Early in life, she worked as a dispatcher for the Lee County Sherriff's Department and later helped...