OBITUARIES
Linda Davis Austin
June 12, 2020
Tupelo- Linda Davis Austin, 73, died Friday, June 12, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Poplarville, on July 15, 1946 to Earl and Mary Bond Davis. After graduating high school, she went on to receive a Bachelors degree in Education from the Mississippi University for Women. She began her teaching career in Kossuth and retired from Shannon High...
Randy Lee Anglin
June 11, 2020
Randy Lee Anglin, 64, died Thursday, June 11, 2020 at his home. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born November 8, 1955, the son of Orbin Anglin and Anne Mae Barnes. After his high school graduation, he worked several different jobs including working for the City of Tupelo and driving a truck. He was a former member...
Bettye C. Whitenton
June 10, 2020
Bettye Jo Clayton Whitenton, 85, died Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Dorsey, October 26, 1934, the only child to Judson Turnage and Ruth Sheffield Clayton. On June 16, 1950, she married Roy Reese Whitenton. Early in life, she worked at Whit’s Music Store and later worked as a bookkeeper for her husband...
Louise Westmoreland
June 9, 2020
Louise Westmoreland, 85, died Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Houston, October 30, 1934 to Russel and Ethel Long King. On November 23, 1950, she married Charles Westmoreland and they shared 39 years together until his death in 1990. For 15 years, she worked in the arts, crafts and fabric department at Walmart. Her hobbies...
Leonard R. Shackelford
June 9, 2020
Leonard Ray Shackleford, 97, died Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Itawamba County, December 16, 1922 to Perry and Alcie Ann Eliza Duffy Shackelford. As a young man, he answered his Country’s call to arms and served many years in the Army during World War II. During his Military career, he was stationed at various...
Virginia Spight
June 7, 2020
Mrs. Virginia Toomer Spight, life-long resident of Tupelo, Mississippi, died June 7, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born September 2, 1914 at the family home in Tupelo to the late Dr. William A. Toomer, and Ruth Gaither Toomer. She grew up in Tupelo, graduating from Tupelo High School in 1932. During her senior year in high school...
Louise Harris
June 6, 2020
Louise Harris, 81, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born June 1, 1939, the daughter of Avin and Minnie Jackson Towery. During her career, Louise worked at Red Cap Industries, Blue Bell, Baldwyn Nursing Home and Guntown School Cafeteria. She was a member of Living Waters Church in Eggville. Louise enjoyed dancing,...
Robert E. Ellis
June 5, 2020
Robert Earl Ellis, 66, passed away Friday, June 5, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center of an extended illness. A Lee County native and lifelong resident, he was born March 15, 1954 to Charles R. and Ruth McColum Ellis. Robert worked as a self employed carpenter for several years before his health began to decline. He was a member...
Wanda Jean Reed
June 4, 2020
Pontotoc—Wanda Jean Reed, 49, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020 at the Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven. She was born November 5, 1970, the daughter of Willie Jean Reed and Annie Katherine Montgomery Reed. Wanda worked in food services for the North Mississippi Medical Center for several years. She was a member of God’s House of Prayer and she enjoyed...
Dennis Holmes
June 3, 2020
Dennis Holmes, 55, passed Wednesday, June 3, 2020. He was born July 2, 1964 in Holly Springs to Lonnie and Margaret Feather Holmes. Dennis was the shipping and receiving supervisor for Limoss Manufacturing where he worked for the past eight years. He was a member of the Tupelo Church of God and the most important part of his life was...
Robert Seymore
May 29, 2020
Robert Steve Seymore, 75, died Friday, May 29, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A native and life-long resident of Shannon, he was born, September 17, 1944 to Steve and Dorothy Price Seymore. For years, he worked as a supervisor with the Water and Gas Department with the town of Shannon. In 1968, he married Lois Gaines. Robert loved riding...
Leon S. Davis
May 28, 2020
Leon Spencer Davis, 90, died Thursday, May 28, 2020 at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. A native of Lee County, he was born May 10, 1930 to George Franklin and Willie B. Parker Davis. As a young man, Leon traveled to Long Island, New York to visit family and by fate, met his wife, Theresa Scarpa. They made...
Susie DuVall
May 24, 2020
On May 24, 2020, Linda “Susie” DuVall’s earthly life concluded and her Heavenly celebration at the feet of her Father began. Susie spent the entirety of her life in Saltillo, MS. She was an avid member of Oak Hill Community Church for over 50 years, where she served in many roles, her favorites being pianist and choir director. Susie was...
James Murry Smith
May 22, 2020
James Murry Smith, 81, passed away peacefully at his home after a brief illness. James was born August 16, 1938, the fifth child of Omer Burl and Ester Mae Smith. He grew up on a farm in Hughes, Arkansas where he graduated high school and attended the University of Arkansas. He was quite the basketball player in high school. He...
Penny Nichols
May 22, 2020
Margaret J. “Penny” Nichols died Friday, May 22, 2020, at the Sanctuary Hospice House, at the age of 70. A native of Tupelo, she was born December 1, 1949 to James Theron and Margaret Nichols at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Penny was a graduate of the Mississippi University for Women with a major in art. She continued to paint...
Mary D. Mosby
May 20, 2020
Mary Dean Mosby, 73, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2020 at her home in Saltillo. She leaves behind to cherish her memories nine children, 29 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. The wake will be Friday from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. at Harris Funeral Home, 427 East Alexander Street, Greenville, Miss. 38702. The graveside funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday,...
Billy Burks
May 20, 2020
Tupelo—Billy Burks, 85, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born April 23, 1935 in Lee County, the son of John Allen and Loraine Burks. He was a graduate of Tupelo High School and attended Itawamba Junior College. Billy proudly served his country for three years in the United...
Dr. Douglas E. Clark
May 19, 2020
On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, Douglas Earl Clark passed away at the age of 74 doing what he loved, fishing on Pickwick Lake. Doug was born on January 1, 1946 to Earl and Sarah in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Doug grew up in West Point, MS and lived in Tupelo since 1977. He married his High School sweetheart, Grace Strickland Clark,...
Bro. Howard Tison Curbow
May 19, 2020
Bro. Howard Tison Curbow, 94, went home to his heavenly reward on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. He was born in Lee County August 14, 1925, the son of Robert and Elsie Christian Curbow. Tison married his childhood sweetheart, Lela Faye Dickerson Curbow and they had 67 happy years as husband and wife. A member of the “Greatest Generation, “ Tison...
Alan M. Bank
May 18, 2020
Alan M. Bank Tupelo- Alan M. Bank, 91, died Monday, May 18, 2020 at Avonlea Assisted Living. Alan was born December 31, 1928, to Albert and Sylvia Singer Bank in Jersey City, New Jersey, and was a graduate of Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He attended New York Graduate Business School, the Menninger Institute of Behavioral Science, and completed...
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