OBITUARIES
Bobby Gene "Bobbo" Ratliff, Jr.
November 19, 2018
Saltillo – Bobby Gene “Bobbo” Ratliff, Jr., 58, died Monday, November 19, 2018, at Traceway Nursing Home. He was born July 6, 1960, to Bobby G. and Betty Jo Hatcher Ratliff in Itawamba County. He was married for 28 years to Tracy Stacks Ratliff. Bobby proudly served his country for 12 years as a member of the United States Army...
Roy Morgan, Jr.
November 18, 2018
Auburn Community- Roy "Red" Morgan, Jr., 74, died Sunday, November 18, 2018 at his residence. He was born February 2, 1944 to Roy Morgan, Sr. and Ellosie Morgan. Early in life, he worked as a farmer with his father. Later, he owned and operated an air conditioning company. He enjoyed playing guitar, singing and listening to gospel music. He loved...
Priscilla Eubank
November 17, 2018
Priscilla Eubank Tupelo- Priscilla Watts Eubank gained her heavenly wings, Saturday, November 17, 2018 at the Hospice Unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born October 7, 1940 to Guy Ellis and Ira Lee Watts and was a graduate of Tupelo High School. Beautiful inside and out, Priscilla was crowned Miss Tupelo in 1957. Throughout the years, she worked...
William R. Langley
November 17, 2018
William R. Langley, 71, died Saturday, November 17, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. Saturday, November 17, 2018 at W.E. Pegues, Tupelo. Services honoring his life will be 2 p.m. Sunday, November 18, 2018 at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues with Rev. Neal Ramage officiating. Expressions...
James Ray Wood
November 16, 2018
James Ray Wood, 77, died unexpectedly Friday, November 16, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Saltillo, January 28, 1941 to James Scott and Mary Sue Sullivan Wood. He grew up in the Birmingham Ridge Community and attended Itawamba Junior College. He worked as a National Sales Manager with Warner Electra Atlantic Music Entertainment in the record...
Jackie D. Williams
November 16, 2018
Jackie Dewayne Williams, 63, died Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Sanctuary Hospice House surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Lee County on March 1, 1955 to Mack and Wilma Williams. Early in his life, he served in the U.S. Navy. He worked a number of years as a truck driver before becoming disabled. In May of...
Jon Micheal Snider
November 15, 2018
Pensacola, Florida formerly of Saltillo- Jon Micheal Snider, 33, died Thursday, November 15, 2018 in the Covenant Hospice Unit of West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born in Saltillo, March 17, 1985 to Olen Micheal and Teresa Snider. In 2003, he graduated from Saltillo High School where he played the saxophone in the...
Dr. James Leighton Pettis, Jr.
November 15, 2018
Memphis. Tennesee formely of Tupelo- Dr James Leighton Pettis, Jr., 85, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018. He was born in Oxford June 14, 1933 to James Leighton Pettis, Sr. and Elizabeth Pettis. After graduating from University High School, Leighton enrolled at the University of Mississippi where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma and Phi...
Edna Twitty
November 13, 2018
Tupelo - Edna Ree Stark Twitty, 79, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2018, surrounded by family at her residence. She was born in Pontotoc January 14, 1939, to Raymond and Reba Clayton Stark. She graduated from Pontotoc High School in 1956 and attended Itawamba Junior College and Mississippi College. Edna was a homemaker and volunteered as an ambassador at North...
Frances Parnell Vaughn
November 10, 2018
Frances Parnell Vaughn Saltillo- Frances Parnell Vaughn, 56, died Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born June 14, 1962 to Joseph Raymond and Ruth Marks Vaughn. For several years, she worked at Mississippi Valley Gas and had also worked as a chef at various restaurants. She loved dogs, especially her “Baby Girl.” Frances was of the...
Annette Clifton
November 10, 2018
Annette Clifton Iuka - Shirley Annette Clifton, 80, passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018 after an extended illness, peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born July 12, 1938 to King and Ruby Scruggs. After retirement of 51 years with OBGYN & Associates, she and her husband, Jimmy, moved to Mill Creek where they enjoyed fishing, boating, feeding...
J.C. Parker
November 9, 2018
J.C. Parker Plantersville- Jasper Cleburn "J. C." Parker Jr., 72, went to be with the Lord Friday, November 9, 2018 at Baldwyn Nursing Home. J. C. was born May 4, 1946, to Mirtie Irene Steele Parker and Jasper Cleburn Parker Sr. On June 22, 1965, he married the former, Peggy Maxine Waddle. He was a loving, caring son, brother, husband,...
Harold D. Turner
November 9, 2018
Germantown, Tennessee formerly of Tupelo - Harold David Turner, 80, died Friday, November 9, 2018, at Methodist Germantown Healthcare after a lengthy illness. He was born in Tupelo June 1, 1938, to Jewel Doris and Helen Keirle Turner and had been a resident of Germantown for 47 years. He received his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering in 1960 from Mississippi State...
David Ellis
November 4, 2018
David Ellis Evergreen Community- Byron David Ellis, 66, died suddenly Sunday, November 4, 2018, at his residence. He was born in Tupelo, February 26, 1952, to William and Lila Lamb Ellis. He was raised in Tupelo and graduated from Mooreville High School. He also attended Itawamba Community College. For four years, David served his country in the 101st Airborne in...
Pauline White
November 1, 2018
Richmond Community- Pauline White, 84, died Thursday, November 1, 2018, at her residence. She was born in Amory, August 7, 1934, to Walter G. and Lena Cooper Starling. Pauline loved reading books and collecting dolls. She was a loving mother and grandmother and a member of Richmond Pentecostal Church. Survivors include two daughters, Rhonda Kaye Ritter and her husband, Tim,...
Scott Russell
November 1, 2018
Pontotoc - Scott Allen Russell, 62, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, November 1, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Pontotoc January 18, 1956, to Lake and Geraldine McDonald Russell. Scott was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Survivors include wife, Lesa Russell of Pontotoc; one daughter, Lindsay Greer and her husband, Terry of Etta; three sons, Lee...
Jeffrey A. "Poppy" Stanton
November 1, 2018
Guntown- Jeffrey Allen Stanton, 57, died Thursday, November 1, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee July 21, 1961 to James Allen “Al” and Alice Fay Keys Stanton and was raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In May of 1990, he married Patricia Lynn Payne of Clinton, Tennessee. After 11 years of...
Charles Twitty
October 30, 2018
Tupelo- Richard Charles Twitty, 85, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born May 19, 1933 in Pontotoc County to Elmer and Connie Twitty and was raised in the Hurricane Community. He received both his bachelors and masters degrees from Mississippi State University and was a life-long avid Bulldog fan. He was a veteran of...
Jackie Aldridge, Sr.
October 29, 2018
Jackie Aldridge, Sr. Mooreville- Jackie Aldridge, Sr., 67, passed away Monday, October 29, 2018, at his home. Services will be held at a later date. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com
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