OBITUARIES
John Richard Thorderson
October 2, 2018
Tupelo – Dr. John Richard Thorderson, 80, passed away Tuesday evening, October 2, 2018, after a lengthy illness at his home in Tupelo. He was born in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, on December 26 , 1937 to Parley Eugene and Winona Seely Thorderson. He was raised in Kaysville, Utah where he graduated from Davis High School in 1956. He attended...
Glenda Garrett Cooper
October 2, 2018
Glenda Joyce Garrett Cooper, 59, died Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany after a lengthy illness. A native and life-long resident of the Auburn Community, she was born April 15, 1959, to Jack C. and Marine Thompson Garrett. She worked at Charlie Brown Nursery in Tupelo for over 15 years. She had also worked as...
Tammy Renee Bryant
October 1, 2018
Mooreville - Tammy Renee Bryant, 56, died Monday, October 1, 2018, at her residence. A native of Tupelo, she was born July 22, 1962, to Euel Brown and Thera Runell Burleson Bryant. She was a long-time resident of Tupelo until she relocated to Mooreville with her sister several months ago. Tammy loved to sing. She also enjoyed fishing, camping and...
Denise “Nee-Nee” Hallmark
September 29, 2018
Denise “Nee-Nee” Hallmark Guntown- Brenda Denise “Nee-Nee” Felks Hallmark, 48, died at home Saturday September 29, 2018. She was born November 10, 1969 in Baldwyn, Mississippi to William Boyd Felks and Brenda Lou Towery Felks. Denise was a hard worker who held many various jobs before her declining health. Nee-Nee loved her family especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed spending time...
Minister Leon Willis
September 26, 2018
Minister Leon Willis Tupelo – Jimmy Leon Willis, Senior, 77, died Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Michie, Tennessee, March 30, 1941, to R.C. Willis and Betty Sue Glidewell Willis. He was a 1959 graduate of Tupelo High School. On May 23, 1959, he married Mary “Jean” Kelly. He worked for many years...
John R. Sandlin
September 25, 2018
John Russell Sandlin, 69, passed away peacefully Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born in Saltillo, March 27, 1949 to Cecil and Mary Edith Putt Sandlin. He was a 1969 graduate of Saltillo High School. He was a carpenter, plumber and "jack of all trades". He loved...
Cortez Gentry
September 22, 2018
Pontotoc County - Cortez Gentry, lovingly referred to as "Corky" and "Tez" by his family, 93, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. He was born in Pontotoc County May 21, 1925, to George Washington and Ophelia Victoria "Queen" Sappington Gentry. On May 18, 1946, he married Annie Jean Clarady in Pontotoc County....
Samantha Sheffield
September 21, 2018
Saltillo- Samantha Danielle Sheffield, 37, died suddenly Friday, September 21, 2018. She was born in Tupelo, February 27, 1981. Samantha loved being with her family and going on trips with her kids. She also enjoyed reading, listening to music and singing. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Mantachie. She loved everyone and everyone loved her and was...
Margaret Jackson Tant
September 20, 2018
Margaret Jackson Tant, 77, died Thursday, September 20, 2018, after a brief illness at the Community Hospice Warner Center for Caring in Fernandina Beach. A native of Tupelo, she was born June 5, 1941, to Owen Phillip and Mary Nell Jackson. She was a 1959 graduate of Tupelo High School. Margaret was a homemaker most of her life, but had...
Edwin L. Johnson
September 20, 2018
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
Alfreda Hanlon
September 20, 2018
Alfreda Hanlon Tupelo- Callie Alfreda Hawkins Hanlon, 89, died Thursday September 20, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Portageville, Missouri to Clarence Ambrose and Clara Hawkins on October 27, 1928. On July 7, 1956, she married Keith Hanlon at Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. She was a telephone operator most of her working life...
Angela Duderstadt Pounds
September 19, 2018
Angela Duderstadt Pounds Mooreville- Angela Faye Duderstadt Pounds, 25, died September 17, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Corinth November 7, 1992 to Jimmy and Cathy Duderstadt. She was a graduate of Baldwyn High School. After having a car accident in 2011, she lived in the Baldwyn Nursing Home for two years until she moved in...
Charlie "Mack" Williams, Sr.
September 18, 2018
Charlie "Mack" Williams Sr. Tupelo - Charlie McDonald "Mack" Williams, Sr., 86, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at his residence. He was born in Pontotoc County, September 6, 1932, to James Nathaniel and Icey Roberta Sparks Williams. Early in life, he served on the USS Manchester in the United States Navy during the Korean War. On March 10, 1971, he...
Lynn Clemmer
September 18, 2018
Tupelo - Lena "Lynn" Clemmer, 81, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at the Hospice Unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in West Memphis, Arkansas, July 31, 1937, to Jim and Minnie House Hickman. On November 3, 1955, she married Richard "Dick" Clemmer, Jr. They moved everywhere from England to Japan and all across the United States while...
Sherry Lynn Gourley
September 18, 2018
Sherry Lynn Gourley Tupelo, Mississippi- Sherry Lynn Gourley, 55, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Tupelo on June 19, 1963, to Eugune Rayburn and Sylvia Jim Howle Rayburn. On May 18, 1983 she married John Ed Gourley. Before becoming disabled she worked various jobs. Survivors include her husband, John Gourley of Tupelo;...
Angela Duderstadt Pounds
September 17, 2018
Angela Duderstadt Pounds Mooreville- Angela Faye Duderstadt Pounds, 25, died September 17, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born in Corinth November 7, 1992 to Jimmy and Cathy Duderstadt. She was a graduate of Baldwyn High School. After having a car accident in 2011, she lived in the Baldwyn Nursing Home for two years until she moved in...
Marcia Kaye Morgan
September 15, 2018
Kaye Morgan Unity Community- Marcia Kaye Morgan, 58, died Saturday September 15, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a two year illness. She was born on September 23, 1959 to Calvin Coolidge Harding. In January of 1999, she married George Weaver in Alabama. At several stores, Kaye was a produce and meat market manager. She and her husband...
Mary Russell Foster
September 14, 2018
Mary Russell Foster Mooreville- Mary Sue Foster, 73, died Friday, September 14, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who loved people and was always smiling. Mary was born April 29, 1945 to Roy Russell and Fannie Lee Kelly Russell in Tupelo. She married Carl Ray Foster...
Wayne Haas
September 13, 2018
Tupelo - John Wayne Haas, 93, died Thursday, September 13, 2018, at his residence. A life-long resident of Tupelo, he was born February 27, 1925, to Rev. James Melvin and Gracie Reese Haas. Early in life, he served his country honorably in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. In 1947, he married Reba Armstrong...
Alice Cobb
September 11, 2018
Tupelo-Mary Alice Cobb, 90, died Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at her residence. She was born in Sherman, Mississippi, August 19, 1928, to Tom and Fronie Mae Jackson Rial. She graduated from Sherman High School and relocated to the Tupelo area after she got her first job as a telephone operator at South Central Bell where she worked for a number...
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