OBITUARIES
Bessie Tackitt Brown
June 13, 2018
Pontotoc - Bessie Tackitt Brown, 82, died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at her residence. A life-long resident of Pontotoc County, she was born July 3, 1935, to Earl Veltion and Mary Britt Winters. She worked as a seamstress in furniture manufacturing and she also made clothing for friends and family. Bessie enjoyed crafting, embroidering and creating items such as dolls...
Samuel Shepherd Clark
June 12, 2018
Samuel Shepherd Clark Saltillo – Samuel Shepherd Clark, son of Samuel Justin and Bethany Poppelreiter Clark died Tuesday June 12, 2018 at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was born Monday, June 11, 2018. He is the grandson of Jack and Marsha Clark of Tupelo, Rita and Andy Loden of Saltillo, and the late George Poppelreiter. Private graveside...
Jerry Jerome “Bone” Raines
June 9, 2018
Jerry Jerome “Bone” Raines Shannon formerly of Saltillo- Jerry Jerome “Bone” Raines, 53, died Saturday, June 9, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House following an extended illness. He was born January 18, 1965 to Jerry Dale Raines and Arnita McClellan Raines in Memphis, Tennessee. He was a self employed carpenter by trade that had an inventive spirit always finding ways to...
Gale Presnell
June 9, 2018
Gale Presnell, 59, went to be with her Lord and Savior June 9, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center. A life-long resident of Lee County, she was born February 25, 1959 to Kenneth and Mary Alice Chism Lyles. Gale attended the First Church of Christ in Tupelo. Gale was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother that really enjoyed...
Urcle W. Lomenick
June 4, 2018
Urcle Wood Lomenick, 97, died Monday, June 4, 2018 at the Franks Greenhouse at Traceway Manor in Tupelo. She was born March 29, 1921 In Iuka to Bertha Long and Charles Franklin Wood. She was a graduate of Iuka High School and attended Draughon’s Business School inMemphis before her marriage to Clarence Lomenick in 1942. She and her husband owned...
Amanda Miller Beard
June 4, 2018
Amanda Miller Beard Tupelo - Amanda Miller Beard, 44, died Monday, June 4, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Ripley June 25, 1973, to Randall and Barbara Yoe Miller. She was a 1991 graduate of Booneville High School. On December 6, 2001, she married Stace Beard and together they had two sons....
Frances Robbins Cantrell
June 2, 2018
Frances Ruth Robbins Cantrell Saltillo- Frances Ruth Robbins Cantrell, 89, died Saturday, June 2, 2018 in the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center. Frances was born in Tupelo, August 8, 1928 to Charley and Flora Baggett Robbins. On May 31, 1944, she married Clarence John "Hoppy" Cantrell. For fifty years, they owned the fruit and vegetable market on Court...
Guy "Les" Easterling
May 31, 2018
Guy “Les” Easterling Clarksdale- Guy “ Les” Easterling, 62, died Thursday, May 31, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Tupelo April 11, 1956 to Kenneth Earl and Sarah Thomas Easterling. He worked a number of years as a service writer at Kirk Auto, Nabor’s Toyota and Truck Center of Tupelo. On November 22, 2004, he married Brenda Goff. ...
Savannah Williams
May 31, 2018
Old Union Community- Molly Savannah Williams, 16, went to her heavenly home Thursday, May 31, 2018, at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born in Tupelo May 17, 2002, to Phillip and Sonya Williams. Savannah was a student at Shannon High School where she was a member of the varsity softball team, Beta Club, Honor Choir,...
Johnnie Fay Marks Davis
May 29, 2018
Saltillo- Johnnie Fay Marks Davis, 66, died Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at Spring Gate Rehabilitation in Memphis, Tennessee after a lengthy illness. A native and life-long resident of Saltillo, she was born October 10, 1951, to William Henderson and Lottie Fay King Marks. She was 1969 graduate of Saltillo High School. She married Johnny Daryl Buffenbarger and together they had...
Flora "May May" Hand
May 26, 2018
Flora "May May" Hand Tupelo - Flora May Hand, 75, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Diversicare in Tupelo. She was born March 8, 1943, to Ralph Hawkins and Hazel Banks Hawkins in Arkansas. She moved to Tupelo to be closer with her family in 1972. She married Kenneth Hand on March 8, 1973. For over twenty years, she...
Eula Mae Smith
May 21, 2018
Eula Mae Smith, 97, died Monday, May 21, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center. She was born May 13, 1921, to Alvin and Mary Rebecca Kilpatrick in the Greenwood area where she lived most of her life. On November 8, 1942 she married Charles T. Smith and they shared the most loving 73 years together until his death on March...
Tom Harris
May 21, 2018
Tom HarrisGraveside services with full military honors will be 1 p.m. Monday, May 21, 2018 at Priceville Cemetery.
Charles "Chuck" Fitzner
May 16, 2018
Charles Fitzner, Jr., 87, died Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at the hospice unit of North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Buffalo, New York July 16, 1930, to Charles Fitzner, Sr. and Florence Fisher Fitzner. Over the years, he had lived a number of places throughout the country and had owned a number of movie...
Josephine Burroughs
May 16, 2018
TUPELO- Josephine Baldwin Burroughs, 82 years of age, eased into her eternal home with her Lord and Savior surrounded by family on Mother's Day, May 13, 2018. She was born on July 29, 1935 to Essie Inez Rogers and Wiley Hubbard Baldwin in Brewer where she enjoyed a happy childhood surrounded by a large family, special cousins and friends. Along...
Patricia Phillips
May 15, 2018
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
Theresa C. Davis
May 15, 2018
Theresa C. Davis Tupelo - Theresa C. Davis, 89, died Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Brooklyn, New York June 6, 1928, to John and Christine Botti Scarpa. Early in life, she worked as a bookkeeper in Long Island, New York where she met Leon Davis and moved...
Glen K. "Buck" Denman
May 14, 2018
Glen K. "Buck" Denman Evergreen Community - Glen K. "Buck" Denman, Jr., 87, died Monday, May 14, 2018, at Oak Tree Manor Assisted Living in Amory after an extended illness. He was born in Morganton, North Carolina August 1, 1930, to Glen K. Denman, Sr. and Mannie Harold, but he called Charleston, South Carolina home. Early in life, he worked...
Steve Webb
May 14, 2018
Steve Webb Mooreville- Steven Edward Webb, 51, died suddenly Monday, May 14, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born in Chicago, Illinois January 16, 1967, to Charles and Eleanor Webb. On October 24, 2000, he married Patsy Turner and together they have enjoyed life for the past 18 years. He worked as a truck driver for 18 years...
Josephine Burroughs
May 13, 2018
TUPELO- Josephine Baldwin Burroughs, 82 years of age, eased into her eternal home with her Lord and Savior surrounded by family on Mother's Day, May 13, 2018. She was born on July 29, 1935 to Essie Inez Rogers and Wiley Hubbard Baldwin in Brewer where she enjoyed a happy childhood surrounded by a large family, special cousins and friends. Along...
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