Jul 19, 2024

Evon C. Reed, 88, passed away on July 19, 2024 at Golden Age Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born April 24, 1936 to Aubrey and Inez Blaylock Collins in Rankin County. Her family moved to Okolona when she was 5 years old and she lived on her homeplace all but the last couple of years of...

Jul 3, 2024

Dorothy Jean Cobb Pannell, 90, passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at the North MS Medical Center. She was born March 30, 1934 in Lee County to Gilbert and Thelma Lipford Cobb. She loved her church family at Oak Valley Christian Church and lovingly took on the task of preparing communion, arranging flowers and playing the piano. She worked...

Jul 1, 2024

Bess Bodie Toler, 100, passed away Monday, July 1, 2024 at Lifecare Center of Hickory Woods in Antioch, TN. She was born May 1, 1924 to James Samuel Bodie and Barzilla Hosey Bodie in Pearl River County, MS. She was a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church. She was the President of the Women's Literary Club of Tupelo,  the lakeside...

Jun 22, 2024

Reverend John Edmond Cox was born into time and mortality on August 27, 1941, in Monroe County, MS, to the union of Reverend Henry Allen Cox and Edna E. Davis Cox. On June 22, 2024, he transcended mortality and embraced immortality. A scholar of great distinction, he was educated in the Lee and Monroe County School Districts. He attended...

Jun 20, 2024

Eugene DeBow, 102, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2024, at The Brook assisted living facility in Birmingham, AL. He was born to Gordon DeBow and Maudie Broderick DeBow on January 31, 1922, in Fulton, MS. He graduated from the Itawamba Agricultural High School in the class of 1940. During World War II, Gene served four years with the Tenth...

Jun 9, 2024

Earline Conway Gates, 83, passed away Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Shearer- Richardson Memorial Nursing Home in Okolona. She was born on September 23, 1940, to the late Qudelus Conway, Sr. and Cora B. Page Conway. She had a strong faith in God and a strong zest for life. She was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Earline received her education...

Jun 9, 2024

Gloria Jean Driver, 80, passed away Sunday, June 9, 2024 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo.  She was born April 25, 1944 to Ellis E. Newton and Hazel Elliott Newton in Morven, GA. She graduated from Pavo High School in Pavo, GA. She was baptized at an early age at her hometown community church in Georgia. As an adult...

Jun 3, 2024

Shirley McCarthy

Tupelo -

Shirley Jean Joyner Bryant McCarthy passed away peacefully Monday, June 3 at Tupelo Nursing and Rehab after a lengthy illness. She was born November 5, 1944 in Prentiss County to Haston and Etheleen Arnold Joyner. Shirley loved the Lord and looked forward to her eternal home. She was a longtime member...

May 21, 2024

Mark Bowen

Tupelo -

Mark Edwin Bowen, 65, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at the North MS Medical Center. He was born August 4, 1958 in Farmington, New Mexico to Hansel and Doris Marie Bowen. He spent his career in the furniture industry. Starting out at Action Industries moving on to Vice President...

May 20, 2024

Paul Allen Thompson, 77, passed away Monday, May 20, 2024 at his home. He was born March 18, 1947, in Knoxville, TN to Richard Henry and Sarah Elizabeth Allen Thompson. He served his country during the Vietnam War in the United States Air Force where he was an Air Traffic Controller. He was a longtime resident of Nashville, TN...