Jeanette Elizabeth Rushing
Nov 17, 2020
Jeanette Elizabeth Rushing, better known as "Granny," passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of Tuesday, November 17, 2020. She was a force of nature, headstrong and stubborn, and did everything in life with passion. She loved her children and husband fiercely, and her grandchildren almost fiercer. Up until her health would no longer...
Charles Willard Vance
Nov 16, 2020
Charles Willard Vance, 69, died Monday, November 16, 2020, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born August 13, 1951 to Thomas George and Eva Marie Keith Vance. He was a member of Connect Church in Tupelo.
Jettie Beasley
Nov 14, 2020
Jettie Beasley, 81, died Saturday, November 14, 2020, at the North MS Medical Center. She was born in Pontotoc on February 2, 1939 to Mitchell and Lennie Mae McCullough Gober. She graduated for Toccopola High School. She has been an active member of East Heights Baptist Church for 47 years in which she participated in the sewing club,...
Ray Reed Williams
Nov 11, 2020
Ray Williams, 51, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at the North MS Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born December 18, 1968 in Tupelo to Billy Ray and Coy Reed Williams. He was raised in Verona and attended Verona Elementary School and Shannon High School. He was the owner of Williams Service Center and a member...
Elsie Daugherty
Nov 7, 2020
Elsie Ray (Ellis) Daugherty, a resident of the Charleston Place assisted-living facility in Fulton, MS passed away peacefully in the company of loved ones on November 7, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center's Hospice Care Unit in Tupelo, MS. She was 90 years old. She will be buried alongside Thomas, her husband of 58 years, at Lee Memorial Park...
Edward Glyn Hester
Nov 7, 2020
Edward Glyn Hester, 77, of Nettleton, died Saturday, November 7, 2020, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory after a brief illness. He was born February 8, 1943, in Itawamba County to Herman Glyn Hester and Ruth Johnson Hester. He graduated from Nettleton High School then went on to graduate from Mississippi State University with a Business...
Denny "Wilkie" Pugh
Oct 31, 2020
Denny "Wilkie" Pugh, Sr., 80, died Saturday, October 31, 2020, at Sunshine Health Care in Pontotoc. He was born October 12, 1940, in Backus Mountain, West Virginia to Sam and Ella Pugh. He was a machinist at S and C Electrical in Chicago, IL for over 34 years. An avid outdoorsman, he loved nature and enjoyed hunting and...
Bobby Scott
Oct 25, 2020
Bobby Scott, 82, died Sunday, October 25, 2020, at the North MS Medical Center. He was born in Tishomingo County on March 13, 1938 to Coker and Veela Mae Scott. He served in the MS National Guard. He was a longtime truck driver and retired from Action Industries. He attended Friendship Baptist Church. He loved to farm and...
Linda Ridgeway
Oct 19, 2020
Linda Ridgeway, 74, died suddenly at her home Monday, October 19, 2020. She was born August 28, 1946 in Lee County to Beland and Flora Mae Dill. She was a member of Verona Pentecostal Church. She worked many years in the food business, working for West Main Barbeque and Vend Foods. She spent most of her time taking...
Jennie Buskirk Cox
Oct 17, 2020
Jennie Buskirk Cox, 82, died Saturday, October 17, 2020 at the North MS Medical Center, Hospice Unit. She was born in Tupelo on March 16, 1938, to Roy and Iva Arnold. She worked at the North MS Medical Center as an Operating Room Technician and later for Dr. Janice Burns. She was a longtime member of East Main...