Norma Hurst
May 20, 2020
Norma Ray Hurst, 84, of Tupelo, passed away peacefully Friday, May 20, 2020 at the Laney Greenhouse after a long hard battle with dementia. She is now at her heavenly home free of pain.
Norma retired from J.C. Penney after working there for 20 years. She was born January 13, 1936 in Houston, MS...
Leatrice C. Nanney
May 15, 2020
Leatrice Waddle Cole Nanney, 87, passed away Friday, May 15 th , 2020 at home in Byhalia, MS. Leatrice was born October 6, 1932 with her twin brother, Leaton, and was blessed to be the 13 th child of 14 children born to Rochford and Amanda Conwill Waddle of Plantersville, MS. Leatrice married Herman O. Cole July 29, 1949,...
Rachel B. Elrod
May 13, 2020
Rachel B. Elrod, 79, of Shannon, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born July 9, 1940 to Virgil and Mae Oner Black. She loved spending time with her family, church family, the Lee Co. Homemakers Club, and Young at Hearts. She was a member of Doty Chapel Baptist Church...
J C King
May 9, 2020
J C King, 89, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2020, at North MS Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born July 31, 1930, in Itawamba County to Archie and Myrtle King. He served his country in the US Air Force during the Korean War. He worked many years and retired from Delta International. He loved...
Mildred Sisk
Apr 30, 2020
Mildred Tallant Sisk passed away on April 30, 2020 at Somerby Assisted Living in Birmingham, Alabama at the age of 86. She was born in Golden, Mississippi on January 30, 1934 to Ernest and Mabel Tallant. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, James "Jimmy" Sisk; daughter, Debbie Fischer; and her parents.
She...
Mavis Gilliam
Apr 21, 2020
Mavis Gilliam, 81, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at Diversicare of Amory after a lengthy illness. She was born May 15, 1938, in Walker County, Alabama to Jessie and Verna Mae Williams Criddle. She was a graduate of Aberdeen High School. She as a member of First Baptist Church, Tupelo and a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time...
Janet King
Apr 12, 2020
Mary Janet Johnson King, age 98, died peacefully at home in Collierville, TN on Easter evening April 12, 2020.
She is survived by her three children: Judy Ann Boren of Summerfield, Florida, John Hoyle King, Jr. (and Martha) of Boulder City, Nevada, and Joy Lynn Johnson (and Rusty) of Collierville, Tennessee; six grandchildren: Paige Walton Scott (and...
Teresa Ann Tartt
Apr 10, 2020
Teresa Ann Tartt, 67, of Amory, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020. She was born September 12, 1952 to Cecil A. Tutor and Golden Hale Tutor.
A private graveside service will be at 11:00 A.M. Monday, April 13, 2020 at Lee Memorial Park .
She is survived by...
Jonathan Powell
Apr 10, 2020
Jonathan Lopez Powell, 84, died Friday, April 10, 2020, at the Baptist Hospital, Oxford. He was born on August 31, 1935, the last of fourteen children born to James Claude and Maude Mae Brazeal Powell. He and his twin sister were born in the Blair Community near Guntown. Jonathan's father was a sharecropper and life was hard for...
Ms. Margie Hamm
Apr 9, 2020
Margie Hamm, 78, passed away at her home. She was born in Corinth, MS, and later moved to Tupelo, MS, where she lived the rest of her life.
She is survived by her daughter, Michele Mitchell Sizemore, son-in-law Kenny Sizemore, grandchildren Scott and Leslie Sizemore, aunt Katherine Holloway, sister and brother-in-law Kay and Don...