Mildred Hester Lipford Cregeen
Feb 25, 2019
Mildred Hester Lipford Cregeen , 97, passed on from this life on Monday, February 25, 2019. She was born September 17, 1921 in Monroe County, the daughter of the late Earl and Louise Mundy Hester. She lived most of her life in Lee County and was a member of the Oak Valley Christian Church in Palmetto. After...
Florene Garrett
Feb 23, 2019
Florene Garrett, 85, died Saturday, February 23, 2019 at her daughter's house surrounded by her family. She was born January 30, 1934 in Hamilton, AL to Rufus and Tiny Simmons. She worked many years in the garment industry as a seamstress. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She enjoyed puzzles, seek-a-word books and loved being...
Irene Pannell
Feb 23, 2019
Irene Brooks Pannell, 101, died Saturday, February 23, 2019, at Shearer-Richardson Nursing Home. She was born February 10, 1918 in Woodland to George and Anna Belle Brooks. She was a seamstress at Delta Trousers for many years and a member of Carnation Baptist Church. She loved to fish and garden and years ago, go to church picnics. ...
Suzette Cagle Johnson
Feb 13, 2019
Cathy Suzette Cagle Johnson, 46, died Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. She was born January 26, 1973, in Tupelo to Lewis and Mary West Cagle. She was a graduate of Tupelo High School and a member of First Baptist Church, Verona. She was a desk clerk for the Tupelo Police Department...
Guy William Gann
Feb 2, 2019
Guy William Gann, 84, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the Holly Springs Nursing and Rehab Facility. A lifelong resident of Lee County, Guy was born August 30 1934, in Shannon the son of Guy and Opaline Gann. He served 4 years in the US Navy and was retired from Atlas Truckbody in Wren. He was a member...
Mary Nell Powell Farris
Jan 30, 2019
SALTILLO - Mary Nell Farris was called to be with her Heavenly Father and family on January 30, 2019. She was born September 16th, 1929 to James Claude Powell and Maude Mae (Brazeal) Powell. She grew up in north Mississippi, attending Mooreville and Lawhon public schools. At Mooreville High School she met her sweetheart, Bobby Dwayne Farris, whom she...
Joyce Henderson
Jan 7, 2019
Joyce Henderson passed away Monday, January 7, 2018 at the Rosewood Residence personal care home. She was 89. Born October 11, 1929, she was the daughter of George and Sallie Chism Holloway. For many years Joyce owned and operated a beauty shop out of her home which was to her a personal ministry to the ladies she took care...
Charles W. Rogers
Dec 29, 2018
Mr. Charles Rogers, 82, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2018, at the North MS Medical Center Hospice unit after a lengthy illness. He was born June 11, 1936 in Tupelo, the son of Hansell and Ripple Hood Rogers. A graduate of Mooreville High School, he was an outstanding basketball player and attended Itawamba Junior College on a basketball scholarship. ...
Emmer Gean Long
Dec 28, 2018
Emmer Gean Long, 90, died Friday, December 28, 2018, at her son's home. She was born June 16, 1928, in Shannon to Albert Lonzo and Mellie Esther Mason Hall. She worked for Delta Trousers for 38 years then worked several years in the cafeteria at Okolona High School and Shannon High School. She was a member of Union...
Dorris Burleson
Dec 19, 2018
Dorris Burleson August 13, 1938 - December 19, 2018 Mrs. Dorris Houston Burleson, 80, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2018 at the Baldwyn Nursing Facility. She was born August 13, 1938, in Lee County, the daughter of James Ruben Houston and Ernye Christine Guin Houston. Dorris was a 1956 graduate of Tupelo High School. She married James Barto Burleson on...