Michael Knight

Jul 3, 2025

James Michael Knight, 47, passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2025. He was born March 14, 1978 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Jim Knight and Deborah Reece Mitchell. He graduated from Tupelo High School in 1996. He attended Mississippi State University and earned his Doctorate of Pharmacy from Ole Miss. He was a member of Harrisburg Baptist Church. He...

Susan Reed

Jul 3, 2025

Susan A. Reed, 71, passed away Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the North MS Medical Center Hospice Unit after a brief illness. She was born on April 8, 1954 in Tupelo to Troy and Margie Smith. She graduated from Tupelo High School in 1972 and earned her BSN from the Mississippi University for Women. She was a longtime member...

Charles Edward Holt

Jun 24, 2025

Charles Edward Holt of Belden, age 72, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at his home. He was born in Wyandotte, MI on December 20, 1952 to Harold Holt and Isabell Carson Holt. He was a member of Celebration Church in Tupelo. After retirement he was a hospice chaplin and a member of prayer warriors. He was an avid...

John Robert Carson

Jun 8, 2025

John Robert Carson, age 78, passed away Sunday, June 8, 2025 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born in Tupelo to Glen Clarence and Carrie Mae Carson. He was Baptist in faith. He was a pharmacy graduate from Ole Miss. He owned and operated John's Pharmacy for 28 years. He was a classic car enthusiast and...

Jo Ann Cayson

Jun 7, 2025

Jo Ann Cayson, 85, passed away peacefully on June 7, 2025 at North MS Medical Center, Hospice Unit. She was born in Lee County to Forrest and Lera Bradley Wesson on January 26, 1940. Jo Ann graduated from Tupelo High School where she was an outstanding basketball player. She was a longtime legal secretary, working for Mitchell McNutt and...

David Koon, Jr.

Jun 4, 2025

Tupelo – David Koon, Jr., 87, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at Magnolia Place in New Albany. He was born February 27, 1938 in Booneville to David and Jodie Koon. He served in the Mississippi National Guard. He started his career with Mid South Packers in 1960 and worked there for decades till eventually retiring from Bryan Foods....

Patty Chrestman

Jun 3, 2025

Patricia Gail (Patty) Chrestman, 80, entered her eternal home with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, June 3, 2025 surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 14, 1945 in Smackover, Arkansas to Alvin and Odeel Chapman. She was a school teacher for several years and a homemaker. She was a longtime member of Hope Church where she had...

Jeff Elliott

May 30, 2025

Jeffrey Craig Elliott, 1949-2025, was called to his heavenly home on May 30, 2025.  He was a member of Crossroads Christian Church in the Auburn community where he still attended every Sunday.

Jeff grew up in a small Illinois town, Canton, Illinois.  He graduated from Canton High School and went on to Spoon River College and the...

Ella Jewell Morgan

May 30, 2025

Jewell Morgan, 92, passed peacefully from this life into life eternal surrounded by her family on Friday, May 30,2025 at Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born July 17, 1932 in Saltillo to Sam and Ella Bradley Archibald. She married Phillip Morgan and they made their home in the Auburn community and she live there up until a few years...

Carolyn Gail Rutledge

May 12, 2025

Tupelo – Carolyn Gail Rutledge passed away peacefully, with family by her side on Monday, May 12, 2025, at UAB hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Carolyn was born on July 2, 1951, to Mattie Idell Ward and Sidney A. Ward, who preceded her in death. She was a 1969 graduate of Woodland High School. She also attended Business School in...