OKOLONA - Huey Leon "Leedie" Lamb, 70, died Sunday, March 20, 2011, at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 20, 1940, in Pontocola to Hoyle and Minnie Lamb. He was a longtime truck driver, most recently with Ethridge Trucking. He was a Baptist. He enjoyed playing dominoes, camping, gardening and fishing. He loved his family and...
MOOREVILLE - Sara Gail Miller, 42, died March 18, 2011, in Mooreville. She was born June 20, 1968, to Robert Lynn Smith and June Henton Smith in Tupelo. She was a member of Tupelo Church Of God. She loved playing with her grandchildren, playing Bunco, camping and going to yard sales. She was the Mooreville Softball Team's #1 fan. Services...
TUPELO - Dorothy Alice Caygle closed her eyes to this earth on Saturday, March 12, 2011, and opened her eyes to heaven, meeting her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ along with the love of her earthly life, her husband, William Dewey Caygle; her parents, Dew and Delphi Davis; her brothers, J.B. Davis, Charles Davis and Bill Davis; and her sisters,...
TUPELO - Mitchell D. Colburn, 58, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born Aug. 16, 1952, to Glandon Leo and Lorraine Colburn in Chickasaw, Ala. He graduated from Gulfport East High School in Gulfport in 1970. He served in U.S. Marine Corps from 1972 to 1975. He graduated from the University of Mississippi...
VERONA - Mary Heatherly, 68, died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born April 22, 1942, in Fulton to John and Maddie Hayes. Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Lee Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. David Hendrix officiating. Burial was in Lee Memorial Park. Survivors include her husband...
TUPELO - Lorene R. Watson, 92, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at the V.A. Nursing Home in Oxford. She was born Feb. 27, 1918, in Catawba County, N.C. to Yancy Brown and Lunda Baker. She served overseas in the Army as a nurse in WWII. She was head nurse of pediatrics at North Mississippi Medical Center for 17 years. Services...
HURRICANE - Terry "Bubba" Kitchen, 56, died suddenly Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, at his home. He was born Dec. 11, 1954, in El Paso, Texas, to Farrell and Ruth Kitchen. He was a longtime truck driver, most recently for Ashley Furniture Industries, with the CB handle, Easy Money. An avid motorcyclist with Harleys as his favorite, he enjoyed hunting, fishing,...
MORIARTY, N.M. - Dennis Kitchen, 55, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, N.M., after a brief illness. He was born Dec. 22, 1955, in Tupelo to Farrell and Ruth Kitchen. After graduating from Shannon High School in 1973, he followed his childhood dream of becoming an over-the-road truck driver. He was currently employed by Beco Inc....
SHANNON - Thomas Clark, 58, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at his home after a brief illness. He was born Dec. 1, 1952, in Nettleton to Cecil and Ruby Clark. He was a longtime millworker at Rose Hill Furniture Company and a member of Professors of Jesus Name Church. He was an avid fisherman and hunter, and he loved spending...
TUPELO - Charles E. Baker, 79, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born in Lee County on Jan. 14, 1932, to James and Eppie Baker and lived in the Auburn community for many years. He was a Korean War veteran, serving in the United States Navy. He was a self-employed heating...