Obituaries

Edith Golden Stockton

Edith Golden Stockton

Sep 13, 2013

Stockbridge, GA- Edith Golden Stockton, 94, died Friday, September 13, 2013 at Piedmont Henry Medical Center in Stockbridge. Born October 14, 1918 in Bear Creek, Al she was a daughter of the late Miles and Mary Sue Bull Golden. She married Joseph Herbert Stockton, Sr., June 24, 1940. Mrs. Stockton graduated from Red Bay High School and pursued her training...

Richard Allen 'Rickey' Cowley

Richard Allen 'Rickey' Cowley

Sep 12, 2013

Smithville – Richard Allen “Rickey” Cowley, 59, died on Thursday, September 12, 2013, at North MS Medical Center. Born on December 13, 1953, in Amory, he was the son of Jessie Doyle “Red” Cowley and Joy Grace Edwards Cowley. Rickey was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1972. On May 4, 1971, he married Martha Spruiel. Rickey worked...

Kelly Bennett

Kelly Bennett

Sep 11, 2013

Smithville – Kelly “Pappy” Bennett, 83, died on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at his residence. Born on January 12, 1930, in Monroe County, he was a son of the late Lynwood and Beulah Parthula Vandiver Bennett. Mr. Bennett was a graduate of Pearce Chapel School. Working at American Motors in Illinois from 1950 until retiring in 1972, he returned to...

Geneva B. Thompson

Geneva B. Thompson

Sep 9, 2013

Aberdeen- Geneva Baldwin Thompson, 85, died Monday, September 9, 2013 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born June 12, 1928 in Smithville, she was the only child of the late Ebb R. and Lottie Jackson Baldwin. She married Cleveland D. Thompson June 1946. Mrs. Thompson was born and raised in Smithville, was a graduate of Smithville High School class of...

Ruthie Mae Coplin

Ruthie Mae Coplin

Sep 5, 2013

Nettleton- Ruthie Mae Coplin, 81, died Thursday, September 5, 2013 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. Born May 13, 1932 she was a daughter of the late Elmon and Lula Terry Gray. Mrs. Coplin attended Amory School, was employed as a sewing machine operator at area garment plants, and was a member of Independent Church of Lord Jesus Christ. Deeply devoted...

Brenda Kennedy

Brenda Kennedy

Sep 4, 2013

Survivors include two daughters, Kim Gray (Randy) of Grenada and Sinty Kennedy of Wren; one son, Michael Kennedy (Tonisa) of Hattiesburg; one sister, Shelia Pearson of Pensacola, FL; two brothers, Lyndon Mays (Louise) of Smithville and Dennis Mays (Cheryl) of Wren; and two grandchildren, Winter Brook Kennedy and Keely Kennedy. She was preceded in death by her parents and two...

Willie Guy Myatt Sr.

Willie Guy Myatt Sr.

Sep 2, 2013

Willie Myatt, Sr. Amory Willie Guy Myatt, Sr., 79, died on Monday, September 2, 2 013 at his home. Born April 14, 1934, he was a son of Purvis Connie, Sr. and Clara Bell Bee Myatt. A lifelong resident of Becker, he graduated Becker Schools in 1953 and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1954 and was a veteran of...

Dewey Wayne Williams

Dewey Wayne Williams

Aug 31, 2013

Amory – Dewey Wayne Williams, 84, died on Saturday, August 31, 2013, at Sanctuary Hospice House, Tupelo. Born on October 28, 1928, in Monroe County, he was a son of the late Jimmie Ike Rutledge Dewey W. Williams, Sr. He married Emma Jean Harlow on May 15, 1952. Before retirement, Mr. Williams was employed as a maintenance foreman at Kerr-McGee...

Donna Lynn Morris

Donna Lynn Morris

Aug 29, 2013

Amory- Donna Lynn Morris, 54, died Thursday, August 29, 2013 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. Born February 22, 1959 in Elgin, Il, she was the daughter of the late William Francis and Elizabeth Jane Cates Miller. Donna attended school in Mooreville , and lived the last 34 years in Amory, working for the Monroe County Department of Human Services for...

Ed Carnathan

Ed Carnathan

Aug 25, 2013

Amory- George Edwin “Big Ed” Carnathan, 69, died Sunday, August 26, 2013 at his residence. Born November 2, 1943 in Sulligent, he was a son of the late Johnnie W. and Neva Mangum Carnathan. He married Lynne Pope in 1982. Ed attended Hatley High School, was of the Baptist faith, served in the Mississippi National Guard, and retired in 1994...

Anita Kirby Stacy

Anita Kirby Stacy

Aug 24, 2013

Amory- Anita Kirby Stacy, 69, died Saturday, August 24 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born April 17, 1944 in Memphis, she was a daughter of the late Helen Gordon. Anita married Larry R. Stacy April 28, 1978. Anita grew up in and attended school in West Memphis Arkansas. She was of the non-denominational Christian and believed in...

Vincent Hester

Vincent Hester

Aug 24, 2013

Vince Hester Amory Vincent Lee Hester, 40, died on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the Care Center of Aberdeen. Born May 22, 1973 in Norfolk, VA, he was the son of Harlon Lee and Dorothy Wildman Hester. A graduate of Amory High School in 1991, he was a member of the band and attended Itawamba Community College receiving a degree...

Bobby Tribble

Bobby Tribble

Aug 23, 2013

Amory - Bobby Gayle Tribble, 71, died on Friday, August 23, 2013 at his home. Born November 9, 1941 in North Carolina, he was a son of the late Harold Robinson and Velora Brown Tribble. He was married to Linda Isbell. A Methodist, he was also beloved father, grandfather, and great grandfather. A graduate of Hatley High School, he proudly...

James Wayne Reese

James Wayne Reese

Aug 23, 2013

Smithville - James Wayne Reese, 51, died on Friday, August 23, 2013 in Monroe County as the result of an automobile accident. Born September 14, 1961, he was the son of Sanda Kay Homer Reese and the late Wayne Washington Reese. He attended Smithville schools and worked as a supervisor for FFM in Amory. He enjoyed fishing, watching westerns, and...

Jackie Burdine

Jackie Burdine

Aug 23, 2013

Amory - Jackie Neal Burdine, 74, died on Friday, August 23, 2013 at the Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born December 5, 1938 in the Carolina Community, he was the son of the late Elvie and Gladys Neal Burdine. He was a graduate of Amory High School and he married Betty Wardlaw. After graduation, he worked for Pullman...

Amanda D. Massey

Amanda D. Massey

Aug 23, 2013

Wren – Amanda D. Massey, 36, died on Saturday, August 24, 2013, in Memphis. Born on April 6, 1977, in Birmingham, AL, she was a daughter of Terry W. and Nancy Clark Hallman. Amanda was a graduate of SBEC, Southaven and attended ICC. After graduating from Beauty School in Memphis, she worked as a hairdresser. Growing up Baptist, she was...

Jewel Howell

Jewel Howell

Aug 22, 2013

Amory - Jewell Marie Pearson Howell, 91, died on Friday, August 22, 2013 at the Pioneer Community Hospital in Aberdeen. Born October 20, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Claude Kyle Pearson. She attended Wren schools and married Benford Howell in 1941. Before her retirement, she was a seamstress working for Amory Garment and later for...

Mary Jo Swan

Mary Jo Swan

Aug 18, 2013

Mary Jo Swan Amory Mary Jo Cunningham Swan, 86, died on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at her home. Born October 22, 1926 in Manchester, TN she was a daughter of the late George and Alice Simmons Cunningham. A homemaker, she married Richard Lee Swan in 1946. A woman of faith, she was a member of the First Baptist Church in...

Jimmie Newton Miles

Jimmie Newton Miles

Aug 17, 2013

Wren – Jimmie Newton Miles, 88, died on Saturday, August 17, 2013, at his residence. Born on August 20, 1924, in Hatley, he was a son of the late Woodruff Eli “Rusty” and Cora Pernie Davis Miles. Mr. Miles was a graduate of Trace Road School and ICC. A US Army veteran of the Korean War, he served in the...

Micheal Lane Steinke

Micheal Lane Steinke

Aug 17, 2013

Amory- Micheal Lane Steinke, 25, died Saturday, August 17, 2013. Born November 9, 1987 in Amory, he was the son of Kenneth Lane and Mary Jo Hall Steinke. Mikey grew up in Amory and attended Hatley School. He was a member of Providence Baptist Church, was a previous member of Wildwood Chapel Baptist Church, and co-owned Steinke Construction and Steinke...

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