Obituaries
Inez S. Minga
Sep 15, 2013
Inez Stephens Minga, 91, died on Saturday, September 14, 2013. Born October 3, 1921, she was a daughter of Lucian and Bettie Byrd Stephens and was married to Russell Clifton Minga in 1950. She was a graduate of Smithville Schools and she attended Business College in Memphis. Before her retirement she worked at National Bank of Commerce in Memphis later...
Roger D. Law
Sep 14, 2013
Smithville- Roger Dale Law, 68, died Saturday, September 14, 2013 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born September 23, 1944 in Itawamba County, he was a son of Evie Loraine Williams Law and the late Edward Law. Roger married Marie Cooper May 31, 1963. Roger attended Hatley School, was a truckdriver for Malone and Hyde, Flying H, and...
Keith Richard Oliver
Sep 14, 2013
Pontotoc -Keith Richard Oliver, 43, died on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at his home. Born June 20, 1970 in Amory, he was a son of Billy J. and Mary Lou Palmer Oliver. He was Primitive Baptist and enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family. Graveside services will be 3 p.m. on Thursday at the Union Grove Cemetery with Bro....
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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