Obituaries
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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...
Leland White
Aug 15, 2013
Leland White, 58, died on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born August 7, 1955 in Red Bay, AL to the late Junior and Ophelia Kemp White and he was married to Linda Taylor. He worked in the furniture industry and he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and riding 4 wheelers. Services will be...
Virgil Ellis Bird
Aug 15, 2013
Virgil Ellis Bird, 67, died on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. Born on July 25, 1946, he was the son of the late George Douglas Bird, Jr. and Mary Nell Holt Bird. He married Linda Nina Danovsky on February 12, 1977. They resided in Aberdeen, Columbus, and Crossett (AR) prior to moving to their...
Richard Wood
Aug 13, 2013
Richard Wood Amory, Miss.—William Richard Wood, 85, died on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Amory. Born June 8, 1928, he was a son of the late Audley Mark and Hettie Roxalana McCullough Wood. He married Irene Frederick in 1950. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and before his retirement, he...
Susan Lee Morgan
Aug 12, 2013
Fulton - Susan Lee Morgan, 65, died on Monday, August 12, 2013, at Sanctuary Hospice, Tupelo. A private graveside inurnment service will be held at a later date in New Salem Cemetery. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at eepicklefuneralhome.com.
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