Obituaries
Sheila Annette Kennedy
Feb 3, 2013
Aberdeen—Sheila Annette Kennedy, 40, died on Sunday, February 3, 2013 in Columbus. Born March 21, 1972, she was a daughter of Mike Stanike and Lois Dean Taylor Kennedy. She attended Aberdeen High School and was the manager of Terry’s Pizza and Deli and also worked as a babysitter for Robert and Jennifer Tomey. Passionate about the Lord’s work, she was...
Ruby Williams
Jan 26, 2013
Amory – Ruby “Mamaw” Williams, 86, died on Saturday, January 26, 2013, at River Place Nursing Center. Born on September 20, 1926, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late John Alvin and Lottie Mae Strawbridge Cantrell. Mrs. Williams attended Trace Road Schools and played basketball. On July 7, 1945, she married Cecil H. Williams. Having worked as...
Mary H. Morgan
Jan 25, 2013
Amory, Miss.—Mary Halyard Morgan, 88, died on Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Oak Tree Plantation in Amory. Born June 29, 1924 in Memphis, TN, she was a daughter of the late Leroy and Willa Johnson Halyard. She married Thomas E. Morgan in 1941; he survives. Before her retirement, she worked at Security Bank. She was instrumental in starting and...
Laurel Borcicky
Jan 25, 2013
Tupelo, Miss.—Laurel Joyce Bistel Borcicky, 68, died on Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Tupelo. Born July 29, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Carl E. and Iva Ruth Paris Bistel. A woman of faith, she was a member of the North Boulevard Christian Church. Never meeting a stranger, she gave to all freely...
Jan Poe Carr
Jan 25, 2013
Bartlett - Jan Poe Carr, 61, died on Friday, January 25, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, TN. Born on June 28, 1951, in Amory, she was a daughter of Clara Doris Poe Burroughs and the late Tom Poe. Jan was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1969. She attended Itawamba Junior College and Belhaven University, Jackson,...
Betty Hollis
Jan 25, 2013
Smithville—Bettie Sue Wallis Hollis, 68, died on Friday, January 25, 2013 at her home. Born August 13, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Walter Lee and Ernie Ruby Green Wallis and married Charles D. Hollis. A woman of faith, she was a member of the Green Valley Baptist Church and attended Bethel Baptist Church in Nettleton. Enjoying her...
William F. Mills
Jan 23, 2013
Amory – William F. “Bill” Mills, 98, died on Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on April 27, 1914, in Guin, AL, he was a son of the late Matt and Mary Mills. Mr. Mills attended school in Guin, AL. In 1935, he married Myrtle Lee Burks. Working with at Johns Manville in Zion, IL,...
Mary Ann Chism
Jan 23, 2013
Hatley- Mary Ann Chism, 48, died Thursday, January 23, 2013 at NMMC. She was born July 27, 1964 in Amory, to Louise Phillips Cox and the late Joe Cox, Jr. She married Tim Chism in 2011. Mrs. Chism attended Amory Schools and was a manager at the Best Western Hotel in Aberdeen for several years. She was of the Baptist...
Patricia 'Pat' Jeanne Price
Jan 20, 2013
Amory – Patricia Jeanne Price, 90, died on Sunday, January 20, 2013, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on December 19, 1922, in Carbon Hill, AL, she was a daughter of the late William Farmer and Lois Robison McDonald. Mrs. Price was a graduate of Carbon Hill High School. In 1942, she married James E. “Jim" Price. Mrs. Price...
Reathie M. Ritter
Jan 19, 2013
Smithville- Reathie Melissa Benton Ritter, 96, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born August 30, 1916, in a log cabin, in the Clay Hill area of Cason Community, she was a daughter of the late Reason Clifford Benton and Latchie Pell Rollins Benton. She married Everette Eldridge Ritter May 8, 1935. A lifelong resident of...
Hudson 'Hud' Holmquist
Jan 13, 2013
Memphis - Hudson "Hud" B. Holmquist, 92, died on Sunday, January 13, 2013, at Kirby Pines Manor. Born on November 7, 1920, in Amory, he was a son of the late Anton Robert and Leila Hortense Glasscock Holmquist. Hud married to Faydette Nash Holmquist on January 7, 1946. Mr. and Mrs. Holmquist moved to Memphis shortly after their marriage and...
Purley Mae Smith
Jan 12, 2013
Amory, Miss.—Purley Mae Thompson Smith, 88, died on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at her home. Born December 17, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Vick and Rosie Rye Thompson. Mrs. Thompson attended Quincy School and married Horace Smith in 1945; he died in 2001. Before her retirement, she worked as a seamstress in the area garment plants. Her...
Joyce Brown
Jan 10, 2013
Amory – Joyce Pennington Brown, 89, died on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at Oak Tree Plantation, Amory. Born on July 2, 1923, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Emit R. and Vedda Tubb Pennington. Mrs. Brown was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1941. On January 10, 1942, she married Maither Brown. Mrs. Brown was...
Billy E. Hill
Jan 6, 2013
Hamilton- Billy E. Hill, 77, died Sunday, January 6, 2013 at The Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Born July 31, 1935 in Nettleton, he was a son of the late William and Anna Belle Richardson Hill. He married Patricia Grubbs Hill in 1961. Billy grew up and attended school in Nettleton. He was a member of Cornerstone Family Fellowship in...
Charles G. Kinsey
Jan 6, 2013
Hatley- Charles G. Kinsey, 81, died Sunday, January 6, 2013 at his residence. Born December 20, 1931, he was a son of the late Albert Eddie Kinsey Sr. and Fannie Musclewhite Kinsey. He married Betty Mangum Kinsey in 1959. Mr. Kinsey grew up and attended school in Attala County, MS. He was a member of Hatley Missionary Baptist Church and...
Gerald Rollins
Jan 6, 2013
Gerald Rollins Smithville—Gerald Daniel Rollins, 74, died on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. Born July 19, 1938 in Birmingham, Ala., he was the son of the late Carl Daniel and Mary Foshee Rollins. He married Shirley Jean Thompson in 1963; she died in 1999. He was a graduate of Birmingham schools and...
Paul Richard Ledbetter
Dec 20, 2012
Amory-Paul Richard Ledbetter, Sr., 65, died Thursday, December 20, 2012 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born March 6, 1947 in Arkansas to the late Jesse W. and Wanda Purdom Ledbetter. He married Marlene Ledbetter June 20, 1971. Mr. Ledbetter attended school in Campbell, MO and later served his country in the United States Army. After his service...
Ramie Moncrief
Dec 20, 2012
Amory - Ramie Moncrief died on Thursday, December 20, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at eepicklefuneralhome.com.
Linden Ray 'Harry' Pace
Dec 19, 2012
Booneville – Linden Ray “Harry” Pace, 58, died on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at his residence. Born on October 17, 1954, in Aberdeen, he was a son of the late Burley Ray and Margie Fay Vick Pace. Harry attended Lamar County Schools. He was a self-employed painter and mechanic. His biggest hobby was fixing his son’s race car and painting...
Lois Tubb
Dec 18, 2012
Hatley, Miss.—Lois Lafern South Tubb, 91, died on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at her home. Born December 20, 1920 in Casey, Ill., she was a daughter of the late Robert Otis and Leota Lafern Downey South. She grew up in Chicago and attended schools there. She married Woodrow Ernest Tubb in December 1940; he died in June 1999. She later...
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