Obituaries
Grace Oleen Palmer
Dec 18, 2012
Amory – Oleen G. Palmer, 85, died on Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at her residence. Born on August 17, 1927, in Sulligent, AL, she was a daughter of the late Marlin and Mary Jane Noe Seales. Mrs. Palmer attended high school in Detroit, AL. On January 27, 1945, she married Rubel F. Palmer. Mrs. Palmer worked as a bookkeeper for...
James Tiger Adams
Dec 16, 2012
Tiger Adams Amory, Miss.—James Doyle “Tiger” Adams, 84, died on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at the Oak Tree Plantation in Amory. Born July 8, 1928, he was a son of the late L. Owen and Jane Myrtle Skelton Adams. He was a graduate of Amory High School and he attended Itawamba Junior College. Before his retirement, he worked for True...
Dorothy Edwards
Dec 16, 2012
Greenwood Springs – Dorothy “Dot” Edwards, 89, died on Sunday, December 16, 2012, at Golden Living Center, Amory. Born on October 1, 1923, in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of the late W. H. and Feona Samples Bullen. Mrs. Edwards married Jessie Burns Edwards in 1943. She was proud of rearing their three, young children following her husband’s death...
Dwight Bunch
Dec 16, 2012
Cason- Dwight Bunch, 65, died Sunday, December 16, 2012 at his residence. He was born March 26, 1947 in Amory, to the late Eulis and Statha Rollins Bunch. He married Linda Hallmark in 1967. Dwight attended Amory schools and worked as a vendor with Vend Foods, with 20 years of service. A man of Christian values, he was a very...
Anne Lois Edwards
Dec 14, 2012
Amory – Anne Edwards, 70, died on Friday, December 14, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Born on June 11, 1942, in Memphis, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Victor and Amanda Jane Sullivan Trimm. Mrs. Edwards married Travis Danny Edwards on October 25, 1996. A homemaker, she was an immaculate housekeeper. Having an eye for women’s fashion, Mrs....
Ninnie Lee Tubb
Dec 13, 2012
Becker- Ninnie Lee “Sis” Tubb, 90, died Thursday, December 13 at River Place, in Amory. She was born May 14, 1922 to the late Joe and Pearl Adams Fowlkes. She was married to the late Jimmy Eugene Tubb. Ninnie grew up and lived in the Becker area. Being born into a family of 11, family was always important to her....
Nixola Collier Duncan
Dec 11, 2012
Amory—Nixola Collier Duncan, 99, died on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at her daughter’s home. Born September 18, 1913 in Beaverton, Ala., she was a daughter of the late Robert Leslie and Stella Turman Collier. A graduate of Marion County High School in 1933, she married W.J. “Bill” Duncan on July 23, 1933. He died in 1995. Moving to Amory in...
Roberta A. "Mac" Grissom
Dec 11, 2012
Amory – Roberta “Mac” Grissom, 92, died on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at River Place Nursing Center. Born on April 17, 1920, in Calhoun County, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Mable Long McCurley. Mrs. Grissom was a graduate of Pittsboro High School and Draughn’s Business School. On September 2, 1942, she married Norbin Grissom. For 35...
Harold Gateley
Dec 11, 2012
Amory—Harold Brook Gateley, 78, died on Monday, December 10, 2012 at his home. He was born in Amory on June 17, 1934 and was retired from the United States Air Force. He enjoyed fishing and playing cards. Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 15, 2010 at the E.E. Pickle Funeral Home Chapel in Amory with Bro. Chris...
Susan Gray
Dec 10, 2012
Amory- Susan Juaniece Gray, 58, died Monday, December 10, 2012 at Gilmore Memorial Medical Center. She was born August 16, 1954, in Amory, to Max Earl Gosa and Betty Sue Howell Parham. Susan was a graduate of Hatley High School class of 1972. She married Roger Dale Gray on June 3, 1972. She attended East Amory Baptist Church and was...
June Hildreth Gatta
Dec 9, 2012
Amory – June Hildreth Gatta, 68, died on Sunday, December 9, 2012, at Kingman, AZ, Regional Medical Center. Born on August 29, 1944, in Columbus, she was a daughter of the late Albert Eugene Hildreth, Sr., and Ellen Elizabeth Hickey Hildreth. June was a graduate of Columbus High School, Community College and Paralegal school. For nearly 20 years, she worked...
Oscar T. Poss
Dec 8, 2012
Amory- Oscar T. Poss, 85, died Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Oak Tree Plantation in Amory. Born July 22, 1927, in Chickasaw County, he was a son of the late Andrew Augustus “Gus” and Bobbie Lee Townsend Poss. He married Alvada Marie Francis on November 20, 1948. He attended Okolona, Aberdeen and Wren schools. Mr. Poss honorably served in the...
Curtis Mccartney
Dec 7, 2012
Curtis McCartney Amory, Miss.—Curtis Elton McCartney, 88, died on Friday, December 7, 2012 at the Oak Tree Plantation in Amory. Born February 14, 1924, he was a son of the late Joe Carl and Beulah Smith McCartney. A graduate of Winters High School, he worked in sales with R.E. Janes Gravel Co., Inc. in Abilene before his retirement. He married...
Annie Maxey
Dec 6, 2012
Smithville—Annie Mae Brown Maxey, 64, died on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born December 13, 1947 in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late George and Annie Sue Anderson Brown. She married Sidney Maxey in 1985. Before her retirement, she worked as a seamstress in the garment industry and also...
Sara R. Gilreath
Dec 5, 2012
Amory – Sara Pearl Roberts Gilreath, 94, died on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at Trinity Healthcare Center, Columbus. Born on March 24, 1918, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Wood Jefferson and Sweet Atkins Roberts. Mrs. Gilreath was a graduate of Pine Grove School. In 1946, she married Maurice Thomas Gilreath. For many years, she and...
Sharon W. Moon
Dec 4, 2012
Amory- Sharon W. Moon, 62, died Tuesday, December 3, at Gilmore Memorial Medical Center. She was born in Conroe, TX on June 26, 1950 to Harris G. and Barbara Hayes Wood. Mrs. Moon grew up in and attended school in Louisville, MS. She was a Member of Meadowood Baptist Church, where she was active in the Ladies Community Bible Study....
Dorcas Jean Kimbrough
Dec 3, 2012
Aberdeen – Dorcas Dodd “Pee Wee” Kimbrough, 55, died on Monday, December 3, 2012, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on March 30, 1957, in Sikeston, MO, she was a daughter of Frances Lorene Barnett Long and the late Joseph Asbury Dodd. Living in Monroe County most of her life, Dorcas attended Becker School. She married Woodson D. Kimbrough...
Wesley Hall
Dec 1, 2012
Amory, Miss.—Albert Wesley 'Wes' Hall, 39, died on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born February 7, 1973, he was a son of David Hall, Sr. and Reba Gail Peppers King. He grew up in Amory and attended Amory schools where he played football for Amory High School. He worked in construction as a...
Lorene Box
Dec 1, 2012
Amory, Miss.—Lorene Edwards Box, 90, died on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at her home. Born December 24, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Lavada Lewis Edwards. She married Earnest Box; he died in 1976. Before her retirement, she worked as a seamstress for Amory Garment Co. for 50 years and she enjoyed cooking, sewing, her flowers,...
Miss Myrtle Lois Brown
Nov 30, 2012
Fulton – Myrtle Lois Brown, 82, died on Friday, November 30, 2012, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks. Born November 11, 1930, in Hamilton, MS, she was a daughter of the late Ira Griffin and Willie Bell Noe Brown. Miss Brown attended Becker School. She was a retired seamstress with Amory Garment. A spiritual person, Miss Brown, the youngest of...
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