Obituaries
Tiffany Leeann Vaughn
Mar 12, 2013
Amory- Tiffany Leann Vaughn, 29, went to be with her Lord, Tuesday, March 12, 2013 in Jackson. Born October 21, 1983 she was a daughter of Crystal Vaughn and Freddie Thompson. Tiffany grew up and attended school in Amory and was a member of First Assembly of God. A friend to all, loving mother to her children, and easy going,...
Elizabeth "Granny" Ritter Waycaster
Mar 11, 2013
Smithville- Elizabeth “Granny” Ritter Waycaster, 79, died Monday, March 11 2013, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born November 20, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Esmond and Kattie Ritter. She married Buddy Waycaster, who precedes her in death. Mrs. Waycaster was reared and attended school in Smithville. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, and retired...
William 'Bill' Holland
Mar 11, 2013
William Holland Smithville, Miss.—William Thomas Holland, 85, died on Monday, March 11, 2013 at the Mississippi State Veterans’ Home in Oxford. Born August 26, 1927 in Smithville, he was a son of the late George and Eva Alred Holland. He married Lela Scott in 1987. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a Mason. Guided by...
Irene Cox
Mar 10, 2013
Amory – Irene Coker Cox, 97, died on Sunday, March 10, 2013, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on June 21, 1915, in Smithville, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Howard and Nola Frances Bowling Coker. Mrs. Cox was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1932. Growing up working on the family farm with mule-driven...
Benjamin "B.L." Curtis
Mar 7, 2013
Cason- Benjamin “B.L.” Curtis, 88, died Thursday, March 7, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. Born February 12, 1925 in French Camp, MS, he was a son of the late Robert Leslie and Carrie McWhorter Curtis. Mr. Curtis was raised and attended school in French Camp. He owned and operated Curtis’s Grocery Store in the Liberty Community for 27...
Harold L. Sanders
Mar 3, 2013
Becker, Miss.—Harold Loyd Sanders, 76, died on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at his home. Born September 17, 1936 in Becker, he was a son of the late Thomas Levis and Stella Florence Moon Sanders. He attended Becker school and married Margaret Ann Stafford. Before his retirement, he was a long-time employee of Vista Chemical in Aberdeen. A Baptist, he attended...
Margaret J. Minga
Mar 3, 2013
Chattanooga, Tenn.—Margaret Jean Kirby Minga, 84, died on Sunday, March 3, 2013. Born September 16, 1928 in Oakland, Calif., she was a daughter of the late William Albert and Margaret Christabel Viera Kirby. She married Ralph Wheeler Minga in 1947. A graduate of Hayword High School in Hayword, Calif., she was a homemaker and a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother....
Hilda Faye Summerford
Mar 2, 2013
Smithville – Hilda Faye Alverson Summerford, 73, died on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at her residence. Born on December 25, 1939, in Tremont, she was a daughter of the late John Lewis Alverson and Jewel Massengill Alverson Vandiver. Mrs. Summerford attended Smithville and Tremont schools and was a graduate of Vaughan’s Beauty College. On November 5, 1955, she married Doyle...
S Allie M Williams
Feb 28, 2013
Sulligent- Allie M. Williams, 80, died Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the Northwest Medical Center in Winfield AL. Born April 7, 1932 she was a daughter of the late Gabe and Sarah Brown Silas. Mrs. Williams was raised and attended school in Smithville, and was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. She was a seamstress for area garment plants, retiring...
Keith B. Kennedy
Feb 27, 2013
Amory – Keith B. Kennedy, 51, died on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at his residence. Born on June 9, 1961, in Amory, he was a son of the late Malley Buckhannon “Buck” and Ruth Elvis Manasco Kennedy. Keith was a graduate of North State Academy, Hickory, NC. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Appalachian State University. Keith began...
Sandra Gaye Garner
Feb 26, 2013
Amory – Sandra Gaye Garner, 60, died on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at North MS Medical Center. Born on August 26, 1952, in Memphis, she was a daughter of the late Durain Harold and Anna Lee Whitset Edgeworth. Sandra attended Amory High School and IJC. She married Terry Garner on May 27, 1988. Always smiling and full-of-life, she was a...
Dorothy Kitchens
Feb 25, 2013
Moline, IL - Dorothy Kitchens, 87, died on Monday, February 25, 2013, in Aledo, IL. Born on September 15, 1925, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Lester and Tyna Irvin Johnson. She married James Edwards Kitchens, Sr. in Sulligent, AL on January 25, 1941. She enjoyed sewing and knitting. She was a member of Bethel Assembly of...
Sheila Gray Glover
Feb 24, 2013
Columbus- Shelia Ann Gray Glover, 55, died Sunday, February 24, 2013 at her residence in Lowndes County. She was born September 13, 1957, in Columbus to Emma Dean Stapp Gray and the late Alfred Rush Gray. Sheila grew up and attended school in Columbus and was of the Pentecostal faith. While living in West Memphis, she was a District Manager...
Lavada Stovall
Feb 24, 2013
Smithville, Miss.—Lavada Lorell Reagan Stovall, 80, died on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at her home. Born August 27, 1932 in Brynton, Arkansas, she was a daughter of the late Robert Corey and Florence Carroll Reagan. She married Raymond T. Stovall. Along with her husband, she was a business owner for over 30 years in Wichita, KS. She was a member...
Shawn Phillips
Feb 17, 2013
Wren—Randall Shawn Phillips, 42, died on Saturday, February 16, 2013 in Monroe County. Born September 27, 1970 in Amory he was a son of Lee Edward Phillips and Brenda Phillips Garner. He worked for Bobby Harper Construction and formerly worked for Tecumseh. He enjoyed visiting with his friends, hunting, fishing, flower gardening, and taking care of his animals, Bobo and...
Marie G. Burlison
Feb 16, 2013
Amory – Marie “Granny” Burlison, 91, died on Saturday, February 16, 2013, at River Place Nursing Center. Born on August 3, 1921, in Detroit, AL, she was a daughter of the late John T. and Ila B. Loggains Gilmore. She married David Reno Burlison in 1938, and they moved to Amory in 1955. Granny worked as a seamstress at Amory...
Kenneth Dumont Hill
Feb 14, 2013
Kenneth Hill Becker—Kenneth Dumont Hill, 88, died on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at the Oaktree Plantation in Amory. Born on August 23, 1924 in Quincy, he was a son of the late Kibry Dumont and Winona Mae Dabbs Hill. A 1942 graduate of Becker High School, he attended Mississippi State University where he majored in engineering. While a student at...
Kenneth Johnson
Feb 14, 2013
Nettleton, Miss.—Kenneth Johnson, 57, died on February 14, 2013 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born December 13, 1955 in Amory, he was a son of the late Jessie Void and Ilena Marie Waddle Johnson. A graduate of Nettleton High School, he also served as a medic in the National Guard. A man of faith, he was a...
Betty Cantrell
Feb 12, 2013
Betty Cantrell Smithville, Miss.—Betty McFarling Cantrell, 76, died on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. Born June 15, 1936 in Shannon, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Ruby Cox McFarling. She married William “Dube” Cantrell on November 23, 1963. Before her retirement, she worked in the garment plants in Smithville and Amory....
Edgar M. Ratliff
Feb 11, 2013
Amory – Edgar M. Ratliff, 83, died on Monday, February 11, 2013, at River Place Nursing Center. Born on November 9, 1929, in Memphis, he was a son of the late Audrey and Lela Garrett Ratliff (latter formerly of Aberdeen). Mr. Ratliff graduated from Bartlett High School in Memphis. He was a veteran of the US Navy. Before retiring, he...
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