Obituaries
Johnny A. Frederick Sr.
Jun 9, 2012
Tupelo - Johnny Andrew Frederick, Sr., 57, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born March 24, 1955, he was the son of Alvis Arney and Etta Mae Young Frederick. He married Ruby Jean Westmoreland on August 4, 1979. Known as “High Pockets,” he was a 1974 graduate of Hatley High School. Johnny worked...
Raymond Ollie Tucker
Jun 8, 2012
Smithville – Raymond Ollie Tucker, 76, died on Friday, June 8, 2012, at his residence. Born on July 4, 1935, in Smithville, he was a son of the late Maude Grace Hadaway and James Gaither Tucker, Sr. Mr. Tucker attended schools in Smithville and Becker. On April 22, 1961, he married Shirley Jean Capps. Prior to retiring from Fabri-Valve, he...
Sandra Vogel Howell
Jun 8, 2012
Amory – Sandra Vogel Howell, 57, died on Friday, June 8, 2012, at N. MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on February 8, 1955, in Forrest City, AR, she was a daughter of the late Garland “Bud” and Vera Mae Powell Reed. Mrs. Howell graduated Cum Laude from Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, with a business degree. She was a member of...
Thurman Gann
Jun 5, 2012
Carolina Community- Thurman Edward Gann, 79, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at his residence. Born March 8, 1933, he was a son of Garvin and Effie Mae Brown Gann. Before his retirement, he was a construction worker and was also a member of the Richmond Pentecostal Church. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he served during the Korean War as an...
Arvis D. Stephenson
Jun 5, 2012
Humboldt, TN – Arvis D. Stephenson, 90, died on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital, Jackson, TN. Born on May 16, 1922, in Splunge, MS, he was a son of the late Albert and Ivy Sullivan Stephenson. Mr. Stephenson was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1940. Honorably serving in the US Army Air...
Clara Mathis Aldridge
Jun 5, 2012
Amory – Clara Mathis Aldridge, 93, died on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Oak Tree Plantation, Amory. Born on December 25, 1918, in Millport, AL, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Tillman and Annie Leonard Mathis. On September 28, 1940, Mrs. Aldridge married Raymond Wesley Aldridge in Lowndes County. Formerly of Caledonia, she was a homemaker. A woman...
Jerry David Capps
Jun 3, 2012
Smithville - Jerry David Capps, 57, died on Sunday, June 3, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center, Amory. Born on July 7, 1954, he was a son of the late Hazel Walden and Ida Mae Humbers Capps. Disabled at an early age, he enjoyed sitting in the rocking chair, swinging, and listening to the radio. A Celebration of Life...
Lee Morgan Tennison
May 25, 2012
Becker – Lee Morgan Tennison, Ph.D, 62, died on Friday, May 25, 2012, at her residence. Born on July 1, 1949 in Spokane, WA, she was a daughter of the late Clarence Basil Barnes and Helen Mae Frey. Lee was an electronics engineer who spent her career working for the US Navy designing antennas, ship topsides, and surveillance and communications...
James Milton Hamilton
May 25, 2012
Athens, AL - James Milton Hamilton, 72, died on Friday, May 25, 2012, at Huntsville Hospital. Born on September 14, 1939, in Monroe County, he was a son of the late Troy M. and Erbie Mae Ausborn Hamilton. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10 AM, Wednesday, May 30 at E. E. Pickle Funeral Home with Bro....
Ruby Elaine Murphy Gideon
May 21, 2012
Splunge – Ruby Elaine Murphy Gideon, 94, died on Monday, May 21, 2012, at her residence. Born on June 24, 1917, in Splunge, she was a daughter of the late William Clabe and Rosie Lee Chism Murphy. Mrs. Gideon attended Splunge School and graduated from Greenwood Springs High School, Class of 1935. She married Woodie Creston Gideon on October 22,...
Paige Breanne Underwood
May 17, 2012
SHADY POINT, OK - Paige Breanne Underwood, 16, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Calhoun, OK, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born Oct. 3, 1995, in Tupelo to Jerry Underwood, Jr., and Melissa K. Bradley Underwood. A sophomore at Poteau High School, Paige was a member of the National Honor Society and a former member of...
Robert Lowell Dabbs
May 17, 2012
Tupelo – Robert Lowell Dabbs, 74, died Thursday, May 17, 2012 at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born July 31, 1937 in Quincy MS, he was the son of the late Lucian Riley and Lillian Corley Dabbs. Mr. Dabbs was a graduate of Becker School and Mississippi State University, earning a B.S. degree in Finance. In 1960, he married Dolores...
James Albert Bethany
May 14, 2012
Amory – James Albert Bethany, 66, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo after a brief illness. Born on July 16, 1945 in Chickasaw County, he was the son of the late Aubrey Jack and Ruth Inez Kelly Bethany. Mr. Bethany was a graduate of Aberdeen High School, Class of 1964. He attended Itawamba Community College...
Helen Culver Hester
May 10, 2012
Amory – Helen Culver Hester, 86, died on Thursday, May 10, 2012, at her residence. Born on July 26, 1925, in Sturkey, AR, she was a daughter of the late Efraim Jackson and Mary Elizabeth Ford Bivens. Mrs. Hester attended school in Moody, MO. A pioneer of women working in factories, she retired after 24 years of service with Goodyear...
Betty Jane Phillips
May 6, 2012
Amory –Betty Jane West Phillips, 77, died on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at North MS Medical Center. Born March 6, 1935, in Monroe County, she was the daughter of the late Gwendolyn Louise Boyd and Roy Clifton West. She married her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, Mac Phillips, on August 14, 1954. Mrs. Phillips was a...
Nel P. Justice
May 3, 2012
Amory – Nel Phillips Justice, 86, died on Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on March 16, 1926, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late William Gurdon and Oal Smith Phillips. Mrs. Justice was valedictorian of her class at Hatley High School in 1943. Marrying the love of her life, Arch Justice, on July...
David J. Prestage Sr.
May 1, 2012
Amory - David J. Prestage, Sr., 43, died on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at Pioneer Community Hospital, Aberdeen. Born on January 2, 1969, he was a son of Martha Ann Roberts Prestage and the late L. C. Prestage. David attended Aberdeen High School. Before becoming the owner and operator of Rebel Roofing, he worked as a supervisor at Shaw in...
Juanita Funderburg
Apr 29, 2012
West Point – Juanita Funderburg, 84, died on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at Dugan Memorial Home. Born on December 2, 1927, in Greenwood Springs, she was a daughter of the late Thomas M. and Sue Waycaster Roberts. Mrs. Funderburg attended Greenwood Springs High School where she played basketball. She married Perry Funderburg on June 20, 1943. An excellent seamstress with...
Velda Stoddard Hetland
Apr 27, 2012
AMORY - Velda L. Addington Stoddard Hetland, 85, died Friday, April 27, 2012, at Columbus Baptist Hospital Golden Triangle. She was born April 27, 1927 in the Bethlehem Community of Monroe County to Leaner Kennedy and Elzie Addington. She was a graduate of Smithville High School, where she enjoyed playing basketball. She worked for Amory Garment Company for many years....
James Little
Apr 24, 2012
Amory – James Foy Little, 86, died on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on July 10, 1925, in the Parham Community of Monroe County, he was a son of the late Fred and Alma Palmer Little. Mr. Little attended Phillips School in Amory. Living in the Parham Community most of his life, he worked...
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