Obituaries
Annie Colburn
Feb 2, 2012
Amory – Annie Mae Colburn, 94, died on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Born on September 3, 1917, near Okolona, she was a daughter of the late Forrest Jackson and Viola Burt Whitt. Mrs. Colburn married John Lee Colburn in 1935, in Okolona. Before retiring, she was a seamstress with Delta Trouser in Okolona. While retired, she...
Neal Johnson
Feb 1, 2012
Aberdeen – Neal Franklin Johnson, 78, died on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at PressiCare Personal Care Home. Born on August 3, 1933, in Newport, AR, he was a son of the late Joseph and Gertie M. Brown Johnson. Mr. Johnson honorably served his Country in the US Army. He worked as a singer and songwriter in California before moving back...
Mary Stanford
Jan 31, 2012
Amory – Mary Christine “Chris” Burke Stanford, 81, died on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on September 24, 1930, in Boston, MA, she was a daughter of the late Frank William and Williamina Grant Saunders. After receiving her LPN degree, Mrs. Stanford went to work in San Diego. It was there she met and married her...
Jewel Oleta Silas
Jan 30, 2012
Fulton – Jewel Oleta “Jo” Silas, 82, died on Monday, January 30, 2012, at The Meadows in Fulton. Born on December 14, 1929, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Andy and Nola Sallis Linsdey. A loving, caring mother, Mrs. Silas was very dedicated to her family. She married Dalton Ray Silas, Sr., on December 28, 1946. Mrs....
O'Conner Vaughan
Jan 29, 2012
Middleburg, FL – O’Conner Vaughan, 80, died on Sunday, January 29, 2012, at Haven Hospice in Palatka, FL. Born on December 28, 1931, in Amory, he was a son of the late Samuel Raymond & Gracie Mae Cook Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan attended Hatley High School. Before retiring and moving to Florida, he had worked at Toney’s Bakery, did road construction,...
Melvin Renfroe
Jan 28, 2012
View his Video tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/279258Amory – Melvin Ray Renfroe, 87, died on Saturday, January 28, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice House. Born on April 27, 1924, in Branch, MS, he was a son of the late Robert Dillard and Lena Cox Renfroe.Mr. Renfroe was a graduate of Canton High School and a Business College in Nashville. He honorably served in the...
Gertrude Lindsey
Jan 28, 2012
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/279346Amory – Gertrude Weaver Lindsey 87, died on Saturday, January 28, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on December 12, 1924, in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Lula Harris Holloway.Mrs. Lindsey attended Splunge and Turon Schools. She was a member of Liberty Grove Baptist Church. Before retiring, Mrs....
Eva Kirk
Jan 24, 2012
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/279057Amory – Eva Caldwell Kirk, 98, died on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at Carolina House, Morehead City, NC. Born on May 24, 1913, she was a daughter of the late John Edward and Fannie Bone Caldwell.Mrs. Kirk was born in Poteau, OK, but moved to Amory in 1935 where she met and married Joseph S. Kirk...
Addie Weaver
Jan 22, 2012
Smithville – Addie Mae Clark Weaver, 92, died on Sunday, January 22, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on January 8, 1920, she was a daughter of the late William David and Myra Staten Clark. Mrs. Weaver attended Wren High School. A loving mother who took care of her home, she was a homemaker. Strong in her faith,...
Reedy Sanders
Jan 22, 2012
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/277954Amory – Olga Reed “Reedy” Buchanan Sanders, 89, died on Sunday, January 22, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Born on March 8, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence Clyde and Adee Smith Buchanan.Mrs. Sanders attended Aberdeen Schools. In 1984, she retired as a seamstress with Amory Garment after 34+ years of service....
Thomas "Tom" Brown
Jan 19, 2012
View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/277380Amory – Thomas E. “Tom” Brown, 78, died on Thursday, January 19, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on February 19, 1933, in Lucy, TN, he was a son of the late William David and Martha Jane McKee Brown.An outstanding all-sports athlete, Tom graduated from Bartlett, TN, High School, Class of 1952. He honorably...
Toney Tate,
Jan 17, 2012
View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/276308Bigbee – Toney Lee Tate, Sr., 63, died on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on August 7, 1948, in Amory, he was a son of the late Roy and Velena Rusoe Tate.Toney attended Bigbee School. On April 13, 1969, he married Lortez Odom. Toney was of the Baptist faith. His...
Catherine Owings
Jan 13, 2012
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/275805Athens – Mary Catherine Howell Owings, 92, died on Friday, January 13, 2012, at Sanctuary Hospice. Born on December 28, 1919, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Jay Elijah and Ida Jane Myers Howell.Mrs. Owings attended Becker School. For 54 years, she worked as a thread lady for Amory Garment. Faithful to...
Elvis Kennedy
Jan 8, 2012
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/274430Amory – Elvis Kennedy, 68, died on Sunday, January 8, 2012, at her residence. Born on February 15, 1943, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Elvie and Ruth Franks Manasco.Elvis was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1961. She married Buck Kennedy on February 5, 1961. Elvis was very instrumental in...
Rheba Mccartney
Jan 7, 2012
Amory – Rheba Guy McCartney, 81, died on Saturday, January 7, 2012, at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on November 7, 1930, in Winters, TX, she was the daughter of the late William Buford and Jewell Arlene Powers Guy. Mrs. McCartney worked as a receptionist for several doctors and dentists. Guided in life by her faith, she was a member of...
Jeffrey Akers
Jan 6, 2012
View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/273863Amory – Jeffrey Lee Akers, 51, died on Friday, January 6, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Hospital. Born on August 25, 1960, at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, he was a son of Charles Westerhout, Costa Mesa, CA, and Dorothy Jean Cooley Akers, Oxford.Jeffrey attended Phil Campbell, AL, High School and graduated from Well Control School....
Courtney Houk
Jan 5, 2012
Amory - Courtney Leigh Ann Houk, 21, died on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on March 1, 1990, in Columbus, she was the daughter of Bobbie Dianne Glover and the late Jessie Coy Sandlin.Courtney attended Amory High School and graduated from ICC and Cisco Community College, Abilene, TX. Before working as a clerk at...
Christine Davis
Jan 4, 2012
Fulton – Lora Christine Davis, 78, died on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at North MS Medical Center. Born on July 14, 1933, in the Carolina Community, she was a daughter of the late D. C. “Dick” and Dolly Brown Dobbins.Mrs. Davis attended Carolina Schools. Before becoming a homemaker, she had worked part-time at a beauty shop, full-time as an inspector...
Duel Strawbridge
Jan 4, 2012
Amory – Duel Ray Strawbridge, 76, died on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, at North MS Medical Center. Born on April 29, 1935, in the Grubb Springs Community, he was a son of the late Elbert Kirk and Vera Jewel Cox Strawbridge. Mr. Strawbridge was a graduate of Greenwood Springs School. On August 14, 1954, he married Robbie Culver. Moving to...
Alta Clayborne
Jan 4, 2012
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/273343Amory – Alta Lou Thompson Clayborne, 101, was welcomed home to heaven on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. She passed away at the Gregory House of the Greenhouses of Traceway Retirement Community in Tupelo. Born on July 10, 1910, in Cherokee, AL, Alta grew up in Okolona, MS.She played basketball for Okolona High School where she was...
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