Obituaries
Ruth Wells
Feb 20, 2011
Amory – Ruth N. Wells, 92, died on Sunday, February 20, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on June 29, 1918, in Enterprise, MS, she was a daughter of the late Robert Peyton Nash and Jewel Boatner Nash Wylie. Mrs. Wells attended Enterprise schools. On October 12, 1936, she married Roy C. Wells. While in Memphis, she worked for 35...
Betty Cantrell
Feb 17, 2011
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/198700Amory – Betty Brown Cantrell, 81, died on Thursday, February 17, 2011, at her residence. Born in Guin, AL, she was the daughter of the late Greely and Winnie Palmer Brown.Mrs. Cantrell attended Splunge Elementary School and graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1947, where she was a majorette. A seamstress and a sales clerk,...
Earnest Cummings
Feb 17, 2011
Carolina – Earnest A. Cummings, 82, died on Thursday, February 17, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice. Born on October 20, 1928, in Tremont, he was a son of the late James Roy and Ila Viola Palmer Cummings. Mr. Cummings graduated from Tremont High School and was drafted while in college. He honorably served his country in the US Army during the...
Edwin B. Gray
Feb 11, 2011
View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/196908Smithville – Edwin “Cutter” Brasfield Gray, 67, died on Friday, February 11, 2011, at Darlington Oaks Hospice. Born on July 7, 1943, in Tupelo, he was a son of the late Edwin Eugene and Mary Ruth Brasfield Gray.Edwin was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1962, and attended Memphis Technical College. Having worked as...
Joe Chamblee
Feb 10, 2011
View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/196540Amory – Joe Douglas Chamblee, 70, died on Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on May 3, 1940, in Itawamba County, he was a son of the late Marshall and Ninnie Lou Tubb Chamblee.Mr. Chamblee was a graduate of Tremont High School, Class of 1958. While attending IJC, he went into the US...
Edgar Howell
Feb 7, 2011
Amory – Edgar Hugh Howell, 63, died on Monday, February 7, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Born on September 7, 1947, in New Albany, he was a son of the late Roger A. & Mavis Lee Howell. Edgar graduated from high school in Illinois and moved to Amory in 1973. He honorably served his country in the US Army...
Jewerldeen Campbell
Feb 4, 2011
Amory - Jewerldean Pavlick Campbell, 90, died on Friday, February 4, 2011, at her residence. Born on August 20, 1920, in Lake City, AR, she was a daughter of the late John and Ida Adams Jacobs. Mrs. Campbell attended schools in Arkansas and moved to Becker in 1955 from Detroit, MI. During WW II, she worked in the airplane factories....
Joyce Keeton Lantrip
Feb 4, 2011
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/195193Amory – Joyce Marie Keeton Lantrip, 77, died on Friday, February 4, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on June 7, 1933, in Walker County, AL, she was a daughter of the late Henry Jackson and Mae Magnolia Miles Keeton.Joyce had resided in Amory over 50 years. She attended school at New Salem, Smithville and Amory...
Joe Hood
Feb 2, 2011
Amory – Earnest Joel “Joe” Hood, 87, died on Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at Golden Living Center, Amory. Born on May 31, 1923, in Bigbee, he was a son of the late Paul Franklin and Betty Pearl Hood Hood. Mr. Hood attended Amory High School. He had worked for Amory Steam Laundry, was a presser with Amory Garment and retired...
Donna Adkins
Feb 2, 2011
Hatley – Donna Adkins, 51, died on Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at her residence. Born on April 8, 1959, in Aberdeen, she was a daughter of Ray and Juanita Allen Adkins. An angel from God, Donna cherished her family. She loved to go camping, fishing and riding her bicycle. Donna enjoyed listening to Gospel music. She is survived by her...
Rafel Rieves
Feb 1, 2011
Smithville – Rafel Marshal “Bub” Rieves, 79, died on Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at his residence. Born on April 18, 1931, in Smithville, he was a son of the late Ham Marshal and Valera Alice Young Rieves. A lifelong resident of Smithville, Mr. Rieves attended Smithville Public Schools and a member of Smithville United Methodist Church. He honorably served his...
Ovenell Thompson
Jan 31, 2011
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/194222Splunge – Ovenell “Nell” Sanderson Thompson, 88, died on Monday, January 31, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on September 1, 1922, in Marion County, AL, she was a daughter of the late V. A. & Molly Young Sanderson.Mrs. Thompson attended Byrd Schools. She was a seamstress with Wilson Manufacturing. A lifelong resident of Splunge, she...
Willie Odom
Jan 30, 2011
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/194182Amory – Willie Kay Odom, 91, died on Sunday, January 30, 2011, at Golden Living Center, Amory. Born on May 6, 1919, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Jim Hall and Martha Best Gosa.A lifelong resident of Becker before moving to Amory in 1973, Mrs. Odom attended Becker School. A seamstress, she...
Gail Gray
Jan 28, 2011
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/193673Amory – Ruby Gail Gray, 59, went to be with the good Lord on January 28, 2011, after a long illness. Born on November 13, 1951, in Birmingham, AL, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence Virgil and Hazel Ruth Blair.Spending her childhood in Birmingham, Mrs. Gray moved to Amory when marrying Thomas Glenn Gray....
Lourie Allen
Jan 28, 2011
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/193723Hiram , GA – Lourie Strickland Allen, 96, died on Friday, January 28, 2011, at her residence. Born on January 12, 1915, in Kossuth, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Belle Bynum Strickland.Growing up in Belmont, she was a graduate of Blue Mountain College. Mrs. Allen taught English at Amory High School. Returning...
Deryle Ritter
Jan 26, 2011
View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/193070Amory - William Deryle Ritter, 79, died on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on July 31, 1931, in Smithville, he was a son of the late Esmond Truett and Katie Bell Emory Ritter.Mr. Ritter was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1953. He honorably served his country in the US...
James "Jim" Carruth
Jan 19, 2011
Hamilton, AL - James A. "Jim" Carruth, 71, died on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at North MS Medical Center, Hamilton, AL. Born on March 4, 1939, in Beaverton, AL, he was a son of the late Alfred Blackman and Velma Lorene Holcomb Carruth. Jim was a graduate of Greenwood Springs High School, Class of 1957. Very patriotic, he honorably served...
Peggy Coleman
Jan 16, 2011
View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/190648Amory – Peggy W. Coleman, 87, died on Sunday, January 16, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on August 7, 1923, in Hamburg, Iowa, she was a daughter of the late Alvin Hobart and Eathel Kelly Ward.Mrs. Coleman was a graduate of Aberdeen High School, Class of 1942. She was a homemaker and a member of...
Joanne Pearce
Jan 13, 2011
Smithville – Joanne Baker Pearce, 78, died January 13, 2011 at The Meadows in Fulton MS. Born in Wren, MS on July 24, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Robert Ellett and Ila Mae Farley Baker. A loving and caring person, she married James Dudley Pearce on December 5, 1953. Mrs. Pearce was a Methodist. She worked in...
Frank Shields
Jan 11, 2011
View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/189429Amory – Frank B. Shields, 76, died on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at Golden Living Center, Amory. Born on April 21, 1935, in Amory, he was a son of the late Willie Frank and Lucile Benton Shields.After graduating from Becker, Mr. Shields graduated from Western Kentucky University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He was of...
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