Obituaries

Emma Langford

Emma Langford

Oct 14, 2010

View her Video tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/169222Amory – Emma G. Langford, 79, died on Thursday, October 14, 2010, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on March 30, 1931, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Alice Renfro Miller.A homemaker, Mrs. Langford was a member of First Baptist Church and was active with First Friends. Strong-willed and independent, she was passionate...

Nettie Shackelford

Nettie Shackelford

Oct 7, 2010

Nettleton - Nettie Mae Shackelford, 95, Carolina Community, died on Thursday, October 07, 2010, at her son’s residence. Born on March 30, 1915, in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of the late Walter A. & Minnie Morse Parker. A loving and caring mother and grandmother to her entire family, Mrs. Shackelford was a homemaker. She was a member of...

Gene Earl

Gene Earl

Oct 3, 2010

Amory – Gene Earl, 66, died on Sunday, October 3, 2010, at his residence. Born on February 8, 1944, in Colorado Springs, CO, he was a son of Betty Graves Earl Sisson and the late Russell Earl. Gene graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1962. He was a former member of the National Guard. After more than 33 years...

Mary Burney Dodd

Mary Burney Dodd

Oct 2, 2010

Amory – Mary Chloe Burney Dodd, 92, died on Saturday, October 2, 2010, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on August 26, 1918, in Kilmichael, MS, she was a daughter of the late Francis Monroe and Lula Alabama Kemp Burney. Mrs. Dodd was raised and attended school in Moorehead, MS. On Sept. 12, 1936, she married the love...

Willie "Pete" Stanford

Willie "Pete" Stanford

Sep 30, 2010

Amory – Willie “Pete” Stanford, 74, died on Thursday, September 30, 2010, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on December 24, 1935, in Hatley, he was the son of the late Clifton & Cora Lee Parish Stanford. After more than 40 years of service, Mr. Stanford retired as the shipping department manager at Amory Garment. He was a member of Meadowood Baptist...

Eloise Wamble

Eloise Wamble

Sep 27, 2010

View her video tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/165420 Wren - Bonnie Eloise Jackson Wamble, 70, died on Monday, September 27, 2010, at Gilmore Memorial RMC.  Born on January 26, 1940, in Wren, she was a daughter of the late Ted and Mildred Dixon Jackson. A devoted, loving, caring wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Eloise was known as “Gran” to everyone in the community. ...

A. Edwards

A. Edwards

Sep 27, 2010

Nettleton – Albert Allen Edwards, 65, died on Monday, September 27, 2010, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on August 23, 1945, he was a son of the late Noah & Clara Fredrick Edwards. Allen worked as a heavy equipment operator for Monroe County for sixteen years. He had lived in Smithville and the Parham Community before moving to Nettleton. Having...

Hazel Monaghan Rutell

Hazel Monaghan Rutell

Sep 26, 2010

Hazel Knoop Monaghan Rutell Mena, AR - Hazel Knoop Monaghan Rutell, 93, died on Sunday, September 26, 2010, at her home. Born in Peotone, IL, she was a daughter of the late William and Freda Knoop. Hazel loved the Lord and had expressed her desire to be with him. Hazel moved to Mena in 1970 with her husband Ted Monaghan,...

D. Randle,

D. Randle,

Sep 25, 2010

Aberdeen – Dr. Sale D. Randle, Sr., 74, died on Saturday, September 25, 2010, at Sanctuary Hospice. Born on February 1, 1936, in Greenwood Springs, he was a son of the late C. Sale & Christine Atkins Randle. Graduating from Aberdeen High School, Class of 1953, Dr. Randle received his undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees from the University of Mississippi...

Helen Lamar

Helen Lamar

Sep 22, 2010

E. E. Pickle FH, Amory 662.256.2644 Wren – Helen Mayfield Lamar, 95, died on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at her home. Born on November 19, 1914, in Union County, MS, she was the daughter of the late Dr. James I. and Julia Oda Swain Mayfield. Growing up in Blue Mountain, MS, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Blue...

Daniel Knox

Daniel Knox

Sep 21, 2010

Amory - Daniel Larry Knox, 19, died on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at his residence in Starkville. Born on January 13, 1991, in Amory, he was a son of Larry Wayne & Veronica Roza Knox. Gifted with an infectious personality, Daniel always strived to do and be the best that he could be. A sophomore at Mississippi State University majoring...

Basil Hood

Basil Hood

Sep 20, 2010

Smithville – Mr. Basil E. “Buddy” Hood, 69, died on Monday, September 20, 2010, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on July 14, 1941, in Itawamba County, he was a son of the late Ivy Cecil & Davannah Vay Blake Hood. Buddy honorably served his country in the US Army, the National Guard, and the US Air Force. He worked as a...

Ollie Parham

Ollie Parham

Sep 20, 2010

View her video tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/163991 Amory – Mrs. Ollie Bell Parham, 94, died on Monday, September 20, 2010, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on May 3, 1916, in Splunge, she was a daughter of the late Virgil Clifton & Iuna Noe Stanford. Mrs. Parham had lived in Becker and Bigbee before moving to the Parham Community 58 years ago. She worked...

Marie Johnson

Marie Johnson

Sep 20, 2010

Nettleton – Mrs. Marie Johnson, 80, died on Monday, September 20, 2010, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on December 11, 1929, in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Layfette & Lela Wood Waddle. Mrs. Johnson was a self-employed hairdresser, retiring in 1982. A faithful member of Jones Chapel Baptist Church, she served the Lord as a former...

Elner Palmer

Elner Palmer

Sep 17, 2010

Elner Elizabeth Stanford Palmer, 100, died Friday, September 17, 2010, at Aberdeen Care Center in Aberdeen. She was born August 30, 1910, in Sheffield, Alabama, to Robert James Stanford and Mattie Megaline Mitchell Stanford. She moved with her family in 1915 to Monroe County, Mississippi, near Bigbee. On March 6, 1927, Elner married Robert Demore Palmer. They moved to Itawamba...

Syvilla Rieves

Syvilla Rieves

Sep 16, 2010

E. E. Pickle FH, Amory 256.2644 Wren – Syvilla Jackson Rieves, 93, died on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on August 25, 1917 in Tupelo, MS, she was a daughter of the late James Bonnie and Nellie Mae Hall Jackson. She was a graduate of Wren High School Class of 1936. She lived in...

Louise Powell

Louise Powell

Sep 14, 2010

E. E. Pickle FH, Amory 256.2644 Amory – Amanda Louise Miles Powell, 83, died on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on November 27, 1926, in Hatley, MS, she was a daughter of the late Woodruff Eli ‘Rusty’ and Cora Purnie Davis Miles. She attended Trace Road Schools. She married James Andrew Powell in 1956....

Margie Harden

Margie Harden

Sep 14, 2010

E. E. Pickle FH, Amory 256.2644 Amory – Margie Calloway Hathcote Harden, 91, died September 14, 2010 at her home. She was born November 26, 1918 in Amory to the late Elijah Calloway and Mary Elizabeth ‘Mamie’ Jones Hathcote. She was a member of the Amory High School Class of 1936. She worked for Amory Wholesale Grocery and as a...

Charles Claffey

Charles Claffey

Sep 12, 2010

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Charles John Claffey, 87, died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. A native of New York, he was born Sept. 26, 1922, to Lila Shaw Claffey and Earl Almon Claffey. He was a member of the Congregational Church. He graduated from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., with a bachelor of mechanical engineering degree....

Mary Knight

Mary Knight

Sep 11, 2010

Nettleton – Mrs. Mary Belle Fowler Knight, 50, died on Saturday, September 11, 2010, at her residence. Born on January 7, 1960, she was a daughter of the late Harriel & Dessie May Gray Fowler. A praying lady, she was a member of Professors of Jesus Christ Church, Nettleton. Mary was as a seamstress for Superior Products. A sweet lady...

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