Obituaries
Dennis Waldrop
Aug 27, 2022
Columbus/Hatley – Dennis Wayne Waldrop, 70, passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at his residence in Columbus, MS. He was born on May 6, 1952, in Columbus, MS, to the late Compie and Myrtle Kyles Waldrop. Dennis grew up in Monroe County and graduated from Hatley High School with the class of 1970. He furthered his education at ICC...
Bro. George Marshall Allen Jr.
Aug 24, 2022
.Bro. George Marshall Allen, Jr. Amory – Bro. George M. Allen, Jr., 84, began his new life in Heaven on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. He was born on March 22, 1938, in Tupelo, MS to the late Marshall Allen, Sr., and Mary Ruth Arnold Allen. Bro. George grew up in Lee County and Monroe County. He attended local schools and...
Ann Miller
Aug 21, 2022
Amory – Eula Ann Carroll Miller, 89, began her new life in heaven on Sunday, August 21, 2022. Ann was born on July 16, 1933, in Georgia to the late Douglas Carroll and Laura Tomblin Carroll. Ann moved with her family to Alabama at an early age. She attended High School in Alabama, graduating from Auburndale High School. She furthered...
Sherron Gallop
Aug 12, 2022
Amory – Willie Sherron Wood Gallop, 81, finished her work here on earth and began her new life in Heaven, on August 12, 2022. She was born in Tupelo, MS on March 25, 1941, to the late Lawrence E. and Mayola Webb Wood. Sherron grew up in Itawamba County as an only child and graduated from Itawamba High School. She...
William "Turk" Gray
Aug 6, 2022
William Thurston “Turk” Gray Amory – William Thurston “Turk” Gray, 95, was reunited with his wife and grandson, and began his new life in Heaven on August 6, 2022. He was born on February 18, 1927, in Quincy, MS, to the late William Thomas Gray and Mary Atkins Gray. Turk grew up in a large family in Monroe County and...
Opal Marie Lindsey
Aug 4, 2022
Smithville – Opal Marie Ballenger Lindsey, 93, began her new life in Heaven on Thursday, August 4, 2022. She was born in Georgia on April 23, 1929, to the late C. B. Ballenger and Buna Armstrong Ballenger. Opal grew up in a family with three other siblings. Their family moved from Georgia to Alabama and she graduated from Double Springs...
James H. "J.J." Strawhorn, Jr.
Aug 2, 2022
James H. “J.J.” Strawhorn, Jr. Okolona/Amory – James H. “J.J.” Strawhorn, Jr, 22, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, in Wren, Mississippi. He was born on July 18, 2000, in Amory, MS, to James and Crystal McCrory Strawhorn. JJ grew up in a large family, having three sisters. A smart young man, he graduated from Amory High School and...
Barbara Sizemore
Jul 31, 2022
Amory - Barbara Ann Sizemore, 86, passed away on July 31, 2022 at River Place Nursing Center, surrounded by family. Barbara was born in Smithville, MS on August 14, 1935, to Travis and Maxine Brasfield. Barbara met and married Billy Sizemore in 1952 and started a family, and were blessed with two daughters, Mitzi and Matissa (Bo). Through the years...
Ralph Kuykendall
Jul 31, 2022
James Ralph Kuykendall, 91 of Amory, died at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo on July 31, 2022. Visitation will be at E.E. Pickle Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. The funeral service will be Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at East Amory Missionary Baptist Church. Ralph was born to Fred and...
Nancy Rae Lollar
Jul 30, 2022
Amory – Nancy Rae Lollar, 66, passed away at her residence in Amory, MS on Saturday, July 31, 2022. She was born on April 24, 1956, in Elkhart, IN, to the late George Ingle and Mary Ela McCollum Ingle. Nancy grew up in Alabama and was a member of a large family, where she was one of ten siblings. She...
Connie Love
Jul 21, 2022
AMORY, MS- Connie Hawkins Love, 73, passed away on July 21, 2022 at her home after an extended illness. Connie was born in Amory on February 9, 1949, to Ellie and Sallie Hawkins. She graduated from Amory High School in 1967 and attended the Mississippi University for Women where she was a member of the Lancer social club. On March...
Eva Nell Smith
Jul 19, 2022
Eva Nell Pierce Smith, 90, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at the Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation center in Tupelo. Born on June 13, 1932 in Smithville, she was a daughter to the late William and Odie Holloway Pierce. Eva Nell‘s work career consisted of the Zion Cookie Factory, Johnson Motors, Rolling Hills nursing home and finally working at...
Jerry Mccollum
Jul 15, 2022
Jerry Lloyd McCollum, 74, passed away at his residence in Wren on July 15, 2022. Born on October 19, 1947, he was the son of the late Stanley McCollum and the late Ophalia Faulkner Richardson (Sam). Jerry was a 1966 graduate of Hatley High School and was a member of Grace Fellowship Baptist Church. He was a retired, self-employed carpenter...
Charles Wayne Smith
Jul 15, 2022
Amory---Charles Wayne Smith, 72, passed away at his residence on July 15, 2022. Born on November 8, 1949 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Charles A. Smith and Christine Pickle Smith. He is survived by his wife, Debbie Evans Smith who he married on April 1, 2008; a daughter, Elizabeth (Libby) Pickle, Amory; grandchildren: Madison...
John A. Law
Jul 14, 2022
John Allen Law September 17, 1928 – July 14, 2022 A Life Well Lived --- His way John Allen Law, 93, beloved father, husband, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away, quietly Thursday, July 14 at home in Phil Campbell, Alabama with his bride of 23 years by his side. He was born September 17, 1928, the son of Edward Reid...
Juanita Allen Adkins
Jul 13, 2022
Hatley—Juanita Deloris Allen Adkins, 83, died peacefully at her residence in Hatley on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Born on November 25, 1938, in Beaverton, Alabama, she was one of 10 children born to the late Henry and Anita Mangum Allen. She married the love of her life, Ray Adkins on June 5, 1967 and together they were blessed with three...
Curtis Deason
Jul 6, 2022
Nettleton – Curtis E. Deason, 70, began his new life in Heaven on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. He was born on August 8, 1951, in Tupelo, MS to the late Elbert O’Neal Deason and Minnie Ola Conwill Deason. Curtis grew up in Nettleton, MS and attended Nettleton High School where he enjoyed playing football. A hard worker, he had over...
Mevelene "Mel" Guyton Clayton
Jul 1, 2022
Smithville – Mevelene “Mell” Clayton, 91, went home to our heavenly Father on July 1, 2022. She was born on November 7, 1930, in Amory, MS and was a loving daughter to the late James Garland Guyton and Mary Etta Allred Guyton. Mevelene attended school in Monroe County, Mississippi and went to work at a young age. She worked for...
Bert Richard "Hop" Hays Sr.
Jun 30, 2022
Bert Richard "Hop" Hays, Sr., 78 years old, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother-in-law, uncle and friend went to be with his Heavenly Father on June 30, 2022. Hop was born to Bert Roseman Hays (WWII veteran) and Kathryn Hopper Hays in Birmingham, AL on April 17, 1944. He graduated from Phillips High School in 1962 and attended the...
Don Leech
Jun 30, 2022
Ellie Don Leech, 86, passed away June 30 at his home in Amory. Don is survived by his wife of 66 years, Betty Welch Leech, as well as two children and their spouses, Marsha and Mike Tapscott and Michael and Debbie Leech; four grandchildren, Zachary Leech, Whitney Fisher, David Tapscott and John Tapscott; and four great grandchildren, Cole Fisher, Clay...
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