Obituaries
Barbara A. Cowley
Jan 26, 2021
Barbara Cowley Smithville – Barbara Cowley, 77, began her new life in heaven on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Born on November 26, 1943 in Itawamba County, MS, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Wilma Canup Snow. Barbara attended school in Tremont as well as Smithville, where she graduated from High School in 1961. It was on...
Rita Pearson
Jan 25, 2021
Rita F. Pearson Hatley – Rita F. Pearson, 66, passed away on January 25, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on February 25, 1954, in Milford, Delaware, she was a daughter to Mary Ann Rust Terry and the late Leonard Terry. Rita grew up in Delaware and gradated from High School there. She married the love of...
Patsy Wylie
Jan 24, 2021
Turon Community – Patsy Ruth Williams Wylie,79, the “First Lady of Turon”, passed away on her birthday, Sunday, January 24, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo. She was born in Wren, MS, on January 24, 1942 to Homer and Betty Harlow Williams. She attended Wren, Becker and Amory Schools and New Bethel Methodist Church. She married Jackie Wylie on...
Charles J. Cummings
Jan 23, 2021
Smithville – Charles J. Cummings, 90 , began his new life in heaven on Saturday, January 23, 2021. Born on October 2, 1930, in Smithville, he was a son of the late Troy and Leona Lann Cummings. Charles grew up in Monroe county and attended Smithville schools. He went to work at an early age in the Garment Industry and...
Holly Gail Clayton
Jan 20, 2021
Amory – Holly Gail Adams Clayton, 69, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center – Gilmore, Amory, MS. Born on November 4, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Alfred Clinton Adams and Emma Jean Renfro Adams. Gail grew up in a large family with five other siblings so she learned early the importance...
Perry Junior Nix
Jan 20, 2021
Perry Junior Nix, 85, left his earthly home for his Heavenly home on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. Born in Winfield, Alabama on June 15, 1935, he was the son of the late Columbus Perry Nix and Pearlie Ethel Vaughn. In April 1955, he married the love of his life, Gena Umfress. Perry served in the United States Navy and spent...
Ray Keeton
Jan 19, 2021
Grady Ray Keeton, 70, gained his heavenly wings on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. Born on January 21, 1950, in Amory, he was the son of the late Grady Pearson and Fannie Bell Dowdle Billingsley. Ray grew up in Monroe County and he attended both Hatley High School and Amory High School. He began working in the local furniture industry at...
Shay Ross
Jan 18, 2021
Amory – Rodney Shay Ross, 59,passed away on Monday, January 18, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center – Gilmore, Amory, MS. Born on October 16, 1961, in Waukegan, Illinois, he was a son of Gwyn Wallace Bacot and the late Stanley Ross. Shay grew up in Illinois, Natchez, Louisiana, and Amory. He graduated with the Amory High School class of...
Laverne Horne
Jan 16, 2021
Mary Laverne Horne Smithville – Mary Laverne Horne, 90, started her new life in Heaven on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Born on June 30, 1930, in Smithville, she was the daughter of the late Clint and Lessie Hathcock Stevens. Laverne grew up in Monroe County and graduated from Smithville High School. She loved the Lord and was blessed by God...
Mario G. Cappuzzello
Jan 16, 2021
Amory - Mario G. Cappuzzello, 80, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at the Vineyard Court Nursing Center in Columbus, Mississippi. He was born in Chicago Illinois, to the late Rosario and Concettina Distenfano Cappuzzello. Mario grew up in White Rock Arkansas and attended High School there. He worked at Wal Mart for several years where he served the...
Pat Patterson
Jan 15, 2021
Linzy Franklin “Pat” Patterson Amory – Pat Patterson, 82, finished a good fight and ultimately won the battle when he saw Jesus face to face on Friday, January 15, 2021. He was born on September 21, 1938, to Lula Preston and Ruby Mae Jones Patterson, in the Peaceful Valley Community, Mississippi. Growing up in a large family, with seven siblings,...
Jerry Lantrip
Jan 13, 2021
Amory – Jerry Lantrip, 87, met his Savior face to face on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Born in Amory, MS on May 30, 1933, he was a son of the late Jake and Dolly Milam Lantrip. Jerry attended Amory High School and entered into the Mississippi Army National Guard in 1951 where he served as a Specialist 4. In 1953,...
Callie Doyle "Boosey" Leech
Jan 11, 2021
After a long and fulfilling life, Callie Doyle (Boosey) Leech passed away at age 92 at his home in Smithville on the morning of January 11. He was born the third of six sons to Jessie Elder and Lena Dill Leech on January 5 1929, in Smithville. On July 23, 1948, he married Barbara Ann Silas. This union lasted for...
Charlotte A. Puckett
Jan 11, 2021
Charlotte Ann Wallace Puckett On Monday, January 11, 2021, Charlotte Ann Puckett, 73, passed away from this Earth and entered her heavenly home. Her life will be celebrated in a service at the E.E. Pickle Funeral Home chapel on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 2pm. This service also will be live streamed from E. E. Pickle's Facebook page. No visitation...
Faye Blaylock
Jan 7, 2021
Greenwood Springs – Ila Faye Smith Blaylock, 89, gained her heavenly wings on Thursday, January 7, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Amory, MS. Born on April 23, 1931, in Weakly County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Frank Roland Smith and Nora Lucyann Taylor Smith. Mrs. Blaylock attended elementary school at the Old Salem School near...
Thomas Griffith
Jan 6, 2021
Thomas Griffith Amory – Sidney Thomas Griffith was born in Okolona, MS on February 7, 1940, to Sidney Griffith and Eva Mae Jones Griffith. He went to his heavenly home on January 6, 2021 at the age of 80. He spent his early years in the Wren community and graduated from Amory High School in 1958, after the Wren School...
Johnny F. Gann, Jr.
Jan 6, 2021
Amory – Johnny F. Gann, Jr., 55, started his new life in Heaven on January 6, 2021. Born on April 23, 1965, in Tupelo, MS, he was a son of the late Johnny Gann, Sr., and Frances Ritter Gann. Johnny grew up in Monroe County and graduated from Amory High School. He furthered his education by later taking courses in...
Bro. Truman Carter
Jan 6, 2021
Amory – Truman L. Carter, 84, finished a great work here on earth and began his eternal life on January 6, 2021. Born on March 28, 1936, he was a son to the late Leroy “Buddy” Carter and Ruby Lou Hester Carter. Bro. Truman grew up in Monroe County, attended school at Hatley and Wren Schools and graduated with the...
Christine Louise Sutton
Jan 5, 2021
Christine L. Sutton Hamilton – Christine Louise Gosa, 81, met her Savior face to face on January 5, 2021. Born on October 18, 1939, in Hamilton, MS, she was a daughter to the late Thomas Monroe and Velma Lou Garrett Gosa. Christine grew up in Hamilton, MS and graduated with the Hamilton High School class of 1958. She married the...
Lois Miller
Jan 2, 2021
Amory – Mary Lois Miller, 90, started her new life in Heaven on January 2, 2021. She was born on March 12, 1930, in Greenwood Springs, MS, to the late Levi and Alice Camp Northington. Lois grew up and attended school in Greenwood Springs, Mississippi. She worked several years in the furniture industry and later took care of people as...
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