Obituaries
Lois Cowan Sanderson
Jun 11, 2020
Tupelo - Lois Marie Cowan Sanderson , 61, passed away Thursday, June 11th, 2020 at Baptist East Medical Center in Memphis, TN. She was born in Amory, MS, on December 16, 1958, to Otis Hiron Cowan, Jr. and the late Georgia Carolyn Owen Cowan. She attended Amory High School and continued her studies at Mississippi State University where she was...
Alpha Mae Koonce Little
Jun 10, 2020
Alpha Mae Koonce Little Amory—Alpha Mae Koonce Little, 95, left her earthly course on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at NMMC in Amory. Born in Mobile, AL on September 21, 1924, she was a daughter of David Leo and Olga Patterson Koonce. Alpha graduated from Davis High School in Houston, TX. She worked for Great Southern Life Insurance Company for several...
Carol Edwards
Jun 10, 2020
Carol Jean Edwards Tupelo – Carol Jean Edwards, 68, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on January 3, 1952, she was a daughter of the late James Herman Edwards and Jean Glasgow Edwards. Carol grew up in Monroe County and graduated from Amory High School with the class of 1969. An independent...
Betty Irene Hunter
Jun 9, 2020
Betty Parish Hunter Amory - Betty Parish Hunter, 81, started her new life in heaven on June 9, 2020. Born on November 20, 1938, in Bigbee, MS, she was a daughter of the late Albert M. and Myrtle Adams Parish. Betty attended schools in Bigbee as well as Amory High School. She enjoyed playing Basketball and graduated with the Amory...
James Jeffrey Markham
Jun 9, 2020
Amory—Dr. James Jeffrey Markham passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at the age of 45. Jeff was born on June 25, 1974 in Amory, MS to James B. Markham and the late Diane Plunkett Markham. He was a 1992 graduate of Amory High School, where he played baseball. In 1994, he obtained his Associate of Applied Science degree from...
Edsel Carpenter
Jun 9, 2020
Edsel Ray Carpenter Smithville – Edsel Carpenter, 69, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center – Gilmore, Amory. Born on November 4, 1950, in Amory, MS, he was a son of the late Relder and Annie Knight Carpenter. Edsel grew up in Smithville and graduated with the Smithville High School Class of 1968. He furthered...
Rufus Joe Taylor
Jun 6, 2020
Joe Taylor Amory—Rufus Joe Taylor, 85, passed away peacefully at his residence, surrounded by his family, on Saturday, June 6, 2020. He was born in the Wayside Community in Fayette County, Alabama on February 9, 1935 to the late Maud Allen and Cammie Lee McDonald Taylor. During the mid 1950s, when Joe was 25 years old, he and his brother...
Joan Roche Mccain
Jun 5, 2020
Amory— Joan Roche McCain, 73, ended her journey on Friday, June 5, 2020. Born in the Bigbee Community on January 18, 1947, she was a daughter of Alene Lockhart Roche Bailey and the late Clarence Roche. Joan graduated from Amory High School with the Class of 1965. She then attended and graduated with a degree in Education from Mississippi University...
Hong "Rose" Nguyen Buckner
Jun 1, 2020
Hong “Rose” Buckner Shannon – Hong Thi Nguyen Buckner, passed away on Monday, June 1, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. Born on December 23, 1965, in Vietnam, she was the daughter of Thuy Thi Nguyen and Thanh Nguyen. Hong grew up in Vietnam within a family where she was one of three daughters. She married the loved of her life, Richard...
Gladys Jordan
May 31, 2020
Splunge—Gladys Jordan, 101, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2020 at River Place Nursing Center in Amory. She was born on April 16, 1919 to the late Gale and Jessie Jones Silas. She grew up in Splunge as an only child, were she attended school and ultimately graduated from Smithville High School in 1940. She was the last survivor of...
Richard Eugene Buckner
May 31, 2020
Shannon – Richard Eugene Buckner, passed away on May 31, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. Born on May 16, 1970, in Amory, MS, he was a son of Paul David Buckner, Jr. and the late Lancy Sue Gray. Richard attended Aberdeen Elementary, Aberdeen Middle School, and he graduated from Hatley High School. Growing up, he was one of three boys and...
Charlie "Wilbur" (Bill) Cole
May 29, 2020
Smithville – Charlie "Wilbur" (Bill) Cole, 90, passed away at Oak tree Manor Nursing Center, Amory, MS, on May 29, 2020. Born on May 19, 1930, in Smithville, MS, he was a son of the late Johnnie Columbus “Lum” Cole and Etna Drucilla Stafford Cole. Wilbur grew up in Monroe County and graduated from Smithville High School with the class...
Carolyn Janette Smith
May 26, 2020
Carolyn J. Smith, 74, passed away on May 26, 2020, at her residence in Amory, Mississippi. Born on July 9, 1945, in Fall River, Massachusets, she was a daughter of the late Herbert Albion Case and Anna Borden Case. Carolyn grew up in Rhode Island and graduated from the Josephine F. Wilbur High School in Little Compton, Rhode Island. She...
Robert "Terry" Myatt
May 22, 2020
Amory - Robert "Terry" Myatt, 64, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020 at the Aberdeen Care Center, Aberdeen, Mississippi. A private family graveside service will be held on Sunday. Memories and condolences may be shared with his family at EEPickleFuneralHome.com
William "Bill" May, Sr.
May 21, 2020
William Brannock “Bill” May, Sr. Amory – Bill May, 82, started his eternal life in Heaven on May 21, 2020. Born on August 30, 1937, in Amory, MS, he was the son of the late John Brannock and Martha Ila “Mott” Chilcoat May. Bill grew up in Amory and graduated with the 1955 class of Amory High School. He furthered...
Jerry Shannon
May 21, 2020
Smithville— Jerry Dean Shannon, 73, died on May 21, 2020 at NMMC in Tupelo, Mississippi. Jerry was born on April 23, 1947 in Carlsbad, New Mexico to John W. Shannon and Alberta Bennett Shannon. He moved with his family from Carlsbad to El Paso, Texas, to Goffstown, New Hampshire. Jerry graduated from Goffstown High School with the Class of 1965....
Barbara Rice Littlejohn
May 19, 2020
Amory— Barbara Rice Littlejohn, 87, left her earthly course on the morning of May 19, 2020 at Riverplace Nursing Center. Born in Paris, KY on August 13, 1932, she was a daughter of Denny Allen Rice and Ella Mae Boatwright. Barbara was a member of Amory Church of Christ. In her free time, she loved watching soap operas, collecting porcelain...
Edna Franklin Cox
May 14, 2020
Smithville—Edna Earl Franklin Cox, 80, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, May 14, 2020. She was born on October 24, 1939 in Sulligent, Alabama to Mathis and Lily Mae Rogers Franklin. Edna graduated from Sulligent High School and began working as a dietary aide for Gilmore Memorial Hospital, where she worked for over 30 years. She was a...
David Lay
May 13, 2020
David Matthew Lay, age 40, of Tupelo, Mississippi, passed away May 13, 2020. He was born November 23, 1979 in Amory, Mississippi, and lived in Smithville during his childhood and adolescence. Graduating from Amory High School in 1998, he went on to earn his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Mississippi State University. He was an instructor of sociology at Itawamba...
Leland Ford
May 13, 2020
Smithville - Mr Leland Ford, 86. passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at his residence in Smithville. His graveside funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at 3:00 pm at Cherry Tree Cemetery, Itawamba County, Mississippi. Memories and condolences may be shared with his family at EEPickleFuneralHome.com
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