Obituaries
Dorothy "Dot" L. Hester
Sep 23, 2020
Cason Community – Dorothy “Dot” L. Wildman Hester, 84, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, MS. Born on July 13, 1938, in Tippah County, Ripley, MS, she was the daughter of the late William Wildman and Lillie Mae Adams Wildman Reynolds. Dot grew up in Ripley, later moved to Monroe County. She attended...
Linda Gale Miller
Sep 20, 2020
Linda Miller, age 62, passed away September 20, 2020. She graduated from Hatley School and worked at Greenwood Springs Garment Factory for 10 years, the 45 Club and Gatman Garment Factory. She was also a member of Harvest Fellowship Church. She loved to clean anything, loved to doodle and loved playing games on her phone and coloring. But the most...
Opalean Murphy
Sep 20, 2020
Amory – Opalean Sullivan Murphy, 99, met her Savior face to face on Sunday, September 20, 2020. Born on January 11, 1921, in Smithville, MS, she was a daughter of the late Carlos Edgar and Ovie Holloway Sullivan. Opalean grew up in Monroe County, attended Pearce Chapel School, and later she graduated from Smithville High School. When World War II...
Barry "Don" Donald Mathis
Sep 18, 2020
Barry Donald Mathis Tupelo – Barry Donald “Don” Mathis, 80, began his new life in Heaven on Friday, September 18, 2020. Born on July 21, 1940, in Booneville, MS, he was a son of the late James Alfred and Frankie Ilene George Mathis. Don grew up in a family with five siblings in Prentiss County, MS. They were a close...
Sandra C. Bobo
Sep 16, 2020
Sandra C. Bobo Amory – Sandra C. Jones Bobo, 67, passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. Born on August 21, 1953, in Aberdeen, MS, she was a daughter of the late Sam and Evelyn Pickle Jones. Sandra grew up in Wisconsin and obtained her G.E.D. from Gateway Community College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. She was a hard worker and worked...
Barbara Bateman
Sep 14, 2020
Barbara Ann Gretter Bateman Amory – Barbara Ann Gretter Bateman, 88, passed away at Cornerstone Village Nursing Home in Lafayette, LA on September 14, 2020. Born on July 17, 1932, in Wren, Mississippi, she was a daughter of the late Robert Humphries and Wilhemine Haney Gretter. Barbara grew up in Monroe County and graduated from Wren High School with the...
Samuel Dwight Carter
Sep 11, 2020
Samuel Dwight Carter Amory – Samuel Dwight Carter, 74, started his new life in Heaven on Friday, September 11, 2020. Born on November 21, 1945, in Quincy, MS, he was a son of the late Samuel August and Beatrice Mae Thatcher Carter. Dwight grew up in Monroe county and attended Quincy and Becker Grammar Schools. He graduated from Amory High...
Evelyn Obine Turner
Sep 10, 2020
EVELYN OBINE TURNER Amory – Evelyn Obine Taylor Turner, 91, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at Oak Tree Plantation in Amory, MS. Born on July 27, 1929, in Troy, MS, she was the daughter of the late Chester Arthur and Ethel Louell Loggins Taylor. Evelyn grew up in a large family with eight siblings and throughout her life...
Mary Pauline Oliver
Sep 10, 2020
Tupelo - Mary Pauline Oliver, 76, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, MS. She was born on April 12, 1944, in Lee County to Rufus Wesley Oliver and Florence Northington Oliver. Her brother was Jackie G. Oliver of Aberdeen. Mary was a longtime resident of Diversicare in Tupelo, MS, having moved in with...
Jack "Soap" Francis
Sep 9, 2020
Jack Clifford “Soap” Francis, 95, of Amory, MS died on September 9, 2020 at Oak Tree Assisted Living. Born on February 20, 1925 in Verona to the late Wiley Clifford Francis and Ruby Sparks Francis, Soap grew up in Amory, graduating from Amory High School in 1942. Soap received his B.S. degree in 1947 and his M.S. degree in 1950,...
Charles Edward Long
Sep 7, 2020
Amory - Charles Edward Long, 87, passed away September 7, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore, Amory, Mississippi. Born on March 5, 1933, in Bruce Mississippi, he was the son of the late Dwight Wayne and Donie Belle Brasher Long. Charles grew up in Calhoun County, MS and graduated from Bruce High School. He furthered his education by attending...
Sarah Ann Powell Shelly
Sep 7, 2020
Sarah Ann Powell Shelly Amory – Sarah Shelly, 74, passed away peacefully surrounded by her children on Monday, September 7, 2020. Born on August 2, 1946, in Kosciusko, MS, she was the daughter of the late Johnnie and Olene Harman Powell. Sarah grew up in Attala County, MS and graduated from McAdams High School. She married the love of her...
Delbert Coy Mccullar
Sep 6, 2020
Nettleton – Delbert Coy McCullar, 78, passed away at his residence in Nettleton, MS, on Saturday, September 6, 2020. Born on December 13, 1941, in the Bigbee Community, Delbert was the son of the late Paul McCullar and Willie Mae Kennedy McCullar Allen. Delbert grew up in a large family, having a total of 12 brothers and sisters. To help...
Noel Shumpert
Sep 1, 2020
Evergreen/New Chapel Community – Noel Shumpert, 89, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at The Meadows in Fulton, MS. Born on September 22, 1930, in the Carolina Community, he was a son to the late John and Willie Evoline Boozer Shumpert. He grew up in the Carolina Community and graduated from Fulton High School. At age 20, he married...
Jimmy Flaherty
Aug 29, 2020
Jimmy Flaherty Amory – Jimmy Flaherty, 83, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2020, at North Mississippi medical Center, Tupelo, MS. Born in Houston, MS, he was the son of the late Earnest and Frances Finch Flaherty. Jimmy was blessed with three sons and a daughter. He loved his children and adored the grandchildren he was blessed with over his...
Elbert Edward Smith
Aug 28, 2020
Ed Smith Amory – Elbert Edward Smith, 55, started his new life in Heaven on Friday, August 28, 2020. Born in Clarksdale, MS, he was the son of the late William Thomas and Dorothy Evans Smith. Ed obtained his GED and furthered his education by attending ICC and getting a Computer Technology Associated Degree. He also got a Criminal Justice...
Rose Mary Owen Frantz
Aug 27, 2020
Rose Mary Owen Frantz Aberdeen – Rose Mary Owen Frantz, 81, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2020, while at Oak tree Manor Nursing Center, Amory, MS. She was born in Pontotoc, MS, on December 4, 1938, to Walter James and Montye M. Windham Owen. Rose grew up in Pontotoc and met the love of her life, Frank Walton Frantz,...
Virginia Benton
Aug 25, 2020
Amory – Virginia Cavender Benton, 90, met her Lord face to face on August 25, 2020. Born on July 29, 1930, in Greenwood Springs, MS, she was a daughter of the late Louis O. and Mary Key Cavender. Virginia grew up in a large family, attended school in Smithville, and later in life she worked hard and obtained her GED...
J.W. Vann
Aug 24, 2020
Smithville - J.W. Vann passed away August 24, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, from complications of sepsis and joined God in heaven at the age of 77. J.W. was born on March 11, 1943, near Detroit, Alabama, and lived the majority of his early years in the Splunge area of Monroe County. His working life was...
Linda Reese
Aug 24, 2020
LINDA G.CHISM REESE Athens/Quincy – Linda Gertrude Chism Reese, 70, started her new life in Heaven on August 24, 2020. Born in Becker, MS, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Reba Sanders Chism. Linda grew up in a large family and learned early the value of family. She went to Becker school, then Aberdeen and eventually got...
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