Obituaries

Randy Palmer

Randy Palmer

Oct 2, 2016

Madison, MS - John Randall “Randy” Palmer, 45, passed away on Sunday, October 2, 2016, at his residence. Born on July 19, 1971, in Amory, he was the son of J. Steven "Steve" Palmer and Sharon O. Palmer. Randy was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1989, where he was a star athlete. Before graduation, he signed with...

Edna Durden Hill

Edna Durden Hill

Sep 23, 2016

Birmingham, AL – Edna Hill, born on September 3, 1925, in Birmingham, AL, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, September 23, 2016. She lived in Amory, MS, from 1953, until November 2015, when she moved to Hoover, AL, to be near her children and grandchildren. Ms. Hill was a partner with her late husband, Dr. C. Bert...

Scott Walker

Scott Walker

Sep 23, 2016

Amory – Richard Scott Walker, 40, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016, at Pioneer Hospital, Aberdeen, MS. Born on July 29, 1976, in Amory, MS, he was the son of Rick Walker and the late Beth Marie Wells Walker. A lifelong resident of Amory, MS, Scott was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1994; he also attended...

Elsie Mae Chism

Elsie Mae Chism

Sep 21, 2016

Amory – Elsie Mae Gardner Chism, 99, died on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at her residence. Born in Monroe County on June 21, 1917 she was the daughter of the late James Walter and Bessie Kay Kyle Gardner. Mrs. Chism graduated from Amory High School, class of 1935 and attended Business College majoring in bookkeeping and accounting. During World War...

Paul Dwaine Foster

Paul Dwaine Foster

Sep 18, 2016

Aberdeen—Paul Dwaine Foster, 67, died Sunday, September 18, 2016, at his residence. Born on February 27, 1949, in Lilbourn, Missouri, he was a son of the late Howl and Helen Hawkins Foster. Paul was of the Pentecostal faith. He attended Amory schools. Paul was an upholsterer with his father’s company, Foster Furniture. One to have never met a stranger, he...

Nancy C. Hallman

Nancy C. Hallman

Sep 16, 2016

Aberdeen—Nancy Clark Hallman, 68, died Friday, September 16, 2016, at the Merit Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Born on December 6, 1947, she was a daughter of the late LeRoy Clark and Irene Rae Clark. Nancy was of the Baptist faith and attended Nettleton Independent Methodist Church. She graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1966, and also graduated cosmetology...

James Elvie West

James Elvie West

Sep 14, 2016

Nettleton--James Elvie West, 63, died Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Born on October 5, 1952, he was the son of the late Elvie E. West and Betty F. Booth West. James graduated from Nettleton High School, class of 1970 and later attended IJC in Fulton, MS . James was self employed and established a sweeper...

Jeffery Allen Holiday

Jeffery Allen Holiday

Sep 12, 2016

Jeffery Allen Holiday, Jr., 23, passed away unexpectedly in a car accident on Monday, September 12, 2016 in Monroe County, MS. He was the son of Tonya and Jeremy Armstrong, and Jeffery Allen Holiday, Sr. Jeffery graduated from Northwest Rankin High school, class of 2009. While in High School, he was a member of the JROTC. He attended Crossbound Church....

William Green Puckett

William Green Puckett

Sep 12, 2016

Amory - William Green Puckett, 87, passed away Monday, September 12, 2016 at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. He was born in Hamilton, Alabama on July 28, 1929 to the late Clarence Ruben Puckett and Beatrice Boyett Puckett Scott. Mr. Puckett attended Sipsy Fork and Greenwood Springs Schools. He married the love of his life, Dorothy Nell Irvin...

Larry "Red" Smith

Larry "Red" Smith

Sep 9, 2016

Mr. Larry Gene “Red” Smith, 66 of Baldwyn, MS died on Friday, September 9, 2016 at Rush Hospital in Meridian, MS. He was born on January 26, 1950 in Monroe County and was a son of the late Leon and Pemeilar Lewis Smith. Larry was originally from Amory, moving to Baldwyn in recent years. “Red” was a member of the...

Odell Patterson

Odell Patterson

Sep 9, 2016

Nettleton – Odell Patterson, 87, went to be with The Lord on Friday, September 9, 2016, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on March 11, 1929, in Nettleton, he was a son of the late William Earl and Carie Roebuck Patterson. A lifelong resident of Nettleton, Mr. Patterson attended Nettleton Schools. On April 26, 1947, he married his high school sweetheart, Jean...

Ruby Jewel Cox

Ruby Jewel Cox

Sep 3, 2016

Amory – Ruby Jewel Cox, 88, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2016, at Oak Tree Manor. Born on August 10, 1928, in Hamilton, MS, she was a daughter of the late Cecil Tillman and Evie Melissa Rowell Jones. Ruby Jewel was a member of the band and graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1946. On October 3, 1949,...

Peggy West Berry

Peggy West Berry

Sep 2, 2016

Amory – Peggy Ann West Berry, 69, passed away on Friday, September 2, 2016, at her residence. Born on April 15, 1947, Dothan, AL, she was the daughter of the late Grady H. West and Mary Ella Fleming Jackson. Peggy attended Aberdeen schools. She married Warner D. “Butch” Berry on April 24, 1964, in Hamilton. A very familiar face at...

Betty Jean Brown

Betty Jean Brown

Aug 30, 2016

Amory - Betty Jean Harmon Brown, 86, passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at her residence in Amory. Born on March 1, 1930, in Smithville, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Graden and Bertha Cooper Harmon. Betty graduated from Smithville High School with the Class of 1947. She married the love of her life, George A. Brown,...

Shayna Marie Smith

Shayna Marie Smith

Aug 25, 2016

Saltillo – Shayna Marie Smith, 29, passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2016, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on January 3, 1987, in Tupelo, she was a daughter of Debra Jean Pearson Smith and Cecil Ray Smith. Shayna attended Okolona High School. Before becoming a homemaker, she worked for MTD. She was of the Baptist faith. One who loved life and...

Patti Reeves Newcomb

Patti Reeves Newcomb

Aug 20, 2016

Cedar Rapids, IA – Patricia “Patti” Reeves Newcomb, 44, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2016, at her residence. Born on September 22, 1971, in Amory, she was a daughter of William W. and Sherry Burdine Reeves. Patti graduated from Amory High School, with the Class of 1989. She was a graduate of ICC and attended MSU. A talented multi-tasker,...

Florence Evelyn Hawkins

Florence Evelyn Hawkins

Aug 12, 2016

Athens – Florence Evelyn Reph Hawkins, 87, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2016, at Oak Tree Manor, Amory. Born on December 12, 1928, in Bethlehem, PA, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Ann Milligan Reph. One of 22 children, Florence was a middle child and helped rear her younger siblings. She attended Bethlehem, PA, High...

Guy Pettit

Guy Pettit

Aug 11, 2016

Guy Windell Pettit, 75, passed away Friday, August 11, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born August 18, 1941 in Itawamba Community, he was the son of the late J.D. Pettit and Vera Mae Bethay Pettit. Mr. Pettit graduated from Itawamba Agriculture High School in the class of 1959. After graduation, he joined the Air Force...

Virgil Larry Brannon

Virgil Larry Brannon

Aug 10, 2016

Virgil Larry Brannon, 78, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on March 4, 1938, in Monroe County Tennessee, he was a son of the late Dink and Elsie Belinda Shell Brannon. Virgil graduated from Madisonville, TN, High School, Class of 1956. After graduation, he joined the US Air Force, serving for four years at Holloman...

Walter Howard Moon

Walter Howard Moon

Aug 10, 2016

Walter Howard Moon of Becker, Mississippi passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory after a long and courageous battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He was 88 years old. Howard was born on May 28, 1928 in Becker to Walter Eli and Lyndia Rollins Moon. He graduated from Becker High School in 1946 and then...

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