Obituaries
Larry Gene Pierce, Sr.
Jun 30, 2016
Amory – Larry Pierce, 69, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, June 30, 2016, at Alliance Healthcare Systems, Holly Springs. Born on December 28, 1946, in Itawamba County, he was the son of the late Cecil Virgil and Zana Mae Pickle Pierce. Larry attended Smithville High School and graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1964. On May 8, 1965, he...
Charles Herman Hester, Sr.
Jun 29, 2016
Amory - Charles Herman Hester, Sr., 85, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born in Amory, MS, on November 10th, 1930, to Carlos Daniel Hester, Sr., and Marilu Caldwell Hester, he lived his entire life in Amory, except for time away in Military service. He married the love of his life, Paula Nell Towle on August...
Lois Anne Sisk Blankenship
Jun 29, 2016
Lois Anne Sisk Blankenship Memphis - Lois Anne Sisk Blankenship, 89, died on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at Signature Health Care of Memphis. Born June 25, 1927 in Amory, Mississippi, she was a daughter of the late Thomas B. Sisk and Beulah Roberts Sisk. She was a graduate of Amory High School. Lois was raised as a member of the...
Fred E. Blalock
Jun 28, 2016
Smithville – Fred E. Blalock, 74, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on July 21, 1941, in Turtletown, TN, he was a son of the late Paul Eugene and Mattie Jewel Verner Blalock. Fred was a graduate of Copper Hill (TN) High School, Class of 1959. Meeting Nancy at a tent revival while they were...
Michael Daniel Phelps
Jun 27, 2016
Amory – Michael Daniel Phelps, 53, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016 at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on February 9, 1963, in Amory, he was the son of the late William Daniel and Lois Harvey Phelps. Michael attended Smithville High School. He worked at Jesco/Cooper Tire for 15 years and at the City of Amory for 15...
Cheryl Allen Doolittle
Jun 23, 2016
Amory – Cheryl Allen Doolittle, 59, died Thursday, June 23, 2016, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS. She was born on August 3, 1956, in Amory, to Joseph C. “Joe” and Claydeen Freeman Allen. Cheryl was a 1974 graduate of Amory High School and attended MS State University. She worked as a License Practical Nurse and a caregiver. Cheryl...
Jeffrey "Jeff" Wayne Harlow
Jun 23, 2016
West Point – Jeffrey “Jeff” Wayne Harlow, 61, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at North Mississippi Medical Center, West Point. Born on September 12, 1954, in Aberdeen, he was the son of Percy Harlow and the late Joean McCary Harlow. At a young age, Jeff’s family traveled internationally and he attended a school for American students in Liberia...
Syble Morrison Wilson
Jun 15, 2016
Amory – Syble Morrison Wilson, 92, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at Oak Tree Manor, Amory. Born on December 8, 1923, in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of the late Bill and Chattie Bell Justice Morrison. She attended school in Fulton and married L. O. Wilson in 1939. During World War II, Mrs. Wilson worked in a...
Sue Swan Mills
Jun 15, 2016
Amory – Sue Swan Mills, 75, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at Oak Tree Manor, Amory. Born on November 28, 1940, she was a daughter of Frances “Fran” Lilian Davis Swan and the late Howard Clay. Sue attended Amory High School. The oldest of her family, she helped raise her family after their father died. After school, Sue...
Norman L. Byars
Jun 15, 2016
Norman Lee Byars, Sr., 49, died at Merit Health Gilmore Hospital on June 15, 2016. Born on May 10, 1967 in Tupelo, he was the son of Cecil Byars and Mary Wilson Guthrie. Norman attended Shannon High School. His love of cars and ATV’s led him to be an employee of Bishops Auto Center. He also was employed by the...
Shirley Martin
Jun 13, 2016
Aberdeen - Shirley Jean Cantrell Martin, 79, passed away on June 13, 2016 at Merit Heath Gilmore Memorial Hospital. She was a daughter of the late John Cantrell and Lottie Mae Strawbridge Cantrell. Shirley attended Amory Schools and worked in the garment industry, was a housecleaner, and daycare worker. Shirley loved to fish, coloring, painting and read her Bible. In...
Pete Brown
Jun 8, 2016
James Coy ”Pete” Brown, 90, died June 8, 2016 at his residence. Born on August 22, 1925 in Detroit, Alabama, he was the son of Marion Coker Brown and Ruby Nix Brown. Pete was the loving husband of Mary Sue Brown. He was a graduate of Smithville High School and attended Texas A&M. While at Smithville, he was voted as...
Glenn Edward Poe
Jun 8, 2016
Amory – Glenn Edward Poe, 82, passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial. Born on December 23, 1933, in Indianola, MS, he was a son of the late Thomas Glenn and Itell Phillips Poe. Glenn was a graduate of Indianola High School and attended Mississippi College. He retired from Quaker Oats Company. Dedicated and very...
Beatrice Tubb
Jun 8, 2016
Amory – Claudie Beatrice Tubb, 101, passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at Golden Living Center. Born on April 24, 1915, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Franklin. Mrs. Tubb attended Nettleton School. In 1976, she married Albert Isaiah Tubb. Before retiring, she worked in the area garment plants. An active...
Hubert W. Knight
Jun 7, 2016
Smithville – Hubert Wayne Knight, 76, passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at Sanctuary Hospice House, Tupelo, MS. Born on March 17, 1940, in Pearce Chapel community, he was a son of Virgil Hanley and Era Mae Wiley Knight. Hubert was a graduate of Smithville High School. After graduation, he worked in the furniture industry all of his life....
Tommy Herbert Lovern
Jun 7, 2016
Smithville – Thomas Herbert “Tommy” Lovern, 66, passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at North MS Medical Center. Born on July 6, 1949, in Amory, he was the son of Kathleen Bennett Lovern and the late James Herbert Lovern. Tommy graduated from Smithville High School in 1967 and attended Itawamba Junior College. He loved history, watching all types of...
Frances Hogan
Jun 1, 2016
Frances Hogan Amory - Ida "Frances" White Hogan, 82, passed away on June 1, 2016 at Golden Living Nursing Center, Amory, MS. Born on August 22, 1933, in Okolona, she was a daughter of Charlie and Mary Bell Strawhorn White. A graduate of Okolona High School class of 1951, Frances went to work at a young age at Elmore’s Dime...
Helen Fay Hathcock
May 31, 2016
Amory – Helen Fay Humphries Hathcock, 85, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at Oak Tree Manor. Born on November 25, 1930, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Walter Lee Humphries and Elva Freeda Wideman Humphries Nash. Before her senior year of high school, Helen married S. B. “Jack” Hathcock on July 15, 1947. She was a...
Virginia Brown Bowen
May 29, 2016
Amory – Virginia Dare Brown Bowen, 78, passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2016 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Born on October 18, 1937, in Itawamba County, MS, she was a daughter of the late George Washington Carver Brown and Annie Anderson Brown. Virginia grew up in a large family, with five sisters and four brothers. At...
Frank 'Frankie' Kyzer
May 28, 2016
Columbus – Frank “Frankie” Kyzer, 38, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Born on June 15, 1977, in Tuscaloosa, AL, he was a son of the late Pearson and Neomi Kyzer Hemphill. Frankie was a graduate of New Hope High School, Class of 1995. On August 25, 2007, he married Michelle Webster. Frankie worked...
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