Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
Gordon 'Red' Thompson
Aug 9, 2016
Amory – Gordon “Red” Thompson, 90, passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at River Place Nursing Home, Amory, MS. Born on December 22, 1925, in Greenwood Springs, MS, he was the son of the late Thurman and Mary Sides Thompson. Gordon attended school in Greenwood Springs. At a young age, he honorably served in the US Army in the...
Thomas R. Bowen
Aug 8, 2016
Amory – Thomas R. “Tom” Bowen, 74, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2016, at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital, Amory, MS. Born on January 1, 1942, in Amory, he was a son of the late William and Exey Velda Lyle Bowen. Tom was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1961. He honorably served his Country in the...
Bobbye Clements
Aug 8, 2016
Amory – Bobbye Lou Clements, 83, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2016, at Golden Living Center. Born on July 29, 1933, in Okolona, she was a daughter of the late Kye Thomas and Bessie Evans Sullivan Thompson. Bobbye graduated from Okolona High School, Class of 1950. On January 5, 1954, she married Tommy Clements; they were married 59 years....
Norma Rock Ball
Aug 1, 2016
Wren – Norma Ball, 80, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2016, at Golden Living Center. Born on March 18, 1936, in Fulton, she was a daughter of the late Duard Francis and Lillie Mae Miller Rock. Norma attended school in Fulton. For many years, she was a seamstress with Amory Garment. On June 14, 1980, she married Henry Ball....
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