Obituaries
Janet Gaines
Apr 2, 2015
Mooreville – Janet Gaines Bone, 57, died on Thursday, April 2, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House, Tupelo. Born on December 16, 1957, in Amory, she was the daughter of James Gaines and the late Ruth Riley Gaines. As a youth, she attended Amory schools. Ms. Bone worked in the Restaurant Industry and served the public as a waitress for 25...
Lynn Wood Todd
Mar 31, 2015
Bigbee – Lynn Wood Todd, 69, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 31, 2015, at NMMC. Born on August 31, 1945, in Tupelo, he was a son of the late Rufus Gordon and Frances Geneva Owings Todd. Lynn graduated from Amory High School in 1964. He married Peggy Sargent on February 5, 1988. Before retiring as a...
Ouida Ruth Moore
Mar 29, 2015
Amory - Ouida Ruth Magee Moore, 93, died Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Gilmore Hospital, in Amory. Born on December 24, 1921, in Yalobusha County, MS, she was a daughter of the late Ouida Pritchard Magee and Van Clifton Magee. A 1939 graduate of South Side High School in Memphis, she married B.O. Moore in October of 1941. They were...
Annie Sue Faulkner
Mar 28, 2015
Smithville – Annie Sue Faulkner, 87, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at her residence. Born on October 24, 1927, in Fulton, she was a daughter of the late Chandler and Maye Crouch Hutchinson. Mrs. Faulkner attended Smithville School. On October 22, 1946, she married Leonard “Bud” Faulkner. Employed in the garment industry as a seamstress, she retired as...
Josephine Edwards Beasley
Mar 25, 2015
Wren – Mary Josephine “Josie” Beasley, 85, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at her son’s residence. Born on August 31, 1929, in the Palmetto Community, she was a daughter of the late Johnnie Buck and Cleo Crouch Edwards. She married Clarence Beasley on January 25, 1947. Working as a serger for Glenn Manufacturing until 1976, Mrs. Beasley began...
Rebecca Lea Edwards Neal
Mar 24, 2015
Rebecca Lea Edwards Neal Nettleton – Rebecca ‘Becky’ Lea Edwards Neal, 52, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Born on July 10, 1962, in Amory, she was the daughter of the late Doyce Lee and Bobbie Jean Curry Edwards. Becky attended Nettleton High School and married the love of her life, Thomas Neal on September 13,...
James Thomas 'J. T.' Thornton Jr.
Mar 22, 2015
Amory – James Thomas Thornton, Jr., 92, passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2015, at NMMC, Iuka. Born on September 19, 1922, in Lackey, he was a son of the late Jodie Fowlkes and James Thomas Thornton, Sr. Mr. Thornton was a graduate of Becker School, Class of 1940. He honorably served in the US Navy as a Machinist Mate...
Major Ray Minga Usaf, Ret.
Mar 21, 2015
Amory – Major Ray Minga, USAF, Ret., 89, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House. Born on August 24, 1925, in Greenwood Springs, he was a son of the late Walter Lee and Annie Laura Cox Minga. He honorably served in the US Navy and was discharged on April 18, 1946. Ray attended the University of...
Tina Sue Pace
Mar 19, 2015
Greenwood Springs - Tina Sue Pace, 44, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at St. Vincent-St. Clair Hospital in Pell City, AL. Born on October 28, 1970, she was a daughter of Cecile Elizabeth DeWitt Pace and the late Curtis Lee Pace. Tina attended Hatley School. She worked as a cook in the restaurant industry. Tina was Baptist. Passionate...
Gary Max Bunn
Mar 18, 2015
Amory - Gary Max Bunn, 76, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehab. He was born on September 5, 1938, in Randolph County, AL. A Randolph County native, Mr. Bunn was born on September 5, 1938, the son of Theodore and Cludia Sailors Bunn. He was a United States Air Force veteran and was a...
Benjamin 'Benny' Elliott Rodgers Jr.
Mar 18, 2015
Amory – Benjamin “Benny” Elliott Rodgers, Jr., 67, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at Pioneer Community Hospital. Born on June 12, 1947, in Aberdeen, he was a son of the late Benjamin Elliott Rodgers, Sr., and Ann Nunn Rodgers Chance. Benny was a graduate of Aberdeen High School and attended IJC. He lived in Aberdeen for several years...
Mary Fletcher Williams
Mar 12, 2015
Wren - Mary Fletcher "Fletch" Poss Williams, 89, passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Oak Tree Plantation, Amory. Born May 10, 1925, in Chickasaw County, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Augustus and Bobbie Lee Townsend Poss. Mrs. Williams was a graduate of Wren School, 1943. She married James C. Williams who preceded her in death...
Kelly Dean Ivy
Mar 11, 2015
Amory - Kelly Dean Ivy, 79, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on November 23, 1935, in Tishomingo County, he was the son of the late Grover and Onilee Wigginton Ivy. He attended Belmont High School. Mr. Ivy married Peggy Dozier. For 31 years, he worked as a supervisor at True Temper. He...
Jamey Lee Dodd
Mar 10, 2015
Becker – Jamey Lee Dodd, 47, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on August 18, 1967, in Berrien Springs, he was a son of Clayton and Mary Easter. Jamey attended school in Berrien Springs. Moving to Aberdeen in 1985, he was a heavy equipment operator with Target Construction. He married Donna Mabry...
James Randell 'Randy' Crisp
Mar 9, 2015
Gattman - James Randell "Randy" Crisp, 53, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2015, at Specialty Hospital of Meridian. Born on May 12, 1961, in Douglasville, GA, he was a son of the late James Wilbur “Jim” and Martha Stoddard Crisp. Randy attended Hamilton School and honorably served in the US Army, stationed in Germany for two years. On January...
Eria Mae Brown Roberts
Mar 9, 2015
Laplace, LA - Eria Mae Brown Roberts, our beloved Mother and friend, passed on Monday, March 9, 2015, at East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, LA. She was born June 1st, 1941, to the late Era Mancil (EM) Brown & Burma Mae Armstrong of Amory, MS. She was a graduate of Amory High School. She worked at Wilson Manufacturing, as...
Patti Lynn Mills
Mar 9, 2015
Patti Lynn Raymond Mills, 57, died Monday, March 9, 2015, at UAB in Birmingham, Alabama. She was born January 13, 1958, in Amory, Mississippi, to Edward G. Raymond, Jr., and Grace Palmer Raymond. She graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1976, and attended Itawamba Community College where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Among her several occupations, Patti...
Clara Mae Dykes
Mar 7, 2015
Cason Community – Clara Mae Dykes, 90, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks, Verona. Born on March 7, 1925, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Jeff and Mattie Williams Rea. Mrs. Dykes attended Wren School. In 1945, she married Henderson D. Dykes. Mrs. Dykes retired as a seamstress with...
Evelyn Lucille Forrister
Mar 5, 2015
Smithville – Evelyn Lucille Barnes Forrister, 87, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Darlington Oaks Community Hospice. Born on November 9, 1927, in Shannon, she was a daughter of William Riley and Disie Adene Watson Barnes. She graduated from Shannon High School in 1946. On November 23, 1951, she married the love of her life, John Arnie Forrister....
Verla Frederick Arnold
Mar 4, 2015
Becker - Verla Frederick Arnold , 89, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at her residence. Born on March 3, 1926, in Smithville, she was the daughter of Claude and Lizzie Mae Price Frederick. She moved to Becker in 1930 where she graduated from Becker High School in 1944. She married Fred Dewey Arnold, Sr. in 1948 and they...
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