Obituaries

Claudine Maxey

Claudine Maxey

Aug 18, 2014

Amory – Claudine Maxey, 88, died on Monday, August 18, 2014, at Oak Tree Manor. Born on October 24, 1925, in Marion County, AL, she was a daughter of the late John W. And Martha LeeVinia Bowen Goodwin. Mrs. Maxey attended Quincy School. She married Thomas H. Maxey on July 14, 1945. An entrepreneur, she was a retired hairdresser. She...

Bro. Conan Doyle

Bro. Conan Doyle

Aug 18, 2014

Petal – Bro. Conan Odell Doyle, 90, died on Monday, August 18, 2014, at his residence. Born on June 6, 1924, in Baron, OK, he was a son of the late William Hardin and Manervia Annettie Spyres Doyle. Bro. Doyle honorably served in the US Army Red 1 Unit as a combat soldier and later as an MP during World...

Bro. David Lann

Bro. David Lann

Aug 17, 2014

Smithville – Rev. David Lann, 72, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2014, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on July 21, 1942, in Monroe County, he was a son of the late Burley Dow and Eunice Irene Gregory Lann. He was a graduate of Smithville High, Class of 1962. On March 16, 1962, he married Janice Brasfield. Saved in 1962, following...

Van Hayes Livingston Sr.

Van Hayes Livingston Sr.

Aug 16, 2014

Mooreville - Van Hayes Livingston, Sr., 80, passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2014, at his residence. Born on March 18, 1934, in Vernon, he was a son of the late Ugless Hays and Tezzie Mae Moore Livingston. He honorably served in the US Army during the Korean War. Mr. Livingston owned his own trucking business. He was a member...

Van Hayes Livingston Jr.

Van Hayes Livingston Jr.

Aug 16, 2014

Mooreville - Van Hayes Livingston, Jr., 58, passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2014, at his residence. Born on October 12, 1955, in Columbus, he was a son of the late Earlene Ward and Van Hayes Livingston, Sr. Van attended Caldwell High School. He was a driver for OTL, Okolona. Van was a Christian. He enjoyed riding horses, driving and...

Helen Jean Moore

Helen Jean Moore

Aug 15, 2014

Alabaster, AL - Helen Jean Holloway Moore passed away to be with her Savior and loved ones on Friday, August 15, 2014. Born October 9, 1936, in Monroe County, she was the daughter of John Alvis and Clara Ethel Holloway. She was a graduate of Itawamba AHS and married her high school sweetheart, L.C. Moore, on January 9, 1954. She...

Theron Ponder

Theron Ponder

Aug 10, 2014

Amory – Theron Junior Ponder, 82, died on Sunday, August 10, 2014, at his residence. Born on December 31, 1931, in Lee County, he was a son of the late George Theron and Rosa Lee Ponder. Mr. Ponder attended Nettleton School. On June 27, 1953, he married Shirley Dykes. Having a love for cars and working on car bodies, he...

Debra Ann Howard

Debra Ann Howard

Aug 10, 2014

Quincy – Debra Ann Howard, 50, passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2014, at her residence. Born on February 28, 1964, in Nashville, she was a daughter of Virgil Brannon and the late Shirley Smith Brannon. Debra attended Aberdeen High School. On July 1, 2000, she married Tracy Howard. Having worked in the area factories and as a ward secretary...

Ellie Lee 'Lil Pete' Vaughan Iii

Ellie Lee 'Lil Pete' Vaughan Iii

Aug 9, 2014

Hatley - Ellie Lee "Lil Pete" Vaughan, III, 63, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on Saturday, August 9, 2014. Born on November 29, 1950, in Amory, he was a son of the Ellie Lee Vaughan, Jr., and the late Gladys Tubb Vaughan. Pete was a graduate of Hatley High and MSU, with a BS in Education and Coaching. On...

Mary Irene Carter

Mary Irene Carter

Aug 8, 2014

Amory – Mary Irene Carter, 94, died on Friday, August 8, 2014, at Oak Tree Manor. Born on June 5, 1920, in Eros, LA, she was a daughter of the late Walter Houston and Allie Bell Sims. She and her late husband moved to Amory in 1986, upon his retirement. She was Baptist. A very pleasant and caring person, she...

Una S. Newton

Una S. Newton

Aug 7, 2014

Amory – Una Sloan Newton, 96, died on Thursday, August 7, 2014, at Golden Living Center. Born on August 17, 1917, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late John Gainey and Dora Belle Ridings Sloan. Mrs. Newton worked as a seamstress in the area garment industry, as a retail clerk, and later as an Avon representative. A...

Taylor Reese Dobbs Iii

Taylor Reese Dobbs Iii

Aug 5, 2014

Murfreesboro, TN – Taylor Reese Dobbs, III, 32, died on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Centennial Medical Center, Nashville. Born on June 12, 1982, in Amory, he was a son of Kay Nettle McKinney Dobbs and Taylor Reese Dobbs, Jr. Taylor was a graduate of Smithville High, Class of 2001. A hard-worker, he was an Op-Tech technician with Nissan. Guided...

Arch Justice

Arch Justice

Aug 2, 2014

Amory – Arch Justice, 90, died on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on January 14, 1924, in Hatley, he was the son of the late Arch C. & Lenora Weaver Justice. Mr. Justice was a Hatley High School graduate, Class of 1943. He married Nel Phillips on July 3, 1943. Mr. Justice honorably served in the...

Marion Virginia Webb

Marion Virginia Webb

Aug 2, 2014

Gattman - Marion Virginia Webb, 77, died on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at her residence. Born on June 6, 1937, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd & Lillie Belle Williams Wise. Virginia attended Gattman and Greenwood Springs Schools. On April 10, 1958, she married T. L. Webb. After working 27 years with Glenn Manufacturing, she...

Cecile Langston Owings

Cecile Langston Owings

Aug 1, 2014

Amory – Cecile Langston Owings, 87, died on Friday, August 1, 2014, at River Place Nursing Center. Born on March 9, 1927, she was a daughter of the late P. E. and Lillie Grimes Langston. Mrs. Owings was a graduate of Mooreville High School. She retired as a seamstress with Reed’s Manufacturing. Loving God first, she was a member of...

William Thomas Hamlett Jr.

William Thomas Hamlett Jr.

Jul 31, 2014

Amory – William Thomas Hamlett, Jr., 86, died on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at The Meadows, Fulton. Born on May 4, 1928, in Marked Tree, AR, he was a son of the late Tressie Phillips and William Thomas Hamlett, Sr. Mr. Hamlett worked for OTL in Okolona as a truck driver and mechanic and was an evangelist at Jesus Name...

Bill Boswell

Bill Boswell

Jul 24, 2014

Amory - William “Bill” Sanford Boswell, Jr., 75, of Amory, died at his home Wednesday, July 23. The son of the late William S. and Edith M. Boswell, Bill was a graduate of Cleveland High School and Delta State University. Truly a Renaissance man, he wore the hats of C.P.A., businessman, English instructor, church and civic leader, and world traveler....

Dewey C. Bethay

Dewey C. Bethay

Jul 24, 2014

Carolina – Dewey C. Bethay, 94, died on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at his residence. Born on October 9, 1919, in Carolina, he was a son of the late Ed and Lillian Nichols Bethay. Mr. Bethay attended Itawamba County Schools. He married Lillian Farr on September 12, 1941, and honorably served in the US Army in the 322nd Infantry Wildcat...

Coy Lane Allen

Coy Lane Allen

Jul 24, 2014

Vernon - Coy Lane Allen, 64, died on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at his residence. Born on July 6, 1950, in Sulligent, he was a son of the late Henry and Anita Mangrum Allen. Coy was a graduate of Caledonia High School in 1968. He married Linda May Moates on October 16, 1968. Coy was a roofer. He was of...

Wanda Joy Moffett

Wanda Joy Moffett

Jul 23, 2014

Amory - Wanda Joy Bratton Moffett, 72, died on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on August 15, 1941, in Pontotoc, she was a daughter of the late Louis Russell and Lula Bell Bowling Bratton. Wanda was an excellent basketball player and a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1959. She married James E. Moffett...

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