Obituaries
Mary Ruth Allen
Apr 28, 2014
Mary Allen Amory, Miss.—Mary Ruth Arnold Allen, 99, died on Monday, April 28, 2014 at the Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born November 16, 1914, she was a daughter of Robert and Evie Roper Arnold. She married Marshall Allen, Sr. in 1932. For many years, she and her husband owned and operated Allen’s Big Star and upon her...
Dorothy Devaughn
Apr 27, 2014
Amory- Dorothy Laverne DeVaughn, 69, died Sunday April 27, 2014 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born June 1, 1944 in Lamar County, AL she was a daughter of William Albert and Mary Mae McClendon Williams. She attended Sulligent School and was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. She retired from the furniture industry. Devoted to her family, she...
Rupert Watson
Apr 27, 2014
Rupert Watson, Jr. Amory, Miss.—Rupert Calvin Watson, Jr., 91, died Sunday, April 27, 2014 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. Born June 4, 1922 in Webster Co., he was a son of Rupert Calvin, Sr. and Letha Elvy Morris Watson. He married Lucy Hodges in 1942. A very patriotic man, he was a U.S. Navy veteran of...
Imogene Frederick
Apr 23, 2014
Smithville – Doris Imogene “Mammy” Cox Frederick, 88, died on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at Golden Living Center. Born on September 26, 1925, in Smithville, she was a daughter of the late James F. “Jim” and Belma Brasfield Cox. Mrs. Frederick was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1942. After 29 ½ years of service, she retired from...
Mary Connie Thompson
Apr 22, 2014
Edinburgh, Scotland – Mary “Connie” Thompson, 84, died on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, in Edinburgh. Born on August 31, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott. Mrs. Thompson was a graduate of Milnathort, Scotland, High School. As a teenager, she worked in a baker’s shop and was crowned most beautiful in a beauty pageant....
Emojeane Moore Lamb
Apr 20, 2014
Carolina Community- Emojeane Moore Lamb, 67, died Sunday, April 20, 2014 at NMMC. Born May 25, 1946 in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of Lonnie Moore and Ruby Alred Davis. She married the love of her life, Russell Reed Lamb May 11, 1963. A woman of great courage, determination and faith, she was a member of Liberty Baptist Church...
Billy Jones
Apr 20, 2014
Billy Jones Amory, Miss.—Billy Dwayne Jones, 63, died on Sunday, April 20, 2014 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Born November 21, 1950 in McAllister, OK, he was a son of Rubel and Maxine Guyton Jones. He married Sherry Randolph. A graduate of Hatley High School, he also graduated from the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Academy in Pearl and...
Mabrie Little
Apr 19, 2014
Mabrie Little, 90, died on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at the Golden Living Nursing Center. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. on Monday at the New Hope Cemetery. Everyone is asked to meet at the cemetery at 10:30 a.m.
Bobby "Bob" Harmon Sr.
Apr 17, 2014
Lawrenceville, GA- Bobby “Bob” Donald Harmon, Sr. died Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Community Hospice in Verona. Born October 6, 1939 in Becker he was a son of John and Inez Kendrick Harmon. He was a 1957 graduate of Amory High School, of the Methodist faith and was employed by Mississippi Valley Gas, Castle Company, Clark Forklift in Tupelo, and...
Catherine Funderburk
Apr 16, 2014
Catherine Funderburk Amory, Miss.—Mary Catherine Funderburk, 85, died on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born January 11, 1929 in Monroe County she was a daughter of Leonard Alfonso and Betty Frances Lay West. She attended Quincy Schools and was married to Elbert Funderburk. A woman of faith, she was a member of the...
David Wayne Tomlin
Apr 16, 2014
Amory- David Wayne Thompson, 56, died Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Born September 25, 1956 in Amory, he was a son of Charlie and Lila Brigman Tomlin. He attended Becker School, worked in the construction and off shore oil business and was a member of North Mississippi Worship Center. A very generous many, he often put the needs of others before...
Eugene V. Cosby
Apr 15, 2014
Olive Branch, MS- Eugene V. Cosby, 78, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Tunica Nursing Home in Tunica, MS. Gene was born Dec. 12, 1935 in Monroe County, the son of Compton V. and Allie O. (Mize) Cosby. He was a Baptist and was saved at Central Grove Baptist Church in Nettleton. He went to school in the...
Carla Wall Cadden
Apr 13, 2014
Amory – Carla Yvonne Wall Cadden, 63, died on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at North MS Medical Center Hospice, Tupelo. Born on March 5, 1951, in Starkville, she was a daughter of Tommy and Carrie Freeman Wall. Growing up, Carla lived in Starkville, Holcomb, MO, and Thibodaux, LA, graduating from Thibodaux High School in 1969, where she was a member...
James Albert Thompson
Apr 12, 2014
Alexandria, Va- James Albert Thompson, 68, died Saturday, April 12, 2014 at his residence. Born September 22, 1945 in Monroe County, MS he was a son of James Burdine and Tarlene Walls Thompson. A 1963 graduate of Amory High School, he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Statistics and Data Processing from Mississippi State University. He honorably served his country...
Geri Peeler Mann
Apr 7, 2014
Smyrna, TN – Geraldine “Geri” Peeler Mann, 76, died on Monday, April 7, 2014, at her residence. Born on November 22, 1937, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Gerald and Burma Parham Peeler. Geri was a graduate of Messick High School and Memphis State University. For 26 years, she was a devoted and caring teacher with Memphis...
Tillman Wright
Apr 6, 2014
Tillman Wright Hatley, Miss.—Robert Tillman Wright, 82, died on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at the Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born May 3, 1931 in the Trace Road Community of Monroe County, he was a son of Winnie R. and Sallie Humphries Wright. A Baptist, his family was also an important part of his life. He was a...
Kayden Garrett Harris
Apr 4, 2014
Amory- Kayden Garrett Harris, infant son of Eddie Jr. and Amanda Harris, died Friday, April 4, 2014 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his twin sister, Makenna Harris; sisters, Melissa Latham, Magnolia, AR and Madalyn Stephens, Tupelo; brother, Allen Stephens, Tupelo; grandparents, Eddie and Dorothy Harris, Cedar Bluff, Steve and Anita...
Douglas H Mixon
Apr 3, 2014
Horn Lake – Douglas H Mixon, 71, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – DeSoto, Southaven. Born on January 9, 1943, in Pine Springs Community of Lamar County, AL, he was a son of the late Alvin Hobson and Katie Mansell Mixon. He was a devout Christian and honorably served in the US Navy on the...
Ronald C. 'Ronnie' Frederick
Apr 3, 2014
Amory - Ronald Coleman "Ronnie" Frederick, 61, died on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at his residence. Born on August 5, 1952, in Waukegan, IL, he was the son of the late Marlin Coleman “M. C.” and Opal Earlene Coker Frederick Moffett. Ronnie was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1970. He married Gerdi Pat Koestler on September 30,...
Josie Lee Henke
Apr 1, 2014
Smithville- Josie L. Henke, 94, died Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Tishomingo Community Living Center. Born in Lamar County, Alabama on May 7, 1919, she was a daughter of Felix and Leona Hester Merchant. She married Floyd Whited and after his death, she later married Darvin Everett Henke on December 23, 1964. She attended Gattman School, later working as a...
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