Obituaries
Martha Cowley
May 27, 2014
Aberdeen – Martha Mae Cowley, 70, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at Pioneer Hospital. Born on December 24, 1943, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Willie Allen McCullar. Martha attended Pine Grove and Nettleton Schools. She was a member of New Hope Church of Christ. With life centered on her faith, family and...
Victor Stanford
May 26, 2014
Amory – Victor Harold “Bubba” “Sonny” Stanford, 78, died on Monday, May 26, 2014, at his residence. Born on June 13, 1935, in Amory, he was a son of the late William Archie Stanford, Sr., and Jewel Nix Stanford. Mr. Stanford attended Trace Road, Amory and Shannon schools and the University of Mississippi for one year. He honorably served in...
Sue Watson Riley
May 26, 2014
Lakeland, FL – Sue Watson Riley, 86, died on Monday, May 26, 2014, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL. Born on October 28, 1927, in Mantachie, she was a daughter of the late Tremon C. and Ruby Cummings Watson. Mrs. Riley was a graduate of Itawamba Agricultural High School, Class of 1945. She retired after several years of service...
Lee Thompson
May 25, 2014
Smithville – Lee Thompson, 16, died on Sunday, May 25, 2014, in Smithville from injuries received in a four-wheeler accident. Born on May 5, 1998, in Amory, he was a son of Clay Thompson and Rana Capel. Lee attended Smithville School and was looking forward to reporting to Camp Shelby to finish his GED and join the US Army. A...
L. C. Moore
May 25, 2014
Alabaster, AL – L. C. Moore, 78, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 25, 2014, at his residence. Born on April 28, 1936, in Tupelo, he was a son of the late Floyd Lemuel and Allie Mae Dodson Moore. Mr. Moore was a graduate of Itawamba AHS, IJC, and attended Mississippi State University. On January 9, 1954,...
Jewell Palmer Mcdaniel
May 22, 2014
Columbus - Jewell Palmer McDaniel, died on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on April 13, 1925, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Curtis L. and Fleeta Wood Palmer. Mrs. McDaniel attended Becker School. She married Leo G. “Mac” McDaniel and worked as a shipping and receiving clerk for Amory Garment and...
Ken 'Peat' Edge
May 17, 2014
Smithville – Ken “Peat” Edge, 33, died on Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Smithville. Born on July 29, 1980, in Amory, he was a son of Donald and Dessie Maxey Edge. Ken was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1998. Good with his hands and mechanically inclined, he worked as a screen printer with his family as well...
Jessie "Bug" Patterson
May 16, 2014
Amory - Jessie "Bug" Ridings Patterson, 88, died on Friday, May 16, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on March 16, 1926, in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Jessie Kendrick Ridings. Growing up in Bigbee, Mrs. Patterson attended Bigbee School. She married Coy G. Patterson on March 3, 1945 in Hatley....
Roger Ausborn
May 16, 2014
Amory – Roger Ausborn, 61, died on Friday, May 16, 2014, at Golden Living Nursing Home, Tupelo. Born on September 26, 1952, in Kenosha, WI, he was a son of the late Clinton Ausborn and Neile Ruth Ausborn Arnold. He is survived by his brothers, Michael and Kenneth Ausborn of Amory; sister, Sheila Camp, Amory; niece, Cynthia Ausborn, Amory; and...
Bobby Jean Stegall
May 15, 2014
Amory – Bobby Jean Tubb Stegall, 82, died on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at The Windsor Place, Columbus. Born on July 19, 1931, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Russell J. Tubb, Sr., and Grace Hill Tubb. Mrs. Stegall was a graduate of Becker High School, Class of 1948 - 1949. Working as a nurse’s aide, she...
Leonard Elkin "L. E." Roberts
May 13, 2014
Amory – Leonard Elkin “L. E.” Roberts, 90, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at Oak Tree Manor. Born on March 28, 1924, in Mantachie, he was a son of the late George Alfred and Ina Mae Walton Roberts. Mr. Roberts attended Palmetto High School. He honorably served in the US Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean...
Prentiss Wigginton
May 6, 2014
Smithville – Prentiss Hugh Wigginton,72, died on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at NMMC, Tupelo after an extended illness. Born on April 25, 1942, in Golden, MS, he was the oldest son of Uzeal “Bill” Wigginton and Myrtle Rogers Wigginton. He graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1959. Prentiss married Glenda Sue Stevens in 1961. For many years, he worked...
Renetta Thompson
May 4, 2014
Renetta Thompson Amory, Miss.—Renetta Lois Thompson, 87, died in Sunday, May 4, 2014 at the Oak Tree Plantation in Amory. Born June 16, 1926 in Marion County, Alabama, she was a daughter of Belton E. and Ella Scogin Thompson. She attended Splunge Schools and was a graduate of Smithville High School. She lived in Amory since 1958 and worked for...
Geraldine Frederick
Apr 29, 2014
Hatley, Miss.—Geraldine Majors Frederick, 79, died on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at her home. Born November 25, 1934 in Monroe County, she was a daughter of Marion Dee and Josie Gilmore Majors. A life-long resident of Monroe County, she was married to William R. Frederick. Before her retirement, she worked for over 50 years in the garment industry and she...
Eloise Miller
Apr 29, 2014
Amory- Eloise Miller, 93, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Darlington Oaks Hospice in Verona. Born February 25, 1921 in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of James (Jim) Franklin and Harriet Edna Pace Owens. She married James A. “Bill” Miller in 1963 while living in Kenosha, WI. In her earlier years she attended New Hope Baptist Church. After moving...
Roy Wayne Hoots
Apr 28, 2014
Laurel – Roy Wayne Hoots, 63, died on Monday, April 28, 2014, in Laurel. Born on August 9, 1950, he was a son of the late Roy Young Hoots, Jr., and Rammie Lou “Sue” Faulkner Hoots. Kind and generous, Wayne was very friendly, never met a stranger, and loved being around people. A prayer warrior, he was of the Baptist...
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...
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