Jack Platz
Dec 10, 2024
Jack Edward Platz, 96, passed away on Tuesday December 10, 2024 surrounded by his family. Born on July 5, 1928 in Fairview, PA, he was one of the seventeen children of Earl and Ethel Platz and the last surviving member of his family. Jack lived in St. Joseph, MO with his wife, Patricia Mortimor Platz. Prior to his retirement, he...
Joan Hawkins
Mar 20, 2025
Margaret Joan Lyle Hawkins, 89, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Bigbee on May 24, 1935, in Amory she was a daughter to Gorman and Gladys Foust Lyle. Joan attended Amory schools and earned her LPN certification from Itawamba Junior College. She was the widow of Charles Hawkins whom she...
Joe Hendrik
Mar 19, 2025
Larry Joe Hendrik, 79, passed away on March 19, 2025 at NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. He was born in Sherman Texas on July 16, 1945 to the late Andrew and Mary Evelyn Moran Brown. Moving to Alabama, Joe was was a mechanic for Bear Bryant Volkswagen in Tuscaloosa. He was proud of his mechanic skills and loved to work on...
Rivers Smith
Mar 15, 2025
Rivers Ray Reese Smith, age 99, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2025. Born in Fulton, on October 3, 1925, to Roy and Winona Leech Reese, Rivers lived a life full of grace, joy, and unwavering faith.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Winona Reese; seven brothers and sisters; her beloved husband, Russell Smith; and her daughter,...
Patsy "Pat" Jones
Mar 15, 2025
Patsy "Pat" Gail Owens Jones, 68, passed away on March 15, 2025 at the NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. She was born on July 6, 1956 in Chicago to the late Boyd and Artvie Palmer Owens. As a child, Pat moved all across the United States while her father was in the Marine Corps. Eventually they settled in Monroe County. She...
Linda Buckner
Mar 14, 2025
Linda Joyce Buckner, 72, passed away on Friday, March 14, 2025, at her home. She was born on January 16, 1953, in Sulligent, AL to John Thomas and Christine Johnson Hollis. She married William Buckner, Sr. and prior to her retirement, she worked in several industries including the restaurant business, driving a truck, working on appliances, and even a little...
Kortney Ryneh Hatcher Harper
Mar 11, 2025
Kortney Ryneh Hatcher Harper, 36, passed away on March 11, 2025 at the NMMC-Tupelo. Kortney was born in Amory on December 8, 1988 to James Curtis Hatcher and Stacey Ryneh Jenkins Hatcher. She attended Amory Schools and married Chuck Harper on February 15, 2008. Kortney was a faithful wife to Chuck and proud mom to Wyatt and Kaiden and was...
Rita Friebel Belue
Mar 10, 2025
Rita Friebel Belue, 83, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2025 at the NMMC-Tupelo. Rita was born in Luckwalden, Germany during the height of World War II to the late Warren and Rosa Dora Czollek Friebel. Rita married Jimmy Belue, Sr., and American Soldier whom she met and fell in love with. Their marriage began an adventure and life of...
Catherine Taylor
Mar 10, 2025
Catherine Diane Tomlinson Taylor, 71, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2025 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on June 21, 1953 in Bethesda, MD to Joseph Howard, Sr. and Francis Blackburn Tomlinson and was the widow of Chuck Taylor whom she married in 1980. She grew up in Murfreesboro, TN and graduated from Rutherford County...
Melody Gray
Mar 9, 2025
Melody Lee Guin Gray, 47, passed into eternal life on Sunday, March 9, 2025, from her home in Becker. Born in Tupelo on July 15, 1977, Melody was one of the daughters of Larry D. and Diane Carruthers Guin. She grew up in Mantachie, and was a 1995 graduate of Mantachie High School, then married Keith Gray on July 16,...
Mary Warren
Mar 8, 2025
Mary Lorene Poole Warren, 84, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at her home in Amory. Born on July 27, 1940 in Tuscaloosa County, AL, she was a daughter to Ernest Hester and Sarah Alma Hagar Poole. She grew up in Tuscaloosa County and worked in the furniture industry, Futorian and Peoplelounger, before retiring. She loved her cats.
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Belinda Ingellis
Mar 8, 2025
Belinda Ann Moffat Ingellis, 62, passed from this life on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at her home in Becker. Born in Amory on November 18, 1962, she was a daughter to John Harris and Faye Miller Moffat. Raised in Becker Bottom, Belinda was a graduate of Hatley High School, and she married Tony Ingellis on May 10, 2011. She loved...
Dwight Hathcock
Mar 3, 2025
Colie Dwight Hathcock, 73, passed away on Monday, March 3, 2025 at his home. Dwight was born on January 7, 1952 in Monroe County to Napoleon and Mary Green Frederick Hathcock. He was a 1970 graduate of Hatley High School and owned and operated the Smithville Café across from the school for many years. He formerly worked at Atlas Bodies...
Tommy Cantrell
Feb 24, 2025
George Thomas “Tommy” Cantrell, 75, passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at his home in Hatley. Tommy was born on August 11, 1949 in Sulligent and lived in the Greenwood Springs and Hatley area all of his life. He was married to the former Kathy Harmon.
Private services were held on Monday, February 24, 2025 at Cleveland-Moffett Funeral Home. He...
Tony Adams
Feb 24, 2025
Tony Alan Adams, 49, passed away on Monday, February 24, 2025 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. Tony was born on February 1, 1976 in Aberdeen to Alan and Lola Seymore Adams. He and the former Ranada Kell were married on Christmas Day, 2020 and had a special relationship. He made sure, every day, to show how much he...
Jason Palmer
Feb 24, 2025
Jason Michael Palmer, 38, passed away on Monday, February 24, 2025 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. Jason was born in Amory on May 26, 1986 to John Michael Palmer and Mary Alene Cantrell Moreland. He attended Hatley High School and had worked at Huddle House in Amory. Currently, he was working at Wal-Mart for the past 8 years and was...
Brenda Malone
Feb 23, 2025
Brenda Dianne Clark Malone, 74, passed away at her residence in Aberdeen on Sunday, February 23, 2025. She was born in Amory on August 25, 1950 to the late Amos and Nora Childers Clark. Brenda married Bill Malone in 1996. She was a longtime Mary Kay representative, enjoyed riding four wheelers, cooking and being with her family. She adored her...
Ann Fussell
Feb 21, 2025
Ann Wiggins Fussell, 87, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2025 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. She was born on March 12, 1937 in Caledonia to Charles Douglas and Gladys Inez Dodson Wiggins and she was a graduate of Caledonia High School. Growing up, she, along with her siblings, worked the farm from picking cotton to canning vegetables. In...
James Elliott
Feb 18, 2025
James Cecil Elliott, 74, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born on July 28, 1950 in Water Valley to James Hulon and Lona Pearl Rodgers Elliott. James attended Water Valley High School and at age 17, he enlisted in the United States Army. Serving in Vietnam during the war, James...
Monda Sizemore
Feb 16, 2025
Monda Elaine Vaughan Sizemore, 76, passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2025 surrounded by her family. She was born in Hatley on June 6, 1948 to the late Aaron and Lucy Kate Hill Vaughan. Monda was a graduate of Hatley High School, where she was an all-star basketball player, often scoring 40 plus points per game.
Monda had a deep love...