Obituaries
Dariel Crafton
Sep 9, 2024
William Dariel Crafton, 85, went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ in the early evening on September 9, 2024 at his home. Born on February 5, 1939, he was a son to Willie Crafton and Gladys Busby Crafton Neubauer. He was a farmer most of his life and upon moving to Mississippi, he and his wife got in the...
Bailey Haney
Sep 8, 2024
Longtime businessman, Howard Bailey Haney, 71, passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center—Amory following a sudden illness. Bailey was born on September 27, 1952, in Stamford, TX to Marvin York and Reba Faye Prince Haney. During his freshman year in high school, his family moved to Wren, MS, to take over Haney’s Super Market. He...
Van Childers
Sep 4, 2024
Van Childers, 65, passed away at Oak Tree Manor Assisted Living on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Van was born in Amory on April 11, 1959 to the late James Vanvard Childers, Sr. and Bonnie Laney Childers. He was a graduate of Amory High School and married Teresa Barnes on July 18, 1996. Van was a master diesel mechanic and for...
Richard Dunaway
Sep 3, 2024
Richard Wayne Dunaway, 60, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024 at Aurora Health and Rehab in Columbus. Born in Lee County on November 26, 1964, he was a son to Rex Wayne Dunaway and Betty Jean Wilson Johnson. He grew up in Mooreville and he was Baptist. His hobbies included listening to music, old cars, and watching wrestling. He...
Nancy Downs Jackson
Sep 1, 2024
Nancy Louise Downs Jackson, 75, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2024 at NMMC in Tupelo. She was born in Collierville, TN on March 15, 1949 to the late Elbert William and Flora Gains Downs. Nancy was a graduate of Amory High School. She married Claude Jackson on June 28, 1969. Nancy worked in the area garment industry as a...
Pete Atkinson
Aug 23, 2024
After a long illness, noted area restauranteur, Pete Kimball Atkinson, passed away in the early hours of Friday, August 23, 2024 at his home. Born on October 15, 1946 in Laurel, MS, he was a son to Hal F. Atkinson, Sr. and Margaret McCormick Atkinson. He married the former Norma Lowe who preceded him in death less than a year...
Ocie Mae Haughton
Aug 22, 2024
Ocie Mae Graham Haughton, 84, passed from this life to life eternal on Thursday, August 22, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on July 1, 1940 in Choctaw County, AL and a daughter to Roy and Edna Sectcher Graham. The widow of James Haughton, she was a retired homemaker, who loved gathering with her family...
David Ford
Aug 19, 2024
David Clinton Ford, 73, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2024 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born in Monroe County on January 30, 1951 and was a son to Clinton Eldridge “Bud” Ford and Frances Boyd Sims. David lived many years in Yazoo City and before his retirement, he was a welder and farmer. A Baptist by...
Margaret McMullen Criddle
Aug 19, 2024
Margaret Ann McMullen Criddle, 71, passed away at her residence on Monday, August 19, 2024. She was born in Monroe County on November 28, 1952 to the late Warren and Mary Kate Seymore McMullen. Margaret was a graduate of Amory High School and also earned a degree in Health Information Technology. Margaret married Eddie Criddle on July 4, 1978. She...
Butch Sawyer
Aug 18, 2024
James Larry “Butch” Sawyer, 77, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Monroe County on February 28, 1947, he was a son to George and Mary Lureen Edwards Sawyer. Butch married the former Joan Childers on February 18, 1986 and prior to his retirement, he was a self-employed painting contractor. He...
Mickey McCullar
Aug 17, 2024
Mickey Dale McCullar, 45, passed away on August 17, 2024 at NMMC-Tupelo. He was born in Amory on November 16, 1978 to Dale and Glenda Oliver McCullar. Mickey grew up in Becker and attended Hatley School. As a young teenager, Mickey began working with his dad, Dale, hanging and finishing drywall. On September 26, 2020, Mickey married his girlfriend of...
Patsy Rider
Aug 12, 2024
Patsy Ann Rider, 76, passed away on Monday, August 12, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. Born on September 4, 1947 in Aberdeen she was a daughter to Charles Arubel Eula Mae Sheffield Edwards. Patsy had worked as a nurse, a beautician, and a bookkeeper prior to her retirement. She enjoyed fishing, cookouts, and bonfires.
No services are planned...
E.J. Gregory
Aug 2, 2024
E.J. Gregory, 81, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2024, at his daughter’s home in Nettleton. Born in Smithville on December 17, 1942, he was the son of Joseph Edward and Parlie Mae King Gregory. He married the former Peggy Sizemore who preceded him in death. To know E.J. was to know a true outdoorsman. Knowing all the best places...
Ruth Funderburk
Jul 30, 2024
Ruth Funderburk, 92, passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at her daughter’s home in the Bartahatchie Community. She was born on February 10, 1933 in Monroe County to George Cleveland Law and Gladis Loriene Duke Law Miller. A graduate of Greenwood Springs school, she worked in the garment industry as a seamstress prior to her retirement. Ruth raised all...
Grace Thomas
Jul 27, 2024
Grace Estelle Manasco Thomas, 95, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2024 at her home in Amory. Born in Amory on September 24, 1928, she was the daughter of Audi and Thelma Grizzle Manasco. She attended school in Amory and was the widow of Clarence D. Thomas whom she married on May 9, 1952. She became a homemaker when her...
Chris Roberts
Jul 24, 2024
Christopher Alan Roberts, 47, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen. Born in Amory on November 27, 1976, he was the son of Leamond, Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Riddle Roberts. Chris attended Amory Christian Academy and Smithville school. On April 23, 2005, he married the former Karen Brown and he was an electrician...
Linda Whaley
Jul 19, 2024
Linda Yarbrough Whaley, 76, passed away on Friday, July 19, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice in Tupelo. The daughter of Lamar and Ruby Turner Yarbrough, she was born in Columbus on December 23, 1947. She had lived in Huntsville, AL and worked in health care as an office manager. In declining health, Linda moved back to Amory and...
Clyde Charles Steele
Jul 19, 2024
Clyde Charles Steele, 86, passed away on Friday, July 19, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. He was born on November 1, 1937, in Arkansas to Clyde and Stella Powers Steele. He retired from Wright Manufacturing, and he attended Lakeside Baptist Church in Amory. He had a great heart and was married to the former Linda Weichman on...
Emersyn Kate Harlow
Jul 17, 2024
Emersyn Kate Harlow
July 17, 2024
Emersyn Kate Harlow peacefully entered the arms of Jesus on July 17, 2024 at 9:36 pm. Emersyn is the daughter of Braxton Harlow and Trinity Odom.
In addition to her parents, Emersyn is survived by her grandparents, Justin Harlow (Savannah Street) of Bigbee and Kayla Taylor of Smithville, Monique Ford of Newport AR, and Javan & Hannah...
Thelma Dean Lindsey
Jul 11, 2024
Thelma Dean Murphy Lindsey, 84, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at her daughter’s home in Petal. Born on December 4, 1939, in the Brewer Community, she was a daughter to Lindsey Woodrow and Tempest Dewdrop Young Murphy. She graduated from SD Lee High School in Columbus, class of 1957. She attended Clark Memorial College where she continued to...
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