Obituaries

Thelma Dean Lindsey

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...

James Moffett

James Moffett

Jul 5, 2024

James Edwin Moffett, 83, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2024 after a lengthy illness.  James was born in Becker, MS on August 3, 1940 to Elmer and Mary Moffett and was a member of Becker Baptist Church.  James married his high school sweetheart, Wanda Joy Bratton on March 27, 1959.  James and Wanda were married for 55 years before...

Iva Nell West

Iva Nell West

Jul 5, 2024

Iva Nell Hathcock West, 89, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2024 at The Meadows in Fulton. She was born on November 24, 1934 in Monroe County to Brack and Mattie Silas Hathcock. A devoted homemaker, she was retired from McCoy Manufacturing and the widow of Eldon West. She loved to work with her flowers, but most of all, her...

Jerry Walters

Jerry Walters

Jul 3, 2024

Jerry Gale Walters, 66, passed away on July 3, 2024 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. Jerry was born on January 8, 1958 in Aberdeen, MS to Fowler McCoy and Olga Coleman Walters. He graduated from Hatley High School in 1977. He married the former Gloria “Sissy” Moore on October 13, 1979. Jerry spent many years working at True Temper....

Roy Lee Lindsey

Roy Lee Lindsey

Jul 2, 2024

Monroe and Lowndes counties lost a treasured resident on July 2, 2024 when Roy Lee Lindsey, 79, left this life to begin his life with his Savior. Roy Lee was born on October 24, 1944 to James Shelby Lindsey and Retha Mae Ross Lindsey. He attended Amory High School and after marrying his sweetheart, Phyllis Ausborn on May 14, 1965,...

Christopher Welch

Christopher Welch

Jul 1, 2024

Ronald Christopher Welch, 52, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2024 at his home in Becker. He was born on August 12, 1971 in Monroe County to Ronald Houston Welch, Jr. and Judy Faye Howard Welch. A graduate of Hatley High School, he enjoyed spending time on the computer and going fishing. In addition, he loved to play his guitar...

William R. Frederick

William R. Frederick

Jun 24, 2024

William Roy Frederick, 78, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2024 at his home in Hatley. A native of Vernon, AL, he was born on December 9, 1945 to A.C. and Jettie Myers Frederick. He married the former Mary Ruth Best on December 22, 1968 and prior to his retirement, he was employed with FFM in Amory. He was a...

Scottie Lee Adams

Scottie Lee Adams

Jun 23, 2024

Scottie Lee Adams, 50, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2024 at his home. Born in Houston, MS on November 11, 1973, he was a son to Roger Adams and Jackie Brooks Adams. He married the former Tracey Dabbs and he had worked in the furniture industry. He was an accomplished poet having his works published in the Oxford American...

Helen Wright

Helen Wright

Jun 21, 2024

Helen Faye Reece Wright, 87 passed away on Friday, June 21, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.  Helen was born on October 4, 1936 in Becker to the late Bert and Eulalia Thornton Reece.  She was a graduate of Becker High School and married Billie Wright in 1954.  Helen was well known through out Monroe County for her...

Hilda Brasher Cline

Hilda Brasher Cline

Jun 14, 2024

Hilda Elizabeth Brasher Cline, 76, passed away in the early hours of Friday, June 14 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.

Hilda was a graduate of Pineville High School, Pineville, LA, and Northwest Junior College, Senatobia, MS. While attending Northwest she was active in theater and played the roles of “Baroness” in The Sound of Music and “Annie” in...

Pauline Lee

Pauline Lee

Jun 13, 2024

Pauline Lee, 97, passed away on Thursday, June 13, 2024 at Riverplace Nursing Home in Amory. She was born on November 12, 1926 in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States in the 1970’s where she made her home in Maryland. Prior to her retirement, she was an associate with Met Life Insurance Company in Virginia working in Quality...

Carroll Moffett

Carroll Moffett

Jun 12, 2024

Carroll Moffett, 82, passed away at his residence in Amory on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.  Carroll was born on March 31, 1942 in Becker.

Services for Carroll were private.  A memorial service is being planned for a later date.

Donations in Carroll's memory may be given to: Rocky Ridge Refuge PO Box 105 Midway, AR 72651 or https://rockyridgerefuge.com/

Marshall Eubanks, Sr.

Marshall Eubanks, Sr.

Jun 12, 2024

Marshall Eubanks, Sr., 83, passed away on Wednesday morning June 12, 2024 at his home in the Cason Community.  

Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at Cleveland-Moffett Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in the Easter Cemetery in Greenwood Springs.  

Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home.

Condolences may...

Bonnie Joe Coker

Bonnie Joe Coker

Jun 9, 2024

On the evening of June 9, Bonnie Joe (B.J.) Coker took his last breath on earth to draw his first breath in that glorious place he had thought and dreamed of and longed to be—Heaven.  Born on December 15, 1936, he was the only child of Bonnie Houston and Ellie Duncan Coker.   Always encouraging to others with his smiles...

James "Buddy" Chism

James "Buddy" Chism

Jun 4, 2024

James "Buddy" Chism, 85, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo.  He was born on September 9, 1938 in Monroe County to the late Harry and Reba Sanders Chism.  Buddy married Mavis Griggs in 1958.  Buddy worked for years as a mechanic.  He was also a heavy equipment operator and owned his own roofing company....

Earnestine Roberts

Earnestine Roberts

Jun 3, 2024

Earnestine Roberts, 85, passed away on Monday, June 3, 2024, at Oak Tree Manor in Amory.  Born on May 19, 1939, she was one of the three daughters of Will and Flora Bailey Gray.  In her early working years, she was at Wilson Mfg. before returning to cosmetology school.  A graduate of Vaughan’s Beauty College, she began a 40-year career...

Mary Bryson

Mary Bryson

Jun 1, 2024

Mary Lou Cantrell Langford was born Feb 12, 1941, in Monroe County, Mississippi, and died on June 1, 2024. She was Formerly of Amory, Mississippi, and most recently a resident of Overland Park, Kansas, for the past 14 years.   Mary Lou was the eldest child in a family of 5 siblings. As the eldest, Mary Lou put family responsibilities first....

Johnny B. Baxter

Johnny B. Baxter

May 31, 2024

Johnny B. Baxter, 81, passed away Friday, May 31, 2024 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo.  He was born on December 15, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri to the late Herbert Henry Baxter and Florence Stokes Baxter.  Johnny grew up in Blytheville and was a graduate of Blytheville High School.  He married the former Judy Young in 1962.  Johnny's entire working...

Dale Howell

Dale Howell

May 28, 2024

Roy Dale Howell, 89, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.   Born on March 18, 1935 in Amory, he was a son to A.H. and Lorett Tubb Howell.  Dale was a 1954 graduate of Amory High School where he was part of Little Ten Champions in basketball and track.  He married the...

Kenneth Cook

Kenneth Cook

May 26, 2024

Kenneth Glenn Cook, 59, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2024.  He was born in Aberdeen to the late Wade and Barbara Outlaw Cook.  Kenneth was a graduate of Shannon High School.  He was a jack of all trades and could do anything from electrical work to selling cars to running a bulldozer for his son.  Everyone that knew Kenneth,...

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