Obituaries
Johnnie Baker
Aug 13, 2023
Johnnie Grace Webster Baker, 91, of Bartahatchie Community passed away on August 13, 2023 in Aberdeen, MS. She will be greatly missed, but we know she is in a far better place.
Johnnie was born in Monroe County, MS on July 29, 1932, to William Edwin and Lovenia Coleman Webster. She graduated from Greenwood Springs School. Johnnie married her high school sweetheart, William...
Juanita Funderburk
Aug 10, 2023
Juanita Hughes Funderburk passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at The Meadows in Fulton just shy of her 90th birthday. Born in Amory on August 15, 1933, she was a daughter to Cletus and Callie Ethel Ford Hughes. She worked as a CNA for some time, but more importantly, she was a homemaker for her family. An exceptional cook, and according to them, she...
Willie Mae Thompson
Aug 9, 2023
Willie Mae Smith Thompson, 81, passed away on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore. Born in Greenwood Springs on February 11, 1942, she was a daughter to Dave and Velma Cantrell Smith. She worked for many years in the garment industry as a seamstress and she was the widow of Grady Ray Thompson. Willie Mae lived life to the...
Tina Sykes
Aug 7, 2023
Tina Denise Sykes, 57, passed away on Monday, August 7, 2023 at her home in Guin, AL. She was born on May 19, 1966 in Tupelo, MS to Marshall Sykes and Joyce White. She grew up in Lee County and she was a homemaker. She was a fan of the Alabama Crimson Tide and she enjoyed, crocheting, cooking, but especially spending time with...
Anita Barnes Vaughn
Aug 4, 2023
Anita Katherine Barnes Vaughn, 66 passed away on Friday, August 4, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. Anita was born on September 17, 1956 in Amory to Dr. Edward Barnes and Betty Miller Barnes McLeod. Being the daughter of a preacher, her family moved to Arkansas where she graduated from Hamburg High School in Hamburg, Arkansas. On March 10, 1978, she...
Dale Fullerton
Aug 1, 2023
Dale Alan Fullerton, 62, passed away on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Dale was born on August 16, 1960 in Birmingham, AL to Thomas David and Maddie Olean Jenkins Fullerton. He was a 1978 graduate of Amory High School. Prior to becoming disabled, Dale worked for many years as meat market manager for IGA grocery in Amory...
Shelia Allen
Jul 30, 2023
Shelia Lea Allen, 65, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2023 at her home. Born on August 27, 1957, in Aberdeen, she was a daughter to Troy Lee and Elanor Smith Cantrell. Shelia graduated from Hatley High School and later attended ICC. She married Donnie Allen on May 20, 1981 and prior to her retirement, she worked as an EMT and as a nurse...
Betty Cowley
Jul 29, 2023
Betty Henson Cowley, of Cary, North Carolina, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 29, 2023. She was 86 years old and had been in rehab recovering from a fall and other medical complications.
She was born in Smithville, Mississippi on October 30th, 1936 to her parents Lee Roy and Reba Henson. She was the first of five girls:...
Mary Jane Swartzendruber
Jul 29, 2023
Mary Jane Reimer Swartzendruber, 92, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2023 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. She was born December 26, 1930 to John and Elizabeth Reimer at Goessel, Kansas.
She grew up on a farm north of Goessel and spent the first 8 years of school in a one room schoolhouse. After graduation from Goessel Rural High...
Linda Joyce Odom
Jul 29, 2023
Linda Joyce Odom, 79, became fully healed and met her savior face to face on Saturday, July 29th, 2023 in Amory, MS. Born on May 12, 1944 in Smithville, Mississippi, she was the youngest daughter of Clister Elizabeth and Jerome Knight.
Linda grew up in Smithville, graduating from Smithville High School. In her adult years, she enjoyed working...
Johnny Brown
Jul 25, 2023
Johnny W Brown’s unshakeable faith in his Lord and Savior and love for life did not come to an end with his death. Johnny passed away peacefully on July 25, 2023 in his home at the age of 53 after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his loved ones. Johnny is survived by the love of his life and...
Barbara Robison
Jul 22, 2023
Barbara Nell Ausborn Robison, 83, passed away on Saturday, July 22, 2023 at her son’s home in Smithville. She was born on August 23, 1939 in Monroe County to Ollie and Mattie Rose Hadaway Ausborn. A life-long resident of the Turon Community, she worked many years for Monroe Trouser and then for Amory Garment Co. She married Arthur Charles Robison on April 20,...
Walter Livingston
Jul 14, 2023
Walter Livingston, 64, passed away on Friday, July 14, 2023 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. He was born on August 19, 1958 in Columbus, MS to Melvin Lee and Alta E. Baucom Livingston. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County and before becoming disabled, he was a truck driver.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July...
Grady Baker
Jul 13, 2023
William Grady Baker, 93, of Bartahatchie Community passed away on July 13, 2023 in Columbus, MS. He will be greatly missed, but we know he is in a far better place. Grady was born in Greenwood Springs, MS on May 12, 1930, the only son of Oliver and Myrtle West Baker. He graduated from Greenwood Springs School. He served in the Air Force during...
Randall Weaver
Jul 11, 2023
Randall Lee "Randy" Weaver, 64, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born in Waukegan, IL on August 20, 1958 to Bernie Lee and Betsy Hurley Weaver. Growing up in Round Lake, IL, he moved to Oxford, MS in 1979, and then shortly after to the Amory area. He worked for many years...
Lillian Parham
Jul 11, 2023
Eva Lillian Parham, 95, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. Born on February 25, 1928, she was a daughter to Escar Cleveland “Jim” and Mary Alice Miller. She grew up in the Parham Community and she was the widow of Albert A. “Mutt” Parham. She was a devoted homemaker and also did sewing for the public. She...
Doyle Flippo
Jul 9, 2023
Earney Doyle Flippo, 88, passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. He was born on September 29, 1934 in Quincy and was a son to Clifton Dallas and Margie Tipton Flippo. He grew up in Greenwood Springs and married the former Jane Carter on March 4, 1952. For many years, he was an over-the-road truck...
Dennis Thompson
Jul 9, 2023
Dennis Thompson, 69, passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at his home in Hatley. Born on May 6, 1954 in Waukegan, IL, he was a son to Ruble Lee and Mary Pearl Handley Thompson. Dennis grew up in the Amory area and married Suzie Cates on November 19, 1971. Prior to retirement, he worked for Tecumseh Compressor Co. from 1988 to...
Barbara Dykes
Jun 29, 2023
Barbara Dykes, 78, passed away on Thursday, June 29, 2023 at Riverplace Nursing Center in Amory. She was born on August 8, 1944 in Red Bay, AL to Mancel and Mary Spencer Lindley. She spent many of her early years in Steele, MO and lived most of her adult life in Monroe County. She married Darold Dykes and Jabo Pace, both of...
Chris Pruitt
Jun 26, 2023
Christopher Neal “Batman” Pruitt, 51, passed away at his home on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Smithville. Chris was born on October 11, 1972, in Amory to Adrian Paul Pruitt and Nancy Elizabeth Johnson Eastman. He attended Hatley School and before becoming disabled, he worked several years at Wal-Mart, Dollar General, and in security for Gilmore Memorial Hospital. Chris was an avid...
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