Obituaries
Al Poole
Sep 9, 2022
Alfred Landon “Big Al” Poole, 84, passed away on Friday, September 9, 2022 at his home in Saltillo. He was born on February 20, 1938 in Tuscaloosa County, AL to Ernest Hester and Sarah Alma Hagar Poole. He moved with his family in the late 1950’s and prior to his retirement, he worked for Walker Manufacturing for 34 years. From his native home,...
Tony Plunkett, Sr.
Sep 7, 2022
Tony Lee Plunkett, Sr., 65, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at his home. He was born on August 15, 1957 in Alabama to Herman and Nellie Jean Randolph Plunkett. He grew up in Mississippi and for many years, he was a very talented and accomplished mechanic. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and working with his hands. He attended Blue Springs...
Sandra Poole
Sep 6, 2022
Sandra Poole, 76, passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born in Amory on August 18, 1946 to Carl and Mary Crump. She worked in the furniture industry for many years before retiring. One of her favorite past times was gardening, and she preferred all of her activities to be outdoors. Sandra...
Jimmy Douglas Cowley
Sep 6, 2022
Jimmy Douglas Cowley, 80, passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo on what would’ve been his mother’s 110th birthday. He was born to the late Thomas Lee Cowley and Bessie Brown Cowley on March 19, 1942 on the family farm in the Pearce Chapel Community, where he lived and farmed his entire life. Jimmy was a...
Virginia Pearson
Sep 3, 2022
Ellen Virginia Carter Pearson, 89, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. She was born in the Quincy Community on December 30, 1932 in Monroe County to Willie Alvie and Jackey Mae Wren Carter. For 15 years she worked in the area garment factories before returning to college and graduated in 1972 from Itawamba Junior...
Hubert Howard
Aug 26, 2022
Hubert Price Howard, 80, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2022, at his home in Hatley. He was born on October 15, 1941, in Monroe County to Mark and Ida Frederick Howard. Hubert was a 1959 graduate of Hatley High School, and he married Nellie Holloway in 1966. Prior to his retirement, he worked at True Temper Sports for 33 years and...
Susan Smith Blake
Aug 22, 2022
Susan Smith Blake, 63, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022 at her residence. She was born on February 9, 1959 in Greenville, MS to the late James Edgar and Sue Towery Smith. Susan attended Nettleton School and married Tim Blake on November 22, 1975. Susan loved her family dearly and took great pride in her children and especially her grandchildren. She had just...
Clayton Easter
Aug 14, 2022
Arie Clayton Easter, 73, passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Clayton was born in Monroe County on March 15, 1949 to Charlie Wilson and Annie Kate Thompson Easter. He attended Greenwood Springs and Becker School and married Frances Dunn on August 11, 1969. Leaving Monroe County in the 1960’s, he moved to Michigan where he...
Jason Whitaker
Aug 7, 2022
Jason Alan Whitaker, 46, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022 in Dumfries Virginia, from injury's sustained in a tragic motorcycle accident. He was the son of Tommy and Judy Whitaker of Iuka; he lived for almost 2 years in Iuka before moving back to Virginia.
He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served for 11...
Jimmy Morgan
Aug 4, 2022
Jimmy Morgan
James Grady Morgan, 78, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point following a brief illness. He was born on August 1, 1944 in Monroe County to Nelson Grady and Liga Mae Tubb Morgan. Jimmy graduated Hatley High School in 1962 and then served in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Okinawa...
Betty Reeves
Jul 31, 2022
Betty Ruth Senter Reeves, 73, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022, at her home. She was born on October 5, 1948, in Monroe County to Stanley C. and Elgene Cox Senter. Betty grew up in Smithville and graduated from Smithville High School in 1966 and furthered her education at Vaughan’s Beauty College in Aberdeen. Later, she took classes at ICC in floral...
Dorothy West
Jul 30, 2022
Dorothy L. West, 90, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen. She was born on August 25, 1931 in Lexington, TN to Willie Absent and Irene Bishop Hart. Mrs. West was every independent, highly outspoken, big hearted and she loved hard. She like to work word puzzles, reading and collecting books, and flower gardening. She loved babies and...
Nancy Knight
Jul 28, 2022
Nancy Delilah Nash Knight, 65, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on August 12, 1956 in Aberdeen to John Coleman and Earline Stewart Nash. She grew up in the Coontail Community and worked for many years as a bookkeeper in the trucking business along with working with the family restaurant business....
Mary Bradshaw
Jul 2, 2022
Mary Magdeline Hughes Bradshaw, 87, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2022 at Riverplace Nursing Center in Amory. She was born on May 11, 1935 in Monroe County. She grew up in Smithville. She worked for Monroe Trousers for many years. A hard worker her entire life, she worked in the restaurant and for Diversicare Nursing and Rehab until she turned 80. She was a...
Charles Holloway Fears
Jul 2, 2022
Charles Holloway Fears, 65, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2022, at his home in Smithville. Born on February 7, 1957, he was a son to Rex Young and Helen Holloway Fears. He attended school in Fulton, and he was a self-employed mechanic; however, he could do just about do anything from taxidermy to greenhouses and he met a challenge head on. He...
Vonda Gillen
Jul 1, 2022
Vonda Lee Clayton Gillen, 64, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2022, at Diversicare Nursing and Rehab in Amory. She was born on January 31, 1958, in Tupelo to Bobby Joel and Joyce Clayton. She attended Tupelo schools and worked in the furniture industry for many years. Vonda was a hard worker and she had a personality that could brighten anyone’s day. She loved...
Phyllis Clements Swan
Jun 30, 2022
Amory- Phyllis Ann Clements Swan, 70, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at River Place Nursing Center in Amory. She was born September 4, 1951 in Amory to the late Charles Henry and Nadine Howell Clements. Phyllis was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1969 and she also graduated from MUW with a degree in nursing. Phyllis worked at Alexander...
Thomas Head
Jun 17, 2022
Thomas Gene Head, 67, passed away on Friday, June 17, 2022 at his home in Hamilton. Thomas was born on July 27, 1954 in Memphis, TN to Herbert and Allene Pounders Head. He was married to Janice Hawkins Head for over 40 years and had one daughter, Kay Head. Thomas and Janice were high school sweethearts and graduated from Southside High School in...
Eddie Beard
Jun 16, 2022
Eddie Dwayne Beard, 56, passed away on June 16, 2022 in Jackson, Mississippi. He was born on August 23, 1965 to Ed and Martha Eddington Beard. He attended Okolona Schools and later married Lisa Moffett in September of 1986. Eddie worked for a number of years delivering boats for NauticStar Boats. He was a member of First Baptist Church in...
Mary Wise
Jun 14, 2022
Mary Earlene Webb Wise, 74, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at her home. She was born on November 8, 1947, in Haynes, AR to Charlie Lee and Mary Ann Moton Webb. She moved with her family to Mississippi as a child. She attended Greenwood Springs school and worked in the area garment plants but was a homemaker most of her...
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