Obituaries
Barbara Jenkins
Nov 12, 2022
Barbara Joyce Jenkins, 77, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at her home. A daughter of Dee Kay and Mary Evelyn Trimm Shackleford, she was born on November 17, 1944, in Shannon. Growing up in Shannon, she graduated Shannon High School and furthered her education, earning her LPN certificate from Itawamba Junior College in 1967. Beginning a long career, she was a...
James Dale "Jim" Galloway
Nov 12, 2022
James Dale “Jim” Galloway, 63, passed away at his residence on Saturday, November 12, 2022. He was born on October 14, 1959 in St. Louis to the late Jimmy and Linda Jones Galloway. James grew up in Flat River, MO and was a graduate of Central High School. He served in the United States Navy, sailing on the USS Saginaw. While on the...
Peggy Hodges
Nov 8, 2022
Peggy Jane Russ Hodges, 90, passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus.
Peggy was born on September 28, 1932 in Needmore, Indiana to the late Orville and Laura Savannah Long Russ and then at an early age her family moved to Morgantown, Indiana where Peggy grew up and attended school.
After...
Mary Price
Oct 26, 2022
Mary Louise Tribble Price, 76, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. She was born on March 4, 1946 in the Quincy Community to Jim Tribble and Lucille Thompson Stafford. She attended Quincy and Greenwood Springs School and graduated from Hatley High School. In 1995, she married Sonny Price. Mary worked as a seamstress in the area...
Mary Ann Easter
Oct 25, 2022
Mary Ann Jernigan Easter, 74, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at Diversicare Nursing and Rehab in Amory. She was born on May 29, 1948 in Monroe County to Marvin and Margaret Dodson Jernigan. Mary Ann grew up in Hatley and on October 13, 1964, she married Louis Easter. At a young age, she quit school to raise her sister, then raised...
A.L. Holloway
Oct 23, 2022
Just days short of his 70th birthday, AL went home to his Fathers house.
AL was born and raised in the Wren community. He had a fierce love and sense of protection for his friends and family. When his health declined nearly 17 years ago he moved in with his sister Fran and her husband Jimmy.
He led a...
Tina Hacker
Oct 21, 2022
Tina Ann Hacker, 55, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. She was born in Texas on May 29, 1967 to Darrell and Barbara Ann Lindley Dykes. As a child, she moved with her family many times while her father was in the service. She did factory work most of her life and she enjoyed fishing...
Chris Stephenson
Oct 20, 2022
Christopher Ray Stephenson, 53, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. Born in Amory on March 19, 1969, he was the son of Danny and Teresa Foster Stephenson. He attended school in Smithville and graduated high school in Lampasas, TX. Chris was a man of many talents and according to his motto, he could fix anything,...
Dwight Pennington
Oct 19, 2022
Dwight Gainie Pennington, 69, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Dwight was born in Columbus, MS on August 24, 1953 to the late James Robert and Dorothy Sloan Pennington. He grew up in Tupelo and graduated from Tupelo High School where he was a member of the band. After high school, he honorably served in the United States Marine...
Johnny Pounds
Oct 17, 2022
Johnny William Pounds, 71, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. Born on September 30, 1951 in Monroe County to J.W. and Earline Rector Pounds. He grew up in the Bigbee Community and graduated from Amory High School in 1969. For many years, he worked as a very talented, self-employed carpenter. Johnny enjoyed playing golf and he...
Tiffany Dean
Oct 15, 2022
Tiffany Walden Dean, 51, passed away at her home on Saturday, October 15, 2022. She was born on March 13, 1971, in Houston, TX to Julian and Patricia Edgeworth Walden. Tiffany graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1989 and attended Mississippi State University where she graduated with a degree in education. She married Derrick Dean on August 10, 1996, who played football at...
Cecelia Louise Nichols
Oct 8, 2022
Cecelia Louise Nichols was born on December 2,1948 to the late John Robert Murray and Myrtis Louise Crump in Helena, AL.
She accepted Christ as her Savior at an early age. Cecelia was joined in union to Johnny L. Standifer to which a daughter was born in Amory, MS. She later married the late Spencer E. Nichols to which...
Iris Christian
Oct 5, 2022
Iris Irvin Christian, 88, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at her residence. She was born on March 26, 1934, in Monroe County to Dow and Elba Nash Irvin. She was valedictorian of the Hatley High School class of 1952 and graduated from Freed-Hardeman College in 1954. She married T.F. Christian on December 24, 1955. While working at a...
Mary Fields
Sep 25, 2022
Mary Lynn Betts-Webb-Fields left this world to go to her eternal destination on September 25, 2022. Mary Fields was born February 10,1939 in Becker, MS to the late E.C.(Toad) and Edna Betts. She is preceded in death by her husband, Horace H. Webb and her second husband, John Fields. Also preceding her in death is her son, Clay A. Webb and...
Jimmie Lee Morgan, Sr.
Sep 23, 2022
Jimmie Lee Morgan, Sr., 89, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2022 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born on October 3, 1932 in Attala County, he was a son to John Kelly and Mable Elizabeth Carroll Morgan. He grew up in Holmes County and in 1952 he enlisted in the US Air Force where he would serve for 18 years. On July...
Roland Minga
Sep 23, 2022
Roland Lee Minga, 67, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2022 at his home. He was born on August 18, 1955 in Amory to Eugene and Mary Lois Faulkner Minga. A graduate of Hatley High School, he worked for Kerr McGee for 25 years prior to his retirement. Roland was a joy to be around, and he knew everyone in the community. He liked...
Carol Murphree
Sep 19, 2022
Carol Louis Howard Murphree, 84, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2022, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on September 28, 1937, in Enid, MS to Johnnie Morris and Irene Newman Howard. She grew up in Enid and graduated Enid High School where she excelled in basketball. She married Thomas Rae Murphree in 1958. She and her husband made...
Elisebith "Sis" Ann Medley Robison
Sep 13, 2022
Elisebith Ann Medley Robison, 90, passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. She was born on November 13, 1931 in Smithville to the late Owen E. and Wilma C. Medley. She married the love of her life , W.C. Robison in 1948 and they were married for 67 years, 10 months and 5 days. Together they were blessed with 6...
Fendley Frazier
Sep 12, 2022
Fendley Lee Frazier, 85, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born on January 11, 1937, in Tuscaloosa County, AL to Vela and Ressie Hinton Frazier. He grew up in Tuscaloosa and in 1954 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps where he served for over two years before being honorably discharged. He...
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,...
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