Obituaries

Johnny  Parham

Johnny Parham

May 14, 2021

Johnny William Parham, 74, passed away on Friday, March 14, 2021 at his home. Born on March 24, 1947 in Amory, he was a son to Oscar and Dorothy Louise Miller Parham. He attended Hatley High School and married the former Vicki Carnathan on February 4, 1978. For several years, he worked for Loden’s Body Shop and then owned and...

Jim McCreary

Jim McCreary

May 5, 2021

Jimmie Lee “Jim” McCreary, also known as “Big Mac”, “Papa” and “Mr. Jim”, 65, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at NMMC in Tupelo, surrounded by his loved ones. Jim was born on December 9, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Ellis and Hattie Duvall McCreary. He was a graduate of Itawamba Agricultural High School also a...

Louise Summerford

Louise Summerford

May 4, 2021

Nettie Louise Tarver Summerford, 80, passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at her granddaughters residence in Aberdeen. Most widely known as Mama Louise, she was born on March 2, 1941 in Wagarville, AL to George Benton and Nettie Mary Lane Tarver. She was the widow of Otis Summerford whom she married on March 3, 1960. Louise was a member...

Dorothy Mills

Dorothy Mills

May 3, 2021

Dorothy Louise Foster Mills, 75, passed away on Monday, May 3, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Houston on October 11, 1945 she was a daughter to Jessie and Lillie Terry Foster. She attended Houston and Okolona school and she married Donald Mills on May 16, 1964. For many years, she was the bookkeeper for Mills...

Betty Ann Burks

Betty Ann Burks

Apr 23, 2021

Betty Ann Moffett Burks, 74, peacefully slipped into eternity on Friday, April23, 2021 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. She was born on January 31, 1947 in Monroe County to the late Charlie and Willie Lee Turner Moffett. She was married to the late Edward Burks. Betty Ann experienced polio at an early age, but it definitely never slowed her...

David Kuykendall

David Kuykendall

Apr 20, 2021

David Earl Kuykendall, 54, passed away on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born on August 22, 1966 in Amory to Wayne Kuykendall and Kathleen Mitchell. He attended school in Hatley and later became disabled. Services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 23, 2021 at Cleveland-Moffett Funeral Home in Amory. Survivors...

Donald McMinn

Donald McMinn

Apr 19, 2021

Donald McMinn, 82, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021 at his home. Born on December 20, 1938 in Ackerman, he was a son to Harvey McMinn and Mary Elizabeth Ward Harrington. A 1957 graduate of Ackerman High School, he attended Holmes Junior College and also studied forestry at Mississippi State University. He proudly served in the MS Army National...

Sue Warren

Sue Warren

Apr 19, 2021

Dorothy Sue Taylor Warren, 81, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021 in Monroe County. She was born on December 10, 1939 in Saltillo to Lee Nathaniel and Frances Dunaway Taylor. She attended Saltillo schools and helped work the family farm. She married James Warren on January 22, 1965 and she had worked in area manufacturing but was a homemaker...

Randy Sloan

Randy Sloan

Apr 15, 2021

Randy Sloan, 41 passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2021 on the Sloan family homeplace where he had lived his entire life. He was born on April 20, 1979 in Amory to Larry and Mary Whitaker Sloan. Randy was a graduate of Hatley High School Class of 1997. Randy grew up on the family farm and his child hood was...

Jimmy Pounders

Jimmy Pounders

Apr 7, 2021

Jimmy Wesley Pounders, 76, passed away on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. He was born on June 3, 1944 in Monroe County to Durwood K. and Hattie Mae McDuffa Pounders. He lived in Hamilton but then moved with his family to Apopka, FL when he was young and attended school there where he excelled in...

Betty Scruggs

Betty Scruggs

Apr 6, 2021

Betty Jo King Scruggs, 71, passed away on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at her home in Tupelo. Born on September 2, 1949 in Jackson, she was a daughter to Jesse Joe Allen and Viola McKay King. Prior to her retirement, she worked for a number of years in retail management. She loved to watch westerns and family get-togethers. In her...

Richard Holman

Richard Holman

Apr 4, 2021

Dr. Melvin Richard “Dick” Holman, 84, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Memorial in Amory. Born on October 12, 1936 in Warren County, Mississippi, he was a son to James Melvin and Musa Leona Curran Holman. A graduate of Carr Central High School, he also received his chemistry degree from Mississippi College and...

Erie Edna Holcomb

Erie Edna Holcomb

Mar 30, 2021

Erie Holcomb, 90, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. Born on August 16, 1931, she was a daughter to James Pervy and Annie Novella Rawls Holcomb. She grew up in Greenwood Springs and was a 1951 graduate of Greenwood Springs High School. Prior to her retirement, she worked for many years in the...

Patricia Hathcock

Patricia Hathcock

Mar 26, 2021

Patricia Ann Hathcock, 72 passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021. She was born in Lee County, Mississippi to the late Gerald Lee Long, Jr. and Emma Oswalt Long Simmons. Pat married Wilburn Hathcock on March 15, 1968. She retired as a supervisor from the are garment industry. Pat most cherished gifts were her 4 children and she took great...

Ricky Hood

Ricky Hood

Mar 26, 2021

Ricky Lynn Hood, 60, passed away in Monroe County on Friday, March 26, 2021. He was born on November 12, 1960 in Amory to Billy Ray Hood and Mary Ellen Pettigrew Wall. He attended Nettleton School. For many years, he ran his own construction business, later he worked at the United Furniture wood yard in Amory. Ricky was a true...

Joyce Vick

Joyce Vick

Mar 19, 2021

Joyce Faye Garrison Vick, 83, passed away on Friday, March 19, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on November 7, 1938 to Ross and Leona Ashley Garrison. Prior to her retirement she worked in the garment industry as a seamstress and she was a devoted homemaker. She enjoyed singing, sewing, cooking, and fishing. A woman...

Jimmy Callihan

Jimmy Callihan

Mar 18, 2021

James Frederic (Jim) Callihan passed away on March 18, 2021 in his home surrounded by his family. Born January 22, 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee to Fred and Dorothy Callihan of Blytheville, Arkansas. He attended the Blytheville High School and graduated in 1957. He graduated from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro in 1968. He joined the Army in June of 1958,...

Herbert Little

Herbert Little

Mar 17, 2021

James Herbert Little, 81, passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at his home. A Monroe County native, he was born on February 18, 1940 to Auzie and Ellen Marie Fears Little. He attended Smithville schools and was married Linda Newton on April 7, 1962. Prior to his retirement, he was a heavy equipment mechanic he owned and operated Little’s...

Randy Rogers

Randy Rogers

Mar 16, 2021

Randy Rogers, 55, passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham. A native of Monroe County he was born on May 2, 1965 to Kelly Wayne Rogers and Annie Mae Brown Maxey. He attended school in Becker and graduated from Amory High School. Randy married Donna Spencer on June 29, 1992 and lived in Vina,...

Misty Stanford

Misty Stanford

Mar 12, 2021

Misty Lee Gray Stanford, 42, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021 at her home in Becker. She was born on June 1, 1978 in Aberdeen to Leander and Madine Neal Gray. She attended Nettleton school. She had worked for True Temper Sports as a security guard, also in the furniture industry. Misty was a devoted mother and homemaker. Her...

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