Obituaries
Avis Drewery Bartlett
Mar 10, 2021
Tupelo- Avis Ione Drewery Bartlett, 95, died on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. She was born on Christmas Eve of 1925 in Arcadia, Louisiana to the late John Henry and Linnie Cherry Drewery. She had a career that would include owning a jewelry store, selling insurance and real estate, and teaching. Avis loved traveling, whether it be a long trip to...
Jerry Jones
Mar 6, 2021
Jerry Wayne Jones, 65, died on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at the NMMC in Tupelo. He was born on March 3, 1956 in Guin, Alabama to L.C. Jones and Naomi Lewis Ballard. Jerry attended Smithville School, graduated from ICC with an Associates Degree. He worked at Walker Manufacturing, later retiring from BASF as a high voltage electrician. Jerry married Sandra...
June Thompson
Mar 4, 2021
June Frances Harlow Thompson, 88, died on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born in Monroe County on June 18, 1932 to the late Richard and Fannie Mae Cunningham Harlow. She married James Rex Thompson and retired from Red Kapp Garment Industry. She enjoyed collecting coins and reading. Having an outgoing and...
Dottie Mitchell
Mar 4, 2021
Dottie Louise Vandiver Mitchell, 69, died on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born in Smithville on March 8, 1951 to the late Dee and Ruby Wright Vandiver. She was a graduate of Smithville High School and retired from the area garment industry as a supervisor. Dottie married Herman Mitchell on December 1,...
Louise Hanson
Feb 27, 2021
Mary Louise Hanson passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2021 just a day before her 86th birthday at her daughter’s home in Birmingham. She was born on February 28, 1935 in Monroe County to Eulis Smith, Sr. and Ada McWhirter Smith. She grew up on the farm in the Lackey Community where she learned a strong work ethic and a...
Janet Walls Mosley
Feb 23, 2021
Janet Walls Mosley, 66, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at her residence. She was born in Zion, Ill to the late James H. walls and Evelyn Scott Walls. Janet was a graduate of Smithville High School and worked as an inspector in the area furniture industry. She was also a very talented decorator and was very instrumental in...
Leslie Potts
Feb 17, 2021
Leslie Ann Woodham Potts, 36, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. She was born on March 7, 1985 in Amory to Johnny Woodham and Jeana Owens Meyers. A devoted wife and mother who, in 1999, met the love of her life, Chris Potts. They were married in 2003 and later had two...
James Seymour
Feb 16, 2021
Aberdeen - James Rubel Seymore, 82 went to meet the Lord on February 16, 2021, at his residence. Born on May 11, 1938, in Shannon, Mississippi, he was the son of the late William ‘Bill’ and Edna Warren Seymore. James attended school in Amory and was a 1956 graduate of Becker High School. On December 24, 1956 he married the...
Jan Minch
Feb 13, 2021
Jan Nanette Ausbon Minch, 66, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at her home. She was born on December 22, 1954 to Roy Green and Ona Faye Herndon Ausbon. Jan had worked in human resources with various companies and she most recently served at secretary for the Amory Church of Christ where she was a lifetime member. She enjoyed...
Mitchell Whitaker
Feb 10, 2021
James Mitchell Whitaker, 60, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at his home. He was born on December 6, 1961 in Amory to Thomas Eugene Whitaker and Katherine Edwards Reich. Mitchell graduated from Hatley High School in 1980 and worked for many years for True Temper Sports. He owned and operated one of the first commercial yard mowing businesses...
Samuel Marlin Allen
Feb 10, 2021
Amory- Samuel Marlin Allen, 74, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at the NMMC in Tupelo. He was born in Sumiton, AL to Samuel Verdo and Mavis Guyton Allen on March 6, 1947. He married Wanda Jones on February 14, 1970. Samuel honorably served in the United States Army as a helicopter mechanic. He spent most of his working...
Charles "Joey" Joseph Goodwin
Jan 31, 2021
Charles “Joey” Joseph Goodwin, 73, entered into that Heavenly City not made by hands on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at NMMC in Tupelo. He was born in Tupelo on February 8, 1947 to the late Sammy Goodwin and Sara Janet Hester. He married Diane Boren on December 24, 1965. At an early age, Joey had a love for automobiles that...
Don Phillips
Jan 29, 2021
Gurdon Donald Phillips, 83, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021 at his daughter’s residence in Oxford surrounded by his family. He was born on February 7, 1937 in Hatley to William Gurdon and Lexi Oal Smtih Phillips. Don was a 1954 graduate of Hatley High School and a 1957 graduate of Itawamba Junior College. During this time, he married...
Joe Cook
Jan 22, 2021
Joe Howard Cook, 74, passed into glory on January 22, 2021 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease at the Shearer-Richardson Memorial Nursing Home in Okolona. Joe was born to Bryan and Jane Dreier Cook on September 12, 1946 in Carpenter, MS. He attended school in Utica and Jett School in Vicksburg. He was a millwright, retiring from Cooper Lighting...
Clady Renfro
Jan 20, 2021
Clady Clayton Renfro, 81, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Diversicare Nursing Facility in Amory. He was born on July 23, 1939 in Monroe County to Eulous and Aline Smith Renfro. He married the former Carol Louise Floyd and prior to his retirement, he worked in maintenance for Texas Industries. Clady was an avid conversationalist who never met...
Bobby Price
Jan 15, 2021
Bobby Wayne Price, 73, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. He was born on September 28, 1947 in Aberdeen to Bill Price and Eva Price Harden. Bobby was a proud veteran serving in the Alabama National Guard the United States Marine Corps for 25 years, which he would talk about often given...
Jamie Gillentine
Jan 15, 2021
James Michael Gillentine, 31, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, January 15, 2021. He was born on April 20, 1989 in Tupelo to Mike and Tammy Finn Gillentine. Jamie was an Amory High School Graduate of the Closs of 2007, he also was a graduate from ICC with an Associates Degree in Diesel Mechanics. He married Nikki...
Denver Earnest
Jan 11, 2021
Chester Denver Earnest, 73, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021 at the NMMC in Tupelo. Denver was born on April 11, 1947 in the Quincy Community to the late Chester A. and Ruby Rye Earnest Bishop. Denver attended Hatley School and retired from Gibson Container after many years of service. Most everyone in Monroe County knew that the name...
Catherine Pickle
Jan 8, 2021
Catherine Lee Fowler Pickle, 69, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021 at the NMMC in West Point. She was born in Kentucky on July 15, 1951 to the late George Fowler, Sr. and Jessie Lee Snider Fowler. Catherine attended school in Haleyville and Double Springs, AL. She was a seamstress in the area garment industry for many years. She...
Robert Earl Tipton
Jan 8, 2021
Robert Earl Tipton, 78 passed away on January 8, 2021. He was born in Amory on June 23, 1942 to the late David Austin and Lela Anna Collins Tipton. Robert was a truck driver and heavy equipment operator. He enjoyed gospel music, playing the guitar, wood working and metal detecting. He was a master at checkers and dominos, rarely ever...
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