Obituaries
Mike Kennedy
May 20, 2020
Mike Stanike Kennedy, 72, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center Hopsice in Tupelo. Born on September 13, 1947 in the Carolina Community of Itawamba County, he was a son to George Samuel and Norma Little Kennedy. He attended Carolina school and married the former Lois Taylor on September 15, 1964. He owned and operated...
Theron Hughes
May 20, 2020
Theron "T.R" Reynold Hughes, 83, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at his home. Born on Febuary 1, 1937, in Monroe Coutny, he was a son to John Chesley and Leota Wiginton Hughes. Prior to his retirement, he worked for several years in the area furniture business and after 30 years from Babcock and Wilcox where he retired. He...
John Sheely
May 18, 2020
John “Deer” Sheely, 73, passed away Monday, May 18, 2020, at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory after a courageous battle against cancer. He was born on January 14, 1947, to the late John William and Patsy Dilworth Sheely. John attended Aberdeen High School where he played baseball until his senior year when he started driving a school bus. He used...
Donna Myatt
May 17, 2020
Donna Evelyn Bright Myatt, 85, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. “Dynamite,” as she was lovingly known in the community, was born on September 20, 1934 in Monroe County to Byron Russell Bright and Madonna Reece Ashcraft. A lifelong resident of Becker, she attended Becker School and later reared four children from...
Ovil Taylor
May 5, 2020
Mrs. Ovil Lee Taylor, 88, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. Born on December 20, 1931 in Sulligent, she was a daughter to Webb and Margie Cantrell Vann. Attending school in Hamilton, AL, she later married Elbert Taylor in March, 1951. On October 12, 1954, she was blessed by God with a...
Margaret Ann Jones
Apr 26, 2020
Margaret Ann Shields Jones, 74, passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen. Margaret Ann was born on September 19, 1945 in Monroe County to John and Olean Stevens Shields. A graduate of Smithville High School, she also graduated from IJC and the University of Mississippi where she was a dorm mother, earning her bachelor’s...
Kathy Reifers
Apr 17, 2020
Katherine Elizabeth Eubanks Reifers, 60, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on October 22, 1959 in Honolulu, HI, she was the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Annette Bynum Eubanks. Kathy was a member of the National Guard and for many years she was an over-the-road truck driver. Her hobbies included knitting,...
Louis Easter
Apr 16, 2020
Louis Junior Easter, 75, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at his home. Born on October 17, 1944, he was a son to Charlie and Annie Kate Thompson Easter. Louis attended New Hope Baptist Church and he was married to the former Mary Ann Jernigan. Described as a self-made man, Louis enjoyed the simple things in life enjoying time...
Shirley Price
Apr 15, 2020
Shirley Temple Childers Buchanan Price, 82, gained her Heavenly home on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. Born on February 7, 1938 she was a daughter to James Arville and Nora Lee Welch Childers. Shirley attended Wren schools and earned a business degree from Itawamba Community College. Prior to her retirement, she worked in the...
Connie Lancaster
Apr 5, 2020
Connie Barnett Lancaster, 44, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020 after complications from a lifelong illness. She was born in Tupelo on July 30, 1975 to Rickey and Carol Hill Barnett. Connie enjoyed singing, visiting with her friends, and spending time with her two sons and family. She was a member of Apostolic Truth Tabernacle. Private graveside services will...
Ann Myatt
Mar 28, 2020
Bertha Ann Harris Myatt, 63, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Diversicare in Amory. Ann was born on July 24, 1956 in Amory to Grady Harris and Mary Hughes Bradshaw. Growing up in Smithville, she graduated from Smithville High School and later married Walter Myatt in 1985. Prior to her retirement in 2018, she worked in the lunchroom...
Rachel Gilbert
Mar 23, 2020
Rachel Kay Jackson Gilbert, 39, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus. Born on October 10, 1980, she was a daughter of Harold Ray and Geneva Jo Wall Jackson. Growing up in Smithville, she was a 2001 graduate of Smithville High School later graduating from ICC with an associate’s degree in child development....
Nathan Mayhall
Mar 3, 2020
James Nathan Mayhall, 20 passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020 surrounded by his family at his residence. He was born in Amory on December 11, 1999. As a young child, Nathan was diagnosed by Muscular Dystrophy, but his determination in life served as an inspiration to all who knew him. Easy to please, Nathan enjoyed playing games on his tablet...
Curt James
Feb 29, 2020
Wesley Curtis “Big Curt” James, 36, passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on September 10, 1983 in Amory, he was a son to Johnny and Hollye Moreland West. Curt grew up in Smithville and was a graduate of Smithville High School where he played on both offensive and defensive lines on...
Geraldine Tipton
Feb 28, 2020
Edna Geraldine Shields Tipton, 80, passed away on Friday, February 28, 2020 at Diversicare in Amory. She was born on July 22, 1939 in Russellville, AL to Airrey L. and Thelma Latham Shields and she attended and graduated from Aberdeen High School. Geraldine married Dudley Tipton in 1956, worked in the area garment factories eventually retiring as a supervisor at...
Sandy Gray
Feb 28, 2020
Sandy McLarty Gray, 42 passed away at the NMMC in Tupelo on February 28, 2020. She was born on August 17, 1977 in Shreveport to Commodore David Smith and Donna Kay Light. On May 27, 1994 She married Scotty Gray. A selfless and devoted woman, she was a caregiver to the elderly and sick throughout her career. Her proudest accomplishment...
Betsy Riggan
Feb 17, 2020
Betsy Faye Hurley Weaver Riggans, 83, passed away on Monday, February 17, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. Born on May 26, 1936 in the Quincy Community of Monroe County, she was a daughter of Fred and Jesker Holloway Hurley. She attended Greenwood Spring schools and in 1952, she married Bernie Lee Weaver. In 1955, she and her...
Bill Prestridge
Feb 13, 2020
William Grady “Bill” Prestridge, 53, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at his home in Splunge. He was born on April 26, 1966 to Gary L. “Buddy” Prestridge and Wendy Fant, but was reared by his grandparents, Homer and Florence Prestridge. Bill was a truck driver for many years and loved being over the road. He was multi-talented and...
Danielle King
Feb 12, 2020
Danielle Renee Lindsey King, 45, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 in Monroe County. She was born on November 29, 1974 in Waukegan, IL to David R. Lindsey and Carleen S. Dodd. Danielle was a graduate of Sulligent High School where she also played in the band and she graduated Bevill State Community College where she earned her associate’s...
Sherry Lackey
Jan 31, 2020
Sherry Renee Lackey, 54, passed away at her home on Friday, January 31, 2020. She was born on December 1, 1965 to James Lackey and Lyndia Young. Sherry enjoyed spending time with her family and doing things with her dear friend, Tommy Justice walking their dogs, attending yard sales, and watching western movies. She would read her Bible often and...
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