Obituaries
Lee Starr
Jul 3, 2020
Charles Leland Starr, known as “Lee” to family and friends, was born on February 9, 1950 in Greenville, South Carolina to Walter H. Starr and Ruth Starr. Lee departed this life after many health battles, at Riverplace Nursing Home in Amory, MS on July 3, 2020. He was a proud Boy Scout and was only three badges shy of being...
Benjamin Clay Bird
Jun 26, 2020
Benjamin Clay Bird, 85, passed away at his residence on Friday, June 26, 2020. He was born in West Point on February 26, 1935 to the late Lee and Georgia Millcan Bird. Ben attended Franklin Academy in Columbus and after his graduation he honorably served his country in the United States Army and the Mississippi Army National Guard. On September...
Joe Dewayne Mitchell
Jun 24, 2020
Joe Dewayne Mitchell, 51, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice in Tupelo. Born on March 7, 1969 in Red Bay, AL, he was a son to Joseph and Emma Adine Flynn Mitchell. Joe attended Becker and Amory schools and he had worked on a river boat and in the area furniture industry. He...
John Belue
Jun 22, 2020
John William Belue, 55, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2020 at his home. He was born on October 9, 1964 in Germany to Jimmy Chester and Rita Friebel Belue. John attended school in Germany until age 14 and upon returning to the states, he was a 1985 graduate of Hatley High School. Following graduation, John worked in the furniture...
Nell Johnston
Jun 7, 2020
Nell Etheridge Johnston, 96, passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2020 at her home in Amory. She was born on September 16, 1923 in Hamburg, AR and was a daughter to Fred Rushing and Willie Lee Higgenbotham Etheridge. She was married to Harold M. Johnston on September 10, 1941 and prior to her retirement, she worked as a sales clerk....
Gerald Johnson
May 21, 2020
Gerald Wayne Johnson, 73 passed away on May 21, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, Mississippi. He was born October 5, 1946, in Itawamba County to his parents Jessie Void Johnson and Ilena Marie Waddle. Gerald grew up in Fairview but graduated from Nettleton High School and soon after, joined the National Guard where he proudly served his country...
Herbert Head
May 21, 2020
Herbert Louis Head, 91 passed away at his residence on Thursday, May 21, 2020. Born on April 6, 1929 in Amory, to the late William and Ouida Lewis Head, Herbert grew up and attended school in Bigbee. A true patriot, he enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 16 and served during WWII and the Korean Conflict....
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...
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