Obituaries
Ann Walden Richardson
Jul 13, 2019
Ann Walden Richardson, 81, passed away July 13, 2019 at the NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. She was born on August 8, 1937 in Monroe County, MS to the late Clayton and Marguriete Dryden Walden. She attended Becker School and at an early age she learned how to work by picking and hoeing cotton, hauling and stacking hay, milking cows and...
Dorothy Williams
Jul 13, 2019
Dorothy Elizabeth Welch Williams, 89, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at the North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. Born on December 20, 1929 in Columbus, GA, she was a daughter to Sherman and Ruby Rigsby Welch. Dot was first a Christian for over 70 years, a devoted minister’s wife, and then a precious mother grandmother. She was always...
Mary Ann Sumrall
Jul 11, 2019
Mary Ann Wilkins Sumrall, 87, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Mary Ann was born on January 2, 1932 in Columbus, Mississippi to Earl and Laudice Shores Wilkins. As a child, she and her family moved to Ruleville, Mississippi area where she attended school there. She married Delbert Sumrall and raised her children...
Robert Lovern
Jul 11, 2019
Robert Hal Lovern, 73, passed away peacefully surrounded by his children, Thursday, July 11, 2019 at the North Mississippi Medical Center Inpatient Hospice in Tupelo. Born on September 19, 1945 in Amory, he was a son to Hal and Cathleen Vaughn Lovern. Hal was a very talented man who loved to work on, build and rebuild everything from clocks to...
William Thaniel Sargent
Jul 7, 2019
William Thaniel “Sarge” Sargent, 83, passed away on Sunday July 7, 2019 at his home. Sarge was born on April 29, 1936 in Shannon, Mississippi to Archie and Inez Hester Sargent. He was married to Barbara Rea on August 24, 1957 and early on, he was a heavy equipment operator for TVA and a construction manager for oil rig sites....
Lloyd Howell
Jul 1, 2019
Lloyd Wayne Howell, 76, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2019 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. He was born on May 30, 1943 in Hatley to Benford and Jewell Pearson Howell. A 1961 graduate of Hatley High School he married the former Joyce Odom in 1965. He worked for Walker Manufacturing until 1971, then becoming full-time in the Mississippi...
Hollis Parker
Jun 30, 2019
Hollis Parker, 92, passed away June 30, 2019 at Diversicare of Amory. Hollis was born on April 24, 1927 in Itawamba County, MS to the late Walter Alexander and Minnie Pearl Morse Parker. He honorably served his country in the United States Navy during WW2, dispatched out of Boston Harbor to the North Atlantic, serving in Iceland and Greenland. On...
Cathy Harrelson
Jun 25, 2019
Cathy Bolin Harrelson, 56, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. She was born on June 12, 1963 in Columbus to Harold Bolin and Delores Henderson. Growing up in Columbus, she graduated Columbus High School and lived in Aberdeen before moving back to Columbus. Prior to her retirement, she, along with her...
Delilah-Sue Autumn Guntharp
Jun 25, 2019
Delilah-Sue Autumn Guntharp, infant daughter of Randa Adara Dees and Tony Guntharp passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. She is survived by her parents; her brother, Noah Guntharp; her sister Leah Guntharp; grandparents, Dana Sheffield, Regina Archie, David Archie, and Randy Dees; and a host of aunts and uncles. She was...
Carolyn Sawyer
Jun 20, 2019
Carolyn Fay Ayers Sawyer, 62, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at her home. Born on October 16, 1956 in Aberdeen, she was a daughter to Oliver and Lola Bernice Southern Ayers. Growing up in Aberdeen, she was a graduate of Aberdeen High School. A devout mother and grandmother, Carolyn was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, canning, gardening, and...
John B. Kuykendall
Jun 18, 2019
Smithville—John B. “Big John” Kuykendall, 63, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at his home in Smithville. He was born in Amory on May 15, 1956 to Robert L. and Estyle Pennington Kuykendall. Raised in Smithville, he was a graduate of Smithville High School where he was a member of the Smithville Seminole Football Team. John was a 45...
Jeanette Cantrell
Jun 13, 2019
Jeanette Cantrell, 85 departed this life for the eternal life in Huntsville, AL on Thursday, June 13, 2019 due to an automobile accident. Jeanette was born in Houlka, MS to the late William Roy and Lera Smith Turner on August 12, 1933. She graduated from Becker High School, receiving the Citizenship Award. On February 17, 1956 in Monroe County, she...
Voy L. Cantrell
Jun 13, 2019
Voy L. Cantrell, 88, departed this life for the life eternal in Addison, Alabama, on Thursday, June 13, 2019 due to an automobile accident. Voy was born in Lee County on December 27, 1930 to the late Rev. Homer and Zora Martin Cantrell. Raised in Monroe County, he was the grandson of the late Woodie and Lydia Cantrell and the...
Sue Bennett
Jun 11, 2019
Mary Sue Jeffreys Bennett, 78, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice in Tupelo. Born on December 13, 1940 in Alabama, she was a daughter to Bobby and Velma Warren Jeffreys. She married Donald Gene Bennett and was a homemaker for many years. Sue was an accomplished seamstress and an excellent cook. She enjoyed...
Curtis Ausborne
Jun 11, 2019
Curtis Calvin Ausborne, 78, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at the Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation in Tupelo. Curtis was born in Memphis, TN on March 11, 1941 to Hershel Laverne Malone Ausborne. Curtis grew up in Tyronza, AR and worked in the cotton fields picking alongside Johnny Cash at an early age. He moved to Amory in 1959...
Curtis Hall
Jun 11, 2019
Curtis Raymond Hall, 89, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born on February 8, 1930 in Union County to Raymond and Gertrude Roaten Hall. Curtis was a graduate of New Albany High School and Wood Jr. College and was married to the former Ernestine Hodges in 1952. Stationed in San...
Daisy Jones
Jun 8, 2019
Daisy Charlene McAnally Jones, 88, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. Born on February 2, 1931, Daisy was a daughter to Charley and Zelda English McAnally and as a young girl, she and her family were sharecroppers and Daisy would work the fields. She graduated top of her class at Becker High...
Buddy Harrison
Jun 4, 2019
Mr. William Lee “Buddy” Harrison, 81, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. Born in Florence, Alabama, he was a son to Lee Harrison and Elizabeth Holman Harrison Crowder. Buddy was a 1954 graduate of Hatley High School and he was married to the former Janice Vaughan. Prior to his retirement, Buddy worked for...
Susan Rumley
Jun 4, 2019
Susan Ann Rumley, 83, passed away on Tuesday, June 5, 2019 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. Born on February 13, 1936 in Missouri, she was a daughter to Henry and Francis Clapper Rumley. Later she lived in several Mississippi cities, moving from Charleston to Amory in 2001. Prior to retirement, she worked in the garment industry and the restaurant...
Tony Owens
May 29, 2019
Tony Lynn Owens, 50, of Bartlett, TN passed away peacefully on May 29, 2019 at the Methodist Hospital in Germantown, TN. Tony was born on June 3, 1968 in Haiti, MO to Boyd and Artvie Owens. Growing up in Aberdeen, MS, he graduated from Aberdeen High School and eventually owned and operated several businesses, including Aberdeen Auto Sales. Later on,...
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