Obituaries
Mary McDonald
Aug 18, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Buckles McDonald, 78, passed away on Sunday morning, August 18, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. Mary was born on July 2, 1941 in Natchez to Lesley and Thelma Williams Pace. As a child, she grew up in Hamilton and in 1968 she married John McDonald. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a seamstress in...
Patricia Kay Colvin
Aug 16, 2019
Patricia Kay Blair Colvin, 44, passed away on Friday, August 16, 2019 at her home. Born on January 11, 1975 in Aberdeen she was a daughter to Williams and Dorothy Wallace Blair. She attended Caledonia High School and married Mike Colvin on February 11, 1993 and had two children. For the past several years, she has been assistant store manager...
Gary Sandman
Aug 16, 2019
Aberdeen- Gary Alan Sandman, 57, passed away on Friday, August 16, 2019 at the NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. Gary was born in Encino, California to the late Dale “Sandy” and Rita Carol Sandman. Gary was a graduate of Aberdeen High School Class of 1980. In his early years he worked at Lann Hardware in Aberdeen. He began a lifelong career...
Jimmy H. Blair
Aug 9, 2019
James “Jimmy” Houston Blair, 84, died peacefully Friday August 9, 2019 at CC Young Senior Living in Dallas, Texas. He was born August 6, 1935 in New Hope, Alabama to Houston and Mary Helen Blair. Jimmy was a long-time resident of Amory, Mississippi where he enjoyed fishing, golf and sports in general. He had a career in the heavy equipment...
Myrtle Mercer
Jul 28, 2019
Myrtle Ann Head Mercer, 60, passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. Born in Amory on October 21, 1958, she was a daughter to Bill and Ann Lillie Heard Head. She attended Greenwood Springs School and was a life-long resident of the Athens and Quincy communities. Her hobbies included fishing and sewing,...
Minnie May Striplin
Jul 26, 2019
Amory- Minnie Beatrice May Striplin passed away Friday, July 26, 2019 at the NMMC in Tupelo. She was born in Cherokee, AL on June 17, 1933 to the late Otis and Lula Mae Childers May. She married John William Striplin and as they began to have a family, Minnie became a homemaker. While in her 40’s, she was in a...
Mary Agnes Shields
Jul 24, 2019
Amory- Mary Agnes Shields, 83, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. She was born to the late Therman Bell and Carrie Jones Bradford on August 25, 1935 in Vance, Alabama where she grew up and attended school. She moved her family to Amory in 1961 and began a career at Amory Garment that would...
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...
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