Obituaries
Brenda Vicente-Recinos
Feb 15, 2019
Brenda Elizabeth Vicente-Recinos, 27 años, falleció el viernes, 15 de febrero de 2019 en el Condado de Monroe como resultado de un accidente de automóvil. Nació el 08 de mayo de 1991 en San Antiono Huista, Huehuetenango, Guatemala a Antonio, Vicente Escobar y Carmela, Recinos Ramirez. Trabajó a tiempo parcial para el restaurante mexicano El Toro en Amory y Nettleton...
Latain Cook
Feb 11, 2019
Franklin Latain Cook, 73, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019 at NMMC-Gilmore Hospital in Amory. Born on October 28, 1945 in Decatur, AL, she was a daughter to Avis Voss and Johnnie Boren. Growing up in the Palestine Community of Itawamba County, she graduated Itawamba County Schools. Married to Billy Joe Cook in 1985, Latain was deeply devoted to...
Philip Craig Wardlaw
Feb 5, 2019
Philip Craig Wardlaw, 40, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at his residence. Born on May 16, 1978 in Anniston, AL, he was a son to Eddie Ward Wardlaw and Donna Bennett Stewart. He attended Hatley School and graduated with the Class of 1997 at Amory High School. With and inquisitive mind, Craig loved to read and had aspirations...
James Blaylock
Jan 28, 2019
James William Blaylock, 65, passed away on Monday, January 28, 2019 at NMMC-Gilmore in Amory. James was born on August 19, 1953 in Sulligent to Condry and Arizona Hall Blaylock. He attended Hatley, Sulligent, and Amory schools, went to work for True Temper Sports in Amory and retired after 38 years. His smile was known by all and would always...
Malcolm Wright
Jan 28, 2019
Malcolm Wright, Jr. was born in Houston, Mississippi, on April 16, 1932. He was the second seven children born to Virginia M. Wilson and Malcolm Wright, Sr. Both parents preceded him in death. Malcolm accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Mississippi. On February 25, 1951, Malcolm was united in holy matrimony...
Jerry Hood
Jan 24, 2019
Amory- Jerry Wayne Hood, 77, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at his residence. He was born on September 21, 1941 on the family farm in Bigbee during the middle of cotton picking season, and always told everyone he was born on a cotton sack. Anyone who was ever around Jerry for just a moment, knew he was one...
Sharon Dykes
Jan 24, 2019
Sharon Ann Blake Dykes, 64, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Tupelo on September 3, 1954 and the oldest of six, she was a daughter to Charles Burroughs Blake and Joyce Ann Brown Stephens. Sharon was a graduate of Nettleton High School and received her LPN certification from IJC...
Tony Young
Jan 22, 2019
Robert Anthony “Tony” Young, 31, passed away on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at his home in Tupelo. Born August 9, 1987, Tony was born to Robert Burdine and Tracy Tartt Young. He attended Smithville High School where he was a member of the Smithville Seminole Football Team. Tony was an exceptional worker and loved his job in customer service at...
Sarah Johnson
Jan 20, 2019
Sarah Ann Gibbs Johnson, 75, passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2019 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo following a sudden illness. Sarah was born on February 5, 1943 in Nettleton to James Delmer and Mary Delbert Dotson Gibbs. She attended Nettleton schools and later married A.D. Johnson on March 23, 1963. In her early years, she worked...
Linda Galloway
Jan 19, 2019
Amory- Linda Darnell Jones Galloway, 78 died on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at the NMMC in Tupelo. She was born December 22, 1940 in Edgar Springs, MO to the late Ezra Robert and Vernice Chandler Jones. She grew up in St. Louis where her love of music started at a young age. She began using her God given singing voice...
Sunshine Parham Ward
Jan 15, 2019
Sunshine Parham Ward, 93, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at River Place Nursing Center in Amory. Born May 1, 1925 in the Parham Community, she was a daughter of the late John Robert Parham, Sr. and Dessie Madonna Ausborn Parham. Sunshine graduated from Anguilla High School and married Eugene William Ward, Sr. on August 25, 1945. As a devoted...
Verna Mae Carroll
Jan 11, 2019
Amory—Verna Mae Ruth Parish Carroll, 81, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2019 at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on November 4, 1937, she was a daughter to Elisha Beverly and Rose Ella Stanford Parish. A life-long resident of Monroe County, she grew up in Bigbee, attended Bigbee School and later Amory High School. On July 3, 1954, she married Billy...
Andy Culver
Jan 11, 2019
Andrew Scott “Andy” Culver, 38, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2019 in Monroe County. He was born on June 11, 1980 in Amory to Russell and Brenda Shelton Hallmark. Andy grew up in Amory and attended Amory schools. As a handy man, he could fix most anything and enjoyed spending time with his family especially his grandchildren. He was...
Mike Wells
Jan 8, 2019
Michael Wells, 65, passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Mike was born on April 20, 1953 in Aberdeen to Hurshell Jack and Ovie Nabors Wells. He attended Hatley schools and was a graduate of Itawamba Junior College. Known as kindhearted, Mike was soft spoken and befriended everyone. He was a member of Christian...
Bradley Riggs
Jan 3, 2019
Bradley Kyle Riggs, 26, passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at his home in Amory. Bradley was born on November 6, 1992 in Tupelo to Kim Michelle Wigginton Floyd and the late Mickey Darren Riggs. He grew up in Amory and was a 2011 graduate of Amory High School, later attending Highlands College, but earned a welding degree from...
Billy Parham
Jan 2, 2019
Billy Wayne Parham, 85, passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. He was born on February 11, 1933 in Monroe County to Nathaniel Green and Evelyn Viola Ross Parham. A lifelong resident of Monroe County, he was a graduate of Hatley High School, attended IJC, and he later earned a business degree from Mississippi...
Carolyn Ford
Dec 26, 2018
Carolyn June Williams Ford passed away December 26, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and joined God in heaven at the age of 77. Carolyn was born on June 30, 1941, near Smithville, Mississippi. She graduated from Smithville High School and attended Itawamba Junior College before marrying Jerry Ray Ford in 1961....
Danny Brown
Dec 26, 2018
Daniel Earl Brown, 55, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at his home. Danny was born on August 16, 1963 in Amory to Earl Fred and Brenda Sue Martin Brown. Growing up in Amory, he was a 1981 graduate of Amory High School and before his health failed, he worked in the furniture industry as a cutter most recently...
Herschel Ritter
Dec 17, 2018
Amory- Herschel Hampton Ritter, 91, passed away at his residence on Monday, December 17, 2018. He was born February 9, 1927 in Amory to the late Era and Dewdrop Lewis Ritter. Growing up in Amory, Herschel graduated from Amory High School Class of 1944. On February 22, 1948 he married Mae Gilmore. Herschel worked for Mississippi Valley gas for 30...
Donna Neal
Dec 15, 2018
Donna Ann Pope Neal, 58, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on July 31, 1960 in Amory to Doris Pope. Donna grew up in Smithville and attended Smithville School. She was a devoted caretaker to her husband, Sammy Neal, whom she married on March 1, 1984 and she...
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