Obituaries
Frank Avery
May 30, 2018
William Frank Avery, 78, died on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at the Courtyard Nursing Home in Fulton. Born on July 31, 1939 in Marion County, Alabama, he was a son of Estios and Bertha Crowe Avery. Growing up in Marion County, he was a 1957 graduate of Hamilton High School and he later married Joyce Lann on November 15, 1959....
Raymond Williams
May 20, 2018
Raymond Edward Williams, 78, died on Sunday, May 20, 2018 at his home. Born on May 13, 1940 in the Quincy Community, he was a son of Andrew Jackson and Robbie M. Hathaway Williams. Raymond was a 1958 graduate of Vernon High School and he married Wilma Otts on May 24, 1963. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a...
Carmel Montgomery
May 17, 2018
Carmel Ausborn Montgomery, 94, died on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at the Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. She was born on May 19, 1923 in Monroe County to Andy Woody and Annice Tubb Ausborn. Prior to her retirement, she had worked in the area garment industry and she was a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church in Amory....
Daniel Seymore
May 14, 2018
Charles Daniel Seymore, 41, died on Monday, May 14, 2018 at his home. He was born on May 23, 1976 in Vicksburg to Debra Ann Vaughan and Charles Irvin Seymore. Daniel attended Becker and Hatley schools and he was raised in the Pentecostal church. As a master mechanic, he was currently employed by Hurley’s Auto and Salvage Yard. He enjoyed...
Randall Gray
Apr 24, 2018
Randall Hank Gray, 64, died on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Born on February 10, 1954 he was a son of Billie and Ruby Jean Camp Gray. He grew up in Amory and attended Amory schools. Prior to his becoming disabled, he worked in hardware and lumber for C & D Lumber Company for many...
Joyce Stephens
Apr 19, 2018
Joyce Ann Brown Stephens, 78, died on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at The Meadows in Fulton. She was bornon July 16, 1939 to Elmer Lee and Letha Dean Brown. She grew up and attended school in the Bigbee Community and she was married to Ray Stephens for 20 years. Graduating third in her class, Mrs. Stephens received her LPN degree...
Connie Lee Weaver
Apr 18, 2018
Connie Lee Weaver, 67, died on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at his home. He was born in Amory on October 5, 1950. Connie lived his life from one adventure to the next. He served our nation in an elite regiment of Marine Raiders of the United States Marine Corp during Vietnam. He visited over 22 countries, whether he meant to...
Hilda Harmon Minga
Apr 18, 2018
Hilda Geraldine Harmon Minga, 93, died on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at the Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born on October 8, 1924 in Sulligent, Alabama, she was a daughter of Verdo and Getta Mae Harmon. She was a graduate of Amory High School and married Aubrey Minga in the spring of 1944. Shortly after her marriage, Mr. Minga left...
Ellene Vaughan
Apr 15, 2018
Elllene Ross “Mama Ene” Vaughan, 99, passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at the Riverplace Nursing Center in Amory. Mrs. Vaughan was born on October 10, 1918 in the Parham Community to Casswell Elmer and Louelle Sugg Ross. A life-long member of Christian Chapel Church of Christ, she was a part of the “Lady Bugs” service group making Teddy...
Patricia Kelley
Apr 12, 2018
Patricia Faye Riner Kelley, 64, died on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at her home in Hamilton. Born January 21, 1954, she was the daughter of Charles Oneil and Margie Faye Baggett Riner. Pat was a fan of Alabama football and NASCAR and she loved her dogs and enjoyed watching Touched By An Angel. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m....
Vanessa Marsh
Apr 1, 2018
Vanessa Pargo Marsh, 60, passed away on Sunday, April 1, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice in Tupelo. She was born on March 23, 1958 in Amory to Robert Lee and Jennie Mae Pargo. Vanessa attended Amory High School and upon graduating in 1976, she attended Rust College and earned a bachelor’s degree in education. She was a...
Manuel Monterrosa
Mar 29, 2018
Manuel Monterrosa, 70, died on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at his residence. Manuel was born in August 29, 1947 in El Salvador to Manuel and Lidia Amparo Dimas Monterrosa. He had worked in California and Texas and for the past 16 years he worked for Hurley’s Salvage Yard. Manuel was a very gifted mechanic and body man able to build...
Christopher Scott Smith
Mar 25, 2018
Carolina Community- Christopher Scott Smith, 36, passed away at the NMMC in Tupelo. Born October 26, 1981 in Tupelo, he was a son of Joel Ray Smith and Vicki Morgan Smith. Scott attended Dorsey School and Itawamba Agriculture High School. Creative and talented with his hands, Scott was a master potter and was employed by Bean’s Ferry Pottery. Deeply devoted...
Eddie Moffett
Mar 19, 2018
Eddie Wayne Moffett, 60, passed away March 19, 2018 at his residence in the Athens Community. Born August 10, 1957 in Aberdeen, he was the son of Edward Ray and Etta Vann Moffett, the oldest of their 3 children. Eddie attended Hatley High School and married Dorothy Holloway. A man of many talents, Eddie helped his family in the fields,...
Bobby L. Motes
Mar 16, 2018
Bobby Lloyd Motes, 56, died on Friday, March 16, 2018 at the St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Born on March 21, 1961 in Aberdeen, he was a son to Lloyd Motes and Margaret Marie Holcomb Wilson. Bobby attended Hamilton School and from the age of 15 he was a truck driver later retiring OTR from Southern Logistics due to...
Frances Miller
Mar 11, 2018
Margaret Frances Miller, 91, died on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at her granddaughter’s residence in Hamilton. Born on June 14, 1926, she was a daughter of Dewey and Maggie Gray West. She grew up in the Athens Community and she married Rubel Miller and together they raised a family. Prior to her retirement, she was a master seamstress working with...
Leamond Roberts
Feb 12, 2018
Leamond ‘Bugs’ Roberts, Jr., 71, died on Monday, February 12, 2018 at the Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen. Born on February 4, 1947 in Smithville, he was a son to Leamond Clover Chester “Dub” and Geveva Vines Roberts. Growing up in Smithville, he graduated Amory High School and married Elizabeth Riddle. Prior to his retirement, he worked for Amory Garment...
Pamela Galloway
Feb 7, 2018
Pamela Sue Crump Galloway, 54, passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Missouri, she was a daughter to Carl and Myrtle McCutchin Crump. Mrs. Galloway attended school in Missouri and she met the love of her life, James Galloway and they were married on May 17, 1980 later moving to...
Ima Nix
Jan 30, 2018
Bartahatchie Community--Ima Lee Nix, 84, died on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at the Care Center of Aberdeen. Born on August 22, 1933 in Monroe County, she was a daughter to John Cleve and Lillie Bell Smith Nix. She grew up in the Bartahatchie Community and attended Bartahatchie School. Prior to her retirement, she worked the family farm and she also...
Corine Powell
Jan 19, 2018
Corine Yeager Powell, 88, died on Friday, January 19, 2018 at the Courtyard Nursing Home in Fulton. Born on September 16, 1929 in Houston, Mississippi, she was a daughter to Claude and Birtha Blount Yeager. Prior to her retirement, she worked in the area garment plants and she was married to Hilton Powell. She loved gardening, tending to her flowers...
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