Obituaries
Polly Conwill
May 2, 2017
Polly Brown Conwill, 77, died on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at her daughter’s home in the Carolina Community. Born October 10, 1939 in Monroe County, she was a daughter of Otha and Elizabeth Wren Brown. She grew up in the Carolina Community and attended Carolina School. She was married to Johnny Conwill in 1955. Prior to her retirement, she worked...
Jesse Hurley
Apr 23, 2017
Jesse Lloyd Hurley, 77, died on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at the Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Born January 21, 1940 in Monroe County, he was a son of John and Mattie Bell Hurley. Prior to his retirement, he worked for Quartet in Booneville and was a sheet metal worker in Memphis. His hobbies included woodwork and being...
Kevin Childers
Apr 16, 2017
Kevin Wade Childers, 45, died on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at his home. Kevin was born on October 4, 1971 in Aberdeen to Jerry Clyde and Judy Fowlkes Childers. Growing up in Becker, he was a graduate of Aberdeen High School and attended ICC where he was a part of the 1990 Community College Football State Championship Team. Kevin owned...
Hortense Palmer
Apr 8, 2017
Amory- Lerah Hortense Palmer, 97, died Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born November 28, 1919 in Lamar County Alabama to Calvin and Elizabeth Edgeworth Humphreys, she was one of nine children. She married Aquilis Sloan in 1937 and they raised 5 boys. Later in life she married Jack Palmer. Always ready to get in the...
Charles Herbert Meeks
Mar 31, 2017
Becker- Charles Herbert Meeks, 89, died Friday, March 31, 2017 at his residence. He was born November 13, 1927 to Charlie and Tempie Smith Meeks, raised most of his childhood by his grandparents Paul Sam and Betty Smith, who were very dear to him. His mother later married Ned Bishop, who treated Charles as his own son. He honorably served...
Richard Arlin Justice
Mar 28, 2017
Richard Arlin Justice, 73, died on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 in Monroe County. Born June 8, 1943 he was a son of Arlin and Floy Elizabeth Howell Justice. He married Barbara Lowery on June 8, 2002. In his younger years, he worked for Reece Dairy in Amory and coming from a long line of aviators, he began his career crop...
Kathy Baucom
Mar 21, 2017
Kathy Darlene Thompson Baucom, 54, died on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at the Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Born February 12, 1963, she was a daughter of Lewis and Mary Helen Ross Thompson. She had worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a letter carrier and most recently worked for Pickle’s Drive Inn. She enjoyed yard work, cooking,...
Bobby Harrison
Mar 19, 2017
Golden—Bobby Ralph Harrison, 76, died on Sunday, March 19, 2016 at his home. Born May, 25, 1940 he was a son of Rob and Mary Garrison Harrison. He was a member of the Oak Grove Church of God and prior to his retirement, he worked at Sunshine Homes. An avid quail hunter, he also enjoyed fishing. Funeral services for Mr....
Roberta Zittrower
Mar 7, 2017
Roberta Zittrower, 85, died on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Roberta is survived by her son, Gary Zittrower (Rose); daughter, Debbie Mahany (Michael); 4 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Albert Zittrower and a son, Reggie Kilgore. A Graveside Memorial will be held 11 AM, Friday, April 7,...
Emma Jean White
Feb 22, 2017
Emma Jean White, 77, died on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Diversicare in Amory. Born December 27, 1939 in Aberdeen, she was a daughter to Salis Jefferson and Loy V. Britt Phillips. She was a graduate of Aberdeen High School. Prior to her retirement, she worked as hotel manager for Holiday Inns in Starkville and Greenville. Never meeting a stranger,...
Linda Little
Feb 11, 2017
Smithville- Linda Iris Newton Little, 76, died on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at The Meadows in Fulton. Born December 4, 1940 in Itawamba County, she was a daughter to William F. “Bill” and Una Sloan Newton. She grew up in the Peaceful Valley community and later graduated from Hatley High School. She married Herbert Little on April 7, 1962. A...
George Daniel Sargent
Jan 16, 2017
Mr. Sargent passed away early Monday morning, January 16, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett. A native of Amory, MS, he was the son of the late Archie Madison and Beatrice Inez Hester Sargent. Mr. Sargent lived a short time in Illinois and has been residing in Hardeman County since 1972. On April 6, 1957, he was united in...
Robert Everette Ritter
Jan 8, 2017
Robert Everette Ritter, 65, died on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at his home. Born May 1, 1951 in Monroe County, he was a son to Eldridge and Reathie Benton Ritter. Everett grew up in Smithville and attended Smithville School. He married Elizabeth Soden in 1980 and prior to his retirement, he worked nearly 30 years at Amwood Products in Amory...
Barry Strevel
Dec 28, 2016
John Barry Strevel, 60, died on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 in Destin, FL. Born January 28, 1956 Barry was a son to Thomas G. and Mary Bruff Strevel. Growing up in Aberdeen, he attended Aberdeen High School and started working at a young age in the family business, Strevel & Sons. There, Barry learned the value of hard work and...
Tommy Sargent
Dec 25, 2016
Tommy Cecil Sargent, 76, died on Sunday, December 25, 2016 at his home in the Bigbee Community. Born April 20, 1940 in Monroe County he was a son to Abe Rubel and Edith Nash Sargent. Attending Bigbee School he later married Nell Bennett in 1960. Prior to his retirement, he worked for Local #150 in Joliet, Ill. as a heavy...
Odis Bradshaw
Dec 23, 2016
Odis Lee Bradshaw, 87, died on Friday, December 23, 2016 at his home near Smithville. Born January 7, 1929 in Neshoba County, Mississippi he was a son to Newton Alexander and Mary Margaret Elizabeth Hudson Bradshaw. Odis served in the U.S. Army and prior to his retirement, he was self-employed as a timber cutter. He married Mary Magdalene Hughes and...
Peggy Conwill
Dec 15, 2016
Peggy Sue Harper Conwill, 69, died on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at her daughter’s residence in Petal, MS. Born on May 25, 1947 in Amory, she was a daughter of Robert and Pansy Ford Harper. A 1964 graduate of Amory High School, she was a standout athlete achieving female Panther athlete of the year and received All Little Ten awards...
Dan Reed
Dec 15, 2016
Dan Reed, 75, died on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at the St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Born June 5, 1941 in Sulligent, he was a son to John and Geneva Whitehead Reed. Dan grew up in Macon, Georgia later moving to Monroe County and marrying Peggie Clark in 1960, they owned and operated a small family furniture and fabric business....
Guy Powell
Dec 10, 2016
Guy William Powell, 66, died on Saturday, December 11, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born November 26, 1950 in Monroe County, he was a son of Clyde Hilton and Corine Yeager Powell. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a machinist for ITT/Fabrivalve in Amory. A Mason, he also enjoyed gardening, mechanic work, watching NASCAR, and...
Ruth Tubb
Dec 8, 2016
Ruth Johnston Mitchell Tubb, 77, died on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at her home. She was born on October 27, 1939 in Monroe County to Edgar Wade and Ellie Dee Clayton Johnston. Prior to her retirement, she worked for Glenn Manufacturing and Amory Garment Co. She was a member of the Becker Baptist Church and she enjoyed yard work, flower...
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