Obituaries
Rita Hood
Oct 27, 2016
Rita Palmer Hood, 69, died on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born November 16, 1946 in Amory, she was daughter of Rubel F. and Oleen Seals Palmer. Prior to her retirement, she worked for over 40 years as a hair stylist and beautician, and took great pride in her work. An avid MSU fan,...
Ruby Lanell Beasley
Oct 21, 2016
Ruby Lanell Davis Beasley, 88, died on Friday, October 21, 2016 at the Riverplace Nursing Center in Amory. Born February 2, 1928, she was a daughter of Earl and Carrie Bishop Westmoreland. She married Clarence Davis and later married Thomas Beasley. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a waitress at the Natchez Trace Inn and Shockleys and she was...
Martha Nash
Oct 20, 2016
Martha Nash, 90, died on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Oaktree Manor in Amory. Born October 17, 1926 in Amory she was a daughter of James Clayton and Marguerite Dryden Walden. A lifelong resident of the Hatley area, she was also the widow of Roy L. Nash. Prior to her retirement, she worked for Amory Garment Company. Her hobbies included...
Jewel Graves
Oct 15, 2016
Jewel Graves, 90, died on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at her residence. Born February 22, 1926 in Monroe County, she was a daughter of Trannie and Lila Thornton Ausborn. She was a 1944 graduate of Hatley High School and prior to her retirement, she worked for United Technologies. A faithful member of the Christian Chapel Church of Christ. Of her...
Rachel Stegall
Oct 5, 2016
Rachel Stegall, 53, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Amory. Born June 3, 1963 in Joliet, IL she was a daughter of Allen Zane and Betty Jean Trimm Stegall. A homemaker, she grew up and attended school in Illinois and moved to Fulton in 1983. She later lived in Becker. Loving life, she...
Leo Holloway
Oct 4, 2016
Leo Holloway, 82, died on Tuesday, October 04, 2016 at his residence. Born July 20, 1934 in Itawamba County, he was a son of Roy and Lula Harris Holloway. He was married to Betty Millican on April 25, 1953 and then later married Glenda Knight on May 16, 1996. Prior to his retirement he traveled the United States as the...
Paula Beukema
Oct 4, 2016
Paula Mae Lampe Beukema, 74, died on Tuesday, October 04, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born March 31, 1942 in Mattoon, IL she was a daughter to August and Teresa Diemeke Lampe. Growing up in Mattoon, IL she graduated school there and married John Beukema in 1974. Prior to her retirement, she worked in the public...
Farrell Williams
Sep 12, 2016
Richmond Farrell Williams, 66, known to hundreds as ‘Slim’ died on Monday, September 12, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born March 9, 1950 in Jones County, Mississippi, he was a son of Richmond James and Freddie Mae Ray Williams and he married Judith Eubanks. As a part of what keeps America moving, he was an over-the-road...
Christine Moffett
Sep 9, 2016
Becker- Christine Sanders Moffett, 101, died Friday, September 9, 2016 at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital. She was born July 27, 1915 in Monroe County to LyCurgus and Corrie Walters Sanders. She grew up and lived most of her life in the Acker Switch area of Becker. Christine married Elmo C. Moffett on Christmas Day in 1932. Together they owned...
Faye English
Aug 23, 2016
Faye English, 87, died on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at the Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Born September 4, 1928, she was the daughter of Alvis and Lois Lindsey Dill. Prior to her retirement, she was office manager for Roadway Express. She was a member of the Amory Church of Christ and with a strong alto voice, she...
James Rodney Parish
Aug 23, 2016
Amory- James Rodney Parish, 68, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital. Born in Amory on March 14, 1948, he was a son of James Noe Parish and Nellie Miller Parish. He married Shirley Shields on August 20, 1966. Growing up in Hatley, he graduated from Hatley High School Class of 1966. He retired from True...
Cora Lee Rogers
Aug 7, 2016
Cora Lee Herndon Sullivan Rogers, 95, died on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Amory. Born January 18, 1921 in Monroe County, she was a daughter of John Clovis and Pernie Lodell Little Herndon. She married John Junior Sullivan and later Joel Rogers, both of whom preceded her in death. A charter member of the...
Ellie "Pete" Vaughan
Aug 6, 2016
Ellie Lee "Pete" Vaughan, Jr., 91, died on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at his home in Hatley. Born December 22, 1924 in the Parham Community of Monroe County, he was a son of Ellie L., Sr. and Mary Ella Lavies Vaughan. He married Gladys Tubb and he was a member of the Hatley Missionary Baptist Church. Attending Hatley School, he...
Jewell Holley Tibbetts
Aug 5, 2016
Amory- Jewell Holley Tibbetts, 87, died Friday, August 5, 2016 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born in Amory on March 3, 1929 she was a daughter of John Henry and Gena Mae Derrick Puckett. She grew up in Hatley and Graduated from Hatley High School with honors. An excellent student, Jewell helped numerous people with their studies in school....
Frankie Joe Rasberry
Aug 2, 2016
Hamilton- Frankie Joe Rasberry, 45 died August 2, 2016 at Baptist Hospital in Columbus. Born in Aberdeen on May, 18 1971 he was a son of Joe Alford and Brenda Raden Rasberry. Frankie grew in Hamilton and was a graduate of Hamilton High School. Before becoming disabled, he was a truck driver for Waste Management in Columbus. He enjoyed motorcycles,...
Glenda Plaxico
Aug 2, 2016
Amory- Glenda Carolyn Plaxico, 69 died Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at NMMC in Tupelo. Born in Aberdeen on June 24, 1947, she was a daughter of Lesley Mathies and Mary Harris Mathies. Glenda grew up in the Parham Community and attended Hatley School. Before retiring as a homemaker she worked as a seamstress in the local garment industry. Talented with...
Mabel Tackett
Jul 9, 2016
Mabel Tackett, 76, died on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Born January 12, 1940, she was a daughter of Stanley C. and Mary Ethel Dye Easley. She was a 1957 graduate of Becker School and she was married to Horace Tackett. Prior to her retirement, she had worked as a dental hygienist...
Holly Cooley
Jul 7, 2016
Holly Virginia Hood Cooley, 56, died on Thursday, July 7, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born October 12, 1959 in Amory, she was a daughter of Homer Hansel “Hank” and Virginia Rye Hood. A 1977 graduate of Smithville High School, she also attended Itawamba Junior College and she married Allen Cooley. She was a fan of...
Danny Spreitler
Jul 5, 2016
Amory- Danny J. Spreitler, 55 passed away July 5, 2016 in Amory. Born March 16, 1961 in Sparta, Illinois, he was a son of William J. and Dixie Phelps Spreitler. Most of Danny’s younger years were spent in Long Beach, MS. He attended Long Beach High School and excelled in sports, especially running track. He graduated in 1979 and enrolled...
Pauline Wiginton
Jun 27, 2016
Pauline Wiginton, 86, died on Monday, June 27, 2016 at the Pioneer Community Hospital in Aberdeen. Born March 20, 1930 in Tazwell, TN she was a daughter of Samuel and Rutha Drummonds Hayes. She married Jimmy Wiginton and prior to her retirement, she worked as a seamstress at Amory Garment Company. Also a homemaker, she was known as an excellent...
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