Obituaries
Tommy Cagle
Dec 22, 2023
Tommy Karl O’Neal Cagle, 60, passed away at his home. He was born on February 15, 1963 in Haleyville, AL to James and Inez Huggins Cagle. He was a graduate of Smithville High School and he enjoyed trading and doing yard work. His hobbies included fishing and woodworking. Before becoming disabled, he worked with his father as a painter.
A private family service...
Evelyn Barrett Thompson
Dec 19, 2023
Evelyn Krithel Barrett Thompson, 88, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 surrounded by her family at the Meadows Assisted Living in Fulton. She was born on September 9, 1935 in Arkansas to the late Albert and Opal Jacobs Barrett. Evelyn married J.C. Thompson on August 14, 1954. For several years she worked in the area garment industry as a...
James Mills
Dec 19, 2023
James Albert Mills, 92, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on October 20, 1931 in Tupelo, he was a son to James Alton and Eula Mae Vinson Mills. He graduated from Tupelo High School and married the former Geraldine Harris. Moving to Memphis in the 1950’s, he drove a bus and trolley for the...
Earnest Tidwell
Dec 16, 2023
Earnest Junior Tidwell, 79, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. Born on July 30, 1944 in Hamilton, AL, he was a son to Leburn and Dorothy Black Tidwell. He grew up in the Sipsey Fork Community and also in Michigan. On December 22, 1987, he married Geraldine Elmore. Earnest spent his entire career in the...
Peggy Best
Dec 15, 2023
Peggy Jean Monaghan Best, 85, passed away on Friday, December 15, 2023 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born on September 16, 1938 in Nettleton to Shelby and Ruby Laney Monaghan. She attended Becker and Amory schools, and she graduated cosmetology college in Illinois. On November 9,1955, she married the love of their life, James Edward Best Sr., and they have spent 67 beautiful yearstogether. For 27 years, she owned and operated Peggy’s House of Beauty in Amory. After retiring...
Tammy Norris James
Dec 13, 2023
Tammy Rose Norris James, 51,passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at the NMMC- Tupelo. She was born April 15, 1972 in Amory to Danny and Linda Pace Norris. Tammy was a graduate of Lamar County High School, Class of 1990. Before becoming disabled, she worked at Wal Mart, Family Dollar and in the nursing homes as a CNA, where...
James Albert Hill
Dec 10, 2023
James Albert Hill, 70, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023. He was born on June 30, 1953 in Lowndes County to the late Garvin and Mary Elizabeth Chaffin Hill. James grew up in Greenwood Springs and attended Caledonia School. He worked hard his entire life logging and sawmilling.
James is survived by his sister in law, Mary Hill, Houston;...
Troy McCullar
Dec 10, 2023
Troy Gene McCullar, 66, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023 at his residence. Troy was born in Amory on August 6, 1957 to the late Marlin and Dorothy Johnson McCullar. He grew up in Bigbee Bottom and attended Amory School. Troy married Tracy Smith on April 13, 1979. Troy and Tracy enjoyed a wonderful marriage until her passing in 2020. When you think of...
James Gilliland
Dec 9, 2023
James Kalam Gilliland, 78, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023 at his home. Born on October 12, 1945, he was a son to James Kalam Gilliland, Sr and Martha Banks Gilliland. A member of Moore’s Bridge Baptist Church, he also liked to hunting and fishing. He was good at carpentry and loved to travel and attend auctions. He worked as an electrician...
Phillip Thompson
Dec 7, 2023
Phillip Wayne Thompson, 82, passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Monroe County on March 19, 1941 he was a son to Bill and Ruth Sheffield Thompson. He was a 1959 graduate of Smithville High School and just a few weeks later, married Laverne Stanford with whom he would spend the next 64...
Peggy Head
Dec 3, 2023
Peggy Jane Head, 82, passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after a brief illness. She was born July 15, 1941 in Smithville, MS to the the late Carl and Claude Pearson. She married the love of her life, Billy Wayne Head, on April 21, 1961. Peggy graduated from Hatley School in May...
Jody Sumrall
Nov 28, 2023
Jody Shelby Sumrall, 60, passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Jody was born in Memphis on March 27, 1963, to Joseph D. and Merrill Mansell Cashion. She grew up in Memphis and graduated high school in Pittsburg, PA. On June 6, 1987, she married Tim Sumrall, and she worked as a preschool teacher for 20...
Lois Comer Sloan
Nov 28, 2023
Lois Mae Comer Sloan, 82, passed away on November 28, 2023 at the NMMC in Tupelo. She was born July 13, 1941 to the late William David and Mamie Dove Comer. Lois graduated from Hatley School, Class of 1959. She was an exceptional cook and ran the cafeteria at True Temper Sports for several years. She also ran a route...
John Lucian "J.L." Nix
Nov 24, 2023
John Lucian “J.L” Nix, 86, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2023 at his life-long home in Bartahatchie. Born on the family home place on December 30, 1936, he was a son to John Cleave and Lillie Bell Smith Nix. On October 13, 1957, he married Shirley Jean Sutton and he worked for Walker Manufacturing for nearly 37 years before retiring. He farmed...
Kooper Inman
Nov 17, 2023
Kooper James Inman, 21, strolled onto the streets of Heaven on Friday Evening, November 17, 2023. He was born on February 19, 2002 in Columbus, MS to Nichole Guthery Inman and Jason Inman. When you think of Kooper and think of his life, you begin to realize that what some people may call difficulty, sickness or affliction, God calls it a...
Norma Atkinson
Nov 14, 2023
Norma Alice Atkinson, 80, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at her home. She was born on April 19, 1943 in Casey, IL to Bill and Genevieve Howard Lowe. She and her husband owned and operated Atkinson’s Steak House for 20 years which was a staple in the community. Norma loved to shop, have coffee with her friends, and spend time with...
Virginia Baughman Moreland
Nov 13, 2023
Virginia Smith Baughman Moreland, 90, known to many as “Granny” passed away on Monday, November 13, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. Born in Saltillo on October 30, 1933, she was a daughter to Wesley and Clester Braden Smith. She attended school in Saltillo and met and later married Cliff Baughman on November 4, 1951. They moved to Amory where she...
Mary Ann Irvin
Nov 12, 2023
Mary Ann Duncan Irvin, 78, passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born on April 2, 1945 in the Turon Community to Milas and Elsie Irene Duncan . She grew up in Smithville and she married James Irvin on September 12, 1963. She worked in the area garment industry before her retirement. Mary Ann was heavily...
Donald Ray Kimbrough
Nov 11, 2023
Donald Ray Kimbrough, 72, passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at NMMC in Tupelo. Donald was born on September 22, 1951 in Amory to the late James Ray Kimbrough and Dorothy Easter Phipps. Just before his 18th birthday, Donald married the love of his life, Sherry Ford on June 7, 1969. Shortly thereafter Donald enlisted in the United States Army. His service and career...
Joel "Shotgun" Shumpert
Nov 7, 2023
John Joel “Shotgun” Shumpert, Sr., 81, passed away on November 7, 2023 at NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. He was born on October 17, 1942, raised and lived most all of his life in the Carolina Community. His parents were the late John Lee and Evelene Boozer Shumpert. Joel attended school at the old Carolina School House and high school at IAHS. For a number...
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