Obituaries
Ernestine Smithson
Sep 20, 2023
Ernestine Smithson, 89, passed away on Wednesday, September 20 at NMMC- Tupelo. She was born August 1, 1934 in Hof bei Straden, Austria to the late Joseph and Agatha Sattler. Ernestine married James B. Smithson in Salzburg, Austria in 1955. She retired from Beverly Nursing Home in Amory. She and James also owned and operated J&E Enterprises in Amory for...
Annie Morris
Sep 16, 2023
Annie Estelle Goforth Morris, 71, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023 at River Place Nursing Center in Amory. She was born in Flat Rock, AL on June 27, 1952 to Lonnie H. and Ollie Mae Harris Goforth. Growing up in Alabama, she moved to Racine, WI where she met and married Stevie Morris in 1970. They later made their home in Monroe...
Eddie Reed, Sr.
Sep 13, 2023
Edward Ray Reed, 74, passed away on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at the Mississippi State Veterans’ Home in Oxford. He was born on September 30, 1948 and was a son to John W. and Martha Wilkins Reed. Eddie grew up in the Batesville and Courtland areas and was a 1968 graduate of South Panola High School and he later attended Northwest MS...
Reggie Long Jones
Sep 9, 2023
Reggie Long Jones, 82, passed away on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at the NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. Reggie was born on December 31, 1940 in the Bethlehem Community to the late Cooper and Latchie Hathcock Jones. He married Julia Ann Rye. Reggie retired from a long career at Georgia Gulf in Aberdeen. He enjoyed playing checkers, dominoes and gardening. He...
Dale Humphreys
Aug 31, 2023
James Dale Humphreys, 68, passed away on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at his home. He was born in Kentucky on January 14, 1955 to Charles and Eloise Humbers Humphreys. He married the former Sherian Webb and for many years, he worked at the garment plants and later worked at True Temper Sports from where he retired. Following his retirement, he and his brother...
Larry Grover King
Aug 29, 2023
Larry Grover King, 78, passed away on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at NMMC-Gilmore in Amory. He was born on January 13, 1945 in Quitman county to the late Emma Bryson. He honorably served in the United States Army. Larry retired as a boilermaker and enjoyed wood working and making jewelry. He married Reba Peppers in 1999. Larry deeply loved his family and especially enjoyed...
James Capps, Sr.
Aug 24, 2023
James Thomas Capps, Sr., 85, passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. He was born in Nettleton on June 11, 1938 to Hazel Walden and Ida Mae Humbers Capps. He attended Smithville and Amory schools and proudly served in the Mississippi Army National Guard. On April 12, 1958, he married the former Earline Phillips. He worked...
Jan Pierce
Aug 24, 2023
Mary Jane “Jan” Pierce, 61, passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2023, at her home. She was born in Tupelo on April 7, 1962, to Carroll and Retha Kennedy Hunt. She grew up in the Nettleton area and she married the love of her life, Robert Pierce, on May 18, 1979. Jan was an avid reader, and she was retired after working more...
Wayne Hadaway, Sr.
Aug 21, 2023
Coley Wayne Hadaway, Sr., 83, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2023 at his home. Wayne was born on January 14, 1940 to Earnest and Irene Hadaway. He was a long-time employee of True Temper Sports and he honorably served in the Mississippi National Guard. Wayne enjoyed hunting, fishing, especially at Grenada Lake, and playing golf when he was able. He was a self-proclaimed...
Janice Livingston
Aug 19, 2023
Janice Ann Brown Livingston, 69, passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. She was born on September 24, 1953 in Amory to Errie and Lessie Gertrude Vick Brown. She attended Becker School and she worked in the area furniture industry most recently at United Furniture. She enjoyed listening to gospel music and playing games on her...
Beverly Newton Kemp
Aug 16, 2023
In the early morning hours of August 16, 2023 Beverly Derie Newton Kemp, 79, passed away at NMMC-Gilmore in Amory. Beverly was born September 23, 1943 in the Peaceful Valley Community in Itawamba County to the late William "Bill" Newton and Una Sloan Newton. Moving to Monroe County at an early age, Beverly graduated from Hatley High School Class of...
Retha Hunt
Aug 14, 2023
Retha Mae Hunt, 78, passed away on Monday, August 14, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on May 22, 1945 in Lee County to Calvin and Pearlie Sullivan Kennedy. A lifelong resident of Monroe County, she worked may years for Red Kap before her retirement and afterward she sat with the elderly. She loved reading and gardening and...
Glen DeVall
Aug 14, 2023
Glen Allan DeVall, 93, passed away on Monday, August 14, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on December 22, 1929 in Smithville, he was a son to Claude and Azlee Phillips DeVall. Glen had worked for Glenn Manufacturing and Red Kap as plant manager prior to retiring. Not one to sit down, he went back to work for the...
Johnnie Baker
Aug 13, 2023
Johnnie Grace Webster Baker, 91, of Bartahatchie Community passed away on August 13, 2023 in Aberdeen, MS. She will be greatly missed, but we know she is in a far better place.
Johnnie was born in Monroe County, MS on July 29, 1932, to William Edwin and Lovenia Coleman Webster. She graduated from Greenwood Springs School. Johnnie married her high school sweetheart, William...
Juanita Funderburk
Aug 10, 2023
Juanita Hughes Funderburk passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at The Meadows in Fulton just shy of her 90th birthday. Born in Amory on August 15, 1933, she was a daughter to Cletus and Callie Ethel Ford Hughes. She worked as a CNA for some time, but more importantly, she was a homemaker for her family. An exceptional cook, and according to them, she...
Willie Mae Thompson
Aug 9, 2023
Willie Mae Smith Thompson, 81, passed away on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore. Born in Greenwood Springs on February 11, 1942, she was a daughter to Dave and Velma Cantrell Smith. She worked for many years in the garment industry as a seamstress and she was the widow of Grady Ray Thompson. Willie Mae lived life to the...
Tina Sykes
Aug 7, 2023
Tina Denise Sykes, 57, passed away on Monday, August 7, 2023 at her home in Guin, AL. She was born on May 19, 1966 in Tupelo, MS to Marshall Sykes and Joyce White. She grew up in Lee County and she was a homemaker. She was a fan of the Alabama Crimson Tide and she enjoyed, crocheting, cooking, but especially spending time with...
Anita Barnes Vaughn
Aug 4, 2023
Anita Katherine Barnes Vaughn, 66 passed away on Friday, August 4, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. Anita was born on September 17, 1956 in Amory to Dr. Edward Barnes and Betty Miller Barnes McLeod. Being the daughter of a preacher, her family moved to Arkansas where she graduated from Hamburg High School in Hamburg, Arkansas. On March 10, 1978, she...
Dale Fullerton
Aug 1, 2023
Dale Alan Fullerton, 62, passed away on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Dale was born on August 16, 1960 in Birmingham, AL to Thomas David and Maddie Olean Jenkins Fullerton. He was a 1978 graduate of Amory High School. Prior to becoming disabled, Dale worked for many years as meat market manager for IGA grocery in Amory...
Shelia Allen
Jul 30, 2023
Shelia Lea Allen, 65, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2023 at her home. Born on August 27, 1957, in Aberdeen, she was a daughter to Troy Lee and Elanor Smith Cantrell. Shelia graduated from Hatley High School and later attended ICC. She married Donnie Allen on May 20, 1981 and prior to her retirement, she worked as an EMT and as a nurse...
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