Obituaries
Bob Forbus
Apr 11, 2024
Bob Forbus never met a stranger, or at least anyone who remained one for long. Robert "Bob" Forbus, a revered figure in the insurance industry and devoted community leader, passed away peacefully April 11 surrounded by family. He leaves behind a legacy of professionalism, integrity, and dedicated service.
Bob was initially Assistant Manager at a garment factory, but his career took...
Peggy Moreland
Apr 10, 2024
Peggy Ladelle Moreland, 77, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at Courtyards Community Living Center in Fulton. Born on March 19, 1947, in Smithville to Marlon Coleman Frederick and Opal Earline Coker Moffett. Growing up in Smithville, she was a graduate of Smithville High School. She was the widow of George Moreland, and she loved working with flowers and...
Ronald Atkinson
Apr 2, 2024
Ronald M. Atkinson, 55, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at his home in Smithville. Born on May 5, 1968, the was the son of Pete and Norma Atkinson. He lived in Monroe County most of his life.
A private memorial service will be at a later date.
He is survived by his father, Pete Atkinson of Smithville; sisters, Carol...
Steve Foster
Apr 1, 2024
Steve Harold Foster, 72, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2024 at his home. He was born on September 17, 1951 in Houston, MS to Ervin Harrold and Helen Hawkins Foster. He lived in Monroe County most of his life and worked in the area furniture industry. He enjoyed buying and trading, grappling for catfish, and spending time with...
Earnest Knight
Mar 30, 2024
Earnest Thomas Knight, 74, passed from this life on March 30, 2024 at Lawrence Medical Center in Moulton, AL following a sudden illness. He was born on February 8, 1950 in Monroe County to Elijah Thomas and Ovie Mae Lewis Knight. Earnest dutifully served his country in the Army and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He married the...
Ronald Owings
Mar 28, 2024
Ronald Reed Owings, 77, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Amory on August 27, 1946, he was the son of Eugene Reid and Sarah Louise Golden Owings. Ronald was graduate of Nettleton High School and he attended Itawamba Junior College where he played football. For many years he worked for the Mississippi Department...
Hazel Jean Ausborn Glasscock
Mar 26, 2024
Hazel Jean Ausborn Glasscock, 93, passed away on March 26, 2024 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Jean was born on June 22, 1930 in Monroe County to the late Trannie and Lila Thornton Ausborn. She was a graduate of Hatley High School where she played on the girls basketball team. Soon after graduation, she married Earnest “Doc” Stanford. They were married for 40 years and...
Steven "Steve" Jenkins
Mar 26, 2024
Steven Jerome Jenkins, 50, beloved son, brother, uncle and friend, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at the NMMC-Gilmore in Amory. He was born in Amory on October 12, 1973 in Amory. He was a graduate of Hatley High School, Class of 1992. He later graduated from ICC and began a longtime career in Information technology. He was a...
Tommy Curry
Mar 23, 2024
William Tommy Curry, 81, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at his home in Amory. Tommy was born on April 12, 1042 in Nettleton to George Alexander and Eva Conwill Curry. He attended Amory schools and later played football at Itawamba Junior College. He was married to the former Dorothy Anne Black and lived in Canton, Michigan for many...
Dr. Danny Moore
Mar 22, 2024
Fulton—Dr. Dan Moore passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday, March 22, 2024. He was born on July 9, 1953 in Tupelo to the late Clarence Gaston Moore and Willa Jean Gillentine Moore. Growing up in Itawamba County, Danny graduated from IAHS, Class of 1973. He married Marilyn Blaylock in 1978.
After earning his MD from the University of Mississippi,...
Lorine Smith
Mar 19, 2024
Lorine Maria Meta Wilke Smith was born at home in Welcome, Texas on September 24, 1933 the third child of Otto August and Dorothy Koester Wilke. She was born from above and made a child of God by the waters of Holy Baptism in the name of the Father and of the † Son and of the Holy Spirit at Salem...
Lona Elizabeth Riddle
Mar 16, 2024
Lona Elizabeth Riddle, 92, passed away on March 16, 2024 at Diversicare in Amory. Lona was born on August 23, 1931 in Monroe County to the late Houston and Armatha Jane Fowlkes Cook. A lifelong resident of Monroe County, she grew up in Hatley and attended Hatley School. On May 31, 1947 she married Erman Mack Riddle and together they...
Jennifer Lowrey
Mar 15, 2024
Jennifer Blasingame Lowrey, 48, passed from this life on Friday, March 15, 2024 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Amory on January 27, 1976, she was a daughter to Barry and Mary Ann Riddle Blasingame. Jennifer was a 1994 graduate of Amory High School. At age 25, she was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis which to...
Mark Morrow
Mar 11, 2024
Mark Jefferson Morrow, 51, of Smithville, Mississippi, passed from this life on March 11th, 2024. He was born in Amory, Mississippi on December 19th, 1972 to Bill and Becky Morrow. He and his sister, Leigh, grew up in a home that Bill built and lovingly called “his masterpiece” on their family farm in Turon. Mark attended Smithville High School where...
Sarah Pearson
Mar 10, 2024
Sarah Elizabeth Vaughan Pearson, 96, peacefully passed away on March 10, 2024 at NMMC Gilmore in Amory. She was born in Hatley to the late Ellie Lee Vaughan, Sr. and Mary Ella LaviesVaughan. She was a graduate of Hatley High School where she was able to graduate as a junior and was the Valedictorian of her graduating class. In 1947...
Tommy Strevel
Mar 9, 2024
Thomas Gene Strevel, Jr., 69, passed away on March 9, 2024 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. He was born in Aberdeen on July 13, 1954 to the late Thomas Gene Strevel, SR. and Mary Opal Bruff Strevel. Tommy attended Aberdeen School. He worked many years for their family business, Strevel and Sons. Tommy married Jo Ann Busby...
Edward Wayne Willis
Mar 8, 2024
Edward Wayne Willis, 73, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2024 at NMMC in Tupelo. He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on February 7, 1951 to the late Joe Curtis Willis and Ruth Beverly Willis. With his father being in the military, Edward’s family traveled extensively. He spent some of his youth in Orlando, FL. Edward would go on...
Amanda McNeese
Mar 4, 2024
Amanda Cathcart McNeese, 48, overcame her physical struggles of this world and entered her eternal home on Monday, March 4, 2024 from her home in Amory. She was born on February 23, 1976 to David “Butch” Cathcart and Martha Scott Betts. Raised by her mother and step-father, Jesse Betts, she was a lifelong resident of the Amory area. She graduated from Hatley High...
Ann Robison Knight
Feb 28, 2024
Annie Faye Robison Knight, 83, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2024 at Whitesburg Gardens in Huntsville. She was born in Monroe County to Edgar Arthur and Mary Elizabeth Silas Robison. She was a graduate of Smithville High School. Ann was a daddy's girl growing up, with a total devotion of caring for her family. Ann would say her two...
Richard Bridges
Feb 28, 2024
Richard Amos Bridges, 79, of Amory, MS, passed away on February 28, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born on July 5, 1944, in Amory, Mississippi. Richard, a Christ-follower, was a loving family man who cherished spending time with his sons and their families, especially his grandchildren. He had a great sense of humor, enjoyed sharing...
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