Obituaries
Iris Christian
Oct 5, 2022
Iris Irvin Christian, 88, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at her residence. She was born on March 26, 1934, in Monroe County to Dow and Elba Nash Irvin. She was valedictorian of the Hatley High School class of 1952 and graduated from Freed-Hardeman College in 1954. She married T.F. Christian on December 24, 1955. While working at a...
Mary Fields
Sep 25, 2022
Mary Lynn Betts-Webb-Fields left this world to go to her eternal destination on September 25, 2022. Mary Fields was born February 10,1939 in Becker, MS to the late E.C.(Toad) and Edna Betts. She is preceded in death by her husband, Horace H. Webb and her second husband, John Fields. Also preceding her in death is her son, Clay A. Webb and...
Jimmie Lee Morgan, Sr.
Sep 23, 2022
Jimmie Lee Morgan, Sr., 89, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2022 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born on October 3, 1932 in Attala County, he was a son to John Kelly and Mable Elizabeth Carroll Morgan. He grew up in Holmes County and in 1952 he enlisted in the US Air Force where he would serve for 18 years. On July...
Roland Minga
Sep 23, 2022
Roland Lee Minga, 67, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2022 at his home. He was born on August 18, 1955 in Amory to Eugene and Mary Lois Faulkner Minga. A graduate of Hatley High School, he worked for Kerr McGee for 25 years prior to his retirement. Roland was a joy to be around, and he knew everyone in the community. He liked...
Carol Murphree
Sep 19, 2022
Carol Louis Howard Murphree, 84, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2022, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on September 28, 1937, in Enid, MS to Johnnie Morris and Irene Newman Howard. She grew up in Enid and graduated Enid High School where she excelled in basketball. She married Thomas Rae Murphree in 1958. She and her husband made...
Elisebith "Sis" Ann Medley Robison
Sep 13, 2022
Elisebith Ann Medley Robison, 90, passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. She was born on November 13, 1931 in Smithville to the late Owen E. and Wilma C. Medley. She married the love of her life , W.C. Robison in 1948 and they were married for 67 years, 10 months and 5 days. Together they were blessed with 6...
Fendley Frazier
Sep 12, 2022
Fendley Lee Frazier, 85, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born on January 11, 1937, in Tuscaloosa County, AL to Vela and Ressie Hinton Frazier. He grew up in Tuscaloosa and in 1954 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps where he served for over two years before being honorably discharged. He...
Al Poole
Sep 9, 2022
Alfred Landon “Big Al” Poole, 84, passed away on Friday, September 9, 2022 at his home in Saltillo. He was born on February 20, 1938 in Tuscaloosa County, AL to Ernest Hester and Sarah Alma Hagar Poole. He moved with his family in the late 1950’s and prior to his retirement, he worked for Walker Manufacturing for 34 years. From his native home,...
Tony Plunkett, Sr.
Sep 7, 2022
Tony Lee Plunkett, Sr., 65, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at his home. He was born on August 15, 1957 in Alabama to Herman and Nellie Jean Randolph Plunkett. He grew up in Mississippi and for many years, he was a very talented and accomplished mechanic. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and working with his hands. He attended Blue Springs...
Jimmy Douglas Cowley
Sep 6, 2022
Jimmy Douglas Cowley, 80, passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo on what would’ve been his mother’s 110th birthday. He was born to the late Thomas Lee Cowley and Bessie Brown Cowley on March 19, 1942 on the family farm in the Pearce Chapel Community, where he lived and farmed his entire life. Jimmy was a...
Sandra Poole
Sep 6, 2022
Sandra Poole, 76, passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born in Amory on August 18, 1946 to Carl and Mary Crump. She worked in the furniture industry for many years before retiring. One of her favorite past times was gardening, and she preferred all of her activities to be outdoors. Sandra...
Virginia Pearson
Sep 3, 2022
Ellen Virginia Carter Pearson, 89, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. She was born in the Quincy Community on December 30, 1932 in Monroe County to Willie Alvie and Jackey Mae Wren Carter. For 15 years she worked in the area garment factories before returning to college and graduated in 1972 from Itawamba Junior...
Hubert Howard
Aug 26, 2022
Hubert Price Howard, 80, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2022, at his home in Hatley. He was born on October 15, 1941, in Monroe County to Mark and Ida Frederick Howard. Hubert was a 1959 graduate of Hatley High School, and he married Nellie Holloway in 1966. Prior to his retirement, he worked at True Temper Sports for 33 years and...
Susan Smith Blake
Aug 22, 2022
Susan Smith Blake, 63, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022 at her residence. She was born on February 9, 1959 in Greenville, MS to the late James Edgar and Sue Towery Smith. Susan attended Nettleton School and married Tim Blake on November 22, 1975. Susan loved her family dearly and took great pride in her children and especially her grandchildren. She had just...
Clayton Easter
Aug 14, 2022
Arie Clayton Easter, 73, passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Clayton was born in Monroe County on March 15, 1949 to Charlie Wilson and Annie Kate Thompson Easter. He attended Greenwood Springs and Becker School and married Frances Dunn on August 11, 1969. Leaving Monroe County in the 1960’s, he moved to Michigan where he...
Jason Whitaker
Aug 7, 2022
Jason Alan Whitaker, 46, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022 in Dumfries Virginia, from injury's sustained in a tragic motorcycle accident. He was the son of Tommy and Judy Whitaker of Iuka; he lived for almost 2 years in Iuka before moving back to Virginia.
He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served for 11...
Jimmy Morgan
Aug 4, 2022
Jimmy Morgan
James Grady Morgan, 78, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point following a brief illness. He was born on August 1, 1944 in Monroe County to Nelson Grady and Liga Mae Tubb Morgan. Jimmy graduated Hatley High School in 1962 and then served in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Okinawa...
Betty Reeves
Jul 31, 2022
Betty Ruth Senter Reeves, 73, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022, at her home. She was born on October 5, 1948, in Monroe County to Stanley C. and Elgene Cox Senter. Betty grew up in Smithville and graduated from Smithville High School in 1966 and furthered her education at Vaughan’s Beauty College in Aberdeen. Later, she took classes at ICC in floral...
Dorothy West
Jul 30, 2022
Dorothy L. West, 90, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen. She was born on August 25, 1931 in Lexington, TN to Willie Absent and Irene Bishop Hart. Mrs. West was every independent, highly outspoken, big hearted and she loved hard. She like to work word puzzles, reading and collecting books, and flower gardening. She loved babies and...
Nancy Knight
Jul 28, 2022
Nancy Delilah Nash Knight, 65, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on August 12, 1956 in Aberdeen to John Coleman and Earline Stewart Nash. She grew up in the Coontail Community and worked for many years as a bookkeeper in the trucking business along with working with the family restaurant business....
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