Obituaries
Phillip McDonald
Jan 20, 2022
Phillip Christopher McDonald, 60, passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at his home as the result of a house fire. He was born in Tuscumbia, AL on August 17, 1961 to John McDonald and Velma Fisher Vaiden. Phillip was a graduate of Colbert County High School and worked as a butcher in the meat department at Todd’s Big Star...
Judy Wise
Jan 19, 2022
Judy Elaine Luker Wise, 67, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on December 17, 1954 in Aberdeen, she was a daughter to Melvin and Louise Posey Luker. She was married to LD “Sonny” Wise and prior to her retirement, she worked as an inspector for a number of years in the...
Norene Culpepper
Jan 15, 2022
Norene Fears Culpepper, 93, passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. She was born on June 28, 1928 in the Parham Community to Bailey Bryant and Ardie Glo Francis Fears. She graduated Hatley High School and she was the widow of Bill Culpepper. Prior to her retirement, she worked many years in...
Donna Faye Smith
Jan 13, 2022
Donna Faye Hood Smith, 83, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at her home. Born on February 16, 1939, she was a daughter to Ivy Cecil and Davanah Vay Blake Hood. She lived in the Van Buren Community of Itawamba County and attended Itawamba Agricultural High School. She was married to Herbert Smith. Faye had a green thumb and...
Glenn Parks
Jan 13, 2022
Glenn Russell Parks, 74, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at his home. He was born in Amory on September 25, 1947 to Jesse James and Lillie Griffin Parks. He married Mary Jean Parks and prior to his retirement, he worked for True Temper Sports for 37 years. He also Pastored for 15 years but was a member of...
Bobbie Brummel
Jan 12, 2022
Bobbie N. Brummel, 84, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. She was born on December 28, 1937 in Pontotoc County to Robert Louis and Lucille Conlee Brown. She moved with her family as a child to Aurora, IL then to Somonauk, IL. Prior to her retirement, she worked for Western Electric/AT&T. She...
Margaret Painter
Jan 12, 2022
Margaret Marie Thrasher Painter, 94, passed away at her home on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. Born on May 1, 1927 in Madison, Wisconsin to Alexander and Esther Gunnison Sommer. She had lived in the Cason and Carolina Communities for the past 30 years and had worked as a cook for Country Squire. A memorial service will be held at a...
Shirley Ann Owens
Jan 7, 2022
Shirley Ann Owens, 60, passed away on Friday, January 7, 2022 at Diversicare in Amory. She was born on November 13, 1961 in Amory to Boyd and Artvie Owens. She attended Aberdeen schools, and was a homemaker most of her life. She was an excellent cook and loved to cook for her family. She loved spending time with her family,...
Joyce Doster
Dec 31, 2021
Joyce West Doster, 87, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo following a brief illness. She was born on May 11, 1934 in Monroe County to Will Ed and Rena Leeolen Franklin West. She attended Becker and Aberdeen schools and married William Dee “WD” Doster with whom she loved to travel. Prior to...
Kimberly Warren
Dec 24, 2021
Kimberly Warren, 45, passed away on Friday, January 24, 2022 at Providence Hospital in Mobile. She was born on August 3, 1976 in Columbus to Roy C. Elmore, Jr. and Nancy Ming Prestridge. She was disabled. Kimberly was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed watching television and spending time with her family.
She is survived by her father, Roy Elmore,...
Ralph Reeves
Dec 22, 2021
Ralph Reeves, 86, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at his home. He was born on January 23, 1935 in Monroe County to Bilbo and Fleta Bell Adams Reeves. A graduate of Greenwood Springs High School, he married the former Bobbie Tubbs and for many years, he owned and operated Ralph’s Salvage Yard as well as working construction. He...
Roy Bottorff
Dec 18, 2021
Roy Edward Bottorff, 83, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at his home. He was born on July 17, 1938 in Arkansas to Henry Clay and Ida Mae Law Bottorff. He graduated high school in Marvel, AR and furthered his education receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Henderson State University and earned a Ph.D. from East Texas State University....
Brian Robinson
Dec 18, 2021
Brian Ray Robinson, 42, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at his home in Peppertown. Born in Amory on October 22, 1979, he was a son to Willie R. Robinson and Donna Reeves Harlow. Brian was a graduate of Hatley High School class of 1998. Furthering his education, he attended ICC and graduated from Mississippi State University with a...
Nicole Reeves
Dec 15, 2021
Nicole Jean Stanford Reeves, 35, passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at her home. Nicole was born in Amory on September 26, 1986 to Jeff Stanford and Paula Cook. She graduated Hamilton High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Ashford University. Nicole married J.T. Reeves on October 1, 2004 and for 9 years she worked at...
Robert Clark Fussell
Dec 15, 2021
Robert Clark Fussell, 89, passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Diversicare in Amory. He was born in Germantown, TN on May 1, 1932 to the late Lester and Dora Kennedy Fussell. Robert was a graduate of Germantown High School where he was a star player on the football team. After high school, he went on to Northwest Junior...
Todd Belk
Dec 12, 2021
Todd Andrew Belk, 55, passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. He was born on January 4, 1966 in Aberdeen to Gayron Andrew and Sue Roberts Belk. He was a graduate of Aberdeen High School and worked for Tronox for a number of years as a welder and pipefitter. Todd loved turkey hunting and especially...
Betty Mills
Dec 10, 2021
Betty Sue Owens Mills, 57, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021 at her residence in Aberdeen. She was born in Monroe County on October 15, 1964 to the late Boyd and Artvie Owens. She attended Aberdeen School, married James Mills and worked in the area furniture industry. She enjoyed raising her family, boating and fishing, and her grandchildren. She...
David Sloan
Dec 10, 2021
William David Sloan, 57, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021 at NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. He was born April 12, 1964 in Amory to the late William Albert and Bessie Adams Sloan. For many years, David worked alongside his father at Sloan Construction, building many homes in Monroe County. He also worked at Cooper Tire for nearly 15 years...
Diane Davis
Dec 6, 2021
Muriel Diane Moffett Davis, 70, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021 at her home. She was born on December 10, 1950 in Amory to Elmo Carlos and Christine Sanders Moffett. She attended Becker and Amory schools and she married Raymond Davis on June 30, 1967. She was a homemaker and totally devoted to her family in raising her children...
Donna Whitaker
Dec 5, 2021
Donna Kay Whitaker, 62, passed away on Sunday, December 5, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on January 4, 1959 in Monroe County to Marcus Ray and Nona Jean Whitlock Young. She grew up in Nettleton and graduated Nettleton High School. She married Michael James Whitaker and she was a devoted homemaker who loved to...
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