Obituaries
Linda Galloway
Jan 19, 2019
Amory- Linda Darnell Jones Galloway, 78 died on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at the NMMC in Tupelo. She was born December 22, 1940 in Edgar Springs, MO to the late Ezra Robert and Vernice Chandler Jones. She grew up in St. Louis where her love of music started at a young age. She began using her God given singing voice...
Sunshine Parham Ward
Jan 15, 2019
Sunshine Parham Ward, 93, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at River Place Nursing Center in Amory. Born May 1, 1925 in the Parham Community, she was a daughter of the late John Robert Parham, Sr. and Dessie Madonna Ausborn Parham. Sunshine graduated from Anguilla High School and married Eugene William Ward, Sr. on August 25, 1945. As a devoted...
Verna Mae Carroll
Jan 11, 2019
Amory—Verna Mae Ruth Parish Carroll, 81, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2019 at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on November 4, 1937, she was a daughter to Elisha Beverly and Rose Ella Stanford Parish. A life-long resident of Monroe County, she grew up in Bigbee, attended Bigbee School and later Amory High School. On July 3, 1954, she married Billy...
Andy Culver
Jan 11, 2019
Andrew Scott “Andy” Culver, 38, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2019 in Monroe County. He was born on June 11, 1980 in Amory to Russell and Brenda Shelton Hallmark. Andy grew up in Amory and attended Amory schools. As a handy man, he could fix most anything and enjoyed spending time with his family especially his grandchildren. He was...
Mike Wells
Jan 8, 2019
Michael Wells, 65, passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Mike was born on April 20, 1953 in Aberdeen to Hurshell Jack and Ovie Nabors Wells. He attended Hatley schools and was a graduate of Itawamba Junior College. Known as kindhearted, Mike was soft spoken and befriended everyone. He was a member of Christian...
Bradley Riggs
Jan 3, 2019
Bradley Kyle Riggs, 26, passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at his home in Amory. Bradley was born on November 6, 1992 in Tupelo to Kim Michelle Wigginton Floyd and the late Mickey Darren Riggs. He grew up in Amory and was a 2011 graduate of Amory High School, later attending Highlands College, but earned a welding degree from...
Billy Parham
Jan 2, 2019
Billy Wayne Parham, 85, passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. He was born on February 11, 1933 in Monroe County to Nathaniel Green and Evelyn Viola Ross Parham. A lifelong resident of Monroe County, he was a graduate of Hatley High School, attended IJC, and he later earned a business degree from Mississippi...
Carolyn Ford
Dec 26, 2018
Carolyn June Williams Ford passed away December 26, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and joined God in heaven at the age of 77. Carolyn was born on June 30, 1941, near Smithville, Mississippi. She graduated from Smithville High School and attended Itawamba Junior College before marrying Jerry Ray Ford in 1961....
Danny Brown
Dec 26, 2018
Daniel Earl Brown, 55, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at his home. Danny was born on August 16, 1963 in Amory to Earl Fred and Brenda Sue Martin Brown. Growing up in Amory, he was a 1981 graduate of Amory High School and before his health failed, he worked in the furniture industry as a cutter most recently...
Herschel Ritter
Dec 17, 2018
Amory- Herschel Hampton Ritter, 91, passed away at his residence on Monday, December 17, 2018. He was born February 9, 1927 in Amory to the late Era and Dewdrop Lewis Ritter. Growing up in Amory, Herschel graduated from Amory High School Class of 1944. On February 22, 1948 he married Mae Gilmore. Herschel worked for Mississippi Valley gas for 30...
Donna Neal
Dec 15, 2018
Donna Ann Pope Neal, 58, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on July 31, 1960 in Amory to Doris Pope. Donna grew up in Smithville and attended Smithville School. She was a devoted caretaker to her husband, Sammy Neal, whom she married on March 1, 1984 and she...
David Sancillo
Nov 30, 2018
Charles David Sancillo, 67, passed away on Friday, November 30, 2018 at his residence. Born on November 28, 1951 in Tupelo, he was a son to Manuel and Eva Mae Sullivan Sancillo. David grew up in Nettleton and was a 1969 graduate of Nettleton High School. He worked as a project manager many years for JBHM, later with Hooker Construction,...
Rhea Collins
Nov 28, 2018
Rhea Jeffreys Collins age 88, surrounded by her family, went to be with the Lord on November 28, 2018 in Amory, MS. She was born August 11, 1930 in Marion County, AL to the late John Melton Jeffreys and Icie May Cantrell Jeffreys. She married Elmer Leonard Collins, Jr. of Calhoun County, MS on October 1, 1947. She and Elmer...
Paul Ozbirn
Nov 21, 2018
Paul Ozbirn, 62, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 while enjoying his favorite pastime, camping at Cane Creek. He was born on July 2, 1956 in the Freedom Hills outside of Red Bay to Willis Reese and Maxine Tucker Ozbirn. He graduated Itawamba Agricultural High school and worked several jobs later retiring Mueller Brass in Fulton as a machine...
Pelbia Jean Pickle
Nov 21, 2018
Amory- Pelbia “Jean” Pickle, 79, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Gilmore Memorial Hospital. She was born to the late Richard and Mazzie Rush Hill in Guntown, MS on November 16, 1939. As a child, she grew up and attended school in Chicago, IL. She later moved to Memphis and eventually to Amory where she was a seamstress in...
Lola Jean Steele
Nov 16, 2018
Smithville- Lola Jean Steele, 65, passed away Friday, November 16, 2018 at her residence in Smithville. Lola was born to James and Helen Jean Mullins Gordon on April, 23, 1953 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Spending most of her childhood and young adult life in West Memphis, AR she later moved to Amory. Before retirement, she worked at Jim and Jeans...
Vicki Williams
Nov 14, 2018
Vicki Leigh Williams, 60, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. A sweet and gentle spirit, she was born on February 8, 1958 in Amory to Richard “Dick” Franklin and Yvonne Crosby Williams. A 1976 graduate of Amory High School, she was also a 1980 graduate of Blue Mountain College. Early in her career, she taught...
William "Bill" Bailey
Nov 13, 2018
William Andrew “Bill” Bailey, 65, passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. Bill was born on May 29, 1953 in Weaver, SD to Jack Dempsey and Shirley Lou Blair Bailey and he was a graduate of the Balboa High School in the Panama Canal Zone. The son of and Airman, he travelled all over as a child and upon graduating...
Jerry Ford
Nov 1, 2018
Jerry Ray Ford passed away November 1 at his home in Amory, Mississippi, after a bout with cancer and joined God in heaven at the age of 80. Jerry was born on October 18, 1938, in Fulton, Mississippi. He later lived in Amory and left after high school graduation to join the U.S. Navy, where he served his country for...
Amanda Head
Oct 17, 2018
Amanda Louise Hurley Head, 46, passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. Born on April 5, 1972 in Monroe County she was a daughter to Jimmy and Linda Semore Hurley. She was married to Bobby Ervin Head and had attended New Hope Baptist Church. An accomplished painter, Amanda had a creative and artistic mind. She was a wonderful cook and...
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