Sue Warren
Apr 19, 2021
Dorothy Sue Taylor Warren, 81, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021 in Monroe County. She was born on December 10, 1939 in Saltillo to Lee Nathaniel and Frances Dunaway Taylor. She attended Saltillo schools and helped work the family farm. She married James Warren on January 22, 1965 and she had worked in area manufacturing but was a homemaker...
Donald McMinn
Apr 19, 2021
Donald McMinn, 82, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021 at his home. Born on December 20, 1938 in Ackerman, he was a son to Harvey McMinn and Mary Elizabeth Ward Harrington. A 1957 graduate of Ackerman High School, he attended Holmes Junior College and also studied forestry at Mississippi State University. He proudly served in the MS Army National...
Randy Sloan
Apr 15, 2021
Randy Sloan, 41 passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2021 on the Sloan family homeplace where he had lived his entire life. He was born on April 20, 1979 in Amory to Larry and Mary Whitaker Sloan. Randy was a graduate of Hatley High School Class of 1997. Randy grew up on the family farm and his child hood was...
Jimmy Pounders
Apr 7, 2021
Jimmy Wesley Pounders, 76, passed away on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. He was born on June 3, 1944 in Monroe County to Durwood K. and Hattie Mae McDuffa Pounders. He lived in Hamilton but then moved with his family to Apopka, FL when he was young and attended school there where he excelled in...
Betty Scruggs
Apr 6, 2021
Betty Jo King Scruggs, 71, passed away on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at her home in Tupelo. Born on September 2, 1949 in Jackson, she was a daughter to Jesse Joe Allen and Viola McKay King. Prior to her retirement, she worked for a number of years in retail management. She loved to watch westerns and family get-togethers. In her...
Richard Holman
Apr 4, 2021
Dr. Melvin Richard “Dick” Holman, 84, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Memorial in Amory. Born on October 12, 1936 in Warren County, Mississippi, he was a son to James Melvin and Musa Leona Curran Holman. A graduate of Carr Central High School, he also received his chemistry degree from Mississippi College and...
Erie Edna Holcomb
Mar 30, 2021
Erie Holcomb, 90, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. Born on August 16, 1931, she was a daughter to James Pervy and Annie Novella Rawls Holcomb. She grew up in Greenwood Springs and was a 1951 graduate of Greenwood Springs High School. Prior to her retirement, she worked for many years in the...
Ricky Hood
Mar 26, 2021
Ricky Lynn Hood, 60, passed away in Monroe County on Friday, March 26, 2021. He was born on November 12, 1960 in Amory to Billy Ray Hood and Mary Ellen Pettigrew Wall. He attended Nettleton School. For many years, he ran his own construction business, later he worked at the United Furniture wood yard in Amory. Ricky was a true...
Patricia Hathcock
Mar 26, 2021
Patricia Ann Hathcock, 72 passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021. She was born in Lee County, Mississippi to the late Gerald Lee Long, Jr. and Emma Oswalt Long Simmons. Pat married Wilburn Hathcock on March 15, 1968. She retired as a supervisor from the are garment industry. Pat most cherished gifts were her 4 children and she took great...
Joyce Vick
Mar 19, 2021
Joyce Faye Garrison Vick, 83, passed away on Friday, March 19, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on November 7, 1938 to Ross and Leona Ashley Garrison. Prior to her retirement she worked in the garment industry as a seamstress and she was a devoted homemaker. She enjoyed singing, sewing, cooking, and fishing. A woman...
Jimmy Callihan
Mar 18, 2021
James Frederic (Jim) Callihan passed away on March 18, 2021 in his home surrounded by his family. Born January 22, 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee to Fred and Dorothy Callihan of Blytheville, Arkansas. He attended the Blytheville High School and graduated in 1957. He graduated from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro in 1968. He joined the Army in June of 1958,...
Herbert Little
Mar 17, 2021
James Herbert Little, 81, passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at his home. A Monroe County native, he was born on February 18, 1940 to Auzie and Ellen Marie Fears Little. He attended Smithville schools and was married Linda Newton on April 7, 1962. Prior to his retirement, he was a heavy equipment mechanic he owned and operated Little’s...
Randy Rogers
Mar 16, 2021
Randy Rogers, 55, passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham. A native of Monroe County he was born on May 2, 1965 to Kelly Wayne Rogers and Annie Mae Brown Maxey. He attended school in Becker and graduated from Amory High School. Randy married Donna Spencer on June 29, 1992 and lived in Vina,...
Misty Stanford
Mar 12, 2021
Misty Lee Gray Stanford, 42, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021 at her home in Becker. She was born on June 1, 1978 in Aberdeen to Leander and Madine Neal Gray. She attended Nettleton school. She had worked for True Temper Sports as a security guard, also in the furniture industry. Misty was a devoted mother and homemaker. Her...
Avis Drewery Bartlett
Mar 10, 2021
Tupelo- Avis Ione Drewery Bartlett, 95, died on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. She was born on Christmas Eve of 1925 in Arcadia, Louisiana to the late John Henry and Linnie Cherry Drewery. She had a career that would include owning a jewelry store, selling insurance and real estate, and teaching. Avis loved traveling, whether it be a long trip to...
Jerry Jones
Mar 6, 2021
Jerry Wayne Jones, 65, died on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at the NMMC in Tupelo. He was born on March 3, 1956 in Guin, Alabama to L.C. Jones and Naomi Lewis Ballard. Jerry attended Smithville School, graduated from ICC with an Associates Degree. He worked at Walker Manufacturing, later retiring from BASF as a high voltage electrician. Jerry married Sandra...
Dottie Mitchell
Mar 4, 2021
Dottie Louise Vandiver Mitchell, 69, died on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born in Smithville on March 8, 1951 to the late Dee and Ruby Wright Vandiver. She was a graduate of Smithville High School and retired from the area garment industry as a supervisor. Dottie married Herman Mitchell on December 1,...
June Thompson
Mar 4, 2021
June Frances Harlow Thompson, 88, died on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born in Monroe County on June 18, 1932 to the late Richard and Fannie Mae Cunningham Harlow. She married James Rex Thompson and retired from Red Kapp Garment Industry. She enjoyed collecting coins and reading. Having an outgoing and...
Louise Hanson
Feb 27, 2021
Mary Louise Hanson passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2021 just a day before her 86th birthday at her daughter’s home in Birmingham. She was born on February 28, 1935 in Monroe County to Eulis Smith, Sr. and Ada McWhirter Smith. She grew up on the farm in the Lackey Community where she learned a strong work ethic and a...
Janet Walls Mosley
Feb 23, 2021
Janet Walls Mosley, 66, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at her residence. She was born in Zion, Ill to the late James H. walls and Evelyn Scott Walls. Janet was a graduate of Smithville High School and worked as an inspector in the area furniture industry. She was also a very talented decorator and was very instrumental in...