Obituaries
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...
Leslie Potts
Feb 17, 2021
Leslie Ann Woodham Potts, 36, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. She was born on March 7, 1985 in Amory to Johnny Woodham and Jeana Owens Meyers. A devoted wife and mother who, in 1999, met the love of her life, Chris Potts. They were married in 2003 and later had two...
James Seymour
Feb 16, 2021
Aberdeen - James Rubel Seymore, 82 went to meet the Lord on February 16, 2021, at his residence. Born on May 11, 1938, in Shannon, Mississippi, he was the son of the late William ‘Bill’ and Edna Warren Seymore. James attended school in Amory and was a 1956 graduate of Becker High School. On December 24, 1956 he married the...
Jan Minch
Feb 13, 2021
Jan Nanette Ausbon Minch, 66, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at her home. She was born on December 22, 1954 to Roy Green and Ona Faye Herndon Ausbon. Jan had worked in human resources with various companies and she most recently served at secretary for the Amory Church of Christ where she was a lifetime member. She enjoyed...
Mitchell Whitaker
Feb 10, 2021
James Mitchell Whitaker, 60, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at his home. He was born on December 6, 1961 in Amory to Thomas Eugene Whitaker and Katherine Edwards Reich. Mitchell graduated from Hatley High School in 1980 and worked for many years for True Temper Sports. He owned and operated one of the first commercial yard mowing businesses...
Samuel Marlin Allen
Feb 10, 2021
Amory- Samuel Marlin Allen, 74, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at the NMMC in Tupelo. He was born in Sumiton, AL to Samuel Verdo and Mavis Guyton Allen on March 6, 1947. He married Wanda Jones on February 14, 1970. Samuel honorably served in the United States Army as a helicopter mechanic. He spent most of his working...
Charles "Joey" Joseph Goodwin
Jan 31, 2021
Charles “Joey” Joseph Goodwin, 73, entered into that Heavenly City not made by hands on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at NMMC in Tupelo. He was born in Tupelo on February 8, 1947 to the late Sammy Goodwin and Sara Janet Hester. He married Diane Boren on December 24, 1965. At an early age, Joey had a love for automobiles that...
Don Phillips
Jan 29, 2021
Gurdon Donald Phillips, 83, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021 at his daughter’s residence in Oxford surrounded by his family. He was born on February 7, 1937 in Hatley to William Gurdon and Lexi Oal Smtih Phillips. Don was a 1954 graduate of Hatley High School and a 1957 graduate of Itawamba Junior College. During this time, he married...
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