Obituaries
Robert Everette Ritter
Jan 8, 2017
Robert Everette Ritter, 65, died on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at his home. Born May 1, 1951 in Monroe County, he was a son to Eldridge and Reathie Benton Ritter. Everett grew up in Smithville and attended Smithville School. He married Elizabeth Soden in 1980 and prior to his retirement, he worked nearly 30 years at Amwood Products in Amory...
Barry Strevel
Dec 28, 2016
John Barry Strevel, 60, died on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 in Destin, FL. Born January 28, 1956 Barry was a son to Thomas G. and Mary Bruff Strevel. Growing up in Aberdeen, he attended Aberdeen High School and started working at a young age in the family business, Strevel & Sons. There, Barry learned the value of hard work and...
Tommy Sargent
Dec 25, 2016
Tommy Cecil Sargent, 76, died on Sunday, December 25, 2016 at his home in the Bigbee Community. Born April 20, 1940 in Monroe County he was a son to Abe Rubel and Edith Nash Sargent. Attending Bigbee School he later married Nell Bennett in 1960. Prior to his retirement, he worked for Local #150 in Joliet, Ill. as a heavy...
Odis Bradshaw
Dec 23, 2016
Odis Lee Bradshaw, 87, died on Friday, December 23, 2016 at his home near Smithville. Born January 7, 1929 in Neshoba County, Mississippi he was a son to Newton Alexander and Mary Margaret Elizabeth Hudson Bradshaw. Odis served in the U.S. Army and prior to his retirement, he was self-employed as a timber cutter. He married Mary Magdalene Hughes and...
Peggy Conwill
Dec 15, 2016
Peggy Sue Harper Conwill, 69, died on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at her daughter’s residence in Petal, MS. Born on May 25, 1947 in Amory, she was a daughter of Robert and Pansy Ford Harper. A 1964 graduate of Amory High School, she was a standout athlete achieving female Panther athlete of the year and received All Little Ten awards...
Dan Reed
Dec 15, 2016
Dan Reed, 75, died on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at the St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Born June 5, 1941 in Sulligent, he was a son to John and Geneva Whitehead Reed. Dan grew up in Macon, Georgia later moving to Monroe County and marrying Peggie Clark in 1960, they owned and operated a small family furniture and fabric business....
Guy Powell
Dec 10, 2016
Guy William Powell, 66, died on Saturday, December 11, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born November 26, 1950 in Monroe County, he was a son of Clyde Hilton and Corine Yeager Powell. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a machinist for ITT/Fabrivalve in Amory. A Mason, he also enjoyed gardening, mechanic work, watching NASCAR, and...
Ruth Tubb
Dec 8, 2016
Ruth Johnston Mitchell Tubb, 77, died on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at her home. She was born on October 27, 1939 in Monroe County to Edgar Wade and Ellie Dee Clayton Johnston. Prior to her retirement, she worked for Glenn Manufacturing and Amory Garment Co. She was a member of the Becker Baptist Church and she enjoyed yard work, flower...
Rita Hood
Oct 27, 2016
Rita Palmer Hood, 69, died on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born November 16, 1946 in Amory, she was daughter of Rubel F. and Oleen Seals Palmer. Prior to her retirement, she worked for over 40 years as a hair stylist and beautician, and took great pride in her work. An avid MSU fan,...
Ruby Lanell Beasley
Oct 21, 2016
Ruby Lanell Davis Beasley, 88, died on Friday, October 21, 2016 at the Riverplace Nursing Center in Amory. Born February 2, 1928, she was a daughter of Earl and Carrie Bishop Westmoreland. She married Clarence Davis and later married Thomas Beasley. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a waitress at the Natchez Trace Inn and Shockleys and she was...
Martha Nash
Oct 20, 2016
Martha Nash, 90, died on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Oaktree Manor in Amory. Born October 17, 1926 in Amory she was a daughter of James Clayton and Marguerite Dryden Walden. A lifelong resident of the Hatley area, she was also the widow of Roy L. Nash. Prior to her retirement, she worked for Amory Garment Company. Her hobbies included...
Jewel Graves
Oct 15, 2016
Jewel Graves, 90, died on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at her residence. Born February 22, 1926 in Monroe County, she was a daughter of Trannie and Lila Thornton Ausborn. She was a 1944 graduate of Hatley High School and prior to her retirement, she worked for United Technologies. A faithful member of the Christian Chapel Church of Christ. Of her...
Rachel Stegall
Oct 5, 2016
Rachel Stegall, 53, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Amory. Born June 3, 1963 in Joliet, IL she was a daughter of Allen Zane and Betty Jean Trimm Stegall. A homemaker, she grew up and attended school in Illinois and moved to Fulton in 1983. She later lived in Becker. Loving life, she...
Leo Holloway
Oct 4, 2016
Leo Holloway, 82, died on Tuesday, October 04, 2016 at his residence. Born July 20, 1934 in Itawamba County, he was a son of Roy and Lula Harris Holloway. He was married to Betty Millican on April 25, 1953 and then later married Glenda Knight on May 16, 1996. Prior to his retirement he traveled the United States as the...
Paula Beukema
Oct 4, 2016
Paula Mae Lampe Beukema, 74, died on Tuesday, October 04, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born March 31, 1942 in Mattoon, IL she was a daughter to August and Teresa Diemeke Lampe. Growing up in Mattoon, IL she graduated school there and married John Beukema in 1974. Prior to her retirement, she worked in the public...
Farrell Williams
Sep 12, 2016
Richmond Farrell Williams, 66, known to hundreds as ‘Slim’ died on Monday, September 12, 2016 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born March 9, 1950 in Jones County, Mississippi, he was a son of Richmond James and Freddie Mae Ray Williams and he married Judith Eubanks. As a part of what keeps America moving, he was an over-the-road...
Christine Moffett
Sep 9, 2016
Becker- Christine Sanders Moffett, 101, died Friday, September 9, 2016 at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital. She was born July 27, 1915 in Monroe County to LyCurgus and Corrie Walters Sanders. She grew up and lived most of her life in the Acker Switch area of Becker. Christine married Elmo C. Moffett on Christmas Day in 1932. Together they owned...
Faye English
Aug 23, 2016
Faye English, 87, died on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at the Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Born September 4, 1928, she was the daughter of Alvis and Lois Lindsey Dill. Prior to her retirement, she was office manager for Roadway Express. She was a member of the Amory Church of Christ and with a strong alto voice, she...
James Rodney Parish
Aug 23, 2016
Amory- James Rodney Parish, 68, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital. Born in Amory on March 14, 1948, he was a son of James Noe Parish and Nellie Miller Parish. He married Shirley Shields on August 20, 1966. Growing up in Hatley, he graduated from Hatley High School Class of 1966. He retired from True...
Cora Lee Rogers
Aug 7, 2016
Cora Lee Herndon Sullivan Rogers, 95, died on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Amory. Born January 18, 1921 in Monroe County, she was a daughter of John Clovis and Pernie Lodell Little Herndon. She married John Junior Sullivan and later Joel Rogers, both of whom preceded her in death. A charter member of the...
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