Charles Irvin Seymore
May 27, 2025
Charles Seymore, a beloved father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on May 27th, 2025 at the age of 74. Born in Sunflower Co., MS on May 20, 1951, he was a son to William Columbus and Edna Olean Warren Seymore. Charles was a proud mechanic who spent most of his life under the hood of a car....
Herman Mitchell
May 17, 2025
David Herman Mitchell, 74, passed away on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at River Place Nursing in Amory. Herman was born in Amory on June 23, 1950 to the late A.W. and Lula Mae Shields Mitchell. Herman attended Becker and Hatley Schools. He honorably served in the United States Marine Corps, stationed in Japan during the Vietnam War. He married the...
Thera Comer
May 17, 2025
Thera Mae Holloway Comer, 91, passed away from this life on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. Born in Tremont on November 17, 1933, she was a daughter to John and Clara Carter Holloway. She graduated from Itawamba Agricultural High School where she was an Indianette and later graduated from Itawamba Community College and on...
Ricky Moffett
May 15, 2025
Ricky Eugene Moffett, 69 peacefully passed away in his sleep on Thursday, May 15, 2025. He was born on August 19, 1955 in Aberdeen to the late Oscar and Eddie Jane Moreland Moffett. Rick was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1973. While in high school, Rick was an outstanding achiever on the football field and loved to...
Glenn Gray
May 12, 2025
Charles Glenn Gray, 66, passed away on Monday, May 12, 2025, at his home in Amory. He was born on December 6, 1958, in Bartow, FL to Charlie Lynn and Juanita Vick Gray. Glenn grew up in Becker where he attended Becker School. For many years, he worked in construction most of his life and he enjoyed fishing, hunting, and...
James Webb
May 12, 2025
James Timothy Webb, 63, passed away on Monday, May 12, 2025 in Lee County. Born on April 21, 1962 in Miami, OK, he was the only son of Freddie Melvin and Shirley Ruth Neaves Webb. He graduated from Hatley High School and worked for many years in the family business, Amory Marble Works. Most recently he was employed at the...
Beverly Hamblin
May 8, 2025
Beverly Ann Hamblin, 78, passed away on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at her home in Smithville. She was born on September 11, 1946 to Curtis and Alerine Dupree. She grew up in Memphis, TN and she was the widow of James Hamblin, Sr. She was a devoted fan of anything concerning Elvis Presley and she was a member of Smithville...
Cheryl Holeman
May 7, 2025
Cheryl Elizabeth Holeman, 56, passed away from this life on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at Diversicare Nursing Facility in Amory. The only daughter of Lonnie Edward and Annie Lou Phillips Holeman, she was born on March 20, 1969, in Kenosha, WI. As a young child, she moved with her family to Amory. For many years, she worked in medical insurance...
Lynn Shields
May 7, 2025
Jennifer Lynn Shields, 65, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at her home in Becker. While her father was stationed in Missouri, she was born on October 6, 1959, to Charles and Polly Jane Harris Gillespie. Lynn graduated from Smithville High School and obtained her Licensed Practical Nursing degree from Itawamba Community College. She married Danny Shields on February...
Bobby Carter
May 7, 2025
Bobby Bowery Carter, 90, passed away from this life on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at his home on Phillip’s Schoolhouse Road. Bobby was born in Amory on September 21, 1934 to Bowery Augustin and Allie Mae Fowlkes Carter. He graduated from Hatley High School, Itawamba Junior College, and later earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Mississippi State University in...
Sherry Burrough
May 3, 2025
Sherry L. Herron Magallon Burrough, 63, passed away at River Place Nursing Facility in Amory on May 3, 2025. Sherry was born in Amory on April 23, 1962 to Billy and Betty Smith Herron. She attended Becker and Amory School. in her earlier years, Sherry worked in the area garment industry before becoming a homemaker. She married Billy Burrough in...
Robert Earl Reese
Apr 27, 2025
Robert Earl Reese, 88, passed away at Diversicare in Amory on Sunday, April 27, 2025. He was born in Aberdeen on December 29, 1936 to the late Terrell and Mittie Mae Gray Wolfe. Robert was a longtime farmer for many years and loved to share his knowledge of farming and growing to his family. He married Lillian Murl Stephens in...
Richard Huffman
Apr 26, 2025
Richard Lynn Huffman, 60, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. He was born in Amory on September 17, 1964 to the late John and Carolyn Clark Huffman. Richard attended Amory School and married Kathy Chism in 2006. Together he and Kathy loved being in the outdoors, especially riding 4 wheelers with their friends. Richard...
Bobby Terry
Apr 22, 2025
Bobby Ray Terry, 80, passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on September 6, 1944 in Arkansas, he was a son to Leonard Russ and Annie Gertrude Youngblood Terry. Lived most of his life in the Amory but also resided in Deleware.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 27,...
Paul Morrow
Apr 19, 2025
John Paul Morrow, known to many as “Mr. Pete,” 83, passed away from this life on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at the Meadows in Fulton. Paul was born on February 5, 1942 in Itawamba County to Coy and Jewell Umfress Morrow. He graduated from Itawamba Agricultural High School and married the former Betty Stegall on February 28, 1959. Over the...
Cynthia Smith
Apr 16, 2025
Cynthia Lane Wardlaw Smith, 74, passed away ay NMMC- Tupelo on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. She was born in Amory on November 7, 1950 to the late Howard and Ovie Cook Wardlaw. She attended Amory School and married Frank Smith, Jr. Cynthia worked several years in the area garment and furniture industry as a seamstress before becoming a homemaker. She...
Tim Nantz
Apr 15, 2025
Timothy Eugene Nantz, 60, passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at his home in the Parham Community. Tim was born on June 12, 1964, in Libertyville, IL to Eugene and Linda Bond Nantz. Growing up in Illinois and Tennessee, he later moved to Mississippi at age 19 where he began working in the furniture industry and later became a...
Shirley Steinke
Apr 11, 2025
Shirley Mae Hill Steinke, 87, passed away at her home on Friday, April 11, 2025. She was born in Pontotoc County to the late Robert and Bertha Hill. Shirley grew up in Pontotoc County and later moved with her family to Midland, Texas. While in Texas, Shirley married Ervin Carl Steinke and they were married 60 years before his death...
Libble Boock
Apr 10, 2025
Libble Lavelle Coker Boock, 97, passed away from this life to life eternal on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Libble was born on August 26, 1927, in Marion County, AL to Henry Myrt and Zera Mae Thompson Coker. She grew up in Carroll County and she was the widow of James Bruce Boock, whom...
Jack Campbell
Apr 3, 2025
John William “Jack” Campbell was born in Richmond, Indiana on August 26, 1954, to James “Jim” and Margaret Anne Campbell with a copy of the Commercial Appeal under the delivery room table to ensure he was born with southern roots. In 1955, Jack’s family moved to Columbus, Mississippi, which would remain his home until he moved to Amory in 1990.
Jack...