Joe Tipton
Nov 28, 2024
Donald Joseph “Joe” Tipton, 65, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2024 at his home in Amory. Born in Aberdeen on June 19, 1959, he was a son to William and Mildred Bridges Tipton. He attended school at Snowden High School in Memphis, TN. Before becoming disabled, he worked in construction as a brick mason. In addition, he served in the...
Harold Cooper
Nov 27, 2024
In the late evening hours of Wednesday, November 27, 2024, Harold Cooper, 75, passed to his eternal home. Born on September 4, 1949, in Amory to J.W. and Hildra Thompson Cooper, he attended Smithville schools and later transferred to Hatley High School where he graduated. He attended Mississippi State University earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Harold was married to...
Sharon Laird
Nov 22, 2024
Sharon A. Laird, 88, passed away from this life on Friday, November 22, 2024 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. She was born on June 19, 1936 in Oakland, CA to Arthur and Florence A. Frisbee Cavanaugh. Sharon was married James Robert Laird, who died in 1990. After his passing, she continued the family business operating Laird’s Stationery. Although born...
Wanda Gates
Nov 16, 2024
Wanda Lou Cooper Gates, 72, passed from this life on Saturday, November 16, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. She was born on December 21, 1951 in Monroe County to Elkin and Opal White Cooper. Wanda worked for many years in the garment industry retiring as a line supervisor. She enjoyed reading, tending to her chickens, and being...
Kathy Mitchell
Nov 9, 2024
Kathleen “Kathy” Ione Mitchell was a loving wife, mother, grandma, and friend. She passed away in the arms of her husband of 50 years on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at the age of 69.
Kathy was born to Wilburn and Joan Perkins of Zion, Illinois on December 12, 1954. After graduating high school, Kathy married her husband, Greg Mitchell, and journeyed...
Pam Wilbanks
Nov 9, 2024
Pamela Jo Wilbanks, 67, passed away suddenly on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. Born on April 14, 1957, in Baldwyn, she was a daughter to William and Betty Webb Weatherford. She was a graduate of Shannon High School and worked for many years at Charlotte’s Wallpaper. Pam married the love of her life, L.J....
Dorothy Richardson
Nov 8, 2024
Dorothy Jean Adams Parham Richardson, 94, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on August 11, 1930 in Amory to Ernest and Lula Mae Rye Adams. She was the widow of William Dewey Parham, who died in 1986 and she later met and married Dillard Richardson and made her home...
Steve Palmer
Nov 3, 2024
J. Steven Palmer, “The Concrete Man,” passed into eternity on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Daddy was born on August 31, 1943 in Utah to John and Blanche Evon “Bonnie” Sperry Palmer. Growing up in Amory, he graduated from Amory High School in 1961 where he was also selected as Mr. AHS. Daddy earned...
Doris Hathcock
Oct 29, 2024
Doris Jean Little Hathcock, 80, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Doris was born in Smithville on March 9, 1944 to the late Auzie and Marie Fears Little. She was a graduate of Hatley High School and married Kenneth Hathcock on February 21, 1964. Doris worked for a number of years as the office manager at Sunflower Grocery and...
Arnold Richardson
Oct 27, 2024
William Arnold Richardson was welcomed into his eternal home in heaven October 27, 2024. He was born November 1, 1936 in Monroe County to Jack and Verna Richardson. After graduating from Becker High School in 1954, he joined the United States Air Force. Arnold received a Good Conduct Medal serving our country from January 1955 until September 1958 as an...
Emma Ross
Oct 23, 2024
Our precious Momma, Emma Lou Burns Ross, joined our Lord on October 23, 2024. She was born in Saint Jo, Texas on December 23, 1935 where she grew up enjoying life and working at her parent’s grocery store, feed store, and pharmacy. She lived the majority of her life in Texas until Hurricane Harvey displaced her and Daddy to Mississippi...
Scott Mitchell
Oct 21, 2024
Terry Scott Mitchell, 51, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Amory on August 21, 1973, he was a son to Ellis Thomas and Carol Annette Gray Mitchell. He graduated Hatley High School, Class of 1991, and was employed as a lineman for the past 27 years at Monroe County Electric...
Joseph Wade, Jr.
Oct 20, 2024
Joseph Alexander Wade, Jr., 54, passed away in Memphis from injuries sustained in a work accident. He was born on January 9, 1970 in Monroe County to Joseph Alexander, Sr. and Mary Ann Harris Wade. He worked in construction and enjoyed scrapping and refurbishing goods to resell. He loved to spend time with his family.
No services are planned at this...
Thomas Harrison
Oct 15, 2024
Thomas Harold Harrison, 89, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at his longtime family home. Thomas was born in Lamar County, Alabama on October 10, 1935 to the late Lee and Elizabeth Hollimon Harrison. Thomas was born into a farming family and learned to farm from his father. When Thomas was in the 8th grade, his family moved from...
Sherry Jones
Oct 13, 2024
Sherry Lee Randolph Jones, 68, passed away at her residence in Amory on Sunday, October 13, 2024. Sherry was born in Tupelo on May 3, 1956 to the late Talmadge and Corrine Hester Randolph. She grew up in Nettleton and attended Nettleton School. Sherry married Billy Jones. For many years, she ran a daycare at her home. She was loved...
Dorothy Jernigan
Oct 11, 2024
Dorothy A. Jernigan, 77, passed away on Friday, October 11, 2024 at Riverplace Nursing Home in Amory. She was born on March 21, 1947 in Amory to Red Turner and Reba Sullivan Turner. She worked for Stanley Manufacturing Company from where she retired. She enjoyed playing bingo and being outdoors working with her flowers. She was a dog breeder and...
Tommy Harmon
Oct 10, 2024
Charles T. “Tommy” Harmon, 72, passed away on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born in Amory August 9, 1952, in Amory to Charles H. Harmon and Martha Stoddard Crisp. Tommy graduated Amory High School in 1971 and in October of the same year, he enlisted in the Army National Guard. He reported...
Victoria Benson
Oct 1, 2024
Victoria Nicole Benson, 43, passed away at her home on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. She was born in Amory on May 10, 1981 to Richmond Farrell “Slim” and Judith Eubanks Williams. Graduating from Hatley High School, class of 1999, she earned her degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse from ICC in 2007. That same year on October 6, she married...
Bryan Mann
Sep 29, 2024
Bryan Dean Mann, 37, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. He was born in Amory on October 24, 1986 to Dean and Kelly Bryan Mann. Bryan grew up in Amory and was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 2005. He was a letterman of both the Panther Football and Baseball teams. He was a pitcher and...
Clark Poppell
Sep 26, 2024
Clark James Poppell, 28, passed away from a sudden illness on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Born on July 17, 1996 in Peoria, IL he was a son to James and Sylvia Poppell Menold. Clark grew up in the Amory and Smithville areas and he was a 2016 graduate of Smithville High School where he...