Obituaries
James Gilliland
Dec 9, 2023
James Kalam Gilliland, 78, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023 at his home. Born on October 12, 1945, he was a son to James Kalam Gilliland, Sr and Martha Banks Gilliland. A member of Moore’s Bridge Baptist Church, he also liked to hunting and fishing. He was good at carpentry and loved to travel and attend auctions. He worked as an electrician...
Phillip Thompson
Dec 7, 2023
Phillip Wayne Thompson, 82, passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Monroe County on March 19, 1941 he was a son to Bill and Ruth Sheffield Thompson. He was a 1959 graduate of Smithville High School and just a few weeks later, married Laverne Stanford with whom he would spend the next 64...
Peggy Head
Dec 3, 2023
Peggy Jane Head, 82, passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after a brief illness. She was born July 15, 1941 in Smithville, MS to the the late Carl and Claude Pearson. She married the love of her life, Billy Wayne Head, on April 21, 1961. Peggy graduated from Hatley School in May...
Jody Sumrall
Nov 28, 2023
Jody Shelby Sumrall, 60, passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Jody was born in Memphis on March 27, 1963, to Joseph D. and Merrill Mansell Cashion. She grew up in Memphis and graduated high school in Pittsburg, PA. On June 6, 1987, she married Tim Sumrall, and she worked as a preschool teacher for 20...
Lois Comer Sloan
Nov 28, 2023
Lois Mae Comer Sloan, 82, passed away on November 28, 2023 at the NMMC in Tupelo. She was born July 13, 1941 to the late William David and Mamie Dove Comer. Lois graduated from Hatley School, Class of 1959. She was an exceptional cook and ran the cafeteria at True Temper Sports for several years. She also ran a route...
John Lucian "J.L." Nix
Nov 24, 2023
John Lucian “J.L” Nix, 86, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2023 at his life-long home in Bartahatchie. Born on the family home place on December 30, 1936, he was a son to John Cleave and Lillie Bell Smith Nix. On October 13, 1957, he married Shirley Jean Sutton and he worked for Walker Manufacturing for nearly 37 years before retiring. He farmed...
Kooper Inman
Nov 17, 2023
Kooper James Inman, 21, strolled onto the streets of Heaven on Friday Evening, November 17, 2023. He was born on February 19, 2002 in Columbus, MS to Nichole Guthery Inman and Jason Inman. When you think of Kooper and think of his life, you begin to realize that what some people may call difficulty, sickness or affliction, God calls it a...
Norma Atkinson
Nov 14, 2023
Norma Alice Atkinson, 80, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at her home. She was born on April 19, 1943 in Casey, IL to Bill and Genevieve Howard Lowe. She and her husband owned and operated Atkinson’s Steak House for 20 years which was a staple in the community. Norma loved to shop, have coffee with her friends, and spend time with...
Virginia Baughman Moreland
Nov 13, 2023
Virginia Smith Baughman Moreland, 90, known to many as “Granny” passed away on Monday, November 13, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. Born in Saltillo on October 30, 1933, she was a daughter to Wesley and Clester Braden Smith. She attended school in Saltillo and met and later married Cliff Baughman on November 4, 1951. They moved to Amory where she...
Mary Ann Irvin
Nov 12, 2023
Mary Ann Duncan Irvin, 78, passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born on April 2, 1945 in the Turon Community to Milas and Elsie Irene Duncan . She grew up in Smithville and she married James Irvin on September 12, 1963. She worked in the area garment industry before her retirement. Mary Ann was heavily...
Donald Ray Kimbrough
Nov 11, 2023
Donald Ray Kimbrough, 72, passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at NMMC in Tupelo. Donald was born on September 22, 1951 in Amory to the late James Ray Kimbrough and Dorothy Easter Phipps. Just before his 18th birthday, Donald married the love of his life, Sherry Ford on June 7, 1969. Shortly thereafter Donald enlisted in the United States Army. His service and career...
Joel "Shotgun" Shumpert
Nov 7, 2023
John Joel “Shotgun” Shumpert, Sr., 81, passed away on November 7, 2023 at NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. He was born on October 17, 1942, raised and lived most all of his life in the Carolina Community. His parents were the late John Lee and Evelene Boozer Shumpert. Joel attended school at the old Carolina School House and high school at IAHS. For a number...
William Travis Gray
Nov 3, 2023
William Travis Gray, 77, passed away at his residence in Nettleton on November 3, 2023. He was born February 5, 1946 in Baldwyn to the late William J. and Mary L. Hickman Gray. William grew up in Nettleton and married Shelby Williams on August 23, 1963. He owned and operated Gray's Garage in Nettleton for many years. William enjoyed fishing,...
Cleve Hall
Nov 2, 2023
William Cleve Hall, 85, passed away on Thursday, November 2, 2023, at The Meadows in Fulton. He was born on January 31, 1938, in Greenwood Springs to Jasper and Alice Moten Hall. Cleve was a welder and worked for Babcock and Wilcox for over 30 years before retiring. He married the former Dorothy Ball in December 1979. In his earlier years, he enjoyed camping...
Hellon Duncan Ream
Oct 29, 2023
Hellon Bernice Mize Duncan Ream, 91, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on June 5, 1932, in Quincy, she was a daughter to James Thomas and Alice Mildred West Mize. She graduated from Hatley High School and she married Leroy Duncan. After his death, she married Dr. Frank Ream. For many years, she worked...
Carolyn Huffman
Oct 29, 2023
Carolyn Louise Clark Huffman, 82, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at NMMC in Tupelo. She was born in Monroe County to the late Allen and Ethyl Moss Clark. Carolyn attended Wren School and graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1959. On September 18, 1959 she married John Huffman. Upon graduating from Nursing School, Carolyn worked in Labor...
Bobbie Tubb
Oct 29, 2023
Bobbie Jeanne Tubb, 90, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at her home. She was born on January 5, 1933 to Andy James and Alta Lee Brown Banks in Brownville, Alabama. She was a graduate of Tuscaloosa County High School. In her younger years she lived in Florida where she worked for Dade County. She later married George Albert...
Dot Clemens
Oct 22, 2023
Dorothy Lou Moffett Clemens passed away on October 22, 2023 at Merit Health Madison in Canton, MS. She was born May 25, 1937 in Becker, MS to the late Elmer Carlos and Mary Ethel Meek Moffett. On June 10, 1961 she married Patrick Francis Clemens of Biloxi, MS, who preceded her in death.
“Dot” or “Dottie” Moffett was a loving...
Jerry Perrault
Oct 22, 2023
Jerome Carl Perrault, 72, passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2023 at NMMC in Tupelo. He was born in White Earth, MN to the late Romaine and Bernice LaDoux Perrault. Jerry most grew up in Kenosha, WI and graduated from high school in Kenosha. He had a long time career with Chrysler Automotive. Jerry married Carol Stanford on June 20,...
Bonita Pearson
Oct 20, 2023
Bonita Dawn Nash Pearson, passed from this earthly life and entered Heaven on Friday, October 20, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. She was born in Monroe County, Mississippi on November 15, 1935 as the only child to the late Eron and Jewel Nash. Bonita was a life-long member at Christian Chapel Church of Christ, where she served...
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