Billy Parham
Jan 2, 2019
Billy Wayne Parham, 85, passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. He was born on February 11, 1933 in Monroe County to Nathaniel Green and Evelyn Viola Ross Parham. A lifelong resident of Monroe County, he was a graduate of Hatley High School, attended IJC, and he later earned a business degree from Mississippi...
Danny Brown
Dec 26, 2018
Daniel Earl Brown, 55, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at his home. Danny was born on August 16, 1963 in Amory to Earl Fred and Brenda Sue Martin Brown. Growing up in Amory, he was a 1981 graduate of Amory High School and before his health failed, he worked in the furniture industry as a cutter most recently...
Carolyn Ford
Dec 26, 2018
Carolyn June Williams Ford passed away December 26, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and joined God in heaven at the age of 77. Carolyn was born on June 30, 1941, near Smithville, Mississippi. She graduated from Smithville High School and attended Itawamba Junior College before marrying Jerry Ray Ford in 1961....
Herschel Ritter
Dec 17, 2018
Amory- Herschel Hampton Ritter, 91, passed away at his residence on Monday, December 17, 2018. He was born February 9, 1927 in Amory to the late Era and Dewdrop Lewis Ritter. Growing up in Amory, Herschel graduated from Amory High School Class of 1944. On February 22, 1948 he married Mae Gilmore. Herschel worked for Mississippi Valley gas for 30...
Donna Neal
Dec 15, 2018
Donna Ann Pope Neal, 58, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on July 31, 1960 in Amory to Doris Pope. Donna grew up in Smithville and attended Smithville School. She was a devoted caretaker to her husband, Sammy Neal, whom she married on March 1, 1984 and she...
David Sancillo
Nov 30, 2018
Charles David Sancillo, 67, passed away on Friday, November 30, 2018 at his residence. Born on November 28, 1951 in Tupelo, he was a son to Manuel and Eva Mae Sullivan Sancillo. David grew up in Nettleton and was a 1969 graduate of Nettleton High School. He worked as a project manager many years for JBHM, later with Hooker Construction,...
Rhea Collins
Nov 28, 2018
Rhea Jeffreys Collins age 88, surrounded by her family, went to be with the Lord on November 28, 2018 in Amory, MS. She was born August 11, 1930 in Marion County, AL to the late John Melton Jeffreys and Icie May Cantrell Jeffreys. She married Elmer Leonard Collins, Jr. of Calhoun County, MS on October 1, 1947. She and Elmer...
Paul Ozbirn
Nov 21, 2018
Paul Ozbirn, 62, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 while enjoying his favorite pastime, camping at Cane Creek. He was born on July 2, 1956 in the Freedom Hills outside of Red Bay to Willis Reese and Maxine Tucker Ozbirn. He graduated Itawamba Agricultural High school and worked several jobs later retiring Mueller Brass in Fulton as a machine...
Pelbia Jean Pickle
Nov 21, 2018
Amory- Pelbia “Jean” Pickle, 79, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Gilmore Memorial Hospital. She was born to the late Richard and Mazzie Rush Hill in Guntown, MS on November 16, 1939. As a child, she grew up and attended school in Chicago, IL. She later moved to Memphis and eventually to Amory where she was a seamstress in...
Lola Jean Steele
Nov 16, 2018
Smithville- Lola Jean Steele, 65, passed away Friday, November 16, 2018 at her residence in Smithville. Lola was born to James and Helen Jean Mullins Gordon on April, 23, 1953 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Spending most of her childhood and young adult life in West Memphis, AR she later moved to Amory. Before retirement, she worked at Jim and Jeans...
Vicki Williams
Nov 14, 2018
Vicki Leigh Williams, 60, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. A sweet and gentle spirit, she was born on February 8, 1958 in Amory to Richard “Dick” Franklin and Yvonne Crosby Williams. A 1976 graduate of Amory High School, she was also a 1980 graduate of Blue Mountain College. Early in her career, she taught...
William "Bill" Bailey
Nov 13, 2018
William Andrew “Bill” Bailey, 65, passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. Bill was born on May 29, 1953 in Weaver, SD to Jack Dempsey and Shirley Lou Blair Bailey and he was a graduate of the Balboa High School in the Panama Canal Zone. The son of and Airman, he travelled all over as a child and upon graduating...
Jerry Ford
Nov 1, 2018
Jerry Ray Ford passed away November 1 at his home in Amory, Mississippi, after a bout with cancer and joined God in heaven at the age of 80. Jerry was born on October 18, 1938, in Fulton, Mississippi. He later lived in Amory and left after high school graduation to join the U.S. Navy, where he served his country for...
Amanda Head
Oct 17, 2018
Amanda Louise Hurley Head, 46, passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. Born on April 5, 1972 in Monroe County she was a daughter to Jimmy and Linda Semore Hurley. She was married to Bobby Ervin Head and had attended New Hope Baptist Church. An accomplished painter, Amanda had a creative and artistic mind. She was a wonderful cook and...
Robert H. Nash
Oct 16, 2018
Robert Hurston Nash, 71, passed away on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Robert was born on April 15, 1947 in Monroe County to John Hurston and Mavis Pearl Roebuck Nash. He grew up in Hatley and lived on his home place all of his life and he attended Hatley School. At the age of...
Marlon Harris
Oct 15, 2018
Marlon Lee Harris, 70, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice in Tupelo. Marlon was born on July 15, 1948 in Sunflower County, MS to Estle Ray and Florence Leona Pike Harris. He grew up in Monroe County and attended Smithville School where he played on the first football team Smithville ever had....
Ellen Hester
Oct 1, 2018
It is with great sadness that the family of Mary Ellen Hester (Walden) announces her passing on October 1, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS following an unexpected illness. Ellen will be lovingly remembered by her husband and best friend of 58 years, Clovis Dudley Hester and her children Sheila McCollum of Amory; Tony Hester (Tami) of...
Elizabeth Jones
Sep 24, 2018
Wren- Sara Elizabeth Jones, 78 died on Monday, September 24, 2018 at her residence. She was born March 27, 1940 in Columbus, MS to the late Claude B. and Dula Kennedy Morris. Sara attended school in Columbus and later married Willis R. Jones. They relocated to Monroe County and she was a homemaker, taking great pride in raising her 5...
Paulette Plunkett Nix
Sep 23, 2018
Lois Paulette Plunkett Nix, 74, passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI. Paulette was born on October 7, 1943 in Nettleton to Thomas Ellis and Martha Hendon Plunkett. Prior to her retirement, she was a homemaker and had previously worked in the garment industry. Paulette was very outgoing and loved...
Martha Dalrymple Guffey
Sep 21, 2018
Martha Dalrymple Guffey passed away on September 21, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Martha was born on September 7, 1929, in Amory, Mississippi, to Arch, Jr. and Kathleen Wilbanks Dalrymple. She graduated from Sullins College Academy in Virginia, attended Rollins College in Florida, and graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1951 where she was a member of...