Obituaries
Anna Russell
Sep 17, 2019
Anna Morgan Russell, 27, of Smithville, Mississippi, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Amory, Mississippi with her parents, sister, and fiancé by her side. Anna was a native of Indianola, Mississippi. She graduated from Indianola Academy in 2011. At the time of her death Anna was enjoying being a Mom and spending time...
Angie Armstrong
Sep 10, 2019
Angelia Rena Pearson Armstrong, 61, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 in Monroe County as the result of an automobile accident. Born in Amory on January 26, 1958, Angie was a daughter to Herschel David and Ellen Virginia Carter Pearson. She attended Amory schools and as a skilled worker, she was in the area furniture factories before becoming disabled....
Barbara Cruse
Sep 6, 2019
Barbara Sue Morris Cruse “Sparky”, 64, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore in Amory. Born on January 9, 1955 in Columbus, she was a daughter to Claud and Dula Kennedy Morris. She grew up in Aberdeen and where she attended school. Prior to her becoming disabled, she worked in the nursing home as...
Murlis Underwood
Sep 2, 2019
Murlis Gene Underwood, 79, passed away on Monday, September 2, 2019 at his home in Nettleton. Born on October 29, 1939 in Itawamba County he was a son to Clovis and Cora Lee Pruitt Underwood. Growing up in northern Itawamba County, Murlis attended Fairview School and he later married JoAnn Baggett on March 10, 1959. Living all his adult life...
Douglas Nelson
Aug 27, 2019
Douglas Andrew Nelson, 72, passed away on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at Creekside Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Madison, TN. Douglas was born on May 30, 1947 in Monroe County, MS to the late Hastings and Celora Freeman Nelson. He attended Monroe County Training School and later furthered his education in Chicago, IL. He moved to Nashville to make...
Ann Odom
Aug 26, 2019
Elizabeth Ann Betz Odom, 69, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2019 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born on December 14, 1949 in Lawrenceburg, TN, she was daughter to Chester and Carolyn Wesson Betz. Graduating Lawrenceburg Schools she also graduated from Middle Tennessee State University. She received her Juris Doctorate from Memphis State University. Ann married Terry Odom on...
Mary Dodd
Aug 23, 2019
Mary Charles Posey Dodd, 83, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Laurel Hill, MS on January 24, 1936, she was a daughter to Hillard and Alma Tolbert Posey. A graduate of Meridian High School, she later married Marvin Dodd in 1969. With a passion for nursing, she began a career...
Joseph Stanford
Aug 22, 2019
Joseph Thomas Stanford, 40, passed away on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at his home. A native of Red Bay, AL, he was born on August 29, 1978 to Bryan and Betty Higgins Stanford. In 1996, he graduated from Amory High School and later attended Itawamba Community College where he earned a degree in computer programming. He married Christy Keeton on...
Mary McDonald
Aug 18, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Buckles McDonald, 78, passed away on Sunday morning, August 18, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. Mary was born on July 2, 1941 in Natchez to Lesley and Thelma Williams Pace. As a child, she grew up in Hamilton and in 1968 she married John McDonald. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a seamstress in...
Patricia Kay Colvin
Aug 16, 2019
Patricia Kay Blair Colvin, 44, passed away on Friday, August 16, 2019 at her home. Born on January 11, 1975 in Aberdeen she was a daughter to Williams and Dorothy Wallace Blair. She attended Caledonia High School and married Mike Colvin on February 11, 1993 and had two children. For the past several years, she has been assistant store manager...
Gary Sandman
Aug 16, 2019
Aberdeen- Gary Alan Sandman, 57, passed away on Friday, August 16, 2019 at the NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. Gary was born in Encino, California to the late Dale “Sandy” and Rita Carol Sandman. Gary was a graduate of Aberdeen High School Class of 1980. In his early years he worked at Lann Hardware in Aberdeen. He began a lifelong career...
Jimmy H. Blair
Aug 9, 2019
James “Jimmy” Houston Blair, 84, died peacefully Friday August 9, 2019 at CC Young Senior Living in Dallas, Texas. He was born August 6, 1935 in New Hope, Alabama to Houston and Mary Helen Blair. Jimmy was a long-time resident of Amory, Mississippi where he enjoyed fishing, golf and sports in general. He had a career in the heavy equipment...
Myrtle Mercer
Jul 28, 2019
Myrtle Ann Head Mercer, 60, passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. Born in Amory on October 21, 1958, she was a daughter to Bill and Ann Lillie Heard Head. She attended Greenwood Springs School and was a life-long resident of the Athens and Quincy communities. Her hobbies included fishing and sewing,...
Minnie May Striplin
Jul 26, 2019
Amory- Minnie Beatrice May Striplin passed away Friday, July 26, 2019 at the NMMC in Tupelo. She was born in Cherokee, AL on June 17, 1933 to the late Otis and Lula Mae Childers May. She married John William Striplin and as they began to have a family, Minnie became a homemaker. While in her 40’s, she was in a...
Mary Agnes Shields
Jul 24, 2019
Amory- Mary Agnes Shields, 83, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. She was born to the late Therman Bell and Carrie Jones Bradford on August 25, 1935 in Vance, Alabama where she grew up and attended school. She moved her family to Amory in 1961 and began a career at Amory Garment that would...
Dorothy Williams
Jul 13, 2019
Dorothy Elizabeth Welch Williams, 89, passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at the North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. Born on December 20, 1929 in Columbus, GA, she was a daughter to Sherman and Ruby Rigsby Welch. Dot was first a Christian for over 70 years, a devoted minister’s wife, and then a precious mother grandmother. She was always...
Ann Walden Richardson
Jul 13, 2019
Ann Walden Richardson, 81, passed away July 13, 2019 at the NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. She was born on August 8, 1937 in Monroe County, MS to the late Clayton and Marguriete Dryden Walden. She attended Becker School and at an early age she learned how to work by picking and hoeing cotton, hauling and stacking hay, milking cows and...
Robert Lovern
Jul 11, 2019
Robert Hal Lovern, 73, passed away peacefully surrounded by his children, Thursday, July 11, 2019 at the North Mississippi Medical Center Inpatient Hospice in Tupelo. Born on September 19, 1945 in Amory, he was a son to Hal and Cathleen Vaughn Lovern. Hal was a very talented man who loved to work on, build and rebuild everything from clocks to...
Mary Ann Sumrall
Jul 11, 2019
Mary Ann Wilkins Sumrall, 87, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Mary Ann was born on January 2, 1932 in Columbus, Mississippi to Earl and Laudice Shores Wilkins. As a child, she and her family moved to Ruleville, Mississippi area where she attended school there. She married Delbert Sumrall and raised her children...
William Thaniel Sargent
Jul 7, 2019
William Thaniel “Sarge” Sargent, 83, passed away on Sunday July 7, 2019 at his home. Sarge was born on April 29, 1936 in Shannon, Mississippi to Archie and Inez Hester Sargent. He was married to Barbara Rea on August 24, 1957 and early on, he was a heavy equipment operator for TVA and a construction manager for oil rig sites....
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