Obituaries
Wayne Hadaway, Sr.
Aug 21, 2023
Coley Wayne Hadaway, Sr., 83, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2023 at his home. Wayne was born on January 14, 1940 to Earnest and Irene Hadaway. He was a long-time employee of True Temper Sports and he honorably served in the Mississippi National Guard. Wayne enjoyed hunting, fishing, especially at Grenada Lake, and playing golf when he was able. He was a self-proclaimed...
Janice Livingston
Aug 19, 2023
Janice Ann Brown Livingston, 69, passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. She was born on September 24, 1953 in Amory to Errie and Lessie Gertrude Vick Brown. She attended Becker School and she worked in the area furniture industry most recently at United Furniture. She enjoyed listening to gospel music and playing games on her...
Beverly Newton Kemp
Aug 16, 2023
In the early morning hours of August 16, 2023 Beverly Derie Newton Kemp, 79, passed away at NMMC-Gilmore in Amory. Beverly was born September 23, 1943 in the Peaceful Valley Community in Itawamba County to the late William "Bill" Newton and Una Sloan Newton. Moving to Monroe County at an early age, Beverly graduated from Hatley High School Class of...
Retha Hunt
Aug 14, 2023
Retha Mae Hunt, 78, passed away on Monday, August 14, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on May 22, 1945 in Lee County to Calvin and Pearlie Sullivan Kennedy. A lifelong resident of Monroe County, she worked may years for Red Kap before her retirement and afterward she sat with the elderly. She loved reading and gardening and...
Glen DeVall
Aug 14, 2023
Glen Allan DeVall, 93, passed away on Monday, August 14, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on December 22, 1929 in Smithville, he was a son to Claude and Azlee Phillips DeVall. Glen had worked for Glenn Manufacturing and Red Kap as plant manager prior to retiring. Not one to sit down, he went back to work for the...
Johnnie Baker
Aug 13, 2023
Johnnie Grace Webster Baker, 91, of Bartahatchie Community passed away on August 13, 2023 in Aberdeen, MS. She will be greatly missed, but we know she is in a far better place.
Johnnie was born in Monroe County, MS on July 29, 1932, to William Edwin and Lovenia Coleman Webster. She graduated from Greenwood Springs School. Johnnie married her high school sweetheart, William...
Juanita Funderburk
Aug 10, 2023
Juanita Hughes Funderburk passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at The Meadows in Fulton just shy of her 90th birthday. Born in Amory on August 15, 1933, she was a daughter to Cletus and Callie Ethel Ford Hughes. She worked as a CNA for some time, but more importantly, she was a homemaker for her family. An exceptional cook, and according to them, she...
Willie Mae Thompson
Aug 9, 2023
Willie Mae Smith Thompson, 81, passed away on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore. Born in Greenwood Springs on February 11, 1942, she was a daughter to Dave and Velma Cantrell Smith. She worked for many years in the garment industry as a seamstress and she was the widow of Grady Ray Thompson. Willie Mae lived life to the...
Tina Sykes
Aug 7, 2023
Tina Denise Sykes, 57, passed away on Monday, August 7, 2023 at her home in Guin, AL. She was born on May 19, 1966 in Tupelo, MS to Marshall Sykes and Joyce White. She grew up in Lee County and she was a homemaker. She was a fan of the Alabama Crimson Tide and she enjoyed, crocheting, cooking, but especially spending time with...
Anita Barnes Vaughn
Aug 4, 2023
Anita Katherine Barnes Vaughn, 66 passed away on Friday, August 4, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. Anita was born on September 17, 1956 in Amory to Dr. Edward Barnes and Betty Miller Barnes McLeod. Being the daughter of a preacher, her family moved to Arkansas where she graduated from Hamburg High School in Hamburg, Arkansas. On March 10, 1978, she...
Dale Fullerton
Aug 1, 2023
Dale Alan Fullerton, 62, passed away on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Dale was born on August 16, 1960 in Birmingham, AL to Thomas David and Maddie Olean Jenkins Fullerton. He was a 1978 graduate of Amory High School. Prior to becoming disabled, Dale worked for many years as meat market manager for IGA grocery in Amory...
Shelia Allen
Jul 30, 2023
Shelia Lea Allen, 65, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2023 at her home. Born on August 27, 1957, in Aberdeen, she was a daughter to Troy Lee and Elanor Smith Cantrell. Shelia graduated from Hatley High School and later attended ICC. She married Donnie Allen on May 20, 1981 and prior to her retirement, she worked as an EMT and as a nurse...
Betty Cowley
Jul 29, 2023
Betty Henson Cowley, of Cary, North Carolina, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 29, 2023. She was 86 years old and had been in rehab recovering from a fall and other medical complications.
She was born in Smithville, Mississippi on October 30th, 1936 to her parents Lee Roy and Reba Henson. She was the first of five girls:...
Mary Jane Swartzendruber
Jul 29, 2023
Mary Jane Reimer Swartzendruber, 92, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2023 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. She was born December 26, 1930 to John and Elizabeth Reimer at Goessel, Kansas.
She grew up on a farm north of Goessel and spent the first 8 years of school in a one room schoolhouse. After graduation from Goessel Rural High...
Linda Joyce Odom
Jul 29, 2023
Linda Joyce Odom, 79, became fully healed and met her savior face to face on Saturday, July 29th, 2023 in Amory, MS. Born on May 12, 1944 in Smithville, Mississippi, she was the youngest daughter of Clister Elizabeth and Jerome Knight.
Linda grew up in Smithville, graduating from Smithville High School. In her adult years, she enjoyed working...
Johnny Brown
Jul 25, 2023
Johnny W Brown’s unshakeable faith in his Lord and Savior and love for life did not come to an end with his death. Johnny passed away peacefully on July 25, 2023 in his home at the age of 53 after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his loved ones. Johnny is survived by the love of his life and...
Barbara Robison
Jul 22, 2023
Barbara Nell Ausborn Robison, 83, passed away on Saturday, July 22, 2023 at her son’s home in Smithville. She was born on August 23, 1939 in Monroe County to Ollie and Mattie Rose Hadaway Ausborn. A life-long resident of the Turon Community, she worked many years for Monroe Trouser and then for Amory Garment Co. She married Arthur Charles Robison on April 20,...
Walter Livingston
Jul 14, 2023
Walter Livingston, 64, passed away on Friday, July 14, 2023 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. He was born on August 19, 1958 in Columbus, MS to Melvin Lee and Alta E. Baucom Livingston. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County and before becoming disabled, he was a truck driver.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July...
Grady Baker
Jul 13, 2023
William Grady Baker, 93, of Bartahatchie Community passed away on July 13, 2023 in Columbus, MS. He will be greatly missed, but we know he is in a far better place. Grady was born in Greenwood Springs, MS on May 12, 1930, the only son of Oliver and Myrtle West Baker. He graduated from Greenwood Springs School. He served in the Air Force during...
Randall Weaver
Jul 11, 2023
Randall Lee "Randy" Weaver, 64, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born in Waukegan, IL on August 20, 1958 to Bernie Lee and Betsy Hurley Weaver. Growing up in Round Lake, IL, he moved to Oxford, MS in 1979, and then shortly after to the Amory area. He worked for many years...
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