Kenneth Cook
May 26, 2024
Kenneth Glenn Cook, 59, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2024. He was born in Aberdeen to the late Wade and Barbara Outlaw Cook. Kenneth was a graduate of Shannon High School. He was a jack of all trades and could do anything from electrical work to selling cars to running a bulldozer for his son. Everyone that knew Kenneth,...
Earline Capps
May 18, 2024
Earline Phillips Capps, 84, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. Born on December 5, 1939 in Monroe County, she was a daughter to Neville and Maudie May Mathis Phillips. She attended Hatley School and was the widow of Jame E. Capps, Sr. whom she married on April 12, 1958. Earline retired from Amory...
Linda Worthey
May 18, 2024
Linda K. Worthey, 60, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Born on September 30, 1963 in Amory, she was a daughter to Burnis Cecil and Alice Inez Cox Worthey. She graduated high school in Nettleton in 1981 and worked for Amory Garment and Lucky Star in Nettleton for many years. Most recently, she...
Sean Heffernan
May 16, 2024
Sean Patrick Heffernan, 53, passed away on May 16, 2024 in Lee County. Born in Arizona, he was a son to Terry Heffernan and Anne Trimm Heffernan. He attended Becker and Amory school and worked as a carpenter. An all-around country boy, he liked listening to Merle Haggard, going fishing, and going to the casino.
A memorial service will...
Steven Tubbs
May 11, 2024
Steven Lee “Mustang” Tubbs, 58, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at his home in Quincy. He was born on April 16, 1966 in Amory to Ellis and Elizabeth Parrish Tubbs. Steven was a graduate of Hatley High School and was a truck driver all his life until his health failed. He liked to fish, ride horses, raise a...
Tracy Murff
May 8, 2024
Tracy Lynn Jones Murff, 53, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on August 9, 1970 in Aberdeen to Author Earl and Betty Jones Baucom Jones. She was a graduate of Hamilton High School and she married Robert Murff on April 8, 2011. Tracy was a devoted wife, homemaker,...
Chris Burks
May 3, 2024
Radio voice, DJ, funny man and all-around good guy, Chris Burks, 44, passed away at River Region Hospital in Vicksburg after a brief illness. Born on May 19, 1979, in Mobile, AL, he was a son to Edward and Betty Ann Moffett Burks. A graduate of Hatley High School, all his professional life was in radio starting in Amory. As...
Woody Mitchem
May 1, 2024
Woody Mitchem, 63, passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at his home. He was born on June 18, 1960 in West Virginia to Samuel Alfred and Laffon Brown Mitchem. He spent his childhood in West Virginia and the Amory area. He had worked as a mechanic to Eutaw Construction and was of the Baptist faith.A memorial service will be...
Sandra Jones
Apr 27, 2024
Sandra Gail Minor Jones, 66, passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in Lamar Co., AL. Sandra was born on August 15, 1957 in Vernon to Preston and Mary Hester Minor. A graduate of Sulligent High School, she was a homemaker all of her life. In 1987 she married Jerry Jones and she enjoyed crocheting, crafts, reading and being with...
Anne Bean
Apr 21, 2024
Anne Wicker Seavey Bean, 90, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at River Place Nursing Home in Amory. She was born in Monroe County on January 6, 1934, to C.E. and Merle Wicker Seavey. She graduated from Okolona High School and worked for 36 years for Lift, Inc. as an assistant head start teacher where she had a profound...
Bob Forbus
Apr 11, 2024
Bob Forbus never met a stranger, or at least anyone who remained one for long. Robert "Bob" Forbus, a revered figure in the insurance industry and devoted community leader, passed away peacefully April 11 surrounded by family. He leaves behind a legacy of professionalism, integrity, and dedicated service.
Bob was initially Assistant Manager at a garment factory, but his career took...
Peggy Moreland
Apr 10, 2024
Peggy Ladelle Moreland, 77, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at Courtyards Community Living Center in Fulton. Born on March 19, 1947, in Smithville to Marlon Coleman Frederick and Opal Earline Coker Moffett. Growing up in Smithville, she was a graduate of Smithville High School. She was the widow of George Moreland, and she loved working with flowers and...
Ronald Atkinson
Apr 2, 2024
Ronald M. Atkinson, 55, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at his home in Smithville. Born on May 5, 1968, the was the son of Pete and Norma Atkinson. He lived in Monroe County most of his life.
A private memorial service will be at a later date.
He is survived by his father, Pete Atkinson of Smithville; sisters, Carol...
Steve Foster
Apr 1, 2024
Steve Harold Foster, 72, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2024 at his home. He was born on September 17, 1951 in Houston, MS to Ervin Harrold and Helen Hawkins Foster. He lived in Monroe County most of his life and worked in the area furniture industry. He enjoyed buying and trading, grappling for catfish, and spending time with...
Earnest Knight
Mar 30, 2024
Earnest Thomas Knight, 74, passed from this life on March 30, 2024 at Lawrence Medical Center in Moulton, AL following a sudden illness. He was born on February 8, 1950 in Monroe County to Elijah Thomas and Ovie Mae Lewis Knight. Earnest dutifully served his country in the Army and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He married the...
Ronald Owings
Mar 28, 2024
Ronald Reed Owings, 77, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Amory on August 27, 1946, he was the son of Eugene Reid and Sarah Louise Golden Owings. Ronald was graduate of Nettleton High School and he attended Itawamba Junior College where he played football. For many years he worked for the Mississippi Department...
Hazel Jean Ausborn Glasscock
Mar 26, 2024
Hazel Jean Ausborn Glasscock, 93, passed away on March 26, 2024 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Jean was born on June 22, 1930 in Monroe County to the late Trannie and Lila Thornton Ausborn. She was a graduate of Hatley High School where she played on the girls basketball team. Soon after graduation, she married Earnest “Doc” Stanford. They were married for 40 years and...
Steven "Steve" Jenkins
Mar 26, 2024
Steven Jerome Jenkins, 50, beloved son, brother, uncle and friend, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at the NMMC-Gilmore in Amory. He was born in Amory on October 12, 1973 in Amory. He was a graduate of Hatley High School, Class of 1992. He later graduated from ICC and began a longtime career in Information technology. He was a...
Tommy Curry
Mar 23, 2024
William Tommy Curry, 81, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at his home in Amory. Tommy was born on April 12, 1042 in Nettleton to George Alexander and Eva Conwill Curry. He attended Amory schools and later played football at Itawamba Junior College. He was married to the former Dorothy Anne Black and lived in Canton, Michigan for many...
Dr. Danny Moore
Mar 22, 2024
Fulton—Dr. Dan Moore passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday, March 22, 2024. He was born on July 9, 1953 in Tupelo to the late Clarence Gaston Moore and Willa Jean Gillentine Moore. Growing up in Itawamba County, Danny graduated from IAHS, Class of 1973. He married Marilyn Blaylock in 1978.
After earning his MD from the University of Mississippi,...