Obituaries
Barbara Lann
Feb 25, 2023
Barbara Gayle Lann, 58, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on December 10, 1964 to Frank and Naomi Larkin Hansbrough, she grew up in Henderson, KY. On April 19, 1986, she married Stephen Lann and lived in Smithville for many years. Barbara was a devoted wife and homemaker who enjoyed reading, gardening, and landscaping. Her...
James Franklin Conwill
Feb 15, 2023
James Franklin Conwill, 96, passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at NMMC- Gilmore in Amory. He was born on November 1, 1926 in Monroe County to the late David Alonzo and Ruby Estelle Sumner Conwill. James honorably served his country, serving in the United States Navy during WWII. While in the Navy, James was on a troop carrier, sailing across the...
Chris Christian
Feb 10, 2023
Christopher Hermon Christian, 52, passed away at his residence on Friday, February 10, 2023. He was born in Amory to Hermon and Laura Marshall Christian. Chris was a 1989 graduate of Hatley High School. He married Melinda Tucker on October 6, 1990. From a small child, Chris loved the land and began helping Hermon farm and run cows. Chris was driving farm trucks and...
Bobby Sanders
Feb 9, 2023
Bobby Wayne Sanders, 86, passed away at his residence on Thursday, February 9, 2023 at his residence. Bobby was born in the Acker Switch area of Becker on October 16, 1936 to the late Jewel and Geraldine Hill Sanders. For the last 75 years Bobby lived on the family farm on Acker Road. Bobby was a farmer by trade and worked for several...
Mavis Allen
Feb 9, 2023
Mavis Jessie Lee Allen, 96, entered the gates of Heaven in the early morning hours of February 9, 2023 from Diversicare Nursing Home in Amory. She was born on February 23, 1926 to James Garland and Mary Etta Guyton and on November 19, 1944, she married the love of her life, Samuel Verdo Allen. Prior to her retiring, she worked at Bluebell...
Bill Steverson
Feb 6, 2023
William Ervin “Bill” Steverson, 77, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2023, following a short illness. He was born on May 27, 1945, in Columbus to Alton Jackson and Rebecca Lois Barrow Steverson. Growing up in Columbus, he graduated in 1963 from Lee High School and furthered his education at Mississippi State University and East Mississippi Junior College where he played football...
Sue Frederick
Feb 1, 2023
Dorothy Sue Grimes Frederick, 83, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at her home in Smithville. Born on August 1, 1939, she was the daughter of Claves and Inez Brazel Grimes. Sue grew up in Itawamba County and married Robert Frederick on September 30, 1961. Prior to her retiring, she worked in housekeeping at Gilmore Memorial Hospital. A beloved mother and grandmother, she...
Inez Cagle Baker
Jan 31, 2023
Mary Inez Huggins Cagle Baker, 82, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at her home in Haleyville, AL surrounded by her loved ones. Born on September 24, 1940 in Burnsville, she was the youngest child of Lonnie and Myrtle Reynolds Huggins. She married James Cagle on November 22, 1958 who preceded her in death. For 32 years, she was a seamstress...
Cody Taylor
Jan 25, 2023
Cody Ryan Taylor, 20, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 in Itawamba County. He was born on September 5, 2002 in Tupelo and was the son of Ronald J. Taylor and Rebecca Jones Gray. Cody grew up in Smithville, attended Smithville schools and he was married to Madison Crisp. Cody loved to fish and hunt, play video games, or just ride...
Jody White
Jan 21, 2023
Jody Glenn White, 65, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born on January 31, 1957 in Brownville, TN to Lee Bazzle and Virgie Lee Threadgill White, but he grew up in Gattman and attended Greenwood Springs school. On November 18, 1996, he married Sherry West and has lived in the Athens Community...
Michael Hester
Jan 16, 2023
Michael Hester, 50, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2023 at North. Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on October 13, 1972 in Silvis, IL to James A. Hester and Cynthia Otts Hester. He lived most of his life in Mississippi and worked in the flooring industry laying carpet and tile before becoming disabled. He enjoyed riding motorcycles and was a fan of...
Arline Ruckhaber
Jan 15, 2023
Arline Francis Clark Ruckhaber, 86, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. Born in Culver City, CA on June 23, 1936, she was a daughter to Arthur Everett Clark and Doris Welton Howard. For many years, she worked as a lab and X-ray technician in doctors’ offices while living in Alaska. She married James Russell Ruckhaber in 1993...
Thomas William King
Jan 13, 2023
Thomas William King, 80, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023 at NMMC – Gilmore in Amory. Thomas was born in Amory on February 13, 1942 to the late Virgil Homer King and Pauline Allred King. Thomas attended Hatley School and served for nearly 25 years in the Mississippi Army National Guard. He married Becky Hill on November 17, 1978. Thomas worked as...
Garon Dale Roby
Jan 12, 2023
Garon Dale Roby “Roby” known as the area pork skin guy was always the life of the party. He was born on February 6, 1962, in Tupelo, Mississippi. He graduated from IAHS in 1980. He worked at Red Lobster for several years where he was known for his awesome personality as the top waiter. He worked for his dad...
Danny Stanford
Jan 6, 2023
Danny Michael Stanford, “Big $ Dan,” 57, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023 at his home in Smithville. He was born on June 21, 1965 in Amory to James Radden and Gladys Marie Seales Stanford. Danny graduated from Smithville High School and attended Itawamba Junior College. He worked in maintenance at Cooper Tire and then at Yokahama before retiring. He enjoyed working the...
Ronald Beam
Dec 31, 2022
Ronald Beam, 62, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. Ronald was born in Tupelo on November 4, 1960 and was a son to Jimmie Glen and Ruby Fay Johnson Beam. “RB” as he was known to his friends and community, grew up in Smithville and was a 1978 graduate of Smithville High School. A totally...
Avis Gosa
Dec 29, 2022
Avis Jeffreys Carter Gosa, 95, of the Athens Community passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at her home. She was born in Marion County, AL to John and Icie Cantrell Jeffreys. She married Coy Gosa in 1970 and she was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse receiving her education and training from Itawamba Junior College graduating in 1971. She worked for Dr. Richard...
George Householder
Dec 25, 2022
George Vance Householder, 80, passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2022 at his home. Born in Sikeston, MO on November 23, 1942, he was a son of Louis and Patsy Ruth Cobb Householder. George farmed most of his life and he married the former Joy Shuerenberg in 1963. He liked to attend gun shows and he was an avid hunter.
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Tommy Armstrong
Dec 23, 2022
Tommy Dewayne Armstrong, 58, passed away suddenly on Friday, December 23, 2022 in Franklin, OH. He was born on February 3, 1964 in Aberdeen to Jim Coleman, Jr. and Mae Dodd Armstrong. Tommy grew up in the Athens-Quincy Community and for many years, he worked in the landscape business before becoming an OTR trucker, which he loved. He was driving for Royal Trucking...
Ronnie Hurley
Dec 14, 2022
Ronald Dean Hurley, 63, passed away at his residence in Amory. Born on August 19, 1959, in Tupelo, he was a son of Grady Lee and Charlie Ray Pate Hurley. Ronnie was a graduate of Hatley High School, and he was an accomplished mechanic for many years. He could fix just about anything and loved to tinker with stuff. He was formerly employed by...
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