Tommy Harmon
Oct 10, 2024
Charles T. “Tommy” Harmon, 72, passed away on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born in Amory August 9, 1952, in Amory to Charles H. Harmon and Martha Stoddard Crisp. Tommy graduated Amory High School in 1971 and in October of the same year, he enlisted in the Army National Guard. He reported...
Victoria Benson
Oct 1, 2024
Victoria Nicole Benson, 43, passed away at her home on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. She was born in Amory on May 10, 1981 to Richmond Farrell “Slim” and Judith Eubanks Williams. Graduating from Hatley High School, class of 1999, she earned her degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse from ICC in 2007. That same year on October 6, she married...
Bryan Mann
Sep 29, 2024
Bryan Dean Mann, 37, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. He was born in Amory on October 24, 1986 to Dean and Kelly Bryan Mann. Bryan grew up in Amory and was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 2005. He was a letterman of both the Panther Football and Baseball teams. He was a pitcher and...
Clark Poppell
Sep 26, 2024
Clark James Poppell, 28, passed away from a sudden illness on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Born on July 17, 1996 in Peoria, IL he was a son to James and Sylvia Poppell Menold. Clark grew up in the Amory and Smithville areas and he was a 2016 graduate of Smithville High School where he...
Dan McKinney
Sep 15, 2024
Daniel Butler McKinney, 55, passed away at his residence in Amory on September 15, 2024. He was born in Amory on December 28, 1968 to William and Judy Ritter McKinney. Dan was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1987. He also attended Itawamba Community College and Mississippi State University. Dan was a field tech for Insulation Sales where...
Dariel Crafton
Sep 9, 2024
William Dariel Crafton, 85, went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ in the early evening on September 9, 2024 at his home. Born on February 5, 1939, he was a son to Willie Crafton and Gladys Busby Crafton Neubauer. He was a farmer most of his life and upon moving to Mississippi, he and his wife got in the...
Bailey Haney
Sep 8, 2024
Longtime businessman, Howard Bailey Haney, 71, passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center—Amory following a sudden illness. Bailey was born on September 27, 1952, in Stamford, TX to Marvin York and Reba Faye Prince Haney. During his freshman year in high school, his family moved to Wren, MS, to take over Haney’s Super Market. He...
Van Childers
Sep 4, 2024
Van Childers, 65, passed away at Oak Tree Manor Assisted Living on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Van was born in Amory on April 11, 1959 to the late James Vanvard Childers, Sr. and Bonnie Laney Childers. He was a graduate of Amory High School and married Teresa Barnes on July 18, 1996. Van was a master diesel mechanic and for...
Richard Dunaway
Sep 3, 2024
Richard Wayne Dunaway, 60, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024 at Aurora Health and Rehab in Columbus. Born in Lee County on November 26, 1964, he was a son to Rex Wayne Dunaway and Betty Jean Wilson Johnson. He grew up in Mooreville and he was Baptist. His hobbies included listening to music, old cars, and watching wrestling. He...
Nancy Downs Jackson
Sep 1, 2024
Nancy Louise Downs Jackson, 75, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2024 at NMMC in Tupelo. She was born in Collierville, TN on March 15, 1949 to the late Elbert William and Flora Gains Downs. Nancy was a graduate of Amory High School. She married Claude Jackson on June 28, 1969. Nancy worked in the area garment industry as a...
Pete Atkinson
Aug 23, 2024
After a long illness, noted area restauranteur, Pete Kimball Atkinson, passed away in the early hours of Friday, August 23, 2024 at his home. Born on October 15, 1946 in Laurel, MS, he was a son to Hal F. Atkinson, Sr. and Margaret McCormick Atkinson. He married the former Norma Lowe who preceded him in death less than a year...
Ocie Mae Haughton
Aug 22, 2024
Ocie Mae Graham Haughton, 84, passed from this life to life eternal on Thursday, August 22, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on July 1, 1940 in Choctaw County, AL and a daughter to Roy and Edna Sectcher Graham. The widow of James Haughton, she was a retired homemaker, who loved gathering with her family...
David Ford
Aug 19, 2024
David Clinton Ford, 73, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2024 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born in Monroe County on January 30, 1951 and was a son to Clinton Eldridge “Bud” Ford and Frances Boyd Sims. David lived many years in Yazoo City and before his retirement, he was a welder and farmer. A Baptist by...
Margaret McMullen Criddle
Aug 19, 2024
Margaret Ann McMullen Criddle, 71, passed away at her residence on Monday, August 19, 2024. She was born in Monroe County on November 28, 1952 to the late Warren and Mary Kate Seymore McMullen. Margaret was a graduate of Amory High School and also earned a degree in Health Information Technology. Margaret married Eddie Criddle on July 4, 1978. She...
Butch Sawyer
Aug 18, 2024
James Larry “Butch” Sawyer, 77, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Monroe County on February 28, 1947, he was a son to George and Mary Lureen Edwards Sawyer. Butch married the former Joan Childers on February 18, 1986 and prior to his retirement, he was a self-employed painting contractor. He...
Mickey McCullar
Aug 17, 2024
Mickey Dale McCullar, 45, passed away on August 17, 2024 at NMMC-Tupelo. He was born in Amory on November 16, 1978 to Dale and Glenda Oliver McCullar. Mickey grew up in Becker and attended Hatley School. As a young teenager, Mickey began working with his dad, Dale, hanging and finishing drywall. On September 26, 2020, Mickey married his girlfriend of...
Patsy Rider
Aug 12, 2024
Patsy Ann Rider, 76, passed away on Monday, August 12, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. Born on September 4, 1947 in Aberdeen she was a daughter to Charles Arubel Eula Mae Sheffield Edwards. Patsy had worked as a nurse, a beautician, and a bookkeeper prior to her retirement. She enjoyed fishing, cookouts, and bonfires.
No services are planned...
Sue Poss
Aug 2, 2024
Thelma Sue Poss, 62, passed away on August 2, 2024 in Amory. She was born on August 9, 1961 to Robert Earl and Lillian Myrl Stevens Reese. She lived in Amory and worked as a health care aide for many years.
She is survived by her parents, Robert and Lillian Reese; sister, Sheila Howard; daughter, Ladonna Howe; grandchildren, Justin, Maddie, Gave,...
E.J. Gregory
Aug 2, 2024
E.J. Gregory, 81, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2024, at his daughter’s home in Nettleton. Born in Smithville on December 17, 1942, he was the son of Joseph Edward and Parlie Mae King Gregory. He married the former Peggy Sizemore who preceded him in death. To know E.J. was to know a true outdoorsman. Knowing all the best places...
Ruth Funderburk
Jul 30, 2024
Ruth Funderburk, 92, passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at her daughter’s home in the Bartahatchie Community. She was born on February 10, 1933 in Monroe County to George Cleveland Law and Gladis Loriene Duke Law Miller. A graduate of Greenwood Springs school, she worked in the garment industry as a seamstress prior to her retirement. Ruth raised all...