Obituaries
Hilda Brasher Cline
Jun 14, 2024
Hilda Elizabeth Brasher Cline, 76, passed away in the early hours of Friday, June 14 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.
Hilda was a graduate of Pineville High School, Pineville, LA, and Northwest Junior College, Senatobia, MS. While attending Northwest she was active in theater and played the roles of “Baroness” in The Sound of Music and “Annie” in...
Carroll Moffett
Jun 12, 2024
Carroll Moffett, 82, passed away at his residence in Amory on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Carroll was born on March 31, 1942 in Becker.
Services for Carroll were private. A memorial service is being planned for a later date.
Donations in Carroll's memory may be given to: Rocky Ridge Refuge PO Box 105 Midway, AR 72651 or https://rockyridgerefuge.com/
Marshall Eubanks, Sr.
Jun 12, 2024
Marshall Eubanks, Sr., 83, passed away on Wednesday morning June 12, 2024 at his home in the Cason Community.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at Cleveland-Moffett Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Easter Cemetery in Greenwood Springs.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home.
Condolences may...
Bonnie Joe Coker
Jun 9, 2024
On the evening of June 9, Bonnie Joe (B.J.) Coker took his last breath on earth to draw his first breath in that glorious place he had thought and dreamed of and longed to be—Heaven. Born on December 15, 1936, he was the only child of Bonnie Houston and Ellie Duncan Coker. Always encouraging to others with his smiles...
James "Buddy" Chism
Jun 4, 2024
James "Buddy" Chism, 85, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. He was born on September 9, 1938 in Monroe County to the late Harry and Reba Sanders Chism. Buddy married Mavis Griggs in 1958. Buddy worked for years as a mechanic. He was also a heavy equipment operator and owned his own roofing company....
Earnestine Roberts
Jun 3, 2024
Earnestine Roberts, 85, passed away on Monday, June 3, 2024, at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born on May 19, 1939, she was one of the three daughters of Will and Flora Bailey Gray. In her early working years, she was at Wilson Mfg. before returning to cosmetology school. A graduate of Vaughan’s Beauty College, she began a 40-year career...
Mary Bryson
Jun 1, 2024
Mary Lou Cantrell Langford was born Feb 12, 1941, in Monroe County, Mississippi, and died on June 1, 2024. She was Formerly of Amory, Mississippi, and most recently a resident of Overland Park, Kansas, for the past 14 years. Mary Lou was the eldest child in a family of 5 siblings. As the eldest, Mary Lou put family responsibilities first....
Johnny B. Baxter
May 31, 2024
Johnny B. Baxter, 81, passed away Friday, May 31, 2024 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. He was born on December 15, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri to the late Herbert Henry Baxter and Florence Stokes Baxter. Johnny grew up in Blytheville and was a graduate of Blytheville High School. He married the former Judy Young in 1962. Johnny's entire working...
Dale Howell
May 28, 2024
Roy Dale Howell, 89, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on March 18, 1935 in Amory, he was a son to A.H. and Lorett Tubb Howell. Dale was a 1954 graduate of Amory High School where he was part of Little Ten Champions in basketball and track. He married the...
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...
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