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Elaine Fretwell
Feb 19, 2025
Rose Elaine Standford Fretwell, 71, passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2025 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on October 1, 1953 in Aberdeen to J.B. and Christine Ross Standford. She married Bobby Fretwell on February 28, 1969 whom she adored, and for 27 ½ years, she worked for the Aberdeen School District as a...
Billy Gene Parker, Sr
Feb 16, 2025
Nettleton-Billy Gene Parker, Sr., 70, passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2025 at the NMMC-Tupelo. He was born on June 16, 1954 in Monroe County, MS to parents Johnny Parker and Cora (Morris) Parker. He was a lifelong resident of the Nettleton area. He had worked as a carpenter. He was of the Pentecostal faith. He proudly served his country...
Doris Mask
Feb 12, 2025
Doris Mask, 69, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on October 28, 1955, in Lee County to London B. and Jessie Rea Lamb Kimble. She married Larry Mask and worked many years in the garment industry as a seamstress prior to her retirement. Doris loved gardening and working with...
Yvonne Buroughs
Feb 4, 2025
Nettleton- Vera Yvonne (Ratliff) Burroughs, 85, born to Trelvy & Leola (Montgomery) Ratliff on March 11, 1939 in MS. She received her ultimate healing on February 4, 2025. She married Jimmy Carroll Burroughs on February 8, 1955. They had two sons. She enjoyed doing word search puzzles, watching The Andy Griffith Show and sewing. One of her favorite pastimes was...
Helen Faye Sigh
Jan 31, 2025
Helen Faye Sigh died Friday, January 31, 2025. Graveside service will be Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Oddfellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, MS. Ms. Sigh was born on January 12, 1945, to the late Gifford Sigh and Marie Young Conwill. Survivors include one nephew William “Billy” Ray Sigh and one niece, Louise “Weezie” Sigh Horn, two great nephews,...
Johnnie Roberts
Jan 29, 2025
Johnnie Dewayne Roberts, 69, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at the AMG Specialty Hospital in Batesville. Born on March 2, 1955, he was a son to John T. and Eva Nell Holloway Roberts. He was a graduate of Hamilton High School and worked many years in the oil fields. He enjoyed fishing and family get-togethers.
Private family services in...
Lamar Pettigrew
Jan 29, 2025
Nettleton- Henry Lamar Pettigrew, 90, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at the NMMC-Tupelo. He was born in the Union Community on May 4, 1934 to parents Maurice Miller Pettigrew and Essie (Wallace) Pettigrew. He attended Nettleton School. Upon his graduation in 1953, he went to work as an assistant cost clerk at Day-Brite in Tupelo. During his 20...
Jimmy Turman
Jan 27, 2025
James Franklin “Jimmy” Turman was born December 22, 1940, and went to be with the Lord January 27, 2025. Jimmy was a very talented man who could do anything he set his mind to. Over the years he owned a country store, sold cars and real estate. He was in the steel building industry for many years. After retirement he...
Kenneth Wayne Thompson
Jan 26, 2025
Kenneth Wayne Thompson, 67, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at Baptist Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus. Kenneth was born on October 20, 1957 on the Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to the late Julian and Edna Mae Touchton Thompson. He was a graduate of Seminary High School in Seminary, MS where he earned several achievements....
Ricky Peters
Jan 20, 2025
Nettleton- Charles Ricky Peters, 67, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2025 at the NMMC-Tupelo. He was born in Kenosha, WI on July 1, 1957 to Tracy Peters and Betty Capps Peters. He lived most of his life in the Nettleton area. He was a retired carpenter and truck driver. He was of the Baptist faith. Ricky enjoyed cooking, gardening...
Richard McClain
Jan 16, 2025
Richard Benton McClain, 78, of San Jose, Il passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at Carle Health Pekin Hospital. Born August 16, 1946 in Peoria to Harold V. and Katherine (Armstrong) McClain, he married Julia “Judy” Dahlem on October 15, 1977 in Peoria. She survives.
Also surviving are one brother, Ron (Ann) McClain, one sister, Sue (Mike) Henry of Galesburg...
Ashley Britt
Jan 16, 2025
Ashley Joyce Dill Britt, 41, passed away from this life on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at her home in Pensacola, FL. Born on April 10, 1983, in Amory, she was a daughter to Donnie and Linda Dill. She graduated Hamilton High School in 2001 attended Itawamba Community College, Mississippi State University and earned an accounting degree from the Mississippi University...
Glenda Wilemon
Jan 15, 2025
Glenda Jean Hunter Wilemon, 82, passed away from this life on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at her home in Aberdeen. Born on December 3, 1942, in Aberdeen, she was a daughter to Grady and Addie Rhea Roberts Hunter. After graduating Aberdeen High School in 1960 she began working as a secretary for Senter and Patterson Law Firm and later at...
Annie Doris Nichols
Jan 13, 2025
Richmond Community- Annie Doris (Sullivan) Nichols, 94, passed away Monday, January 13, 2025 at The Meadows Nursing Home in Fulton, MS. She was born February 26, 1930 in Nettleton, MS to Mark and Tennie Page Sullivan. She lived most of her life in the Richmond Community where she was a homemaker. Annie loved sewing and collecting dolls.She was a longtime...
Leroy Jones
Jan 12, 2025
Leroy Ogden Jones, “Polecat”, age 80, passed away at home on January 12, 2025, after a seven-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was born February 5, 1944, to Mary Jackson and Guy Jones, Sr. and welcomed home by two brothers. His father having been a veteran of World War I, and being a war baby, he was named after a...
Winnie Poyner
Jan 11, 2025
Winnie Ruth Landreth Poyner, 87, passed away from this life on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at her residence in Houston. She was born on June 26, 1937, in Vardaman to Larkin Hartwell and Lavera Ruth Landreth. A 1955 graduate of Vardaman High School, she married James Lamar Poyner that same year. Prior to her retirement, she worked at Lane Furniture...
Shirley Whitlock
Jan 11, 2025
Shirley Jean Whitaker Whitlock,76, passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. She was born on March 5, 1948 in Monroe County to Clarence and Viola Hawkins Whitaker. She graduated from Hamilton High School, and she was a dog groomer for many years. She had a great passion for animals and rescued no telling how many...
Robert William Newman
Jan 10, 2025
Aberdeen- Robert "Bob" William Newman, 72, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2025 at his residence in Aberdeen. He was born in Mississippi on March 31, 1952 to parents Andrew Chester Newman and Eva Lee (Thaxton) Newman. He attended Aberdeen High School. He was of the Methodist faith. He worked as a control room operator for Conoco now know as...
Melford Ray Smith
Jan 9, 2025
Aberdeen- Melford Ray Smith, 76, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2025 at the NMMC-Tupelo. He was born on October 30, 1948 in Bay City, TX to Eulis Stanton Smith Jr. and Anita Ann Wilke Smith. He was a proud veteran and served in the United States Navy. Melford was highly educated and graduated from most all the major universities...
Billy McGhee
Jan 8, 2025
Billy Dean McGhee, 86, passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at his home. He was born on October 25, 1938, in Wren to Evans and Nora Elaine Brewer McGhee. Billy was a dairy farmer all his life and he worked many years at Comer Packing. He was an avid horseman and worked as a farrier for the public. He...
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