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Edna Peterson
Sep 10, 2023
Edna Pearl Ballard Peterson, 88, passed away on Sunday, September 10, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on January 6, 1935 in Aberdeen to Fank Logan and Annie Ellen Cleveland Ballard. She attended Aberdeen Schools and she was a homemaker. She later worked for Marriott Food Services and she enjoyed quilting, sewing, and flower gardening. She had a...
David Lee Walters, Jr.
Sep 9, 2023
David Lee Walters, Jr., 68, passed away on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital—Golden Triangle in Columbus. Known as “Pop” to his family, he was a life-long resident of Monroe County born on December 3, 1954, to David Lee, Sr., and Annie Katherine Byrd Walters. David Lee attended Greenwood Springs and Hatley schools and he married the former Pam Lawrence...
Thomas Randle Anderson
Sep 7, 2023
Aberdeen- Thomas Randle "Randy" Anderson, 71, passed away on Thursday, September 7, 2023 at his residence in Aberdeen. He was born in Pontotoc County on March 19, 1952 to parents Thomas Troy Anderson and Robbie Nell (Stacy) Anderson Johnson. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County. He was a retired butcher and meat department manager at Big Star in...
Louise Rowell
Sep 7, 2023
Mary Louise Nash Rowell, 96, passed away on Thursday, September 7, 2023 in Aberdeen. She was born on April 21, 1927 in Aberdeen to the late Jesse James Nash and Irene Guest Nash. Louise attended Aberdeen School and married Dow B. Rowell on December 7, 1946. She worked in the area garment industry and retired as a supervisor from Sharp...
Nancy Senter Williams
Sep 3, 2023
Aberdeen- Nancy Louise (Senter) Williams, 86, passed away on September 3, 2023 at NMMC-Gilmore in Amory. She was born on September 20, 1936 in Fulton, MS to parents Lyonel Thomas Senter, Sr and Eva Lee Jetton Senter. She married Archie Eugene “Gene” Williams in 1953. In her early years she was told she would never have children, but the Lord had other...
Jim Buffington
Sep 1, 2023
Aberdeen -- Services for James Dowell (Jim) Buffington, 87, who died Friday, Sept. 1 at River Place Nursing Center in Amory, will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home in Aberdeen, Miss. with Rev. Lannis May officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Alan Gurley, Neil Hilliard, Steve Ellis, George Provias, Nick Valsamakis, Chris...
Tony Riley
Aug 29, 2023
Nettleton- James Anthony Riley known by family and friends as Tony or "T.R." or just simply Riley, 53, passed away on August 29, 2023. He was born on March 12, 1970 in Tupelo, MS to parents William H. "Bill" and Janice "Jan" Waycaster-Riley. Tony was a free spirit who lived life to the fullest. There is no way to describe...
Charles Pennington
Aug 27, 2023
Charles Larry Pennington, 75, passed away on Sunday August 27, 2023, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born in Itawamba County on May 30, 1948, to Charles Overton Pennington and Margie Faye Pennington. He was a lifelong resident of the Nettleton area and worked in the Furniture Industry. He was Methodist by faith and in his...
Avis Hanna
Aug 25, 2023
Avis Lou Houston Hanna, 67, passed away on Friday, August 25, 2023 at her residence. She was born on February 20, 1956 to Wayne B. and Zula Maye Breeden Houston. She lived in the Shannon area for the past 30 years and she loved to cook, read, spend time with her grandchildren, and write poetry. She was Baptist by faith.
No services...
Edith Faye Harrington
Aug 25, 2023
Faye Harrington, age 88, died Friday, August 25, 2023, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS. She was born August 20, 1935 to Steven Logan and Katie Lou Taggert Logan in Hamilton, MS. She graduated in the class of 1953 from Hamilton High School as class valedictorian. Faye was preceded in death by her loving husband, Henry Clayton...
Christopher Bivens
Aug 24, 2023
Christopher Neal Bivens, 36, passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on August 18, 1987 in Lee County, he was a son to Terry Neal Bivens and Cindy Kimble Morris. Before becoming disabled, he installed flooring and he was Baptist by faith. Christopher enjoyed fishing, riding four wheelers, and spending time with his family and...
Brenda Sue White
Aug 24, 2023
Aberdeen- Brenda Sue (Thaxton) White, 78, passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2023 in Amory. She was born in Aberdeen,MS on October 15, 1944 to parents Curtis Thaxton and Juanita (Gann) Thaxton Jones. She was a lifelong resident of Aberdeen. Before her retirement she was a seamstress. She enjoyed playing video games. Brenda dearly loved her family and she...
Libby Rooks
Aug 19, 2023
Olivia Carolyn "Libby" Rooks, 71, passed away at Baptist Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus. She was born on February 7, 1952 in Aberdeen to the late Acker and Iladean Berry Lackie. Libby was a graduate of Aberdeen High School and was married to Tony Rooks. A lifelong resident of Monroe County, she worked a number of years at Gilmore Memorial...
Johnnie Little
Aug 18, 2023
Johnnie Ray Little, 52, passed away on Friday, August 18, 2023 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. He was born on March 19, 1971 in Aberdeen to James Augustus "Henry" and Patricia McCollum Little. John grew up in the Coontail Community and he was a self-employed electrician and an exceptionally skilled musician who loved to play guitar. He loved doing mechanic work and...
Juanita Davis
Aug 17, 2023
Juanita Helen Davis, 84, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at her home. Born in Caledonia on July 23, 1939, she was a daughter to Cephas and Velma Purser Pounders. She grew up in Lepanto, AR and later moved to Monroe County. Before her retirement, she worked in the garment industry, the cotton gin, and she also sat with the elderly. She is...
Glenda Faye Finley
Aug 17, 2023
Glenda Faye Wardlaw Finley 81, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at Sanctary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born on October 7, 1941 to Howard and Ovie Cook Wardlaw. She lived most of her life in Nettleton and she was a homemaker. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church in Nettleton.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m....
Brac Wright
Aug 16, 2023
Brac David Wright, 39, passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 in Monroe County. He was born in Tupelo on March 2, 1984 to Buck Wright, Jr. and Kathy Walters Faulkner. A lifelong resident of Monroe County, he attended Hamilton Schools and worked as an operator for the Donald Smith Co. in Shannon. When he was younger, he liked to ride horses and...
Etta Charlene Presley
Aug 13, 2023
Nettleton/Palmetto- Etta Charlene Presley, 74, passed away on Sunday, August 13, 2023 at her sister's residence. She was born in Yalobusha County on September 24, 1948 to parents Hershel Eugene Presley and Metrie Jones Presley. She was a lifelong resident of Nettleton and the Lee County area. She loved her dolls and she enjoyed coloring. She attended Verona Church of...
Rodney Riley
Aug 5, 2023
Rodney M. Riley, 63, passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born on March 25, 1960 to Paul M. and Frances Parham Riley. A lifelong resident of the Nettleton and Carolina Communities, he was a member of the Carolina Community Church. Prior to his retirement, he was an inspector for the Mississippi Department of...
Billie Sue Long
Aug 2, 2023
Billie Sue Long, was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the only child of John and Maudie Sadler. As a child she lived in Little Rock, Arkansas and Jackson, Mississippi until her family moved to her grandmother’s farm located halfway between Bruce and Houlka in Calhoun County. She credits her grandmother, Esther Collums as the greatest spiritual influence in her life....
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