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Peggy Jo Lakey
Dec 25, 2024
Nettleton- Peggy Jo (Nicholson) Lakey, 89, passed away on Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at Diversicare of Amory. She was born in Nettleton on September 15, 1935 to parents Wallace Nicholson and Gertrude (Holcomb) Nicholson . She was a longtime resident of Nettleton. She was a member of The Church of God of Prophecy in Amory. Peggy was an avid lover...
Margaret Mattox
Dec 23, 2024
Nettleton- Margaret Marie Horton Mattox, 90, passed away on Monday, December 23, 2024 at her residence in Nettleton. She was born in Itawamba County on August 27, 1934 to parents George Newman Horton and Lela Estelle Fowler Horton. She was a retired factory worker and homemaker. She was a member of the Sherman Pentecostal Church. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking,...
Hazel Morton Baulch
Dec 22, 2024
Nettleton- Hazel O. Morton Baulch died at her home on Sunday morning December 22, 2024 surrounded by her family. Hazel was born on January 1, 1943 to Lillie May Seymore Morton and Curtis Eugene Morton. She attended Nettleton High School and earned a cosmetology license which was a lifetime dream of hers. She worked for many years as a seamstress...
James "Poncho" Plaxico
Dec 21, 2024
James Runnell Plaxico, Jr., “Poncho,” 56, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2024. He was born on August 1, 1968 in Monroe County to James Runnell, Sr. and Edith Plaxico. He attended Aberdeen and Hamilton Schools and at an early age, he began working in the family plumbing business. Working around his dad, uncles, and cousins, he gained generations of...
Jimmie Nell Murff
Dec 13, 2024
Jimmie Nell Thompson Murff, 92, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2024, at her home in Amory. Born on February 27, 1932, she was a daughter to Kelso and Gertrude Pickle Thompson. Graduating from Hamilton High School in 1950, she worked in the garment industry, the Hamilton school cafeteria, and prior to her retirement she worked as a secretary to...
Jodie Ott
Dec 10, 2024
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved son, Jodie 'Peanut" Ott, who was taken from us too soon on December 10th, 2024 at the tender age of 26. Jodie was born June 30, 1998 in Vicksburg, MS. He grew up in Delta, LA and attended school in Tallulah, LA. Jodie was truly a kind hearted, loving person....
Robert William Schlicht
Nov 30, 2024
Nettleton- Robert William Schlicht, 74, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at the NMMC-Tupelo. He was born in Monroe County on March 29, 1950 to parents Robert C. "Fiddler" Schlicht and Betty (Christian) Schlicht. He was a lifelong resident of the Nettleton area. He was a retired farmer and minister. He attended Faith Outreach Church in Okolona. Robert loved...
Roger Gillentine
Nov 30, 2024
Roger Thompson Gillentine, 76, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on January 23, 1948 in Amory, he was a son to Orbie Leon and Martha Beatrice “Tootsie” Thompson Gillentine. He married the former Mary Barnes on December 23, 1965, and prior to his retirement, he was a truck driver for Bryan...
Zack Mixon
Nov 17, 2024
Zackery Lynn “Zack” Mixon, 39, passed away on November 17, 2024 in Lowndes County. Born on November 29, 1984, he was a son to Kelly Mixon and Linda Aimes. Zack worked in landscape maintenance; and he enjoyed music, his dogs and other animals, and working on cars. Zack knew the Lord and had peace and understanding of God in which...
Melvin Malone
Nov 14, 2024
Nettleton- Clifton Melvin Malone, 77, entered rest on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at the NMMC-Tupelo Hospice. He was born on April 2, 1947 at the Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi to Alpheus Clifton "AC" and Ruth Monaghan Malone. He was a member of the Nettleton Community Church. He presently resided in the Palmetto Community but had lived in Nettleton...
Linda Lee Anderson
Nov 14, 2024
Linda Lee Anderson, 79 passed away Thursday, November 14, 2024, at Garden Suites Assisted Living in Aberdeen, MS. She was born in Columbus, MS on May 10, 1945, to the late Burnell “Andy” Anderson and Margaret Turner Anderson. Linda Lee was a graduate of Aberdeen High School and a graduate of MS University for Women and worked for Delta Airlines...
Robbie Cantrell
Nov 10, 2024
Robbie Faye Boyd Cantrell, 69, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at Baptist Hospital in Columbus. She was born in Aberdeen on July 5, 1955 to the late Joe and Faye Neal Boyd. Robbie was a graduate of Hamilton High School and worked for 25 years at the Aberdeen Hospital. She married David Cantrell in 1992. Robbie was devoted...
Nancy McCollum
Nov 4, 2024
Nancy Ann McCollum, 69, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Lee County on February 3, 1955, she was a daughter to John and Catherine Humphries McCollum, and she was a graduate of Nettleton High School. Her career was spent in environmental services for hotels in Tupelo, but her greatest joy...
Carroll Gray
Nov 3, 2024
Carroll Allen Gray, 76, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center—Gilmore in Amory. He was born on December 20, 1947 in Itawamba County to Porter and Lorene Ross Gray. Carroll attended school in Dorsey and before retiring, he worked at several automobile repair shops in the area. He was a great mechanic and could fix...
Kaye Gibson
Nov 1, 2024
Nettleton- Sandra Katherine (Herring) Gibson, 70, passed away Friday, November 1, 2024 at her residence in Nettleton. She was born on December 31, 1953 in Lee County to parents Earl Bose Herring and Mary Jo (Weaver) Herring. She lived most of her life in the Nettleton area. Kaye was a retired teacher's assistant, librarian and bus driver for the Nettleton...
Martha Raley Buffington
Oct 31, 2024
Martha Frances Raley Buffington, 87, died October 31, 2024 at North Mississippi Medical Center following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Buffington was born in St. George, South Carolina to the late Charles Rembert and Martha Louise Appleby Raley and had lived in Aberdeen since 1948.
She graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1955 and attended Mississippi University for Women. She married Jim Buffington...
Lela Ann Pate
Oct 29, 2024
Lela Ann Pate, 73, passed away on October 29, 2024, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born on May 28, 1951, in Jackson, TN, she was a daughter to James Alvin Swindle, Sr. and Rachel Sue Jowers Smith. She grew up in Bells, TN and met and married Bennie Pate, and moved to the Aberdeen area. She retired from...
Rebecca Watson McClure
Oct 28, 2024
BELLEVUE, WA – Rebecca Watson McClure, 73, passed away Monday, October 28th at her residence in Bellevue, WA. She was born August. 9, 1951, to Lee Dale Watson and Laura Jackson Watson in Aberdeen, MS. Becky graduated from Aberdeen High School and Mississippi State University. She earned advanced degrees in mathematics and computer science at Millsaps College and the University...
Don Holloway
Oct 28, 2024
Don G. Holloway, 76, passed away on Monday, October 28, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus. Born on August 20, 1948, in Aberdeen, he was a son to the late Delmer and Nancy Cummings Holloway. He resided in Hamilton and was a 1969 graduate of Hamilton High School, and a U.S. Army veteran serving in Germany. He was...
Tommy Lee Hicks
Oct 22, 2024
Richmond, VA- Tommy Lee Hicks, 66, passed away on Tuesday, October22, 2024 at his sister's residence in Mantee, MS. He was born in Aberdeen , MS on May 31, 1958 to parents Bobby Lee Hicks and Gloria Jean (Hickman) Hicks. He was a high school graduate and attended college. Tommy was a proud Veteran of the United States Army, he...
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