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Charles T. Burks
Jul 16, 2018
Charles T. Burks, age 79, died Monday, July 16, 2018 at his residence in Lackey. He was born January 29, 1939 to Millard Burks and Velma Young Burks. He was a life long resident of Monroe County where he was a National Guard Veteran, self-employed farmer and heavy equipment operator. He was a graduate of Hamilton High School.He was preceded...
Elizabeth Inez “Dolly” Thompson
Jul 16, 2018
Elizabeth Inez “Dolly” Thompson, age 98, died Monday, July 16, 2018 at River Place Nursing Center in Amory. She was born May 25, 1920 to Earnest Bray and Zella Carter Bray Steele in Clay County. She lived most of her life in Aberdeen where she was a Homemaker. She was a graduate of Prairie School. She was a member of...
Jean Gallop Thompson
Jul 12, 2018
Jean Gallop Thompson, 77, passed away July 12, 2018, at the North Mississippi Medical Center – Hospice in Tupelo, MS. She was born June 18, 1941, to J.D. and Polly Gallop, of Wren. She married Buddy Thompson in 1959.A graduate of Amory High School ’59 and a resident of Aberdeen all her adult life, she was a loyal and beloved...
Opal Stevens Wilemon
Jul 12, 2018
Opal Stevens Wilemon, born September 25, 1925 in Itawamba County to Clyde and Bulah Stevens passed away on July 12, 2018 at the Monroe County Hospital. She is survived by sons Dale (Glenda) Wilemon of Aberdeen, MS, Ernie (Cynthia) Wilemon of Fulton, MS., Don (Shirley) Wilemon of St. Cloud, FL., and a daughter Mitzi Wilemon of Columbus, MS.; eight grandchildren,...
Verna Ruth Edwards Payne
Jul 11, 2018
Verna Ruth Edwards Payne, 86, passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at her daughter’s residence in Nettleton after an extended illness. She was born on April 3, 1932 in Monroe County to Jesse and Bell Cantrell Edwards. She was a lifelong resident of Monroe County, a seamstress, and a member of Central Grove Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading her...
Mary Vann Houston
Jul 7, 2018
Mary Vann Houston, age 88, died Saturday, July 7, 2018 at her residence in Aberdeen. She was born October 10, 1929 to William Elijah Davis and Lillie Maud Brown Davis in Hattisburg, MS. She lived in Aberdeen since 1949 where she was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen. She was a homemaker and worked with her husband with...
Abigail Hope West
Jul 3, 2018
Abigail Hope West, 21, died Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at the UMCC Medical Center in Jackson, MS. She was born in Columbus, MS. to Georgia Michille Medlin West and Ronald Douglas West, Jr. She was a lifelong resident of Monroe County. She was the receptionist for Massage Envy in Jackson. She was a member of Life Church in Columbus and...
Evelyn Faye Brewer
Jun 28, 2018
Evelyn Faye Brewer, 78, died Thursday, June 28, 2018 at her residence. She was born in Amory, MS. to Mareet Allred Smith and Grady Smith. She was a life long resident of Monroe County. She retired from True Temper after twenty three years. She was affiliated with the Pentecostal Church. Survivors include one son Mitchell Brewer (Darlene) of Caledonia, MS;...
Geraldine Smith Rowell
Jun 21, 2018
Geraldine Smith Rowell, age 73, died Thursday, June 21, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. She was born September 16, 1944 to Leon Smith and Pamelia Lewis Smith in Amory, MS. She lived the past 50 years in Aberdeen where she was a member of Grace Chapel Baptist Church. She worked as a seamstress 20 years, and as office manager...
Christopher Jay Kelso
Jun 20, 2018
Christopher Jay Kelso, age 39, died Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at the Medical Center of Aurora in Colorado. He was born May 1, 1979 to Glynn Kelso and Debbie Blankenship Kelso in Amory, MS. He lived most of his life in Monroe County where he was a graduate of Hamilton High School and a member of Southside Baptist Church. He...
FT. LAUDERALE, FL John Robert Butler Ill
Jun 17, 2018
FT. LAUDERALE, FL John Robert Butler Ill, (Johnny/Gemini Aviance) died on June 17, 2018, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida at the age of 44.Johnny is survived by his mother, Ann B. Buchanan and her husband, Jeffrey D. Buchanan; his father John Robert Butler Jr. and partner Janet Townsend; his sister Wendi Butler Lucas; and his nephew Tyler Lucas and his wife...
Hilda Honeycutt Rye
Apr 24, 2018
Hilda Honeycutt Rye, 72, died Tuesday, April 24th at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory, MS. She was born February 3, 1946 in Monroe County to Ellihue Honeycutt and Lucille White Honeycutt. She resided in Monroe County all of her life. She was a seamstress for Penthouse Furniture and a Homemaker. She was a Baptist. Services will be Friday, April 27th...
Billy Joe Cook
Apr 19, 2018
AMORY/NETTLETON – Billy Joe Cook, 74, died Thursday, April 19, 2018, at Diversicare of Amory after an extended illness. He was born on December 23, 1943 in Nettleton to Charles Olen and Alma Gertrude Hill Cook. He was a native of Nettleton, a retired lead man at Day Brite Lighting in Tupelo, & was a Pentecostal. He loved to play...
Norma Reeves Berry
Apr 14, 2018
BARTAHATCHIE COMMUNITY – Norma Reeves Berry was born January 11, 1938 in Bartahatchie Community to Perry Jackson Reeves and Hettie Pearl Mitchell Reeves and passed away April 14, 2018. She was a graduate of Hamilton High School and Salutatorian of her class. She attended I.J.C. at Fulton, MS. She married Charles Adrian Berry on May 12, 1961. She was a...
Kathryn Maureen “Kitty” Smith
Apr 13, 2018
WREN COMMUNITY – Kathryn Maureen “Kitty” Smith, 74, entered into her eternal home on Friday, April 13, 2018 at North MS Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born on June 22, 1943 in Gastonia, N.C. to David Clemmett Parker and Geraldine Perry Gunnells. She had lived most all of her life in Wren and Mantachie, was a medical...
Donnie Gene West
Apr 13, 2018
ABERDEEN – Donnie Gene West, age 71, died Friday, April 13, 2018 at his residence in Aberdeen. He was born July 1, 1946 to Eron West, Sr. and Betty Gann West in Hamilton, MS. He lived in Wisconsin before moving back to Monroe County. He attended Kenosha High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He worked as self employed Brick Mason.Services will...
Jewelene Hollis Ross
Apr 10, 2018
BARTAHATCHIE COMMUNITY – Jewelene Hollis Ross, age 96, died Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at her daughter’s residence in Bartahatchie. She was born in Vernon, Alabama. She lived most of her adult life in the Bartahatchie Community where she was a homemaker. She was an active volunteer in the community and a 4-H Leader. She was honored with a 60 year...
James Horace Finley
Mar 26, 2018
WREN – James Horace Finley, 89 died Monday, March 26th at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born on September 27, 1928 in Wren to Frank Finley and NannieMae Ashcraft Finley. He was a lifelong resident of Wren, a graduate of Wren High School and a member of Tranquil Methodist Church in Wren. He served in the United...
Ann Hill
Mar 14, 1935
Ann W. Hill, 86, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on March 14, 1935 in Ohio to Ira and Mary Opal Leis Wilkins. For many years, she worked in the garment industry as a seamstress. She was of the Pentecostal faith and she enjoyed working in her yard, gardening,...
Mary Louise Nolen Cummings
Feb 2, 1927
Mary Louise Nolen Cummings born February 2, 1927, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, J. N. Cummings, and 2 sons-in-law, A.G. Covin and Joe Wright.She Is survived by three children; Jerry (Donna), Carol Wright, and Jeanie Covin. She is also survived by her grandchildren; Richie Wright ( Audra), Camie...
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