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Eric Wayne ” Magoo” McGarrh
Jan 3, 2019
Eric Wayne ” Magoo” McGarrh, 35, died Thursday, January 3, 2019, at his residence. He was born July 21, 1983, in Columbus, MS to Bernice McGarrh, Jr. and Shelia Bailey McGarrh. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County. He worked in the upholstery business for United Furniture.
Eddie Wayne Minor
Dec 29, 2018
Eddie Wayne Minor, 72, died Saturday December 29, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Aberdeen May 30, 1946 to Hershel Minor and Jean Williams. He was a life long resident of Aberdeen, MS. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and served two years in Vietnam. He was retired from the Mississippi Department of Transportation. He...
Eddie Wayne Minor
Dec 29, 2018
Aberdeen — Eddie Wayne Minor , 72, passed away on Saturday December 29, 2018, at residence in Aberdeen. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home – Aberdeen .
Thomas Ferrell Cunningham
Dec 29, 2018
Thomas Ferrell Cunningham, 95, died Saturday, December 29, 2018, at the Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen, MS. He was born in Detroit, Alabama to Thomas Cosby Cunningham and Mary Agatha Sanders Cunningham on February 2, 1923. He had resided in Aberdeen since 1973. He was a Veteran of World War ll. He was a Corporal in the Army Air Corps....
Walter Francis Dye
Dec 27, 2018
Walter Francis Dye, 80, died Thursday, December 27, 2018 at his residence in Aberdeen after a brief illness. He was born September 13, 1938 in Union County, MS to the late Gurney L. Dye and Christine Grissom Dye. He grew up in Ellistown, MS and graduated from Cedar Hill Highschool. He moved to Tupelo where he was employed by Comfort...
Janice Dianne Strickland
Dec 25, 2018
Janice Dianne Strickland passed away at her home on Tuesday, December 25, 2018. She was 63 years old. Her hobbies included camping and fishing and she shared a love for animals. Janice loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Janice was preceded in death by her father, J. L. Johnson and sister, Judy Johnson. She is survived by...
Hubert Leroy Guin
Dec 21, 2018
Hubert Leroy Guin, age 84, died Friday, December 21, 2018, at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory, MS. He was born August 29, 1934, in Monroe County to Clyde Guin, Sr. and Bessie Taylor Guin. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County. He was a retired truck driver for Merchants Truck Line. He was a charter member of the GMT...
Viola Hawkins Whitaker
Dec 21, 2018
Viola Hawkins Whitaker, 96, died Friday, December 21, 2018, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS. She was born August 12, 1922, in Hamilton to W.T. Hawkins and Dora Hawkins. She was a life long resident of Monroe County. She was a homemaker and affiliated with the Church of God. Survivors include two daughters Sarah Mattison (Winford) of Columbus...
Boyd Ray Boland, Sr.
Dec 20, 2018
Boyd Ray Boland, Sr., 82, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2018, at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory after an extended illness. He was born August 23, 1936, in Calhoun County to Ira Eugene Boland Sr. and Ida Bell (Hubbard) Boland. He lived most of his life in Nettleton and was a Baptist. He worked at Tecumseh Products and retired after...
Donny Joe (Joey) Edwards
Dec 15, 2018
Donny Joe (Joey) Edwards, 60, passed away suddenly Saturday, December 15, 2018, at North MS Medical Center. He was born on February 1, 1958, in Lee County to Joe Hollis and Mavis Joye McIntire Edwards. He had lived most all of his life in Lee County, was a 1976 graduate of Shannon High School, became a journeyman wireman for IBEW...
Julia ‘Judy’ Dahlem Cox
Dec 14, 2018
Julia ‘Judy’ Dahlem Cox, 59, passed away December 14, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born December 18, 1958, in Aberdeen, MS to Julius Dahlem and Hazel Atkins Dahlem of the Darracott community. Judy graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1976 and attended Itawamba Junior College in Fulton, Mississippi. She married Danny ‘Kevin’ Cox on January...
James L. (Sport) Dodds
Dec 7, 2018
James L. (Sport) Dodds, 59 died Friday, December 7, 2018, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. He was born November 19, 1959, in Fairbanks, Alaska to James Franklin Dodds and Kathryn Davis Dodds. He had lived in Aberdeen for the past five years. He was retired from the United States Air Force. He was a beloved husband, father,...
Woodie T. Taylor
Dec 5, 2018
Woodie T. Taylor, age 81, died Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. He was born November 17, 1937, to Woodie Taylor and Lillian West Taylor in Quincy, MS. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County. He was a 1955 graduate of White Haven High School in Memphis, TN. He was the United States Air Force...
Marlin Gene West, Sr
Dec 5, 2018
Hamilton — Marlin Gene West, Sr., 82, passed away Friday, December 07, 2018, at Care Center in Aberdeen.
Billy Joe Hester
Dec 3, 2018
Billy Joe Hester, 79, passed away Monday, December 3, 2018, at New Albany Health and Rehab Center in New Albany, MS after an extended illness. He was born in West Ridge, AR on February 6, 1939, to Carl and Addie (Raines) Hester. He had lived most of his life in Topeka, KS before moving to Nettleton, MS. He was a...
Canary Rebecca Gullick Howell
Dec 3, 2018
Canary Rebecca Gullick Howell, 98, of Hattiesburg died Monday, December 3, 2018, at Bedford Care. Mrs. Howell was the departmental secretary for the History Department Chair at the University of Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Whiteman Howell, Jr.; her parents, John and Lucy Gullick, Sr.; one sister, Lucy Myrtle Owen and four brothers, John M....
Frank Riley
Dec 2, 2018
Memory Frank Riley, 90, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2018, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Nettleton, he was born on November 18, 1928, in Itawamba County to Memory C. and Blanche Copeland Riley. He was a graduate of Nettleton High School, was employed by the railroad for three...
William Jason Jones
Nov 30, 2018
William Jason Jones, 32, passed away Friday, November 30, 2018, at his home in Nesbit, MS. Jason was a brilliant academic, a devoted husband, and a caring friend. He was a valued member of the University of Mississippi Writing Project, a professor at Northwest Community College, and head of the NWCC writing center. He made a difference in the lives...
Bettie Jewel Rodgers Phillips
Nov 28, 2018
Bettie Jewel Rodgers Phillips departed this life on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo at the age of 80. She was born to Andrew and Bettie Brazzell Rodgers on December 7, 1937, in Aberdeen, MS where she lived her entire life. On January 1, 1956, she married Jeff Phillips who passed away on December 29,...
Nanon Wynene Moore Jones
Nov 26, 2018
Nanon Wynene Moore Jones, age 82, died Monday, November 26, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Hospice in Columbus, MS. She was born November 2, 1936, to Pervy Moore and Wilma Smith Moore in Faulkner, AL. She was a graduate of Kennedy Alabama High School. She moved to Aberdeen in 1964. She was a member of Aberdeen Church of Christ. She...
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