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Dr. Banks Shepherd
Sep 27, 2023
Thomas Banks Shepherd, Jr.
August 6, 1934 — September 27, 2023
Aberdeen
Dr. Thomas Banks Shepherd, Jr., 89, of Aberdeen, MS died on September 27, 2023 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS after a brief illness.
He was born on August 6, 1934 in Lexington, MS, to parents Thomas Banks Shepherd and Grace Ashley Shepherd.
Banks graduated from Lexington...
Mary Frances Dahlem
Sep 27, 2023
Mary Frances Neal Dahlem, 77, passed away at the Care Center of Aberdeen on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. She was born in Aberdeen on February 9, 1946 to the late William Arthur Neal and Minnie Beulah Lockhart Neal. Mary retired from the area garment industry as a seamstress. She enjoyed fishing, yard sales and spending time with her family. She...
Karen Dias
Sep 26, 2023
Aberdeen- Ms Karen was born on 8-29-19 in Hackensack , New Jersey to Arthur Jones Sr. and Marion Skagg-Jones. She was the youngest of three children; brother Arthur Jr. and sister Linda "Linny" Jean. After graduating from Hackensack High School in 1968 her mother and father strongly encouraged her to marry or what we would call today an arranged marriage...
Robert C. "Bob" Jessup
Sep 23, 2023
Robert “Bob” C. Jessup passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 23, 2023 surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife, Linda Jessup of Aberdeen, and his children Kathy Scinto of Tipp City, OH, Jim and Ginny Jessup of Aberdeen, and Karen and Mike White of Canon City, CO. He is also survived by his grandchildren Lindsey Jessup...
Betty Jernigan
Sep 23, 2023
Betty Ann Rogers Jernigan, 80, passed away on Friday, September 22, 2023 at her residence. She was born on April 13, 1943 to Atwell and Qmilla McGill Rogers. She lived most of her life in the Nettleton area and worked at Reed’s Manufacturing before her retirement. He hobbies included fishing, going to church, and watching her hummingbirds. In addition, she liked watching games...
Minnie Nell Baggett Rea
Sep 22, 2023
Minnie Nell Baggett Rea, age 88, died Friday, September 22, 2023 at North MS Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born April 13, 1935 to William Isaac Boyd and Ethel O’Vera Clearmon Boyd in Hamilton, MS. She was a lifelong resident of Hamilton and dearly loved her community. Minnie Nell was a great cook and was often found delivering a cake...
Martha Jane Harris
Sep 20, 2023
Nettleton- Martha Jane (Hall) Harris, 80, passed away on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at her residence in Nettleton. She was born on February 12, 1943 in Lee County to parents Wesley Monroe Hall and Ruby (Warren) Hall. She was a seamstress, worked in several furniture factories. She and her husband owned Harris Grocery in Nettleton. She enjoyed playing bingo and...
Mary Cookie Pierce
Sep 18, 2023
Mary Frances “Cookie” Coker Pierce, 81, passed away on Monday, September 18, 2023, at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born in Amory on December 5, 1941, she was a daughter to W.L. and Margaret Patterson Coker. Graduating from Amory High School in 1959, she furthered her education at Mississippi State University and later at Delta State University. In 1961, she began working as...
Ellis Jaudon
Sep 16, 2023
Ellis Jaudon passed away Saturday, September 16, 2023 at his home in Greenwood Springs Mississippi. He was born in Quincy Mississippi October 4th, 1941. Ellis, whom his family affectionately called “Big Daddy,” will be remembered for his fierce love and dedication to his family.
Ellis is preceded in death by his parents, Clyde Jaudon and Audrey (Patterson) Jaudon, and...
Otto Eugene Miller II
Sep 14, 2023
Aberdeen- Otto Eugene Miller II, 57, passed away Thursday, September 14, 2023 at his residence in Aberdeen, MS. He was born on April 23, 1966 in Aberdeen to Martha Lou Parrish Miller and Otto Eugene Miller. He was a lifelong resident of Aberdeen.
Graveside services will be held at Oddfellows Rest Cemetery on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 2:00 PM...
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...
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