Obituaries
Merle Justice Vaughan
Jun 13, 2014
Amory – Merle Justice Vaughan, 97, died on Friday, June 13, 2014, at Golden Living Center, Amory. Born on September 18, 1916, in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of the late Arch C. and Lenora Weaver Justice. Mrs. Vaughan attended Hatley High School. On December 24, 1933, she married Herbert Vaughan. Before becoming a homemaker, she worked as a...
Charles Ray Howard
Jun 13, 2014
Carolina Community – Charles Ray Howard, 77, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 13, 2014, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on December 30, 1936, in Lamar County, AL, he was a son of the late John T. and Bessie Griffin Howard. Ray attended Kennedy High School. On March 22, 1960, he married Dovie Katheryne...
Madgie 'Peggy' Marie Thunderburk
Jun 10, 2014
Amory – Madgie “Peggy” Thunderburk, 85, died on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at Golden Living Center. Born on September 14, 1929, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Joda and Burdie Tate Bullock. Mrs. Thunderburk attended Hatley High School. A homemaker, she worked in housekeeping at Golden Living Center, as a seamstress in the garment industry, and was...
Tony Lyn Gray
Jun 5, 2014
Leighton, AL – Tony Lyn Gray, 41, died suddenly on Thursday, June 5, 2014, at his residence. Born on September 8, 1972, in Amory, he was a son of the late Charlie Lyn and Juanita Vick Gray. Tony attended Becker School and Hatley High School. Very talented as a roofer and carpenter, he owned A-1 Roofing. Tony was of the...
Raymond L. Barnett Sr.
Jun 5, 2014
Carolina Community – Raymond L. Barnett, Sr., 80, died on Thursday, June 5, 2014, at North MS Medical Center. Born on November 28, 1933, in Tuscaloosa, AL, he was a son of the late Marlin Ellis and Lena Mae Dodd Barnett. Living in Missouri, Florida, and Illinois, Mr. Barnett moved to the Carolina Community in 1990. He was a farmer...
Rebecca Ann Prater
Jun 4, 2014
Amory – Rebecca Ann “Becky” Jones Prater, 67, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on October 7, 1946, in Hazard, KY, she was a daughter of Bernadine Combs Maloney and the late Bud Jones. Becky attended schools in Hazard, KY. Moving to Amory four years ago to be closer to her sister,...
Earline Brock- Gilmore
May 30, 2014
Amory – Earline Ritter Brock-Gilmore, 87, died on Friday, May 30, 2014, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on January 25, 1927, in Bigbee, she was a daughter of the late Robert Howard and Madgie Malinda Ann Harris Ritter. She attended Bigbee Schools. On August 24, 1945, she married James Herman “Pete” Brock, who passed away on March 20,...
Kenny Bruce Tubb
May 29, 2014
Peppertown – Kenny Bruce Tubb, 60, died suddenly on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Fulton. Born on November 21, 1953, in Amory, he was a son of Dan Tubb and the late Clara Cain Tubb. Kenny attended Hatley High School and served in the US Army during Vietnam. He grew up in the Hatley Primitive Baptist Church. He married Machelle...
Douglas R. Tubb
May 28, 2014
Amory – Douglas R. Tubb, 90, died on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at his residence. Born on April 1, 1924, in Monroe County, he was a son of the late Carlos and Verlie Ritter Tubb. After graduating from Hatley High School, Class of 1942, he joined the US Navy where he was a Seabee, serving in World War II. Receiving...
Kathy Cox Cadden
May 27, 2014
Amory - Kathy Cox Cadden, 51, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC after an extended illness. Born on February 5, 1963, in Amory, she was the daughter of Arvella Majors Cox and the late Bert Cox. Until becoming disabled, Kathy was the School Business Administrator for Amory City Schools. She was a 1981 honor graduate of...
Martha Cowley
May 27, 2014
Aberdeen – Martha Mae Cowley, 70, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at Pioneer Hospital. Born on December 24, 1943, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Willie Allen McCullar. Martha attended Pine Grove and Nettleton Schools. She was a member of New Hope Church of Christ. With life centered on her faith, family and...
Victor Stanford
May 26, 2014
Amory – Victor Harold “Bubba” “Sonny” Stanford, 78, died on Monday, May 26, 2014, at his residence. Born on June 13, 1935, in Amory, he was a son of the late William Archie Stanford, Sr., and Jewel Nix Stanford. Mr. Stanford attended Trace Road, Amory and Shannon schools and the University of Mississippi for one year. He honorably served in...
Sue Watson Riley
May 26, 2014
Lakeland, FL – Sue Watson Riley, 86, died on Monday, May 26, 2014, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL. Born on October 28, 1927, in Mantachie, she was a daughter of the late Tremon C. and Ruby Cummings Watson. Mrs. Riley was a graduate of Itawamba Agricultural High School, Class of 1945. She retired after several years of service...
Lee Thompson
May 25, 2014
Smithville – Lee Thompson, 16, died on Sunday, May 25, 2014, in Smithville from injuries received in a four-wheeler accident. Born on May 5, 1998, in Amory, he was a son of Clay Thompson and Rana Capel. Lee attended Smithville School and was looking forward to reporting to Camp Shelby to finish his GED and join the US Army. A...
L. C. Moore
May 25, 2014
Alabaster, AL – L. C. Moore, 78, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 25, 2014, at his residence. Born on April 28, 1936, in Tupelo, he was a son of the late Floyd Lemuel and Allie Mae Dodson Moore. Mr. Moore was a graduate of Itawamba AHS, IJC, and attended Mississippi State University. On January 9, 1954,...
Jewell Palmer Mcdaniel
May 22, 2014
Columbus - Jewell Palmer McDaniel, died on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on April 13, 1925, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Curtis L. and Fleeta Wood Palmer. Mrs. McDaniel attended Becker School. She married Leo G. “Mac” McDaniel and worked as a shipping and receiving clerk for Amory Garment and...
Ken 'Peat' Edge
May 17, 2014
Smithville – Ken “Peat” Edge, 33, died on Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Smithville. Born on July 29, 1980, in Amory, he was a son of Donald and Dessie Maxey Edge. Ken was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1998. Good with his hands and mechanically inclined, he worked as a screen printer with his family as well...
Jessie "Bug" Patterson
May 16, 2014
Amory - Jessie "Bug" Ridings Patterson, 88, died on Friday, May 16, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on March 16, 1926, in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Jessie Kendrick Ridings. Growing up in Bigbee, Mrs. Patterson attended Bigbee School. She married Coy G. Patterson on March 3, 1945 in Hatley....
Roger Ausborn
May 16, 2014
Amory – Roger Ausborn, 61, died on Friday, May 16, 2014, at Golden Living Nursing Home, Tupelo. Born on September 26, 1952, in Kenosha, WI, he was a son of the late Clinton Ausborn and Neile Ruth Ausborn Arnold. He is survived by his brothers, Michael and Kenneth Ausborn of Amory; sister, Sheila Camp, Amory; niece, Cynthia Ausborn, Amory; and...
Bobby Jean Stegall
May 15, 2014
Amory – Bobby Jean Tubb Stegall, 82, died on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at The Windsor Place, Columbus. Born on July 19, 1931, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Russell J. Tubb, Sr., and Grace Hill Tubb. Mrs. Stegall was a graduate of Becker High School, Class of 1948 - 1949. Working as a nurse’s aide, she...
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