Obituaries
Bernice Tubb Simmons
Feb 14, 2014
Amory- Bernice Tubb Simmons died Friday, February 14, 2014 at Oak Tree Manor. Born December 15, 1927 in Hatley, she was a daughter of William “Uncle Bill “Moody Tubb and Susie Lee Carter Tubb. She married Harris Don Simmons in 1945. She attended Hatley School and was a graduate of Amory High School Class of 1946 where she was a...
Betty Dixon Mcafee
Feb 12, 2014
Wren – Betty Dixon McAfee, 72, died on Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on June 10, 1941, in Wren, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Josie Moss Dixon. Mrs. McAfee attended Wren School and graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1960. On June 12, 1960, she married Halbert McAfee. Before...
Jimmie Frances Cantrell Kennedy
Feb 11, 2014
Smithville – Jimmie Frances Cantrell Kennedy, 74, died on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on September 28, 1939, in Smithville, she was a daughter of the late Charles Edward & Frances Beatrice Lantrip Cantrell. Jimmie Frances was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1957. On February 9, 1958, she married Ira C....
Billy Bunch
Feb 9, 2014
Billy Bunch Pelham, Ala.--Kind-hearted and strong until the end, Billy Ray Bunch passed away at home in Pelham, Alabama on Sunday February 9th, 2014. Billy was born in Amory, Mississippi on August 5, 1931 to Grady and Maggie Williams Bunch. The third of six siblings, he developed a love for making things grow which was only surpassed by a deep...
Tommie Ritter
Feb 8, 2014
Amory, Miss.—Tommie Jean “Tinker” Edwards Ritter, 76, died on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at the Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born June 10, 1937 in Amory, she was a son of Lonnie and Buena Lyle Edwards. She was a graduate of Amory High School and she married Russell Ritter. Deeply devoted to her family, she enjoyed taking care...
Elmer Lee Rea
Feb 8, 2014
Elmer Rea Hamilton, Miss.—Elmer Lee Rea, 84, died on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at the Community Hospice Darlington Oaks in Verona. Born August 9, 1929 in Hamilton, he was a son of L.W. and Icey Bell Jones Rea. He married Ruby Lorene Hacker. Before his retirement, he worked as an electrician for International Harvester in Libertyville, IL. Guided by his...
Kenneth Wardlaw
Feb 7, 2014
Amory, Miss.—Kenneth Wayne Wardlaw, 58, died on Friday, February 7, 2014 at the UAB Hospital in Birmingham. Born June 15, 1955 in Kenosha, WI, he was the son of Gilbert and Vedie Kendrick Wardlaw. A 1975 graduate of Smithville High School, he also attended Itawamba Junior College. He married Sheila Taylor. A devoted husband, he cherished his time spent with...
Helen S. West
Feb 1, 2014
Amory – Helen S. West, 84, died on Saturday, February 1, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on August 10, 1929, in Humboldt, TN, she was the daughter of the late Luther Samuel & Ina Louise Hinson Summers. Mrs. West was a graduate of Newbern, TN, High School. After working for Shumpert Truck Lines, Mrs. West worked as the Amory...
David A. Browning
Feb 1, 2014
David Browning Amory, Miss.—David Allen Browning, 80, died on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at the Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born February 7, 1933 in Amory, he was a son of Basil G. and Juanita Chastine Howell Browning. He attended Hatley High School and he married Verma G. Irving. He later married Joyce Law. Before his retirement, he...
Laverne Haley Phillips
Jan 31, 2014
Amory – Vivian Laverne Haley Phillips, 74, died on Friday, January 31, 2014, at her residence under the care of Community Hospice. Born on October 8, 1939, in Memphis, she was the daughter of the late Johnnie Miller & Vivian Obedia Justice Haley. Mrs. Phillips moved to Amory in 1955 and graduated from Smithville High School. On June 20, 1964,...
David Lee Henry
Jan 31, 2014
Amory- David Lee Henry, 71, (formerly of Magnolia, TX) died Friday, January 31, 2014. Born April 19, 1942 in Jackson, MS, he was a son of the late Davis Gillespie and Lela Mae Lee Henry. He faithfully served his country in the United States Air Force and was later employed as a security guard. He was laid to rest at...
Lynn Farrar
Jan 29, 2014
Lynn Farrar Amory, Miss.—Dayton Lynn Farrar, 68, died on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at his daughter’s home in Murfreesboro, TN. Born June 19, 1945 in the Bigbee Community, he was a son of Dayton Lee and Christine Stanley Farrar. He was a graduate of Hatley High School and he owned and operated Lynn’s Standard Station in Hatley. Before his retirement...
Vivian Dyson
Jan 29, 2014
Vivian Dyson Amory, Miss.—Vivian H. Dyson, 95, died on January 29, 2104 at the Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Born November 17, 1918 in Water Valley, she was a daughter of James W. and Millie E. Higginbotham Hayles. She attended Water Valley High School and she moved to Amory in 1940 where she married Jute Dyson. She was a longtime...
Billy Ray Hall
Jan 28, 2014
Amory- Billy Ray Hall, 59, died Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at NMMC. Born April 9, 1954 in Hayti, MO, he was a son of Travis Hall, Sr. and Flossie Leona Woodward Hall. He married Margaret Sue Knight in 1975. A faithful man of God, he was a member and deacon at Faith Baptist Church and operated the sound equipment for...
Shelby Rinehart
Jan 27, 2014
Shelby Rinehart Smithville, Miss.—Shelby Jean Stanford Rinehart, 75, died on Monday, January 27, 2014 at her home. Born January 9, 1939 in Amory, she was a daughter of George G. and Nomie L. Suggs Stanford. She married Ellis Rinehart and she was a homemaker and worked in the garment industry. She enjoyed flowers, shopping, traveling, fishing, camping, and swimming. She...
Dorothy Mae Evans Smith
Jan 26, 2014
Amory- Dorothy Mae Evans Smith, 69, died Sunday, January 26, 2014 in Fulton. Born March 6, 1944 in Sledge, MS, she was a daughter of James Evans, Sr. and Annie Bell Knight. An honest, independent, and hard working lady, she believed in taking care of her family and had worked at Rosatoes of Tupelo, Bobby Brooks of West Helena, AR...
Harold Holloway Sr.
Jan 26, 2014
Amory- Harold “Sonny” Holloway, SR., 75, died Sunday, January 26, 2014 at NMMC in Tupelo. Born February 20, 1938 in Amory, he was the son of John Alvis and Clara Ethel Carter Holloway. He married Patricia Gunter October 4, 1958. A graduate of Itawamba Agriculture High School, he served his country in the Mississippi Army National Guard and was a...
Larry Dale Walden
Jan 24, 2014
Bubba Walden Amory, Miss.—Larry Dale “Bubba” Walden, 61, died on Friday, January 24, 2014 in Amory. Born March 30, 1952in Waukegan, IL, he was a son of Lawrence and Joy Bell Coker Walden. He was a graduate of Smithville High School and he married Melissa Medling. Graduating from lab technology school in Nashville, he worked for over 30 years as...
Janet Renfroe Raper
Jan 22, 2014
Madison, AL – Janet Renfroe Raper, 59, died on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at Huntsville Hospital. Born on August 28, 1954, in Hazelhurst, MS, she was a daughter of the late Melvin Ray and Helen Miller Renfroe. After finishing Nursing School at Grenada County Hospital, Janet worked as an LPN in Amory and Huntsville, leaving to become a stay-at-home mom....
Martha Jo Dabbs Haney
Jan 20, 2014
Amory- Martha Jo Haney, 75, died Monday, January 20, 2014 at NMMC. Born July 10, 1938 in Monroe County, she was a daughter of James Vardaman “JV” and Clara Mize Dabbs. She married William G. “Bill” Haney in 1960. A graduate of Becker school, she was employed at Amory Garment, Peoplelounger and Monroe County Shopper. She was a member of...
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