Obituaries

Bobby Camp Sr

Bobby Camp Sr

Dec 24, 2013

Amory, Miss.—Bobby Ray Camp, Sr., 64, died on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at his home. Born June 25, 1949, he was a son of Dannie and Nell Gray Camp. He was a 1967 graduate of Amory High School and he was married to Glenda Reed on June 13, 1967. Before his retirement, he was a welder for Babcock-Wilcox and he...

Thomas Roy Brown

Thomas Roy Brown

Dec 24, 2013

Philadelphia- Thomas Roy Brown, 41, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at his residence in Philadelphia. Born November 10, 1972 in Amory, he was a son of Roy Douglas and Dorothy Faye Pace Brown. He attended Becker and Hatley Schools, was of the Baptist faith and was employed as an auto body mechanic at Jones Body Shop in Philadelphia. A hard...

Billy Tate

Billy Tate

Dec 22, 2013

Billy R. Tate Amory, Miss.—Billy Roy Tate, 74, died on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at his home. Born July 21, 1941, he was a son of Roy and Velena Rusoe Tate. He married Irene Gilmore. Before his retirement, he was chief of security at True Temper Sports in Amory. Known as a conversationalist, he enjoyed visiting friends and family and...

Billie Gray

Billie Gray

Dec 22, 2013

Amory — Billie Gray, 88, died on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at his home. Born October 11, 1925 in Hatley, he was a son of William Robert “Bob” and Josephine Derrick Gray. He was married to Ruby Camp in 1949. Before his retirement he worked for 32 years for the Frisco Railroad and 1½ years for the BNSF Railroad. He...

Melba Edgil Nerren

Melba Edgil Nerren

Dec 20, 2013

Amory – Melba Edgil Nerren, 88, died on Friday, December 20, 2013, at her daughter’s residence in Brookshire, TX. Born on March 2, 1925, in Walker County, AL, she was a daughter of the late John and Cora Barbree Edgil. Mrs. Nerren grew up and attended school in Walker County, AL, and attended college in Texas. Working as a seamstress...

Geneva Yvonne Sanderson

Geneva Yvonne Sanderson

Dec 18, 2013

Yvonne Sanderson Hatley, Miss.—Geneva Yvonne Barnes Sanderson, 83, died on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born November 5, 1930 in Beaverton, Alabama, she was a daughter of Lonnie and Rozena Gibbs Barnes. She married Herbert Sanderson in 1948. She had worked as a doctor’s office receptionist and before her retirement, she worked...

Jackie Mcwhirter Dendy

Jackie Mcwhirter Dendy

Dec 16, 2013

Navarre, FL – Jackie McWhirter Dendy, 73, died on Monday, December 16, 2013, at Gulf Breeze Hospital. Born on September 30, 1940, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Orman Jackson and Mattie Ott McWhirter. Jackie was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1958. She worked as a legal secretary for Jack N. Thomas and retired...

Debbie Sloan

Debbie Sloan

Dec 15, 2013

Amory- Debbie Sloan, 57, died Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Gilmore Memorial Medical Center. Born January 5, 1956 in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Gene Chaney and Evelyn Capps Law. She attended Hatley School and was of the Pentecostal faith. Guided by her beliefs, she was a very selfless person; always putting the needs of others before...

Rabon D. Hathcock

Rabon D. Hathcock

Dec 15, 2013

Detroit, AL – Rabon D. Hathcock, 75, died on Sunday, December 15, 2013, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on October 23, 1938, in Splunge, he was a son of the late Braxton G. and Mattie Silas Hathcock. Rabon attended Smithville and Oak Hill schools. After 42 years of driving a truck, he retired from Janes Trucking, Guin, AL. Rabon also...

Jean Carlisle

Jean Carlisle

Dec 14, 2013

Becker — Caroline Jean Harvey Carlisle, 67, died on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at the UAB Hospital in Birmingham. Born December 4, 1946 in Tupelo, she was a daughter of James Clifford and Daisy Cockran Harvey. She graduated from Calhoun City schools and she married Billy Herbert Carlisle in 1994. She had worked for Penthouse Furniture Mfg. and she was...

Doris J. Knight

Doris J. Knight

Dec 14, 2013

Amory- Doris J. Knight, 76, died Saturday, December 14, 2013 at her residence in Amory. Born September 27, 1937 in Smithville, she was a daughter of Charlie Bailey and Dovie Stevens Kennedy. She married Hubert Knight in 1956. She attended Pine Grove School, was a member of Bigbee Baptist Church and worked at Wal-Mart in Amory for 17 years. A...

Richard Elden Krout

Richard Elden Krout

Dec 13, 2013

Amory- Richard Eldon Krout, 69, died Friday, December 13,, 2013 at his residence. Born October 22, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, he was a son of Harry R. and Mary Etta Conner Krout. A man of great intellect and a strong belief in God, he was passionate about studying religion. He also enjoyed in depth studies of ancient civilization, astronomy,...

Chris Coker

Chris Coker

Dec 13, 2013

SSG Chris Coker Amory, Miss.—SSG Christopher Neil Coker, 34, passed away on December 13, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after a courageous fight against cancer. Born February 15, 1979 in Amory, he was the son of Rex and Gloria Coker. A graduate of Amory High School, he attended ICC and the University of Mississippi. SSG Coker...

Cathy Lynn Redden

Cathy Lynn Redden

Dec 11, 2013

Becker- Cathy Lynn Willhite Redden, 44, died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at NMMC. Born November 29, 1969 in Amory, she was the daughter of Berlon and Irene Fowlkes Willhite. She married Joseph Redden in 1991. A graduate of Hatley High School, she was of the Baptist faith and was a sales associate in the Bakery at Wal-Mart in Amory. A...

Bro. Tommy Earl Whaley

Bro. Tommy Earl Whaley

Dec 11, 2013

Amory – Bro. Tommy Earl Whaley, 67, died on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at University of MS Medical Center. Born on March 14, 1946, in Columbus, he was a son of the late Lem and Dellie Mae Hanson Whaley. He went to New Hope High School and received his Bible degree from Liberty University. A Godly, loving and genuine man,...

Hermine Burnette

Hermine Burnette

Dec 8, 2013

Hermine Burnette Amory, Miss.—Hermine Estelle Wiygul Burnette, 97, died on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at the Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical in Amory. Born January 2, 1916 in Itawamba County she was a daughter of John and Effie Wallace Wiygul. She married James Lloyd Burnette and before her retirement, she worked as a seamstress in the garment plants. She enjoyed flower...

Louise Hester Wardlaw

Louise Hester Wardlaw

Dec 7, 2013

Amory - Louise Hester Wardlaw, 95, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Golden Living Center in Amory. Born March 12, 1918 in Monroe County, she was the daughter of Brodie and Carrie Brown Hester. She married Woodrow Wilson Wardlaw, who preceded her in death. Since July 2002, Golden Living, Amory was her home. She was a member of Cason Baptist...

Dorothy J. Betts - Stivala

Dorothy J. Betts - Stivala

Dec 6, 2013

Amory – Dorothy J. Betts-Stivala, 79, died on Friday, December 6, 2013, at her residence under the care of her loving daughter and Legacy Hospice. Born on March 3, 1934, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Edward C. “Tobe” and Edna Hazel Turner Betts. Mrs. Betts-Stivala was a graduate of Becker School. A caring and determined...

Larry Michael Vanhoozer

Larry Michael Vanhoozer

Dec 6, 2013

Amory- Larry Michael VanHoozer, 73, died Friday, December 6, 2013 at his residence in Amory. Arrangements are incomplete and and will be announced later by E.E. Pickle Funeral Home. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at eepicklefuneralhome.com.

Bessie Lou Gwin Radde

Bessie Lou Gwin Radde

Dec 5, 2013

Amory – Bessie Lou Gwin Radde, 96, died on Thursday, December 5, 2013, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on March 2, 1917, in Okolona, she was a daughter of the late Edward Tildon and Effie Grizzle Gwin. After graduating from Okolona High School, Mrs. Radde moved to San Francisco. She married Ted Radde in 1938. Working for the US...