Obituaries

Wanda Scott

Wanda Scott

Dec 4, 2013

Wanda Scott Amory, Miss.—Wanda Pippin Scott, 55, died on Wednesday, December 04, 2013 at the Darlington Oaks Community Hospice in Verona. Born January 13, 1958 she was a daughter of James and Donna Stevens Pippins. A graduate of Booneville High School, she was a homemaker and she married John Scott. She attended Meadowood Baptist Church. Funeral services will be 2...

Doris Mcreynolds Price

Doris Mcreynolds Price

Dec 4, 2013

Amory – Doris McReynolds Price, 91, died on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on October 13, 1922, in Columbus, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Marvin and Frankie Virginia Chatham McReynolds. Living most of her life in Columbus, Mrs. Price was a long-time employee of First Columbus National Bank. Moving to Amory in...

Wayne Adams

Wayne Adams

Dec 3, 2013

Amory — Thomas Wayne Adams, 71, died on Tuesday, December 03, 2013, at the Golden Living Nursing Center in Amory. Born November 10, 1942, he was a son of Thomas Clayton and Georgia Marie Taylor. He attended Amory Schools and he married Peggy Wall. A man of faith, he was a member of Gregory Chapel Baptist Church and served as...

Linda Peggy Sain

Linda Peggy Sain

Dec 1, 2013

Rome, GA- Linda Peggy Sain, 70, died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, GA. Born March 12, 1943 in Tupelo, she was a daughter of Otis Burroughs and Burnette Spradling Bailey and Bud Bailey. \ She attended Hatley High School and was of the Baptist faith. A very kind, generous and loving lady, she always put...

Margaret Underwood

Margaret Underwood

Nov 30, 2013

Amory — Margaret Faye Dean Underwood, 74, died on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born August 27, 1939 in the Bigbee Community of Monroe County she was a daughter of Reldon and Ozelle Jones Dean. She attended Amory High School and she married Danny Underwood. She enjoyed collecting frogs and cookbooks and working...

Lillie D. Sanderson

Lillie D. Sanderson

Nov 29, 2013

Kenosha, WI - Lillie D. "Maw Maw" Sanderson, 98, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, November 29, 2013, at Magnolia’s. Lillie was born on October 20, 1915, to George and Nancy Jane (Wiggins) Derrick in Amory. Lillie, and her twin sister, Willie, were six weeks old when their father passed away. Their mother kept the...

Geraldine Thompson Gray

Geraldine Thompson Gray

Nov 29, 2013

Geraldine Gray Amory—Geraldine Thompson Gray, 80, died on Friday, November 29, 2013 at her home. Born January 24, 1933 in Hamilton, she was a daughter of Wade Hampton and Hattie Odessa Dye Thompson. She attended Becker schools and married William T. Gray. Before her retirement, she worked in the shipping department for Block Corp. She was a member of Trinity...

John Emanuel

John Emanuel

Nov 28, 2013

Amory — John Gordon Emanuel, Jr., a kind and loving Christian man, passed from this life to his heavenly life on Thursday, November 28, 2013 at his home after a long battle with a malignant brain tumor from 1987. Born February 14, 1954 in St. Louis, MO, he was the oldest child of John, Sr. and Joan Lamprecht Emanuel. Moving...

Johnny Easter

Johnny Easter

Nov 27, 2013

Amory – Johnny Clay Easter, 58, died on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at his residence. Born on January 18, 1955, in Sulligent, AL, he was a son of the late Charlie and Annie Kate Thompson Easter. Johnny attended Greenwood Springs and Hatley schools. Before becoming disabled, he worked as a mechanic. He was Baptist. Having a big heart, Johnny enjoyed...

Billy E. "Pete" Leech Sr

Billy E. "Pete" Leech Sr

Nov 26, 2013

Amory- Billy “Pete” E. Leech, 75, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at his residence. Born in Smithville July 15, 1938, he was the only child of Eugene and Gertrude Cruber Leech. He married Joyce Willene Stevens in 1957. A 1956 graduate of Smithville High School, he furthered his education at IJC and Mississippi State University, doing his undergraduate studies in...

Greeley R. Hensley

Greeley R. Hensley

Nov 23, 2013

Douglasville, GA—Greely Raymond Hensley, 94, died on Saturday, November 23, 2013 in Villa Rica, GA. Born May 1, 1919 in Smithville he was the son of Alvin and Nora Hensley. He married Barbara Ruth Tubb on January 15, 1946. He farmed cotton, soybeans, and watermelons and enjoyed vegetable gardening. He later worked in the area garment factories in Amory, Hatley,...

David Wayne Cox

David Wayne Cox

Nov 23, 2013

Amory- David Wayne Cox, 45, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at NMMC. Born in Amory January 8, 1968 he was a son of Joe C. Cox, Jr. and Louise Phillips Cox. Growing up he attended Amory School, was of the Baptist faith, worked in the area furniture plants, and also done construction work. Very outgoing, he never met a stranger,...

Sgm (Ret) Joseph C. "Joe" Spiers Iii

Sgm (Ret) Joseph C. "Joe" Spiers Iii

Nov 23, 2013

Amory – SGM (Ret) Joseph C. “Joe” Spiers, III, 69, died on Saturday, November 23, 2013, at his residence under the care of NMMC Hospice. Born on November 30, 1943, in Carriere, MS, he was a son of the late Joseph C. Spiers, Jr., and Rita Irene Tate Spiers. Moving as a child to the Dixie Community of Hattiesburg, Joe...

Ann Staub Halbert

Ann Staub Halbert

Nov 21, 2013

Amory- Ann Staub Halbert, 94, died Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. Born July 21, 1919 in Reform, AL, she was a daughter of Augustus Joseph and Marie Taylor Staub. Living most of her life in Amory, She was a graduate of Amory High School, attended MUW, and a member of First United Methodist Church. Very intelligent...

James Kenneth "J. K." Benton

James Kenneth "J. K." Benton

Nov 21, 2013

Hatley- Kenneth “J.K.” Benton, 86, went to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, November 21, 2013. Born in Hatley on Christmas Day in 1926, he was a son of W.J. and Margaret Florence Richardson Benton. A lifelong resident of Hatley, he graduated from Hatley High School and served the Lord as a deacon, Sunday School teacher and Superintendent at...

Reba Armstrong Blankenship

Reba Armstrong Blankenship

Nov 21, 2013

Amory, Miss.—Reba Christine Armstrong Glenn Blankenship, 93, died on Thursday, November 21, 2013, at her home. Born June 4, 1920, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of Paul Armstrong and Sally Humphries Armstrong Wright. She was a graduate of Smithville High School. She was married to Coy Glenn and then later married Charles Blankenship. Before her retirement for many...

Betty K. Rogers

Betty K. Rogers

Nov 20, 2013

Amory – Betty Kirkpatrick Rogers, 84, died on November 20, 2013, at River Place Nursing Center. Born on May 30, 1929, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Giles H. and Mary Katherine Humphries Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Rogers was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1947. On October 15, 1950, she married Hal T. Rogers, Jr. For...

Donald Gene Davis

Donald Gene Davis

Nov 19, 2013

Donald G. Davis Smithville—Donald Gene Davis, 76, died on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born June 13, 1937 in Okolona, he was a son of Gilbert and Jewel Gray Davis. He was a graduate of Becker Schools. Before his retirement, he worked as a carpenter and painter. Guided by his faith in God,...

Jimmie Little

Jimmie Little

Nov 16, 2013

Jimmie Little Smithville, Miss.—Jimmie Lou Horne Little, 83, died on Saturday, November 16, 2013 in Hot Springs, AR. Born April 6, 1930 in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of Relder V. and Ruby Jewell Anthony Horne. A 1948 graduate of Smithville High School, she was married to James Little in 1949. With a strong belief as Jesus Christ as...

James Kennedy

James Kennedy

Nov 15, 2013

James Kennedy Wren—James Edward Kennedy, 65, died on Friday, November 15, 2013 at his home. Born March 9, 1948 in Nettleton he was a son of London Calvin and Pearlie Lee Sullivan Kennedy. He attended Nettleton Schools and worked in landscape design for many years. He was an avid Pittsburg Steelers fan. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, November...