Obituaries
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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