Obituaries
Paul David Stafford
Jul 28, 2012
David Stafford Wren Paul David Stafford, 50, died on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at his home. Born March 6, 1962, he was a son of Lewis Paul and Helen Lucile Smith Stafford. A graduate of Zion Benton High School in Zion, Ill., he enjoyed working with computers. He also enjoyed vegetable gardening and he attended the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s...
Estelle W. Ray
Jul 25, 2012
Amory - Estelle W. Ray, 90, died on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Born on November 4, 1921, in Tennessee, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Nora Prestridge Worthy. Mrs. Ray attended Verona Schools. In October 1939, she married Leonard C. Ray. After several years of working as a seamstress at Amory Garment, she...
Mary Eleesia Hughes
Jul 25, 2012
Amory – Mary Eleesia Hughes, 99, died on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Born on September 22, 1912, in Abbeville, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Ella Odom Hughes. She was a member of the Smithville Class of 1937. After graduation, she began to work for Amory Garment Company as a floor lady for...
Raymond Earl Tribble
Jul 23, 2012
Amory – Raymond Earl Tribble, 74, died on Monday, July 23, 2012, at North MS Medical Center. Born on February 12, 1938, in Greenwood Springs, he was a son of the late Harold and Velora Brown Tribble. Raymond was a graduate of Greenwood Springs High School, Class of 1957. He honorably served in the United States Air Force. After 33...
Opal F. Moffett
Jul 23, 2012
Smithville - Opal Coker Frederick Moffett, 84, died on Monday, July 23, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. She was born May 22, 1928. She was a daughter of the late Howard C. and Irene Spann Coker. She was married to Coleman Frederick. Ms. Moffett grew up in the Bethlehem community, attending Smithville School. She was a member of...
Greg Hall
Jul 23, 2012
Gregory Hall Smithville Gregory Cooper Hall, 54, died on Monday, July 23, 2012 at his home in Smithville. Born July 6, 1958 in Columbia, MS, he was a son of Dawn Cooper Hall Morgan and the late James L. Hall. A graduate of the Mississippi University for Women, he also received his Master’s degree in Psychology from Mississippi State University....
Hal Young
Jul 22, 2012
Hal Young Amory Hal Gene Young, 82, died on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at the Oak Tree Plantation in Amory. Born July 18, 1930, he was a son of the late Gene Young and Maggie Carroll Young Vanoven. A graduate of Smithville High School, he was also a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He worked in the garment...
Floyd Powell
Jul 19, 2012
Amory – Floyd Powell, 86, died on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at Pioneer Community Hospital, in Aberdeen. Born on September 14, 1925, in Smithville, MS, he was a son of the late James Fletcher and Lessie Walker Powell. Mr. Powell attended Smithville School. He served in the United States Navy. He retired as a boiler mechanic at the Columbus Air...
Donny Lynn Bennett
Jul 17, 2012
Amory – Donny Lynn Bennett, 45, died on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks, Verona. Born on February 19, 1967, in Amory, he was a son of Dottie Sue Knight Bennett and the late James Calvin Bennett. Donny was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1985. Working in the furniture industry most of his...
Ethelene S. Carter
Jul 15, 2012
Amory – Ethelene S. Carter, 92, died on Sunday, July 15, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on March 9, 1920, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Oliver and Clem Hathcock Sullivan. Mrs. Carter was a graduate of Hatley High School, Class of 1938. On November 23, 1940, she married O. Willard Carter. Before retiring,...
Ellie H. Mcmillan, Ii
Jul 14, 2012
Smithville - Ellie Hubert McMillan, II, 59, died Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the UAB Hospital in Birmingham, AL. Born August 15, 1952, he was a son of the late Ellie Hubert, Sr. and Betty Derrick McMillan. He married Renetta Armstrong in 1974; she survives. A 1970 graduate of Hatley High School, he worked for True Temper Sports for 32...
Dorothy Puckett
Jul 12, 2012
Dorothy Nell Irvin Puckett, 82, died on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born May 17, 1930, she was a daughter of the late John Raymond and Birtha Turman Irvin. She married William Green Puckett in 1948; he survives. A devoted wife and mother, she enjoyed cooking, sewing, and quilting for her children...
Linda Beason
Jul 12, 2012
Amory-Linda J. Beason, 63, died peacefully at her home on July 12, 2012. Born September 16, 1948 she was a daughter of James and Imogene Coleman Reese. She lived and worked in Aurora, IL in her younger years and was employed by Western Electric. She later moved back to Mississippi, received her nurse’s license, and worked for North Mississippi Medical...
Reba Taylor Riley
Jul 7, 2012
Nettleton – Reba Taylor Riley, 93, died Saturday, July 7, 2012 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center, Amory. Born January 9, 1919, she was the daughter of the late James Ira and Etta Mellissa Carter Taylor. Mrs. Riley never met a stranger, everyone was her friend. She attended Greenwood Springs Schools and was employed in the garment industry working at...
Nova Joe Roebuck Tackett
Jul 7, 2012
Nettleton – Nova Jo Roebuck Tackett, 86, died Saturday, July 7, 2012 at North MS Medical Center in Tupelo. Born November 10, 1925 in Nettleton, she was the daughter of the late Loyd and Ruby Blake Roebuck. Mrs. Roebuck grew up in the Cason Community and attended Pine Grove School where she played basketball. She married Jessie Lee Tackett, who...
Inez Dixon Flowers
Jul 3, 2012
Amory – Inez Dixon Flowers, 91, died on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on November 20, 1920, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Perd and Louise Johnson Dixon. A life-long resident of Monroe County, Mrs. Flowers graduated from Wren High School. She and her late husband, Roy Flowers, operated Flowers...
Robert E. "Roro" Head
Jul 2, 2012
Athens - Robert E. “RoRo” Head, 24, died on Monday, July 2, 2012 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. Born February 2, 1988, he was a son of Bobby Joe and Elizabeth Louise “Ebo” Foster Head. A member of the Bethel Apostolic Church, he was kindhearted, compassionate and was always willing to help anyone in need. He enjoyed working with...
Lena Lee King
Jul 2, 2012
Amory – Lena Lee King, 92, died on Monday, July 2, 2012, at River Place Nursing Center. Born on November 23, 1919, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Willie Mae Gordon Camp. Mrs. King attended Trace Road School. In 1942, she married Cliff King. Retiring in 1984, she was a seamstress with Monroe Trousers....
Hazel Herndon
Jul 2, 2012
Amory - Hazel Louise Carlisle Herndon, 87, died on Monday, July 2, 2012 at the Choctaw County Nursing Center in Ackerman. Born November 14, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Gideon Clark and Annie Louise Bobo Carlisle. She was married to J.C. Herndon. A woman of faith, she was a member of the Amory Church of Christ. A...
Darwin A. Nash
Jun 28, 2012
Jackson – Darwin A. ‘Dub’ Nash, 81, died on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at Central MS Medical Center. Born on June 8, 1931, in Hatley, he was a son of the late Dave and Sue Eubanks Nash. Mr. Nash attended Hatley High School and honorably served in the US Army. On December 26, 1954, he married Jeanette Palmer. Mr. Nash...
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