Obituaries

Roy Wells,

Roy Wells,

Apr 4, 2012

Roy C. Wells, Sr. Amory – Roy C. Wells, Sr., 95, died on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Born on July 17, 1916, in Jacksonville, AL, he was the son of the late Robert and Ruby Wells. Mr. Wells was married to the former Ruth Evelyn Nash for 73 years until her passing in February 2011....

Peggy Cantrell

Peggy Cantrell

Apr 3, 2012

Aberdeen – Peggy Freeman Cantrell, 70, died on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on May 25, 1941, in Louise, MS, she was a daughter of the late Glen and Mary Ellen Gray Ellis. Peggy attended school in Duncan, MS, before moving to Missouri. On December 15, 1958, she married Harold Wayne Freeman in Bertrand,...

Louise Parham

Louise Parham

Mar 30, 2012

Amory – Louise Parham, 93, died on Friday, March 30, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on May 28, 1918, in Wilson, AR, she was a daughter of the late Will and Belle Hathcock Miller. Mrs. Parham attended Hatley and Parham Store Community schools. She married Oscar Parham in November 1938, and lived in the Parham Community most...

Peggy Presley

Peggy Presley

Mar 29, 2012

Smithville - Peggy Presley died on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at NMMC, Tupelo. No services are planned at this time. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at eepicklefuneralhome.com.

Kerri Edge

Kerri Edge

Mar 28, 2012

View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/294340Smithville – Kerri Diane Edge, 25, died on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at her residence. Born on September 24, 1986, in Smithville, she was a daughter of Donald and Dessie Maxey Edge.Kerri was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 2006. Working as a babysitter, she kept her niece and nephew, Khloe and Kaleb. A...

Martha Scott

Martha Scott

Mar 27, 2012

Hernando - Martha Webb Scott, 61, formerly of Belden, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, in Hernando. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at eepicklefuneralhome.com.

Warner Hester

Warner Hester

Mar 26, 2012

Amory- Warner Junior Hester, 86, died on Monday March 26, 2012 at Oak Tree Plantation in Amory. Born on June 16, 1925, in Joppa, Alabama he was the son of Warren and Willie Shipp Hester. On December 14, 1946 Warner married Laverne Riley of Nettleton, MS. Warner was a World War II veteran and served in the Navy for four...

James "Sonny" Capps

James "Sonny" Capps

Mar 23, 2012

Amory – James David “Sonny” Capps, 73, died on Friday, March 23, 2012, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on February 3, 1939, in Amory, he was a son of the late Olen and Dorothy Pounds Capps. Sonny graduated from Becker High School, Class of 1957. Following graduation, he honorably served in the US Army. On April 6, 1969, he married Brenda...

Brenda Rasberry

Brenda Rasberry

Mar 23, 2012

Hamilton –Brenda E. Rasberry, 68, died on Friday, March 23, 2012, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on July 24, 1943, in Amory, she was the daughter of the late Hubert Earl and Bertie Lee Mize Raden. Brenda played basketball while attended Hamilton High School. On May 8, 1970, she married Joe Rasberry. For many years, she worked as a seamstress and...

Paul Conwill

Paul Conwill

Mar 23, 2012

Amory – Paul Rainey Conwill, 86, died on Friday, March 23, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on November 11, 1925, in the Carolina Community, he was a son of the late Ira Eugene and Jessie Lee Black Conwill. A lifelong resident of the Carolina Community, he attended schools in Carolina and Fulton. Mr. Conwill honorably served with...

Grady Thompson

Grady Thompson

Mar 22, 2012

Amory – Grady Oliver Thompson, 93, died on Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Born on May 16, 1918, in Monroe County, he was a son of the late John Wesley and Carrie Orene Ball Thompson. Mr. Thompson attended Greenwood Springs School. On February 21, 1938, he married Mary Louise Kimbrough. Mr. Thompson had worked as a pallet...

Beulah Noe Neal

Beulah Noe Neal

Mar 20, 2012

Amory – Beulah Gray Noe Neal, 83, died on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at her residence. Born on November 22, 1928, in Detroit, AL, she was a daughter of the late John and Johnnie Young Noe. Attending school at Smithville and Hatley, she played basketball and graduated from Hatley High School. Mrs. Neal was a seamstress at Amory Garment and...

Carroll Shields

Carroll Shields

Mar 20, 2012

View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/292434Becker – Carroll Shields, 78, died on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at his residence. Born on October 28, 1933, in Amory, he was a son of the late Jim and Maude Meek Shields.Mr. Shields was a graduate of Becker High School, Class of 1952. On September 13, 1952, he married his high school sweetheart, Eloise Pace....

Evelyn Nertewitz

Evelyn Nertewitz

Mar 18, 2012

Smithville – Evelyn O. Nertewitz, 82, died on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. Born on October 15, 1929, in Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Olga Yurka Nertewitz. Evelyn was very strong in her belief of God, an independent woman, a hard worker, and loved to help others in anyway she could....

Earl Brock

Earl Brock

Mar 13, 2012

Amory –Earl Anderson Brock , 90, died on Wednesday, March 13, 2012, at his residence. Born on August 19, 1921, in the Cason Community, he was a son of the late Elmo Brock and Minnie Hester Brock. He married Evelyn Majors in 1947. Mr. Brock attended Bigbee School. He worked at Glenn Manufacturing, and retired from Red Kap Industries. Being...

Mabel Hood

Mabel Hood

Mar 9, 2012

Amory – Mabel Elliott Conwill Hood, 90, died on Friday, March 9, 2012, at Golden Living Center. Born on November 28, 1921, in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of the late Presley Bailey and Dora Belle Elliott Conwill. Mrs. Hood was a graduate of Itawamba Public Schools. She married Melvin Hood on August 8, 1942. She worked as a...

Frances Faulkner

Frances Faulkner

Mar 9, 2012

AMORY – Frances Phillips Faulkner, 81, died on Friday, March 9, 2012, at her daughter’s residence in Cordova, TN. Born on Sept. 1, 1930, in Hatley, she was the daughter William Gurdon and Oal Smith Phillips. She graduated valedictorian of her class at Hatley High School in 1948. For more than 30 years, she worked with Dr. B.O. Moore as...

Lula Southard

Lula Southard

Mar 7, 2012

Amory – Lula Faye Nix Southard, 81, died on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks, Verona. Born on November 30, 1930, in Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Columbus Perry and Pearlie Ethel Vaughn Nix. Mrs. Southard attended Hatley High School. On May 14, 1948, she married her high school sweetheart, Thomas Henry ‘Tommy’...

Gladys Cantrell

Gladys Cantrell

Mar 4, 2012

Amory – Gladys Wright Cantrell, 101, died on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at River Place Nursing Center. Born on June 5, 1910, in Vernon, AL, she was a daughter of the late William Robert and Sara Margaret Robertson Wright. She married Brack C. Cantrell on November 9, 1926. A loving, giving, and unselfish lady, Mrs. Cantrell was a homemaker. Strong...

Novis Stanford

Novis Stanford

Mar 1, 2012

Smithville – Novis Stanford Noe, 90, died on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on May 6, 1921, in Sulligent, AL, she was a daughter of the late D. W. & Etta Gilbert Stanford. Mrs. Noe married Melvin Noe on December 24, 1941. A wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother, she enjoyed taking care of her...