Obituaries

Frances Atkins

Frances Atkins

Dec 20, 2011

Amory – Frances Sanderson Atkins, 83, died on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at her residence. Born on April 6, 1928, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Rufus and Zelma Meeks Sanderson. Mrs. Atkins attended Amory High School. On November 12, 1947, she married Gayle Atkins. Mrs. Atkins worked as a bookkeeper with her husband at Gayle Atkins...

Keith Sumrall

Keith Sumrall

Dec 20, 2011

Amory – Keith Sumrall, 58, died on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at his residence. Born on May 17, 1953, in Cleveland, MS, he was a son of Mary Ann Sumrall and the late Delbert H. Sumrall. Keith attended Greenville and Greenwood Schools. Working as a truck driver, he drove for Bill Blount Trucking of Amory. Having a big heart and...

Donald Knight

Donald Knight

Dec 20, 2011

Amory – Donald L. Knight, 79, died on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at his residence. Born on January 14, 1932, in Lamar County, AL, he was a son of the late Jerry W. and Clara Stanford Knight. Mr. Knight attended Pine Springs School in Lamar County. He honorably served his country during the Korean War in the US Air Force....

Katherine Davis

Katherine Davis

Dec 19, 2011

View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/269468Katherine Davis Starkville – Katherine Griffin Davis, 90, died on Monday, December 19, 2011, at Starkville Manor. Born on March 17, 1921, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Willard VanBuren and Villa Brasfield Griffin.Mrs. Davis was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1939. From 1953 until retiring in 1991, she...

Lela Holland

Lela Holland

Dec 17, 2011

Smithville – Lela M. Scott Holland, 81, died on Saturday, December 17, 2011, at her residence. Born on August 21, 1930, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Curtis Lee and Flora Mae Plunkett Scott. Mrs. Holland attended Sipsey Fork School and graduated from ICC Nursing School. She married William “Bill” Holland on July 29, 1987. For...

David Sorrells,

David Sorrells,

Dec 17, 2011

View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/268856Becker – David Ray Sorrells, Sr., 68, died on Saturday, December 17, 2011, at his residence.  Born on September 26, 1943, in Beaverton, AL, he was a son of the late Brownie and Christine Phillips Sorrells. David attended Becker School.  Following school, he honorably served in the US Army as a Paratrooper/Ranger in the 101st Airborne...

Dorothy Harris Hannon

Dorothy Harris Hannon

Dec 16, 2011

View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/268755Amory – Dorothy “Dot” Harris Hannon, 88, died on Friday, December 16, 2011, at her residence. Born on December 9, 1923, in Splunge MS, she was a daughter of the late Matt M. Harris and Sudie Odom Harris. She met, fell in love with, and married the love of her life, Dewey Hannon Sr. in 1940....

John Scott

John Scott

Dec 14, 2011

View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/268618Amory – John Ebb Scott, 51, died on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on February 17, 1960, in Tupelo, he was a son of Lucy Bourland Scott and the late F. Wallace Scott.John was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1978, and a graduate of Northeast MS Junior...

Randy "Burly" Burlison

Randy "Burly" Burlison

Dec 12, 2011

View his Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/268417Amory – Randy Lake “Burly” Burlison, 47, died on Monday, December 12, 2011, at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on August 20, 1964, in Amory, he was a son of Brenda Hathcock Burlison and the late James Edward Burlison. Burly attended Hatley High School and worked in the local pants and furniture...

Jimmy Brown

Jimmy Brown

Dec 10, 2011

Ruleville – Jimmy Dale Brown, 63, died on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at North Sunflower Medical Center. Born on May 16, 1948, in Monroe County, he was a son of the late Errie Judson and Leslie Gertrude Vick Brown. Jimmy attended Becker School and worked as a logger with Bill McAllister before retiring. Growing up in the Baptist faith, he...

Laura "Susie" Franklin

Laura "Susie" Franklin

Dec 9, 2011

View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/267062Amory - Laura Mae “Susie” Franklin, 70, died on Friday, December 9, 2011, at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on April 14, 1941, in Hueytown, AL, she was a daughter of the late James W. and Annie McRae Tucker.Mrs. Franklin graduated from Hueytown High School, Birmingham, AL, Class of 1960. She married Charlie R. Franklin on June...

Helen Franklin

Helen Franklin

Dec 6, 2011

View her Video Tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/266533Aberdeen – Helen Marie West Franklin, 77, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on February 15, 1934, in Lamar County, AL, she was a daughter of the late Bruce and Annie Corbell West.Mrs. Franklin attended Lackey Schools and graduated from Nettleton High School, Class of 1952. She attended Business...

Carrol Harmon

Carrol Harmon

Dec 1, 2011

View his Video tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/265112Amory – Carrol “Dude” Harmon, 82, died on Thursday, December 1, 2011, at his residence. Born on April 10, 1929, in Amory, he was a son of the late Leonard and Madie Moore Harmon.Mr. Harmon attended Becker School and graduated from Shannon High School. He honorably served in the US Army during the Korean War. On...

Laverne Hester

Laverne Hester

Dec 1, 2011

View her Video tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/265178Amory – Addie Laverne Riley Hester, 82, died on Thursday, December 1, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on January 31, 1929, in New Chapel Community of Nettleton, she was a daughter of the late Edgar Lyle and Pansy Lee Coggin Riley.On December 14, 1946, Laverne married Warner Junior Hester. She was a graduate...

Nellie Cooper

Nellie Cooper

Nov 28, 2011

Amory – Nellie Faye Easley Cooper, 84, died on Monday, November 28, 2011, at Golden Living Center. Born on September 23, 1927, in Coahoma County, she was a daughter of the late Stanley Clifton and Mary Ethel Dye Easley. Growing up in a sharecropper family, Mrs. Cooper attended New Liberty School in Calhoun County. Before retiring, she worked as a...

Dewey Oliver,

Dewey Oliver,

Nov 25, 2011

View his Video tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/263565Dewey Hershel Oliver, Sr., 85, died on Friday, November 25, 2011, at his residence. Born on April 14, 1926, in Marion County, AL, he was a son of the late Charles and Cora Rea Oliver.Mr. Oliver attended Hamilton Schools. He married his childhood sweetheart, Louise Copeland, on July 5, 1952. Having a strong work ethic, Mr....

Patricia Mueller

Patricia Mueller

Nov 25, 2011

View her Video tribute: http://videos.lifetributes.com/263809Aberdeen - Patricia Ann Mueller, 83, died on Friday, November 25, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center. Born on June 29, 1928, in Bevier, MO, she was a daughter of the late William Albert and Ethel Badgerow Taylor.Mrs. Mueller attended Bradford (WI) High School in Kenosha. A happy-go-lucky person, she was always positive and saw...

Dannis Mason

Dannis Mason

Nov 22, 2011

Smithville – Dannis Mason, 63, died on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at her residence. Born on June 6, 1948, in Smithville, she was a daughter of the late Lewis and Mary Helen Ross Thompson. Dannis was a graduate of Smithville High School, Class of 1966. She married Ken Mason on February 16, 1983. Dannis was of the Church of Christ...

Donald Coker

Donald Coker

Nov 18, 2011

Amory – Donald H. Coker, 78, died on Friday, November 18, 2011, at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on November 10, 1933, in Smithville, he was a son of the late Howard Cornelius and Irene Spann Coker. Mr. Coker attended Smithville Schools and honorably served his country in the US Air Force. While living in Zion, IL, he worked as a...

Evelyn Fritch

Evelyn Fritch

Nov 15, 2011

Amory – Evelyn Holley Fritch, 91, died on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on January 11, 1920, in Hatley, MS, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Earley Bailey Holley.Mrs. Fritch was a graduate of Hatley High School, Class of 1938. After school, she went to work for BellSouth as an operator. Joining the...