Obituaries

Luther Harris

Luther Harris

Jul 13, 2011

Quincy – Luther Chevreul Harris, 85, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. A native of Quincy, he was born on March 23, 1926 to the late Ellie Brown and Manie Phillips Harris. Chevreul was a Christian who had a great love for his family. He was a graduate of Quincy Schools. He was...

Adam Winchester

Adam Winchester

Jul 12, 2011

Nettleton – Adam Clayton Winchester, 46, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. He was born in Tupelo on June 29, 1965 to Walter Glyn and Mollie Imogene Bounds Winchester. He lived in the Old Carolina Community of Itawamba County. Adam had a big heart,enjoyed helping others and was always there for his family....

Larry Oliver

Larry Oliver

Jul 11, 2011

Amory – Larry Wayne Oliver, 30, died in Ashtabula, Ohio on July 13, 2011. A native of Amory he was born on January 12, 1981 to Charles Morgan Oliver and the late Patricia K. Brown Oliver. Larry Wayne had lived in Amory for many years and was a truck driver employed by North Mississippi Development Group in Oxford. He was...

Donald Banks

Donald Banks

Jul 11, 2011

Amory – George Donald Banks, 72, died Monday, July 11, 2011 at Oak Tree Plantation in Amory. A native of Jasper Alabama, he was born on June 5, 1939 to the late Graydon George and Verna Lee Haynes Banks. Donald was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1957 and a graduate of The University Of Mississippi. He married...

Rubie Gregory

Rubie Gregory

Jul 10, 2011

Smithville – Rubie Culpepper Gregory, 91, died peacefully at her home Sunday July 10, 2011 after a long full life. A native of Chickasaw County she was born on July 7, 1920 to the late James David and Beulah Aston Culpepper. Rubie was a loving and caring person always helping others. She was a retired seamstress working at Amory Garment...

Jessica Mcdonald

Jessica Mcdonald

Jul 7, 2011

NEW ALBANY - Jessica Nicole McDonald, infant, died Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Baptist Hospital in New Albany. A private graveside service will be held Monday with Bro. Kevin Crook officiating. E.E. Pickle Funeral Home of Amory is in charge of arrangements. She is survived by her parents, Janice Hutcherson and Jamie McDonald, both of New Albany; her grandparents, David...

Marie Kendrick

Marie Kendrick

Jul 6, 2011

Smithville – Marie Melvina Cole Kendrick, 85, died on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on April 1, 1926, in the Turon Community of Itawamba County, she was a daughter of the late Johnnie Columbus “Lum” and Etna Drucilla Stafford Cole. Mrs. Kendrick was a graduate of Smithville High School and received her Elementary Education degree from...

Susie Mann

Susie Mann

Jul 3, 2011

Amory – Susie Vick Mann, 80, died on Sunday, July 3, 2011, at Golden Living Center, Amory. Born on February 19, 1931, in the Parham Community of Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Eli and Alvie West Vick. Mrs. Mann attended Parham Community Schools. On September 25, 1947, she married Lee L. Mann. Mrs. Mann worked as...

Hermon Hill

Hermon Hill

Jul 3, 2011

Aberdeen – Hermon Hansel Hill, 89, died on Sunday, July 3, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born on December 29, 1921, in the Athens Community of Monroe County, he was a son of the late Arthur Guy and Annie Mae Hilliard Hill. Mr. Hill was a graduate of Becker High School, Class of 1941. Leaving Mississippi...

Billy Cummings

Billy Cummings

Jul 2, 2011

Amory – Billy Wayne Cummings, 65, died on Saturday, July 2, 2011, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on June 2, 1946, in Amory, he was a son of the late Bilbo and Madie Cox Cummings. Billy was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1964. He honorably served his country in the US Army. Billy was a...

Thomas Renfro,

Thomas Renfro,

Jul 2, 2011

Greenwood Springs – Thomas Emmett Renfro, Jr., 87, died on Saturday, July 2, 2011, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on February 24, 1924, in Monroe County, he was a daughter of Cora Atkins and Thomas Emmitt Renfro, Sr. Mr. Renfro was a graduate of Greenwood Springs High School, Class of 1941. After graduation, he honorably served in the US Marine Corps...

Steven Dudley Nash

Steven Dudley Nash

Jun 28, 2011

Amory – Steven Dudley Nash, 55, passed from this earthly life to eternity with Jesus on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on August 13, 1955, in Amory, he was a son of Bro. Dudley and Lucy Leech Nash. Steve surrendered his life to Jesus Christ in March 2011, his greatest accomplishment. Living most of his life...

Patricia O'Rahilly Roberts

Patricia O'Rahilly Roberts

Jun 27, 2011

Greenwood Springs – Patricia “Pat” O’Rahilly Roberts, 75, died on Monday, June 27, 2011, at her daughter’s residence. Born on June 14, 1936, in Chicago, IL, she was a daughter of the late Daniel and Mary Ann Mullen O’Rahilly. Mrs. Roberts attended St. Edmonds Grammar School in Oak Park, IL, and Trinity High School in River Forest, IL. On August...

Bill Fowlkes

Bill Fowlkes

Jun 25, 2011

AMORY - Billie Henry Fowlkes, 91, known as “Daddy Bill” to family and friends, died on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice. He was born on October 14, 1919 in the Becker Community of Monroe County, Mississippi, the tenth of eleven children of the late John Thomas and Maggie Lou Templeton Fowlkes and the grandchild of the late Richard...

Rubie Gault

Rubie Gault

Jun 22, 2011

Amory – Rubie Ling Gault, 91, died on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on January 22, 1920, in Gattman, she was a daughter of the late Bessie Tate and David Albert Williams, Sr. Mrs. Gault attended Bartahatchie Schools. During World War II, she worked at the Gulf Ordinance Plant. Mrs. Gault worked for Fines Department Store...

Florence Prestridge

Florence Prestridge

Jun 20, 2011

Greenwood Springs – Florence Lewis Prestridge, 91, died on Monday, June 20, 2011, at her residence. Born on September 16, 1919, in Greenwood Springs, she was a daughter of the late Grady and Jimmie Harris Lewis. Mrs. Prestridge attended Aberdeen High School and married William Homer Prestridge on November 21, 1937. She was a homemaker and a caregiver, caring for...

Arthur Mauriocourt

Arthur Mauriocourt

Jun 16, 2011

Amory – Arthur R. Mauriocourt, 106, died on Thursday, June 16, 2011, at Oak Tree Plantation. Born on August 26, 1904, in Port Alleghany, PA, he was a son of the late Louis Jean and Wilhelmina Morrison Mauriocourt. Mr. Mauriocourt attended schools at Bald Eagle, PA, in West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. In 1944, he married Rubye Wooten. Before...

Linda Cadden

Linda Cadden

Jun 13, 2011

Amory – Linda H. Cadden, 70, died on Monday, June 13, 2011, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on March 16, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Relder V. and Ruby Jewell Anthony Horne. Linda graduated from Smithville High School and was employed in Amory by Dr. B.O. Moore Clinic, MS Funeral Association, People's Drug Co., Security...

Brenda Ford

Brenda Ford

Jun 13, 2011

Smithville – Brenda Ann Walls Ford, 61, died on Monday, June 13, 2011 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born on July 21, 1949 in Wynne, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Madison Griffin and Ruth Monoghan Walls. Brenda attended Amory and Hatley Schools. She married William C. Ford on June 29, 1966, in Gattman. Her...

Edna Knight

Edna Knight

Jun 13, 2011

Greenwood Springs – Edna Madilene Camp Knight, 85, died June 13, 2011 at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory. Born on July 25, 1925 in Monroe County, she was the daughter of the late Jeptha James and Dora Puckett Camp. Madilene was a graduate of Greenwood Springs High School and attended Mississippi College and Business College in Birmingham Alabama....