Obituaries
Opal Marie Lindsey
Aug 4, 2022
Smithville – Opal Marie Ballenger Lindsey, 93, began her new life in Heaven on Thursday, August 4, 2022. She was born in Georgia on April 23, 1929, to the late C. B. Ballenger and Buna Armstrong Ballenger. Opal grew up in a family with three other siblings. Their family moved from Georgia to Alabama and she graduated from Double Springs...
James H. "J.J." Strawhorn, Jr.
Aug 2, 2022
James H. “J.J.” Strawhorn, Jr. Okolona/Amory – James H. “J.J.” Strawhorn, Jr, 22, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, in Wren, Mississippi. He was born on July 18, 2000, in Amory, MS, to James and Crystal McCrory Strawhorn. JJ grew up in a large family, having three sisters. A smart young man, he graduated from Amory High School and...
Barbara Sizemore
Jul 31, 2022
Amory - Barbara Ann Sizemore, 86, passed away on July 31, 2022 at River Place Nursing Center, surrounded by family. Barbara was born in Smithville, MS on August 14, 1935, to Travis and Maxine Brasfield. Barbara met and married Billy Sizemore in 1952 and started a family, and were blessed with two daughters, Mitzi and Matissa (Bo). Through the years...
Ralph Kuykendall
Jul 31, 2022
James Ralph Kuykendall, 91 of Amory, died at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo on July 31, 2022. Visitation will be at E.E. Pickle Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. The funeral service will be Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at East Amory Missionary Baptist Church. Ralph was born to Fred and...
Nancy Rae Lollar
Jul 30, 2022
Amory – Nancy Rae Lollar, 66, passed away at her residence in Amory, MS on Saturday, July 31, 2022. She was born on April 24, 1956, in Elkhart, IN, to the late George Ingle and Mary Ela McCollum Ingle. Nancy grew up in Alabama and was a member of a large family, where she was one of ten siblings. She...
Connie Love
Jul 21, 2022
AMORY, MS- Connie Hawkins Love, 73, passed away on July 21, 2022 at her home after an extended illness. Connie was born in Amory on February 9, 1949, to Ellie and Sallie Hawkins. She graduated from Amory High School in 1967 and attended the Mississippi University for Women where she was a member of the Lancer social club. On March...
Eva Nell Smith
Jul 19, 2022
Eva Nell Pierce Smith, 90, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at the Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation center in Tupelo. Born on June 13, 1932 in Smithville, she was a daughter to the late William and Odie Holloway Pierce. Eva Nell‘s work career consisted of the Zion Cookie Factory, Johnson Motors, Rolling Hills nursing home and finally working at...
Jerry Mccollum
Jul 15, 2022
Jerry Lloyd McCollum, 74, passed away at his residence in Wren on July 15, 2022. Born on October 19, 1947, he was the son of the late Stanley McCollum and the late Ophalia Faulkner Richardson (Sam). Jerry was a 1966 graduate of Hatley High School and was a member of Grace Fellowship Baptist Church. He was a retired, self-employed carpenter...
Charles Wayne Smith
Jul 15, 2022
Amory---Charles Wayne Smith, 72, passed away at his residence on July 15, 2022. Born on November 8, 1949 in Fort Knox, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Charles A. Smith and Christine Pickle Smith. He is survived by his wife, Debbie Evans Smith who he married on April 1, 2008; a daughter, Elizabeth (Libby) Pickle, Amory; grandchildren: Madison...
John A. Law
Jul 14, 2022
John Allen Law September 17, 1928 – July 14, 2022 A Life Well Lived --- His way John Allen Law, 93, beloved father, husband, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away, quietly Thursday, July 14 at home in Phil Campbell, Alabama with his bride of 23 years by his side. He was born September 17, 1928, the son of Edward Reid...
Juanita Allen Adkins
Jul 13, 2022
Hatley—Juanita Deloris Allen Adkins, 83, died peacefully at her residence in Hatley on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Born on November 25, 1938, in Beaverton, Alabama, she was one of 10 children born to the late Henry and Anita Mangum Allen. She married the love of her life, Ray Adkins on June 5, 1967 and together they were blessed with three...
Curtis Deason
Jul 6, 2022
Nettleton – Curtis E. Deason, 70, began his new life in Heaven on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. He was born on August 8, 1951, in Tupelo, MS to the late Elbert O’Neal Deason and Minnie Ola Conwill Deason. Curtis grew up in Nettleton, MS and attended Nettleton High School where he enjoyed playing football. A hard worker, he had over...
Mevelene "Mel" Guyton Clayton
Jul 1, 2022
Smithville – Mevelene “Mell” Clayton, 91, went home to our heavenly Father on July 1, 2022. She was born on November 7, 1930, in Amory, MS and was a loving daughter to the late James Garland Guyton and Mary Etta Allred Guyton. Mevelene attended school in Monroe County, Mississippi and went to work at a young age. She worked for...
Bert Richard "Hop" Hays Sr.
Jun 30, 2022
Bert Richard "Hop" Hays, Sr., 78 years old, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother-in-law, uncle and friend went to be with his Heavenly Father on June 30, 2022. Hop was born to Bert Roseman Hays (WWII veteran) and Kathryn Hopper Hays in Birmingham, AL on April 17, 1944. He graduated from Phillips High School in 1962 and attended the...
Don Leech
Jun 30, 2022
Ellie Don Leech, 86, passed away June 30 at his home in Amory. Don is survived by his wife of 66 years, Betty Welch Leech, as well as two children and their spouses, Marsha and Mike Tapscott and Michael and Debbie Leech; four grandchildren, Zachary Leech, Whitney Fisher, David Tapscott and John Tapscott; and four great grandchildren, Cole Fisher, Clay...
Sharon Sharlene Crymes Mcdaniel
Jun 28, 2022
Sharon Sharlene Crymes McDaniel, 78, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at her residence in Amory. She was born in Atlanta, GA and moved at a young age to New Orleans, a city she would always hold close to her heart. She graduated from East Jefferson High School in New Orleans where she met her beloved husband, Bill to...
Jone B. Cornelius
Jun 27, 2022
Jone Basham Webster Cornelius, 76, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Amory on September 17, 1945, she was the only child born to the late Horace and Myrel Basham. She was a graduate of Amory High School, class of 1963 and began work for various companies including Pullman Couch,...
William Elbert Tallent Jr.
Jun 24, 2022
Amory – William E. Tallent, Jr., 53, passed away on June 24, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. He was born June 18, 1969, in Fulton, Mississippi to the late William E. Tallent, Sr., and Lizzie Mae Harris Tallent. William grew up in Itawamba County and attended Itawamba Agricultural High School. He was a hardworking man and...
Judy Mccary Wright
Jun 21, 2022
Judy McCary Wright Amory – Judy McCary Wright, 78, passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on July 4, 1943, she was a twin daughter to the late William Vardaman and Dimple Florence Copeland McCary. Judy was a 1961 graduate of Amory High School and went on to further her education...
Alice Maud Hawkins
Jun 20, 2022
Aberdeen – Alice Maud Hawkins, 88, passed away on Monday, June 20, 2022 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on March 25, 1934, she was one of eight girls born to the late Irvin and Inez Blaylock Dodd. She attended Greenwood Springs Schools. She drew the eye of John” Buddy” Hawkins and at the tender age 16,...
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