Obituaries
Barbara Bateman
Sep 14, 2020
Barbara Ann Gretter Bateman Amory – Barbara Ann Gretter Bateman, 88, passed away at Cornerstone Village Nursing Home in Lafayette, LA on September 14, 2020. Born on July 17, 1932, in Wren, Mississippi, she was a daughter of the late Robert Humphries and Wilhemine Haney Gretter. Barbara grew up in Monroe County and graduated from Wren High School with the...
Samuel Dwight Carter
Sep 11, 2020
Samuel Dwight Carter Amory – Samuel Dwight Carter, 74, started his new life in Heaven on Friday, September 11, 2020. Born on November 21, 1945, in Quincy, MS, he was a son of the late Samuel August and Beatrice Mae Thatcher Carter. Dwight grew up in Monroe county and attended Quincy and Becker Grammar Schools. He graduated from Amory High...
Evelyn Obine Turner
Sep 10, 2020
EVELYN OBINE TURNER Amory – Evelyn Obine Taylor Turner, 91, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at Oak Tree Plantation in Amory, MS. Born on July 27, 1929, in Troy, MS, she was the daughter of the late Chester Arthur and Ethel Louell Loggins Taylor. Evelyn grew up in a large family with eight siblings and throughout her life...
Mary Pauline Oliver
Sep 10, 2020
Tupelo - Mary Pauline Oliver, 76, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, MS. She was born on April 12, 1944, in Lee County to Rufus Wesley Oliver and Florence Northington Oliver. Her brother was Jackie G. Oliver of Aberdeen. Mary was a longtime resident of Diversicare in Tupelo, MS, having moved in with...
Jack "Soap" Francis
Sep 9, 2020
Jack Clifford “Soap” Francis, 95, of Amory, MS died on September 9, 2020 at Oak Tree Assisted Living. Born on February 20, 1925 in Verona to the late Wiley Clifford Francis and Ruby Sparks Francis, Soap grew up in Amory, graduating from Amory High School in 1942. Soap received his B.S. degree in 1947 and his M.S. degree in 1950,...
Charles Edward Long
Sep 7, 2020
Amory - Charles Edward Long, 87, passed away September 7, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore, Amory, Mississippi. Born on March 5, 1933, in Bruce Mississippi, he was the son of the late Dwight Wayne and Donie Belle Brasher Long. Charles grew up in Calhoun County, MS and graduated from Bruce High School. He furthered his education by attending...
Sarah Ann Powell Shelly
Sep 7, 2020
Sarah Ann Powell Shelly Amory – Sarah Shelly, 74, passed away peacefully surrounded by her children on Monday, September 7, 2020. Born on August 2, 1946, in Kosciusko, MS, she was the daughter of the late Johnnie and Olene Harman Powell. Sarah grew up in Attala County, MS and graduated from McAdams High School. She married the love of her...
Delbert Coy Mccullar
Sep 6, 2020
Nettleton – Delbert Coy McCullar, 78, passed away at his residence in Nettleton, MS, on Saturday, September 6, 2020. Born on December 13, 1941, in the Bigbee Community, Delbert was the son of the late Paul McCullar and Willie Mae Kennedy McCullar Allen. Delbert grew up in a large family, having a total of 12 brothers and sisters. To help...
Noel Shumpert
Sep 1, 2020
Evergreen/New Chapel Community – Noel Shumpert, 89, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at The Meadows in Fulton, MS. Born on September 22, 1930, in the Carolina Community, he was a son to the late John and Willie Evoline Boozer Shumpert. He grew up in the Carolina Community and graduated from Fulton High School. At age 20, he married...
Jimmy Flaherty
Aug 29, 2020
Jimmy Flaherty Amory – Jimmy Flaherty, 83, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2020, at North Mississippi medical Center, Tupelo, MS. Born in Houston, MS, he was the son of the late Earnest and Frances Finch Flaherty. Jimmy was blessed with three sons and a daughter. He loved his children and adored the grandchildren he was blessed with over his...
Elbert Edward Smith
Aug 28, 2020
Ed Smith Amory – Elbert Edward Smith, 55, started his new life in Heaven on Friday, August 28, 2020. Born in Clarksdale, MS, he was the son of the late William Thomas and Dorothy Evans Smith. Ed obtained his GED and furthered his education by attending ICC and getting a Computer Technology Associated Degree. He also got a Criminal Justice...
Rose Mary Owen Frantz
Aug 27, 2020
Rose Mary Owen Frantz Aberdeen – Rose Mary Owen Frantz, 81, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2020, while at Oak tree Manor Nursing Center, Amory, MS. She was born in Pontotoc, MS, on December 4, 1938, to Walter James and Montye M. Windham Owen. Rose grew up in Pontotoc and met the love of her life, Frank Walton Frantz,...
Virginia Benton
Aug 25, 2020
Amory – Virginia Cavender Benton, 90, met her Lord face to face on August 25, 2020. Born on July 29, 1930, in Greenwood Springs, MS, she was a daughter of the late Louis O. and Mary Key Cavender. Virginia grew up in a large family, attended school in Smithville, and later in life she worked hard and obtained her GED...
J.W. Vann
Aug 24, 2020
Smithville - J.W. Vann passed away August 24, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, from complications of sepsis and joined God in heaven at the age of 77. J.W. was born on March 11, 1943, near Detroit, Alabama, and lived the majority of his early years in the Splunge area of Monroe County. His working life was...
Linda Reese
Aug 24, 2020
LINDA G.CHISM REESE Athens/Quincy – Linda Gertrude Chism Reese, 70, started her new life in Heaven on August 24, 2020. Born in Becker, MS, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Reba Sanders Chism. Linda grew up in a large family and learned early the value of family. She went to Becker school, then Aberdeen and eventually got...
Lavonia Mae Childers
Aug 23, 2020
Lavonia Mae Childers Aberdeen – Lavonia Mae Childers, 86, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2020, at Oak Tree Nursing Home, Amory, Mississippi. Born in Una, MS, on July 23, 1934, she was the daughter of the late William Dilworth and Verla Mae Allen Staten. Lavonia grew up in Clay County, Mississippi and graduated from Siloam High School, with the...
Jennifer Barnett Glover
Aug 22, 2020
Jennifer Barnett Glover, a cherished mother, sister, and friend, passed away on August 22, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, Mississippi. Born on April 15, 1980, Jennifer spent her formative years in Moorehead, Mississippi, where she developed a profound connection to the countryside that would remain with her throughout her life.Jennifer was a true country girl at heart, finding...
Hazel Mccauley
Aug 20, 2020
Amory – Hazel Hathcock McCauley, 90, began her new life in Heaven on August 20, 2020. Born in Smithville, on July 21, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Burley and Mattie Doster Hathcock. Hazel grew up in Smithville and graduated from Smithville High School with the Class of 1948. A woman with an incredible work ethic, she worked...
Columbus W Morris, Jr.
Aug 15, 2020
Smithville – Columbus W. Morris, Jr., passed away on August 15, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Born on January 7, 1930, in Alabama, he was a son of the late Arra Kizzire and Columbus Washington Morris, Sr. Columbus came from a large family and attended school in Vernon and Sulligent. He married the love of his...
Ivan Garrett Woodman "Woody"
Aug 15, 2020
Houston - Ivan Garrett Woodman “Woody”, 69, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at his residence in Houston, MS. Born on September 21, 1950, in Bangor, Maine, he was the son of the late Victor Russell Woodman and Tiny Ruth Evans Woodman. He married the love of his life, Edna Law Woodman, on July 24, 1969 and they were...
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