Obituaries
Helen Lucille Stafford
Mar 16, 2018
Wren - Helen Lucille Stafford, 77, passed away on Friday, March 16, 2018, at her residence. Born on May 8, 1940, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth and Ruth Middleton Smith. Helen attended Amory High School. She married the love-of-her-life, Paul Stafford. Together, they were blessed with two daughters and two sons. As a Christian,...
Nancy Mitchell Swift
Mar 14, 2018
Nancy Christine Mitchell Swift, 63, of Pelham, Alabama, died Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Born on December 11, 1954, in Amory, she was a daughter of Everett and Betty Mitchell. She graduated from Hatley High School and went on to receive her degree in Nursing from Mississippi University for Women in 1975. For over 40 years, Nancy was a nurse at...
Betty Collins Arinder
Mar 13, 2018
Amory – Betty Collins Arinder, 71, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at NMMC Inpatient Hospice. Born on April 16, 1946, in Houston, MS, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Josephine Stewart Collins. Betty graduated from high school in Calhoun City. She then attended both Itawamba Community College and Northwest Community College. During her career, she...
Teressa Tomlin Pickens
Mar 11, 2018
Aberdeen – Teressa Gail Pickens, 59, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at NMMC, West Point. Born on November 8, 1958, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Bernice Due Tomlin. Teressa graduated from Smithville High School with the Class of 1976. She also attended Itawamba Junior College. During her career, she worked as a...
Clarence "Pete" Davis, Jr.
Mar 11, 2018
Clarence “Pete” Davis Jr Columbus— Clarence “Pete” Davis Jr., 82, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at his residence. Born on August 25, 1935, in Aberdeen, he was a son of Mattie Maude Guest Davis and Clarence Davis Sr. Clarence attended Aberdeen Schools. During his career, he worked at a truck driver for Scribner. He was a member of...
Bill Arvell Childers
Mar 10, 2018
Mooreville — William “Bill” Arvell Childers, 75, passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at his residence in Mooreville. Born in Wren on March 14, 1942, he was the son of Joseph Arvell Childers and Nora Lee Welch Childers. Bill attended school in Amory. He married the love of his life, Betty, on August 10, 1962. They were happily married...
Charlotte Archie Shamlin
Mar 7, 2018
Mrs. Charlotte Archie Shamlin, 70, passed away quietly, surrounded by her family, on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at her residence, in the Cardsville community. Born on October 3, 1947 in Tupelo, MS, she was a daughter of the late Charles David Archie and Mary Francis Gray. Charlotte attended Dorsey schools and was a member of the Pine Grove Baptist Church...
Ruth M. Carter
Mar 7, 2018
Amory – Ruth M. Carter, 90, passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Oak Tree Plantation in Amory. Born on October 11, 1927, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Mattie Pearl Bailey and Andrew Jackson McCullough. Growing up in Bigbee, Ruth attended Bigbee School and later graduated from Amory High School. A wonderful Christian woman, she...
Willie Brooks Prothro
Mar 5, 2018
Willie Brooks Prothro, 78, of Ocala, Florida, passed away peacefully, March 5th, due to complications from a stroke. He fought courageously and when he passed way, his wife of 14 years, Carol Lopez Prothro, was by his side as she had been during his entire 45-day hospitalization. Brooks was born in Sulligent, Alabama, on November 25, 1939. He was the...
Coy E. Dabbs
Mar 4, 2018
Smithville—Coy Emmanual Dabbs, 58, passed away Sunday, March 4th, 2018 at his residence in Smithville, MS. Born in Crowder, MS on January 19th, 1960, he was the son of Ina Mae and Dewey Dabbs. Coy graduated from Smithville High School in 1978, where he was remembered as "the class clown." He was very proud of his work and spent the...
William Larry Howell
Mar 2, 2018
Hoover — William Larry Howell, 63, passed away on Friday, March 2, 2018, in Hoover, AL. Born on July 12, 1954, in Hatley, he was a son of the late Ollie Roman "Johny" and Ruth Joy Thomas Howell. In 1980, Larry graduated from Mississippi State University majoring in Engineering Technology. For more than 37 years, he worked as a Professional...
Donald Daniel Deveny
Mar 2, 2018
Saltillo— Donald Daniel Deveny, 84, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018, at NMMC in Tupelo. Born in Plymouth, OH, on April 4, 1933, he was the son of Ruth and Bill Moore. Donald attended school in Plymouth, OH. During his career, he worked for Wells Fargo as a supervisor. He married his sweetheart, Margaret, on December 18, 1981, and together...
Kayla Buckner
Feb 28, 2018
Kayla “KK’ Buckner 27, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. Born on July 2, 1990 in Amory, MS, she was the daughter of Tammy Seymore, Gregory Malone and the late Lacey Sue Buckner. Kayla attended Plain Dillion School in Shreveport, LA. She and Ashley Shane Rodriquez were blessed with one son, Damyen Adam Rodriguez. Kayla enjoyed...
Leron Eugene Minga Jr.
Feb 26, 2018
Hatley – Leron Eugene “Junior” Minga, Jr., 75, of Hatley, passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018, at Baptist Hospital, Columbus. Born on January 31, 1943, in Amory, he was a son of the late Leron Eugene Minga, Sr., and Maxine O’Clay Fears Minga. Junior attended school in Memphis and Bradford High School, Kenosha, WI. After school, he honorably served...
Wilma A. Smith Beard
Feb 26, 2018
Mrs. Wilma A. Smith Beard, 75, passed away on Monday, February 26 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on June 29, 1942 in Itawamba County, she was a daughter of the late Elmer and Katie Smith Suggs. Wilma attended Itawamba County schools and was of the Baptist faith. She was employed by Amory Garment as a seamstress...
Tommy C. Crook
Feb 22, 2018
Tommy Cornelius Crook, 88, passed away at his residence after a long illness with Parkinsons. He was born to Ethel and Lawrence Crook of Monroe County on January 27, 1930. He grew up in Becker, MS and attended Becker Elementary School, graduated from Amory High School with honors, was an Eagle Scout and member of Order of the Arrow. Tommy...
Edith M. Moore
Feb 20, 2018
HATLEY - Mrs. Edith Moore, 89, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Born on December 24, 1928 in Amory, she was the daughter of the late William Raymond and Ruby Lee Ausborn Parham. She attended Hatley High School and was a lifetime member of the Hatley Missionary Baptist Church. She was employed at...
Patricia Stoddard
Feb 20, 2018
Mrs. Patricia Ann Stoddard, 67, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at her residence in Amory. Born In Amory on February 21, 1950, she was a daughter of the late Thomas, Sr. and Lula Faye Nix Southard. She graduated with the class of 1968 at Smithville High School. Patricia was of the Baptist faith. She married Rodney Stoddard on...
Mattie Sue Cantrell
Feb 16, 2018
Columbus..Mrs. Mattie Sue McCrory Cantrell passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018 at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory. Born in Tremont, MS, on November 7, 1923, she was a daughter of the late William Escar and Verna Mattox McCrory. She attended Tremont Schools in Tremont, MS. Mattie Sue married Theodore Roosevelt Cantrell on June 8, 1941. Together they had one...
Arthur Joseph Smith
Feb 9, 2018
Becker— Arthur Joseph Smith, 77, passed away on Friday, February 9, 2018, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on June 28, 1940, in Attleboro, MA, he was the son of Paul and Dorothy Lenord Smith. Arthur attended school in Pawtucket, RI. After graduation, he enlisted in the Marines and honorably served for 6 years. During his career, he worked as a salesman...
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