Obituaries
Johnny Woodham
Dec 25, 2016
Aberdeen – Johnny Wayne Woodham, 60, passed away at his residence on Sunday, December 25, 2016. Born on December 18, 1956, in Amory, MS, he was the son of Betty Sue McCarley Ashton and Robert Wayne Woodham. Johnny was a graduate with the class of 1975 from Overton High School in Memphis, TN. An active man, his career consisted of...
Charles Eugene Blankenship
Dec 24, 2016
Charles Eugene Blankenship Amory – Charles Blankenship, 86, passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2016, at his residence. Born on December 2, 1930, in Sardis, TN, he was a son of the late James Thomas and Beulah Leslie Phillips Blankenship. Charles was a graduate of Chester County High School, Henderson, TN. He honorably served in the US Army during the...
Patricia "Pat" Suggs Jernigan
Dec 18, 2016
Amory – Patricia “Pat” Jernigan, 62, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2016, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on July 27, 1954, in Chicago, IL, she was a daughter of Violet Draper Suggs and the late John Douglas Suggs. Pat attended Greenwood Springs and Hatley Schools and later earned her GED. A determined and strong woman, she worked as a supervisor...
David Wayne Chism
Dec 12, 2016
David Wayne Chism, 60 passed away on December 12, 2016 at Merit Health Gilmore Hospital. Born in Amory on September 18, 1956, he was a son of the late James Dudley and Joyce Monaghan Chism. He graduated from Amory High School in 1974. He spent 23 years with the U.S. Navy in communications. He was a member of the U.S....
Marilyn Tackett Richmond
Dec 11, 2016
Bigbee – Marilyn Vonese Tackett Richmond, 74, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2016, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on June 16, 1942, in the Bigbee Community, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow Owen and Mary Louise Bailey Tackett. Marilyn was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1960. She furthered her education by attending The W in...
Theda Paxton Ashcraft
Dec 11, 2016
Theda Paxton Ashcraft, age 90 of Amory, Mississippi, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 11, 2016. Awaiting her arrival in Heaven were her husband of 55 years Bro. Charles Ashcraft, mother and father, Irene and Theo Paxton, her brother Rayburn Paxton and two sisters, Irma Parnell and Mabel Wynne. She leaves behind to cherish...
Keith I. Allen, Jr.
Dec 10, 2016
Amory - Keith I. Allen, Jr., passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at his residence. Born on May 6, 1924, in Amory, he was a son of the late Keith I. Allen, Sr., and Alta Lois Overstreet Allen. After graduating from Amory High School in 1941, Keith attended Mississippi State University for two years. Leaving school for World War...
Dizzine M. Wright
Dec 10, 2016
Dizzine Mae Gray Wright, 88, passed away at the North Mississippi Medical Center on December 10, 2016.
Bonnie Sue Mitchell Tate
Dec 9, 2016
Amory - Bonnie Sue Tate, 72, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2016, at her residence. Born on January 13, 1944, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Malcolm Durwood and Bessie Mae Anderson Mitchell. Bonnie was a graduate of Amory High School, 1962. On December 21, 1962, she married the love of her life, James R. Tate,...
Sammy J. Rowell
Dec 8, 2016
Amory – Sammy J. Rowell, 48, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016, at his residence in Aberdeen, MD. Born on February 24, 1968, in Amory, he was a son of Lucy Parish Bourgeois and Lacy Rowell. On February 24, 1968, a baby boy, Sammy J. Rowell, was placed in the loving arms of his sweet mother. The years passed...
Jerry "Bug Doctor" Hadaway
Dec 8, 2016
Amory – Jerry Wayne Hadaway, otherwise known as the “Bug Doctor”, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital, Amory, MS. Born in Columbus, MS on August 28, 1960, he was a son of Joyce Hadaway King and the late Charles Edward Hadaway. After High School, Jerry went on to further his education at MS...
Viola "Vi" J. Harris
Dec 7, 2016
Josie Viola Harris, 97, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at her residence in Hamilton, MS. Born in the Bethlehem Community, she was a daughter of the late Dallas Woodson Sandlin and Nettie Permellia Simmons Sandlin. She attended Bethlehem and Splunge Schools. Viola was a faithful member of the Riggan Chapel Methodist Church where she was always taking care of...
Sarah Ellen Dodd Sanders
Dec 6, 2016
Sarah Ellen Dodd Sanders, 77, passed away at her residence on December 6, 2016. She was of the Baptist faith. Born on October 23, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Inez Blaylock Dodd. She attended Becker School. She married Glenn A. Sanders on January 19, 1984. Sarah was best known as the owner of the 45...
Jimmie Wesley Kirkpatrick
Dec 6, 2016
Becker – Jimmie Wesley Kirkpatrick, 85, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at his residence in Becker. Born on July 17, 1931, in Becker, he was a son of the late Jim Wallace and Mattie Parchman Kirkpatrick. Jimmie was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1949. On February 24, 1952, he married the love of his life,...
Elizabeth Eugenia "Betty" Moore
Dec 4, 2016
Amory – Elizabeth “Betty” Moore, 81, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2016, at Sanctuary Hospice House, Tupelo. Born on September 12, 1935, in Memphis, TN, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Kenneth Irby Tucker, Sr., and Gladys Lavelle York Tucker. Betty graduated from Aberdeen High School with the class of 1953. She attended Duke University and while...
Elizabeth S. Swan
Nov 30, 2016
Amory - Elizabeth Swan died Wednesday, November 30th at Oak Tree Plantation in Amory, Mississippi. She was a daughter of the late George Moman and Victoria Clemtine Jordan Sanderson and was born on September 16, 1926, in Monroe County Mississippi. She was a graduate of Becker High School. She was a member of Meadowood Baptist Church. She held various jobs...
Opal Sanders Williams
Nov 29, 2016
Wren – Opal Sanders Williams, 97, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at Sanctuary Hospice, Tupelo, MS. Born on May 29, 1919, in Chickasaw County, MS, she was a daughter of the late John R. and Pearl Clark Sanders. Opal was a graduate of McCondy High School and attended Hinds Junior College. On March 31, 1946, she married the...
Helen Wright Rutledge
Nov 29, 2016
Amory – Helen Lynette Wright Rutledge, 80, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. Helen is now home forever with her husband Roland, her parents, many friends, loved ones and most of all, Jesus and God. Born on March 21, 1936, in Vernon, AL, she was a daughter of the late Linnie Houston and...
John Wesley Slatery Jr.
Nov 28, 2016
Smithville – John Wesley Slatery, Jr., 79, passed away on Monday, November 28, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford. Born on September 17, 1937, in Bristol, VA, he was a son of the late John Wesley Slatery, Sr., and Elsie Edith Buckley Slatery. John was a graduate of Tennessee High School, Bristol, TN. He honorably served his Country in the...
Iris Nell Devall
Nov 28, 2016
Smithville – Iris Nell Faulkner DeVall, 83, passed away on Monday, November 28, 2016, at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial, Amory, MS. Born on December 21, 1932, in Hatley, she was a daughter of the late Bryan and Anna Belle Ausborn Faulkner. Iris Nell graduated from Hatley High School, Class of 1951, where she played basketball. On August 20, 1951, she...
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