Obituaries
Wanda Stone Puckett
Nov 27, 2016
Greenwood Springs - Wanda Puckett, 77, passed away at her home on Sunday, November 27, 2016. She was born on May 14, 1939, in Fulton, MS, to the late Bathel Edison and Mary Ann Stark Stone. Wanda attended school at Detroit Elementary and Sulligent High School. She married Wayne Puckett on September 17, 1955, who precedes her in death. She...
Bobby Neal Reeves
Nov 25, 2016
Amory – Bobby Neal Reeves, 81, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2016, at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital, Amory, MS. Born on June 1, 1935, in Amory, he was a son of the late Willie Neil and Trudie Adams Reeves. Bobby graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1954. On April 28, 1956, he married the love of his...
Cecile Elizabeth Pace
Nov 25, 2016
Cecile Elizabeth Pace, 71, passed away at her residence in Greenwood Springs on November 25, 2016. She was surrounded by her family and friends. She was a daughter of the late Lemuel and Cecile Genyet Dewitt. Cecile was born on January 9, 1945 in Springfield, Illinois. She attended school at George Washington High School in Springfield, Illinois. Cecile was a...
John R. Brown
Nov 23, 2016
Amory – John R. Brown, 83, passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial. Born on October 29, 1933, in Detroit, MI, he was a son of the late Russell and Erma J. Fluhrer Brown. John was a graduate of Cayce High School in Kentucky, Murray State University, and the University of Arkansas. He honorably served...
Isaac Mason Coursey
Nov 21, 2016
Isaac Mason Coursey, 95, passed away at his residence on November 21, 2016 surrounded by his family. He was born in Gilvo, Mississippi to Millie Ann (Lester) and George Mason Coursey on October 11, 1921. As a young man Isaac worked various jobs in and around the Amory area. He met the love of his life, Maxine Lockhart and shortly...
William Dennis Phillips
Nov 21, 2016
Amory – William Dennis Phillips, 78, went to meet The Lord on Monday, November 21, 2016, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on January 16, 1938, in Becker, MS, he was a son of the late Delmar Cody “Bill” and Euple Maxine Sanders Phillips. Dennis was a 1955 graduate of Becker High School. On July 2, 1955, he married the love-of-his-life, Nellie...
John C. Foster
Nov 15, 2016
Amory—John C. Foster, 79, passed away at Riverplace Nursing Home on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. He was a son of the late Jessie and Lillie Terry Foster. He attended school in Houston Mississippi. John married the love of his life, Offie Lee Foster on March 24, 1956 and together they were blessed with three daughters. In his wife’s later years,...
Brig Gen Theodore Edward Stuart, Ret.
Nov 15, 2016
Hattiesburg - Brigadier General Theodore E. Stuart, Retired, 85, passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at his residence. Mr. Stuart was a retired Brig. Gen. of the Mississippi Army National Guard and was former Post Commander of Camp Shelby. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and retired from the U.S. Army. He was a member...
Troy W. Nivens
Nov 14, 2016
Amory – Troy Wyndell Nivens, 81, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. Troy was born in Delight, Arkansas, on August 24, 1935, to the late Add Percer and Minnie Melissa Morrow Nivens. Troy attended school in Arkansas and graduated from Blevins High School with the class of 1955. He proudly served his country...
Shirley M. Mc Coy
Nov 13, 2016
Smithvillle—Mrs. Shirley M. McCoy, 74, passed away at her residence on Sunday, November 13, 2016. Born on July 27, 1942 in the state of Arkansas she was a daughter of the late George Washington and Tishie Emmalou Smith White. Mrs. McCoy was of the Baptist faith. She married the love of her life, Weston A. McCoy on April 1, 1961....
Glenn Wesley Tackett
Nov 11, 2016
Amory - Glenn Wesley Tackett, 82, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2016, at his residence. Born on February 3, 1934, in Shannon, MS, he was a son of the late Rufus Albert and Mattie Box Tackett. Glenn attended Amory, Becker and Smithville Schools. On September 10, 1955, he married the love-of-his-life, Joann Burleson and they were blessed with two...
Estelle Eloise Sullivan
Nov 10, 2016
Estelle Eloise Sullivan Carolina Community – Estelle Eloise Sullivan, 91, passed away on Friday, November 10, 2016, at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial, Amory. Born on October 12, 1925, in Monroe County, MS, she was a daughter of the late Ira Newton and Nellie Mae Robinson Patterson. She attended Amory High School and left school to marry James A. Sullivan and...
Sandra Kay Armstrong Wardlaw
Nov 7, 2016
Amory – Sandra Kay Wardlaw, 62, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at her residence in Amory. Born on February 18, 1954, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Granville and Christine Pickle Armstrong. Sandra was a graduate of Amory High School with the class of 1972. She entered the workforce early in life and worked as...
Georgie Sue Stanford Majors
Nov 3, 2016
Amory—Georgie Sue Majors, 84, passed away on November 3, 2016 at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory, MS. Born in Monroe County on August 12, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Grady and Willie Pearce Stanford. She attended school at Pearce Chapel School and graduated from Smithville High School, class of 1950. She was a descendent of...
Eddie Ward Gregory
Nov 1, 2016
Olive Branch - World War II Veteran Eddie W. Gregory at 91 years of age quietly and peacefully went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 1st after a short illness. Eddie Ward was born December 10, 1924 in Detroit, AL to Eddie Hay and Cleta Bell Gregory. After the death of his father, his mother, who also...
William "Bill" Vaughn
Oct 30, 2016
Amory-- Bill Vaughn, 72, passed away October 30, 2016, at Shearer Richardson in Okolona, Mississippi. Born in Smithville, he was the son on the late Edgar and Ruby Vick Vaughn. Bill attended Smithville School and was of the Baptist faith. He retired from Eljer Plumbing. Bill loved life and enjoyed talking to and helping people. He never met a stranger...
Helen Tubb Sims
Oct 29, 2016
Becker - Helen Forrest Tubb Sims, 88, graduated to her heavenly home on Saturday, October 29, 2016, at River Place Nursing Center, Amory. Born on July 18, 1928, in Becker, she was a daughter of the late Russell and Grace Hill Tubb. Helen was a graduate of Becker School. On September 17, 1948, she married the love of her life,...
Betty Jean Loden Cook
Oct 27, 2016
Memphis, Tenn - Betty Jean Loden Cook, 81, passed away October 27, 2016 at home in Memphis, Tennessee with her family by her side following a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born and raised in Amory, Mississippi. She was pre-deceased by her parents, Vera and Charlie Loden as well as her siblings: Travis Loden, Farrar Loden, Jerry Loden,...
George Clements
Oct 25, 2016
Greenwood Springs – George Dallas Clements, 56, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at his residence in Greenwood Springs, MS. George was born on January 10, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. George attended Chester County High School in Henderson, Tennessee. He married the love of his life, Mary Frances Harris on November 20, 1979. They were blessed with two sons....
Martha Carol West
Oct 23, 2016
Athens – Martha Carol Sykes West, 68, passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2016, at Shelby Baptist Medical Center, Alabaster, AL. Born April 4, 1948, in Aberdeen, she was a daughter of the late Grover and Grace Ophelia Tubb Sykes. Martha Carol was a graduate of Aberdeen High School, Class of 1967. On December 22, 1967, she married the love...
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