Obituaries
Lula Thrasher
May 4, 2016
Nettleton—Lula “Cricket” Thrasher, 34, passed away at her home on May 5, 2016. Born December 11, 1981 in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Zipper Lee Gray and Sheila Gosa. “Cricket” attended Nettleton Schools and she was of the Baptist faith. Lula married Greg Thrasher on June 1, 2014. A kind hearted, loving individual, she cherished the time...
Ellis H. Rinehart
May 3, 2016
Smithville – Ellis H. Rinehart, 78, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial. Born on September 9, 1937, in Rienzi, MS, he was a son of the late Roy Sylvester and Roxie Standford Rinehart. Ellis attended Nettleton High School where he played football and basketball. In 1956, he married Shelby Jean Stanford and together they...
Frances R. Hicks
May 1, 2016
Smithville — Mrs. Frances Ruth Hicks, 83, passed away on May 1, 2016, at Golden Living Center. Born on June 16, 1932, in Carbon Hill Alabama, she was a daughter of the late John Chesley Hughes and Leota Wiginton Hughes. . Ruth went to school at Greenwood Springs School. Frances was employed with various manufacturing companies as a seamstress and...
Robert M. Sproul
Apr 28, 2016
Beach Park, IL – Robert M. Sproul, 89, passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2016 in Amory, MS. Born on August 23, 1926, in Daykin, Nebraska, he was the son of the late Clyde and Myrtle Sproul. He grew up in Nebraska and graduated from High School in DeKalb, Illinois. He served in the US Army during World War II...
Ann Noe
Apr 28, 2016
Smithville – Ann Conwill Noe, 69, passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital. Born on January 18, 1947, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Harold Howard Conwill, Sr., and Dora Lee Rea Conwill. Ann attended Amory High School. In 1965, she married the love of her life, Johnny Owen Noe and...
Bette C. Parham
Apr 26, 2016
Smithville - Bette Sue Parham, 82, died on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Golden Living Nursing Center, Amory, MS. Born on October 19, 1933, in Amory, MS, she was a daughter of the late Moman A. and Rennie Lee Faulkner Howell. Bette graduated from Hatley High School. As a youth, because of her beauty and personality, she was crowned the...
Mary Maude Hatley
Apr 26, 2016
Mary “Maude” Hatley, 93, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial. Born on September 4, 1922, in Shannon, she was a daughter of the late N. David and Tennie Sullivan Richardson. Maude attended Shannon School and married Wilburn V. Hatley in 1940. Her husband joined the Army and left for Northern France during World War...
Evie L. Law
Apr 25, 2016
Hatley – Evie Lorraine Williams Law, 105, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016, at The Meadows in Itawamba County. Born on October 8, 1910, she was a daughter of the late John Wesley and Margaret McDougal Williams. Evie attended school in the Dorsey Community. She married the love of her life, Edward Law, and together they were blessed by...
1St Seargant John Edward Bowers
Apr 22, 2016
1st Seargent John Edward Bowers Caledonia – John Edward Bowers, 68, passed away on Friday, April 22, 2016, at Baptist Golden Triangle in Columbus. Born on July 6,1947, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma he was the son of Optic and Mildred Marler Bowers. A caring and selfless man, he had a generous spirit and was considered by all to be a kind...
Fay Cox Simmons
Apr 21, 2016
Amory – Fay C. Simmons, 88, passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2016, at Golden Living Center. Born on February 3, 1928, in Smithville, she was a daughter of the late James F. and Belma F. Brasfield Cox. With her parents being school teachers, Fay started school at Brock School at the age of four. At age 16, she graduated...
John Edmond Phillips
Apr 15, 2016
Smithville – John Edmond Phillips, 96, died on Friday, April 15, 2016, at the Pioneer Medical Center in Aberdeen. Born on January 5, 1920, in Itawamba County, he was the son of Elbern Doda and Laia Elliott Phillips. Growing up in the Itawamba County area, he was a graduate of Tremont High School. He joined the Navy at an early...
Doyle Clevus Summerford
Apr 12, 2016
Smithville – Doyle Clevus Summerford, 84, affectionately known as "Slick" and "Kojak," passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Born on August 24, 1931, in James Creek Community of Itawamba County, he was a son of Earnie Clevus and Reba Irene Harris Summerford. Doyle attended Smithville Schools and graduated from Tremont High School Class of...
Geneva Ray Devall Stone
Apr 11, 2016
Geneva DeVall Stone Amory – Geneva Ray Manasco DeVall Stone, 95, passed away on Monday, April 11, 2016, at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital. Born on October 24, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Chester Ray and Minnie Mae Pierce Manasco. At an early age, she became a seamstress in the Amory area garment plants. She was blessed...
David Wayne Basham
Apr 8, 2016
Amory – David Wayne Basham, 35, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016 in Okolona, MS. Born on September 4, 1980, in Amory, he was a son of Dewayne Eddie and Cynthia Rae Mitchell Basham. David attended Becker and Hatley High School. He worked as a manager for the football teams while in school. David was of the Assembly of...
Alicia West Harville
Apr 8, 2016
Tupelo – Alicia Renea West Harville, 33, died on Friday, April 8, 2016. Born on December 30, 1983, in Augusta, Georgia she was the daughter of Lester West of Amory and Janice Simpson Weaver of Arizona. Growing up in Monroe County, she was a graduate of Amory High School. She was of the Baptist faith and she was loving and...
Nellie Fay Vernon
Apr 8, 2016
Amory – Nellie Fay Vernon, 76, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016, at Sanctuary Hospice. Born on May 30, 1939, in Becker, she was a daughter of the late Jim D. and Mary Elizabeth Adams Thompson. Nellie was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1959. She married Jerry Vernon. For many years, Nellie was the manager of...
Tommy Thornton
Apr 7, 2016
Amory – Tommy Thornton, 49, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2016, at his residence. Born on September 19, 1966, in Amory, he was a son of the late Thomas Sherman Thornton, Sr., and Mavis Patricia “Pat” Johnson Thornton. Tommy was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1984, and attended ICC. While growing up, Tommy mowed yards. Known...
Carl Edgar "Jake" Lesley
Apr 5, 2016
Amory – Carl Edgar “Jake” Lesley, 75, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Sanctuary Hospice House, Tupelo, MS. He was born on November 25, 1940, in Peppertown, MS, he was a son of the late Barto and Eunice Williams Lesley. Carl attended school in Dorsey, Mississippi. At an early age he entered the workforce where he worked on...
Herbert Berry Page
Apr 3, 2016
Amory - Herbert Berry Page died April 3, 2016 in Amory, Mississippi. A life-long resident of Amory, he was a friend to many, a well-liked, humble man with a dry sense of humor. People often stopped and spoke to him when he was out around town. Some might be surprised to learn that he flew missions over the Himalayas from...
Nell Howell English
Apr 2, 2016
Amory –Nell Howell English, 87, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Golden Living Nursing Center, Amory. Born on September 13, 1928, in Amory, MS, she was the daughter of the late A. H. and Lorette Tubb Howell. She graduated from Amory High School with the class of 1946. On July 15, 1954, she married the love of her...
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