Obituaries
Frances Marie Evans
Nov 4, 2015
Frances Marie Thompson Evans, 93, passed away at home in Kosciusko. Mrs. Evans was born November 7, 1921, in Aberdeen. She lived in both Aberdeen and Amory before moving to Kosciusko in 1956. Mrs. Evans was a member of First Baptist Church of Kosciusko, for 60 years, where she taught Sunday school, served as a church hostess, and on the...
Peggy Roberts King
Nov 2, 2015
Peggy Roberts King died Monday, November 2, 2015, in Gainesville, Florida. She was born and raised in Amory. Peggy was a graduate of Amory High School and the University of Southern Mississippi. Survivors include her sons, Michael Kimmel (Pearl) of Tupelo, and Lee King (Rachel) of Charlotte, North Carolina; three granddaughters: Katy, Sarah, and Julie King; and one brother, Phil...
Dudley A. 'Dud' Weaver
Nov 1, 2015
Hazel Green, AL – Dudley “Dud” Weaver, 89, passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2015, at Huntsville Health and Rehab. Born on May 13, 1926, in Amory, he was a son of the late Ivy and Vernice Harmon Weaver. Dud was a graduate of Smithville High School. He honorably served in the US Army Air Corps in the 421st Night...
Rex Talmadge "Tal" Black
Oct 31, 2015
Rex “Tal” Black Nettleton — Rex Talmadge “Tal” Black, 78, died on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at NMMC, Tupelo, MS. Born October 22, 1937 in the Carolina Community, he was a son of Floyd and Eva Bean Black. Rex attended school at the Carolina School. He was of the Baptist Faith and he believed in God. More than anything, Rex...
Florence Young Poore
Oct 31, 2015
Amory – Florence Neal Poore, 88, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House, Tupelo. Born on May 31, 1927, in New Albany, she was a daughter of the late P. A. and Etoy Rossell Young. Florence attended New Albany Schools. Working at Wilson’s; as a floor lady at Glenn’s; and as a seamstress at Amory Garment,...
John Larell Christensen
Oct 29, 2015
John LaRell Christensen, age 83, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully at his home in Longwood, Florida, succumbing to Myelofibrosis (a rare bone marrow cancer), on October 29, 2015. He was born August 25, 1932 in Wales, Utah, to Carl LaRell and Rhea Rees Christensen. He married Mable Faun De Mille, November 18, 1955 in Las Vegas,...
Ricky Keeton
Oct 28, 2015
Smithville - Ricky Keeton, 57, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at his residence. A Private Family Service has be held. Memories and condolences may be shared with his family at EEPickleFuneralHome.com.
Evelyn Louise Kennedy
Oct 26, 2015
Amory – Evelyn Louise Montgomery Kennedy, 96, passed away on Monday, October 26, 2015, at Oak Tree Manor. Born on June 24, 1919, in Splunge, she was a daughter of the late John Gregg and Delonie Ellen Parham Montgomery. Evelyn graduated with the Smithville class of 1937. She joined the Splunge Baptist Church at a young age. Later in life,...
Mary Lee Roberts
Oct 25, 2015
Mary Lee Roberts, 96, passed away peacefully in her sleep at Manor Care in Sarasota, Florida, on Sunday, October 25, 2015. Born on June 23, 1919, in Smithville, she was a daughter of the late Ophelia Bailey. She was raised on a farm in the Smithville community until she graduated from high school. As a young woman with an adventurous...
Gordon R. "Big O" Ostrowski
Oct 24, 2015
Amory – Gordon R. “Big O” Ostrowski, 71, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2015, at NMMC, Tupelo. Born on May 27, 1944, in Chicago, IL, he was a son of the late Chester Raymond and Mildred Margaret “Millie” Tuma Ostrowski. “Big O” attended New Albany and Amory Schools. On November 2, 1979, he married Janet Leigh Burroughs. In his...
Ron Aldridge
Oct 24, 2015
Amory – Ron Aldridge, 60, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Born on January 6, 1955, in Sulligent, AL, he was a son of Gene and Mozelle Swann Aldridge. Ron graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1973 and from MSU with a BS in Accounting in 1977. On July 3, 1975, he married...
Velma Bryant
Oct 24, 2015
Amory- Velma Mc Elvin Bryant, 93, died Saturday, October 24, 2015, at her residence in Amory. Born June 2, 1922 in Deport, KY, she was a daughter of late John and Minnie Irving Mc Elvin. Velma attended school in Greeneville, Kentucky. She went to work at a young age and was a cook in the Restaurant Profession. On December 21,...
Gerald Scott Creely
Oct 23, 2015
Amory - Gerald Scott Creely, 79, died Friday, October 23, 2015 at Riverview Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility in Greenwood. He was born on February 13, 1936, in Amory to Thelma Scott Creely and George Preston Creely. Gerald graduated from Amory High School with the Class of 1954. He attended Mississippi State University and was a resident of Greenwood for 20...
Hansel Q. Sanders
Oct 23, 2015
Coldwater, MS – Hansel Quitman Sanders, 89, passed away on Friday, October 23, 2015, at Desoto County Healthcare Center, Desoto, MS. Born on December 15, 1925, in Monroe County, he was a son of the late George H. and Mary Maxey Sanders. Growing up, Hansel went to school in Monroe County. He entered into the Navy in 1945 and he...
May Evelyn England Ray
Oct 21, 2015
May Evelyn England Ray Tupelo – May Evelyn England Ray, 86, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at NMMC Hospice. Born on September 6, 1929, in Slate Springs, Mississippi, she was the daughter of Edmond Allen and Mae Gulledge England. Evelyn graduated from Eupora High School with the class of 1946. She attended Wood Jr. College and graduated in...
Major Allan Harris, Us Army, Ret.
Oct 17, 2015
Harker Heights, TX – James Allan Harris, 63, passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2015, at Scott and White Medical Center, Temple, TX. Born on December 12, 1951, in Amory, he was a son of the late James Morgan and Elvye Vernice Chism Harris. Allan graduated from Smithville High School, Class of 1969, and from IJC. While in school, he...
Charles "Charlie" Franklin Scott
Oct 14, 2015
Smithville- Charles "Charlie" Franklin. Scott, 91, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at Oak Tree Manor. Born on June 17, 1924, in Augusta, Kansas, he was a son of the late Johnny Scott and Carl and Ethel Dorothea Barton McMillin. A 20-year veteran, Charles retired in 1965, as a Staff Sergeant from the US Air Force after 17 years...
Joseph Michael "Mike" Keller
Oct 11, 2015
Amory – Joseph Michael “Mike” Keller, 34, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2015. Born on July 5, 1981, in Amory, he was a son of Tammy Plunkett and Mackie Lee Keller. Mike attended school at Hatley and went to work at a young age. He was an active young man who loved the outdoors. Mike was the father to...
Emma J. Reese
Oct 7, 2015
Amory – Emma Jean Lamb Reese, 74, died on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on August 27, 1941, in Tremont, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Lora Levell Underwood Lamb. Emma attended school in the Carolina Community. A mother of six children, she was caring, loving and giving person who always...
Eldried Maxwell Kennedy
Oct 7, 2015
Greenwood Springs – Eldried Maxwell Kennedy, 91, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at Gilmore Merit Health, Amory. Born on July 23, 1924, in Lee County, he was a son of Walter Mack and Niler Pearl Addington Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy attended Pearce Chapel and Smithville Schools. From October 1943 to December 1945, he served in the US Navy on...
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