Obituaries
Hazel Carter Waldrop
Sep 20, 2014
Greenwood Springs – Hazel A. Waldrop, 84, died on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at her residence. Born on June 6, 1930, in Quincy, she was a daughter of the late Walter Riley and Willard Wise Carter. Mrs. Waldrop was a graduate of Greenwood Springs, Class of 1948. On November 25, 1950, she married Wilton Waldrop. A homemaker, she was a...
Idra Lee Williams Young
Sep 20, 2014
Smithville – Idra Lee Williams Young, 104, died on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at her residence. Born on March 27, 1910, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Rufus and Ida McDaniel Williams. Mrs. Young was a graduate of Smithville High, Class of 1928. On December 12, 1936, she married Cleburn Wylie Young. A dedicated homemaker who...
Ellen Wells Phillips
Sep 20, 2014
Amory – Ellen Wells Phillips, 78, died on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at North MS Medical Center, Tupelo. Born on July 12, 1936, in Becker, she was a daughter of the late Hershell Jack and Ovie Lee Nabors Wells. Mrs. Phillips attended Becker Schools. On June 29, 1956, she married Donald Phillips. She retired from True Temper after 12 years...
Mae Bell Maples Williams
Sep 16, 2014
Nettleton- Mae Bell Keeton Maples Williams, 87, died on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at River Place Nursing Center, Amory. Born on September 10, 1927, in Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Mae Magnolia Miles Keeton. Mrs. Williams attended school in Alabama. Before becoming a homemaker, she worked as an upholstery bundler at Nettle-Craft. She was a...
Anita Gail Zimmerman
Sep 14, 2014
Aberdeen – Anita Gail Gray Zimmerman, 49, died on Sunday, September 14, 2014, at her residence in Aberdeen. Born on September 4, 1965, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Gray and Juanita Vick Gray. Zimmerman attended Hatley High School and on April 13, 1996, she married Robert Zimmerman. For many years, Zimmerman worked for Amory Garments...
Al Bourgeois
Sep 14, 2014
Amory – Alvin Joseph Bourgeois, 70, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014, at his home. He was born in Lutcher, Louisiana, on March 19, 1944, to the late Alvin W. Bourgeois and Evelyn Marie Anderman Bourgeois. Alvin graduated from Lutcher High School, Louisiana. Upon graduation, he entered into the United States Army and served from 1965 until 1971. He then...
Rhonda Burrough Windham
Sep 14, 2014
Rhonda Burrough Windham Amory – Rhonda Burrough Windham, 37, died on Sunday, September 14, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on April 18, 1977, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Billy Burrough and Belinda Berry Brown. Windham attended Hatley High School and on April 3, 2009, in Marion County, Alabama, she married Chris Windham. Rhonda was...
Yvonne Wideman Funderburk
Sep 13, 2014
Wren – Yvonne “Von” Wideman Funderburk, 52, died on Saturday, September 13, 2014, at Pioneer Community Hospital, Aberdeen. Born on October 19, 1961, in Amory, she was a daughter of E. J. Wideman and Martha Robinson. Von graduated from Hatley High School in 1980, where she was captain of the cheerleading squad. On July 24, 1982, she married Richard “Ricky”...
James 'Satch' Roden
Sep 13, 2014
Amory – James “Satch” Charles Roden, 72, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014, at his home. He was born in Ruleville, MS, on November 8, 1941, to the late Charles William and Bernice Harger Roden. James attended EE Bass High School in Greeneville, MS. He entered into the United States Marine Corp in 1963, and served until 1969. He then...
Bro. John Edgar Hatcher
Sep 12, 2014
Bro. John E. (Johnny) Hatcher Wren—Bro. John Edgar Hatcher,74, died Friday, September 12, 2014 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was born July 2, 1940 in Dumas, MS the late Luther Moore Hatcher and Hazel Johnson Hatcher. Bro. Hatcher attended Dumas High School in Dumas. On January 16, 1960, he married Eva Strawhorn Hatcher. He worked for Kerr McGee...
Patricia 'Pat' Johnson Thornton
Sep 11, 2014
Amory – Patricia “Pat” Johnson Thornton, 73, died on Thursday, September 11, 2014, at River Place Nursing Center. Born on November 8, 1940, in Smithville, she was a daughter of the late Gilbert Mayes and Sue Cowley Johnson. Pat was a graduate of Smithville High School and the University of Mississippi Medical Center-Jackson. On June 3, 1962, she married Sherman...
Charlie Pearl Mize
Sep 11, 2014
Quincy – Charlie Pearl Hayes Mize, 84, died on Thursday, September 11, 2014, at Darlington Oaks, Verona. Born on February 24, 1930, in Columbus, she was a daughter of the late Clyde Hayes, Sr., and Rachel Dickens Hayes. Mrs. Mize graduated from Lee High in Columbus and from IJC Nursing Program. On August 14, 1949, she married James Thomas “J....
Maedene Weatherly Jones
Sep 7, 2014
Amory – Maedene Weatherly Jones, 86, died on Sunday, September 7, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on September 16, 1927, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late James Thomas and Lillie Vercie Kennedy Weatherly. Mrs. Jones was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1945, and attended Mississippi State University. On September 15, 1946, she married...
Sue Gilliam Pickle
Sep 5, 2014
Sue Gilliam Pickle Saltillo – Sue Gilliam Pickle, 60, died on Friday, September 5, 2014, at North MS Medical Center. Born in new Albany, on August 3, 1954, she was a daughter of Billy Joe Gilliam and Beulah Mae Smithy Bagwell. She married Gary Pickle of Saltillo on May 5, 1990. Growing up in New Albany, she attended W.P. Daniel...
Irene F. Wood
Sep 2, 2014
Amory – Irene Frederick Wood, 84, died on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at Golden Living. Born on February 9, 1930, in Smithville, she was a daughter of the late Rufus Frederick and Lilly Foster. Irene attended Smithville High School. On September 9, 1950 she married William Wood. For many years, Irene was a seamstress for Amory Garment. She enjoyed Gospel...
Robert E. Candle
Sep 1, 2014
Robert E. Candle Robert E. Candle, 88, of Cordova, TN formerly of Amory, MS passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday September 1, 2014. Robert was born in Columbus, MS on February 6th, 1926. He worked for the Frisco/Burlington Northern Railroad and retired in 1988 after 43 years of service. He was a 32 degree Mason and a Shriner....
Elnor York Williams
Aug 29, 2014
Elnor York Puckett Williams, 80, of Amory, MS, passed away Friday, August 29, 2014, after a lengthy illness. Born and raised in Amory, Elnor was an active member of First United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School, served on various committees, sang in the choir for many years, chaperoned several youth choir trips, was active in the Upper Room...
David Nelson Smith
Aug 28, 2014
Amory – David Nelson Smith, 67, died on Thursday, August 28, 2014, at his residence under the care of Legacy Hospice. Born on August 27, 1947, in Vernon, AL, he was a son of Lovis Jean Hester Smith and the late Connie Smith. David attended Lamar County High School. On October 21, 1966, he married Ann Harris. For 33 years,...
Selwin West
Aug 27, 2014
Wren – Selwin West, 69, died Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at Sanctuary Hospice. Born on January 13, 1945, in Waynesboro, he was a son of the late Aden and Elvis Dearman West. Selwin was a graduate of Central High School and honorably served in the US Army in Vietnam. He married Pauline Herring on July 1, 1994. Retiring in 2001,...
Jeanette Palmer Nash
Aug 27, 2014
Tupelo – Jeanette Palmer Nash, 78, died on Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at Sanctuary Hospice. Born on August 3, 1936, in Tupelo, she was a daughter of the late Arlie Jewette and Burma Lee Patton Palmer. Jeanette graduated from Fulton High School in 1954. On December 26, 1954, she married Darwin Artie “Dub” Nash. After 30 years of service, she...
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