Obituaries
Sarah Ann Keith
Oct 9, 2014
Wren – Sarah Ann Keith, 68, died on Thursday, October 9, 2014, at her residence. Born on December 6, 1945, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Lynwood “Boots” and Lola Dixon Andrews. Sarah Ann was an Amory High School graduate, Class of 1964. On January 22, 1965, she married Kenneth Keith. A wonderful, loving lady with...
Tommy Swan
Oct 3, 2014
Becker – Roy Thomas “Tommy” Swan, 86, joined his beloved wife, Beulah, in Heaven, where they will enjoy eternity together with Jesus, on Friday, October 3, 2014. This is something they both looked forward to with anticipation. Born on December 13, 1927, in the Carolina Community, Tommy was the 5th child of Lafroy Copeland and Grady Swan. His father, Grady,...
Billy Eugene Thornton
Oct 1, 2014
Becker – Billy Eugene Thornton, 87, died on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at his residence. Born on September 25, 1927, in Monroe County, he was a son of the late Willie Basil and Fannie Mae Harmon Thornton. Mr. Thornton attended Becker School. He honorably served in the US Army during World War II. In 1977, he retired from American Motors,...
Cleatus Benson Sumerford
Sep 29, 2014
Smithville – Cleatus Benson Sumerford, 99, died on Monday, September 29, 2014, at his residence. Born on January 26, 1915, in Itawamba County, he was a son of the late Union and May Prestridge Sumerford. Mr. Sumerford attended Splunge School. On November 21, 1941, he married Lillian Cowart. Raising dairy replacement cows, Mr. Sumerford was a cattleman and farmer. A...
Roger Franklin Marshall Sr.
Sep 24, 2014
Amory – Roger Franklin Marshall, Sr., 69, died on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on December 19, 1944, in Steele, MO, he was a son of the late Harry and Ruby Barnes Marshall. Roger was a graduate of Amory High, Class of 1963. A dedicated employee, he had worked as a production manager nearly 50 years...
Julie Ann Spruill
Sep 21, 2014
Hamilton – Julie Ann Spruill, 51, died on Sunday, September 21, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. Born on August 16, 1963, in Amory, she was the daughter of the late Billy Jack Duncan and Brenda E. Raden Rasberry. Julie attended Hamilton High School and then worked as a matcher in Aberdeen at Sharp’s Garments for six years. Julie...
Willie Maudeen Mcafee
Sep 20, 2014
Maudeen McAfee Amory- Maudeen McAfee, 86, died on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on October 5, 1927, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel Roland and Tamara Blackston McAfee. Mrs. McAfee graduated from Bigbee High School. She worked as a seamstress in the Amory Garment Factory for forty years. She was...
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...
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