Obituaries
Mary Irene Carter
Aug 8, 2014
Amory – Mary Irene Carter, 94, died on Friday, August 8, 2014, at Oak Tree Manor. Born on June 5, 1920, in Eros, LA, she was a daughter of the late Walter Houston and Allie Bell Sims. She and her late husband moved to Amory in 1986, upon his retirement. She was Baptist. A very pleasant and caring person, she...
Una S. Newton
Aug 7, 2014
Amory – Una Sloan Newton, 96, died on Thursday, August 7, 2014, at Golden Living Center. Born on August 17, 1917, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late John Gainey and Dora Belle Ridings Sloan. Mrs. Newton worked as a seamstress in the area garment industry, as a retail clerk, and later as an Avon representative. A...
Taylor Reese Dobbs Iii
Aug 5, 2014
Murfreesboro, TN – Taylor Reese Dobbs, III, 32, died on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Centennial Medical Center, Nashville. Born on June 12, 1982, in Amory, he was a son of Kay Nettle McKinney Dobbs and Taylor Reese Dobbs, Jr. Taylor was a graduate of Smithville High, Class of 2001. A hard-worker, he was an Op-Tech technician with Nissan. Guided...
Arch Justice
Aug 2, 2014
Amory – Arch Justice, 90, died on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC. Born on January 14, 1924, in Hatley, he was the son of the late Arch C. & Lenora Weaver Justice. Mr. Justice was a Hatley High School graduate, Class of 1943. He married Nel Phillips on July 3, 1943. Mr. Justice honorably served in the...
Marion Virginia Webb
Aug 2, 2014
Gattman - Marion Virginia Webb, 77, died on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at her residence. Born on June 6, 1937, in Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd & Lillie Belle Williams Wise. Virginia attended Gattman and Greenwood Springs Schools. On April 10, 1958, she married T. L. Webb. After working 27 years with Glenn Manufacturing, she...
Cecile Langston Owings
Aug 1, 2014
Amory – Cecile Langston Owings, 87, died on Friday, August 1, 2014, at River Place Nursing Center. Born on March 9, 1927, she was a daughter of the late P. E. and Lillie Grimes Langston. Mrs. Owings was a graduate of Mooreville High School. She retired as a seamstress with Reed’s Manufacturing. Loving God first, she was a member of...
William Thomas Hamlett Jr.
Jul 31, 2014
Amory – William Thomas Hamlett, Jr., 86, died on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at The Meadows, Fulton. Born on May 4, 1928, in Marked Tree, AR, he was a son of the late Tressie Phillips and William Thomas Hamlett, Sr. Mr. Hamlett worked for OTL in Okolona as a truck driver and mechanic and was an evangelist at Jesus Name...
Dewey C. Bethay
Jul 24, 2014
Carolina – Dewey C. Bethay, 94, died on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at his residence. Born on October 9, 1919, in Carolina, he was a son of the late Ed and Lillian Nichols Bethay. Mr. Bethay attended Itawamba County Schools. He married Lillian Farr on September 12, 1941, and honorably served in the US Army in the 322nd Infantry Wildcat...
Bill Boswell
Jul 24, 2014
Amory - William “Bill” Sanford Boswell, Jr., 75, of Amory, died at his home Wednesday, July 23. The son of the late William S. and Edith M. Boswell, Bill was a graduate of Cleveland High School and Delta State University. Truly a Renaissance man, he wore the hats of C.P.A., businessman, English instructor, church and civic leader, and world traveler....
Coy Lane Allen
Jul 24, 2014
Vernon - Coy Lane Allen, 64, died on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at his residence. Born on July 6, 1950, in Sulligent, he was a son of the late Henry and Anita Mangrum Allen. Coy was a graduate of Caledonia High School in 1968. He married Linda May Moates on October 16, 1968. Coy was a roofer. He was of...
Wanda Joy Moffett
Jul 23, 2014
Amory - Wanda Joy Bratton Moffett, 72, died on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on August 15, 1941, in Pontotoc, she was a daughter of the late Louis Russell and Lula Bell Bowling Bratton. Wanda was an excellent basketball player and a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1959. She married James E. Moffett...
Madie Guyton
Jul 22, 2014
Amory – Madie Guyton, 77, died on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at her residence. Born on July 5, 1937, in Nettleton, she was a daughter of the late Coy and Virgie Oliver Worthey. She attended Bigbee School. A homemaker, she loved being a caretaker and a volunteer at Gilmore Memorial Hospital. Loving, outgoing, nurturing and always on the go, she...
Marilyn Hathcock
Jul 22, 2014
Smithville – Marilyn Hathcock, 59, died on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on July 28, 1954, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Napoleon and Mary Green Frederick Hathcock. Marilyn was a graduate of Hatley High School, Class of 1973, and MUW. She had worked for Arvin’s, Tupelo, and Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory....
Bessie E. Sloan
Jul 21, 2014
Cason – Bessie Evelyn Sloan, 82, died on Monday, July 21, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on May 13, 1932, in the Cason Community, she was the daughter of the late William Shipman and Janie Mitchell Moore Adams. The youngest of ten children, Mrs. Sloan was a graduate of Pine Grove School. She was an active member of...
James 'Jim' Roberts
Jul 20, 2014
Saltillo – James “Jim” Roberts, 79, rode off into the Sunset on Sunday, July 20, 2014, at his residence. Born on March 22, 1935, in Greenwood Springs, he was a son of the late Eldridge and Millie Harron Roberts. Jim graduated from Amory High School, Class of 1953. He served in the US Army National Guard. Moving to California in...
Kelly Justice Thompson
Jul 19, 2014
Tupelo -- Kelly Justice Thompson, 34, passed away on Saturday July 19, 2014, at her residence in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by E. E. Pickle Funeral Home, Amory. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at eepicklefuneralhome.com.
Shawn Dwayne Pinion
Jul 18, 2014
Amory – Shawn Dwayne Pinion, 49, died on Friday, July 18, 2014, at his residence surrounded by his family. Born on March 23, 1965, in Houston, TX, he was a son of the late Cecil and Susan Angle Hargroue and John and Katherine Pinion, Texas. A graduate of George Washington University, Shawn was self-employed in the insurance and investments profession....
Juanita C. Keller
Jul 16, 2014
Amory – Juanita Keller, 88, died on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at Gilmore Memorial RMC, Amory. Born on July 20, 1925, in Nettleton, she was a daughter of the late James K. and Betty Clayton Chaney. Mrs. Keller attended Lee County Schools. She married David Keller on February 20, 1946. Working as a seamstress, Mrs. Keller retired from Amory Garment....
William Brett Johnson Sr.
Jul 15, 2014
West Point – William Brett Johnson, Sr., 69, died on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Born on September 20, 1944, in Amory, he was the son of the late Charles William and Clara Hursh Brett Johnson. Brett was a graduate of Amory High School, Class of 1962, attended Millsaps College, joined the US Air Force, and...
Ruth Lovan
Jul 11, 2014
Tupelo – Ruth L. McCoy Fowler Lovan, 84, died on Friday, July 11, 2014, at Golden Living Center, Tupelo. Born on April 23, 1930, in Booneville, she was a daughter of the late Chester Arthur and Florence Loraine Clark McCoy. A woman of faith, Mrs. Lovan was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church, Amory where she was active...
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