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Lee Hollis “Red” Burt
Jan 29, 2019
Lee Hollis “Red” Burt, 85, passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born on June 12, 1933, in Itawamba County to Tracy and Mamie Roebuck Burt. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County, was a self-employed owner of Burt’s Redi-Mix and Bull Mountain Gravel, and was a member of Liberty...
James Edward West, Sr
Jan 28, 2019
James Edward West, Sr., age 81, died Monday, January 28, 2019, at Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen. He was born April 16, 1937, to Charles and Opal West in Monroe County He was a life long resident of Aberdeen and was a member of Aberdeen First Baptist Church. He was a graduate of Aberdeen High School and attended Ole Miss...
Jonathan Capps
Jan 28, 2019
Jonathan Capps, 41, died Monday, January 28, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. He was born November 16, 1977, in Amory, MS to Jimmy Harold Capps and Geneva Jenkins Capps. He was a life long resident of Monroe County. He was a member of Cason Baptist Church. He was a line supervisor for Seminole Furniture Co, in...
Jerry Lowell Horstman
Jan 27, 2019
Jerry Lowell Horstman passed away January 27, 2019, at 2:30 A.M. at the Sanctuary Hospice Home in Tupelo, MS. He was born in Muncie, Indiana on August 23, 1931, and his family moved to Lima, Ohio in 1940. He started to South High School but quit in 1949 to join the Navy U.S. Submarine School. He then served on the...
Martha Evelyn Rye Watkins Bourland
Jan 26, 2019
Martha Evelyn Rye Watkins Bourland, a lifelong resident of Aberdeen, MS, passed away on January 26, 2019. She was born to the late Luna Jane Ritter Rye and Amos Gaither Rye on April 26, 1924, in the Hamilton community. She was preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, Robert McCluney Watkins. They had three children; Robert McCluney (Bobby)...
Frank Howell Cockerham, Jr
Jan 25, 2019
Frank Howell Cockerham, Jr., 76, died Friday, January 25, 2019, at the Golden Triangle Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. He was born in Hamilton, MS to Frank H. Cockerham, Sr. and Bessie Fairchild Cockerham. He was a life long resident of Monroe County. He graduated from Hamilton High School and from Mississippi State University with a degree in Accounting....
Orene Lockhart Hamilton
Jan 15, 2019
Orene Lockhart Hamilton 96, died Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at the Whitfield Nursing Home in Corinth, MS. She was born October 9, 1922, in the Bartahatchie Community to Edward and Maude Lockhart. She lived in the Bartahatchie Community for 87 years. Due to failing health, she moved to Corinth where she resided with her daughter Peggy Collins and her family....
Timothy W. Morgan
Jan 13, 2019
Timothy W. Morgan, 72, passed away on Sunday, January 13, 2019, at North MS Medical Center Hospice in Tupelo after an extended illness. He was born on September 9, 1946, in Amory to the Rev. Melvin David and Mae McWhirter Morgan. He had lived most all of his life in Nettleton but had resided in Saltillo for the past fifteen...
Gary Reed Walters
Jan 11, 2019
Gary Reed Walters, 63 died Friday, January 11, 2019, at his residence. He was born September 16, 1955, in Harriman, TN. to Johnny Reed Walters and Betty Garrett Walters. He was a life long resident of Monroe County. He was self-employed in the construction business. He was a member of the Aberdeen First Christian Church. He is survived by one...
Ruby Howell Cole
Jan 7, 2019
Ruby Howell Cole, 90, died Monday, January 7, 2019, at her residence. She was born June 28, 1928, in Athens, MS to Ira Green Howell and Mae Moulder Howell. She was a life long resident of Monroe County. She retired as a secretary for the Home Economist of Monroe County and Mississippi State University. She was a member of the...
Bobby Raymond Laster, Sr.,
Jan 6, 2019
Bobby Raymond Laster, Sr., 69, died Sunday, January 6, 2019, at the Care Center of Aberdeen. He was born April 4, 1949, in Marked Tree, Arkansas to John Thomas Laster and Annie Louise Laster. He has lived in Aberdeen for the past eight years. He was an over the road truck driver for the past thirty years. He retired in...
Jimmie Glenn Sullivan
Jan 5, 2019
Jimmie Glenn Sullivan, 79, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2019, at his daughter’s residence after an extended illness. He was born on May 1, 1939, in Lee County to Kirby Bryan and Lena Mae Hall Sullivan. He was a lifelong resident of Nettleton, a retired employee of 15 years at Lane Manufacturing of Saltillo, and was a member of Victory...
Caroline McCrory
Jan 3, 2019
Caroline McCrory, 100, passed away on January 03, 2019, at her son’s residence in Nettleton. She was born on April 11, 1918, in Bouina, Wisconsin to Otto John Martin and Anna Louis Plueger Lettman. Caroline had lived most all of her life in Nettleton, was a retired seamstress, & a founding member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Tupelo....
Eric Wayne ” Magoo” McGarrh
Jan 3, 2019
Eric Wayne ” Magoo” McGarrh, 35, died Thursday, January 3, 2019, at his residence. He was born July 21, 1983, in Columbus, MS to Bernice McGarrh, Jr. and Shelia Bailey McGarrh. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County. He worked in the upholstery business for United Furniture.
Eddie Wayne Minor
Dec 29, 2018
Eddie Wayne Minor, 72, died Saturday December 29, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Aberdeen May 30, 1946 to Hershel Minor and Jean Williams. He was a life long resident of Aberdeen, MS. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and served two years in Vietnam. He was retired from the Mississippi Department of Transportation. He...
Eddie Wayne Minor
Dec 29, 2018
Aberdeen — Eddie Wayne Minor , 72, passed away on Saturday December 29, 2018, at residence in Aberdeen. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home – Aberdeen .
Thomas Ferrell Cunningham
Dec 29, 2018
Thomas Ferrell Cunningham, 95, died Saturday, December 29, 2018, at the Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen, MS. He was born in Detroit, Alabama to Thomas Cosby Cunningham and Mary Agatha Sanders Cunningham on February 2, 1923. He had resided in Aberdeen since 1973. He was a Veteran of World War ll. He was a Corporal in the Army Air Corps....
Walter Francis Dye
Dec 27, 2018
Walter Francis Dye, 80, died Thursday, December 27, 2018 at his residence in Aberdeen after a brief illness. He was born September 13, 1938 in Union County, MS to the late Gurney L. Dye and Christine Grissom Dye. He grew up in Ellistown, MS and graduated from Cedar Hill Highschool. He moved to Tupelo where he was employed by Comfort...
Janice Dianne Strickland
Dec 25, 2018
Janice Dianne Strickland passed away at her home on Tuesday, December 25, 2018. She was 63 years old. Her hobbies included camping and fishing and she shared a love for animals. Janice loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Janice was preceded in death by her father, J. L. Johnson and sister, Judy Johnson. She is survived by...
Hubert Leroy Guin
Dec 21, 2018
Hubert Leroy Guin, age 84, died Friday, December 21, 2018, at Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory, MS. He was born August 29, 1934, in Monroe County to Clyde Guin, Sr. and Bessie Taylor Guin. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County. He was a retired truck driver for Merchants Truck Line. He was a charter member of the GMT...
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