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Brenda Sue White
Aug 24, 2023
Aberdeen- Brenda Sue (Thaxton) White, 78, passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2023 in Amory. She was born in Aberdeen,MS on October 15, 1944 to parents Curtis Thaxton and Juanita (Gann) Thaxton Jones. She was a lifelong resident of Aberdeen. Before her retirement she was a seamstress. She enjoyed playing video games. Brenda dearly loved her family and she...
Libby Rooks
Aug 19, 2023
Olivia Carolyn "Libby" Rooks, 71, passed away at Baptist Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus. She was born on February 7, 1952 in Aberdeen to the late Acker and Iladean Berry Lackie. Libby was a graduate of Aberdeen High School and was married to Tony Rooks. A lifelong resident of Monroe County, she worked a number of years at Gilmore Memorial...
Johnnie Little
Aug 18, 2023
Johnnie Ray Little, 52, passed away on Friday, August 18, 2023 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. He was born on March 19, 1971 in Aberdeen to James Augustus "Henry" and Patricia McCollum Little. John grew up in the Coontail Community and he was a self-employed electrician and an exceptionally skilled musician who loved to play guitar. He loved doing mechanic work and...
Juanita Davis
Aug 17, 2023
Juanita Helen Davis, 84, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at her home. Born in Caledonia on July 23, 1939, she was a daughter to Cephas and Velma Purser Pounders. She grew up in Lepanto, AR and later moved to Monroe County. Before her retirement, she worked in the garment industry, the cotton gin, and she also sat with the elderly. She is...
Glenda Faye Finley
Aug 17, 2023
Glenda Faye Wardlaw Finley 81, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at Sanctary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born on October 7, 1941 to Howard and Ovie Cook Wardlaw. She lived most of her life in Nettleton and she was a homemaker. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church in Nettleton.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m....
Brac Wright
Aug 16, 2023
Brac David Wright, 39, passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 in Monroe County. He was born in Tupelo on March 2, 1984 to Buck Wright, Jr. and Kathy Walters Faulkner. A lifelong resident of Monroe County, he attended Hamilton Schools and worked as an operator for the Donald Smith Co. in Shannon. When he was younger, he liked to ride horses and...
Etta Charlene Presley
Aug 13, 2023
Nettleton/Palmetto- Etta Charlene Presley, 74, passed away on Sunday, August 13, 2023 at her sister's residence. She was born in Yalobusha County on September 24, 1948 to parents Hershel Eugene Presley and Metrie Jones Presley. She was a lifelong resident of Nettleton and the Lee County area. She loved her dolls and she enjoyed coloring. She attended Verona Church of...
Rodney Riley
Aug 5, 2023
Rodney M. Riley, 63, passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born on March 25, 1960 to Paul M. and Frances Parham Riley. A lifelong resident of the Nettleton and Carolina Communities, he was a member of the Carolina Community Church. Prior to his retirement, he was an inspector for the Mississippi Department of...
Billie Sue Long
Aug 2, 2023
Billie Sue Long, was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the only child of John and Maudie Sadler. As a child she lived in Little Rock, Arkansas and Jackson, Mississippi until her family moved to her grandmother’s farm located halfway between Bruce and Houlka in Calhoun County. She credits her grandmother, Esther Collums as the greatest spiritual influence in her life....
Brenda Joyce Ivy Holcomb
Aug 1, 2023
Brenda Joyce Ivy Holcomb, 75, of the Palmetto Community passed away August 1, 2023, at her residence. She was born on March 8, 1948, to Cecil and Lois Ivy. Brenda was a graduate of Shannon High School and a lifelong resident of Lee County, where she also worked in the Medical Records Department as a clerk at North Mississippi Medical Center...
Wanda Word Edwards
Aug 1, 2023
Wanda Stelene Word Edwards passed away at her home in Aberdeen, MS on August 1, 2023 at the age of 79. She was born on April 12, 1944 to her parents Edward V. Word and Roberta Elaine Hull Word. Her family moved to Aberdeen when Wanda was very young and she spent her life in her beloved town. She attended...
Dora Rye
Jul 31, 2023
Dora Mae Woods Rye, 94, passed away on Monday, July 31, 2023 at Riverplace Nursing Home in Amory. She was born on November 19, 1928, in Smithville to Rufus and Lockie Irene Mattison Woods. She worked in the area garment plants and was proud to have worked with Seminole Manufacturing for nearly 50 years prior to her retirement. She was a member of...
Marvin Delano Griggs
Jul 28, 2023
Marvin Delano Griggs, 84, passed away on Friday, July 28, 2023 at the NMMC in Tupelo. He was born in Monroe County on February 13, 1939 to the late Clifford Louis Griggs and Minnie Bell Smitherman Griggs. Marvin attended Aberdeen Schools and honorably served his country in the United States Navy. He married Darlene Pettis in 1960. Marvin worked in...
Robert "Rabbit" Pounders
Jul 27, 2023
Robert “Rabbit” Pounders, age 69, of Hamilton, MS passed away 7/27/23 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday, July 30, 2023 at Center Hill Baptist Church in Hamilton with Dr. James Towery and Bro. Dennis Smithey officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Tisdale Lann Memorial Funeral Home directing.
Visitation will be on...
Norman J. Lee
Jul 21, 2023
Norman J. Lee peacefully transitioned from labor to reward on July 21, 2023. Born on December 13, 1941, to the proud parents Anna and Jacob Lee Sr., Norman was one of 14 siblings. He was a devoted husband to Bonnie Sue Luker for 23 years, and together they raised 9 wonderful children.
Norman dedicated many years of his...
Earline Adams Mize
Jul 21, 2023
Earline Adams Mize, 92, passed away at her residence on Friday, July 21, 2023. She was born on June 7, 1931 in Monroe County to the late Orbie Carlos Adams and Eula Mae Sullivan Adams. Earline grew up in Aberdeen and was a graduate of Aberdeen High School, Class of 1950. She married Luther Clay Mize. When her first son, Robert, was born in...
Olivia Grace Ott
Jul 15, 2023
Olivia Grace "Livie Grace" Ott, infant daughter of Dalton and Tessa Holley Ott, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2023. Although Livie Grace's life on earth was short, her impact will be far reaching to those who loved her.
She is survived by her parents, Dalton and Tessa Ott; grandparents, Orien and Anita Holley, Teresa Holley and Dale and...
Mary Ann Murphree Shepherd
Jul 14, 2023
Mary Ann Murphree Shepherd, 87, of Aberdeen, MS died on July 14, 2023 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS after a brief illness.
She was born on November 14, 1935 in Okolona, MS, to parents Edward Lile Murphree and Gladys Dickson Murphree.
Mary Ann attended school in Okolona, spent one year at Mississippi College for Women, then continued...
Patricia Watson
Jul 12, 2023
Patricia Ann Watson, 89, of Milford, DE passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 12, 2023 at approximately 9:30 pm at home with family. She was born August 18, 1933 in Winona, MS to the late D.L. Williams and Roberta Payne Williams. Trish devoted her life to helping others, working as an RN for most of her life,...
Chester Leo Luker
Jul 10, 2023
Chester Leo Luker, 55, of Aberdeen, Mississippi, died on Monday, July 7, 2023 at his sister's residence in New Caney, Texas. He was born in Aberdeen , MS on July 25, 1967 to parents Melvin Luker and Letha L. Posey. Chester had moved to New Caney, Texas back in 2020.
There will be a graveside service on Sunday, July 16,...
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