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Lorene Vinson
Feb 6, 2023
Doris Lorene (Anthony) Vinson, 86, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2023 at the NMMC in Tupelo. She was born on February 22, 1936 to parents Monte Anthony and Gertrude (Meadows) Anthony. She was a lifelong resident of Nettleton. She was a member of Nettleton Church of Christ. During her working career she had worked at Reed's Manufacturing in Nettleton...
Weston Fisher
Feb 5, 2023
Weston Joseph Fisher, 87, passed away in Aberdeen on February 5, 2023. He was born on August 29, 1935 in Glendale, CA to Edward Weston and Rosalie Eloise Bailey Fisher. He was a veteran of the US Army and worked for many years as a geophysicist in oil field exploration. He was a member of Annunciation Catholic Church in Columbus....
David B. Howell
Feb 4, 2023
David B. Howell, 88, passed away on February 4, 2023 in Louisiana. He was born on August 21, 1934 in Aberdeen to D. Buford and Gladys Lavenia Roberts Howell. David worked for the FBI until he was drafted and he honorably served in the United States Army. He married the former Emma Jean Tollett and he earned three masters’ degrees: Master’s in History...
Kinloch Brown
Jan 31, 2023
Nettleton-Kinloch Brown, 89, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis, TN. She was born in Monroe County on August 23, 1933 to parents William S. Shumpert and Ruth Kinloch (Wesson) Shumpert. She was a lifelong resident of Nettleton. She was member of Nettleton First Baptist Church, before her death she held the title of...
Quitman "Dub" Harlow
Jan 30, 2023
Quitman “Dub” Harlow, 95, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born February 20, 1927 on the family farm in Wren to the late Richard Calvin Harlow Sr. and Fannie May Cunningham Harlow. Dub was a graduate of Wren High School. He Honorably served in the United States Army, receiving the Army Occupation...
Shelloy Jean Persons Crawford
Jan 27, 2023
Shelloy Jean Persons Crawford, 96, died peacefully in her sleep on Friday morning, January 27, 2023 in Norfolk, VA.
Shelloy, known as “Babe” for being the youngest of four siblings to Irene and Erwin Persons, was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. After arriving in Annapolis, MD upon completion of high school, Babe met the love of...
Helen Hatley
Jan 18, 2023
Marcia Helen (Medley) Hatley, 90, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at Archers Personal Care Center in Sandersville, MS. She was born on January 10, 1933 in Monroe County to parents Grover Medley and Myrtle (Loden) Medley. She lived most of her life in the Nettleton area. She was a former employee of the Nettleton Public School System where...
Roscoe Longino Ivy, Jr.
Jan 14, 2023
Dr. Roscoe Longino Ivy, Jr., 78, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. He was born on September 23, 1944 in Lincoln County to the late Roscoe Longino Ivy, Sr. and Sally Carlisle Ivy. Roscoe was a graduate of Brookhaven High School. He went on to earn his bachelors, masters, and Ph.D. from Mississippi State University. He...
Kenneth Jones
Jan 10, 2023
Marion Kenneth Jones, 77, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on April 8, 1945, he was a son to Irvin Ray and Dessie Montgomery Jones. Kenneth was a life-long resident of Nettleton and a graduate of Nettleton High School. After a period of working in the area furniture industry, he furthered his education...
Gene Baggett
Jan 10, 2023
Herman Eugene "Gene" Baggett, 71, passed on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at the NMMC in Tupelo. He was born October 13, 1951 in Monroe County to parents Herman and Lois (Hester) Baggett of Nettleton. He was a retired truck driver. Gene was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. He had an outgoing personality and he enjoyed horse sales, hunting and...
Johnny Tyson Green
Jan 9, 2023
Nettleton- Johnny Tyson Green, 76, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023 at the NMMC in Tupelo. He was born in Monroe County on June 21, 1946 to parents Thomas Green and Evie (Hester) Green. He lived all his life in the Nettleton area. He had worked in the transportation industry as a truck driver. He served 26 years in...
Nicole Jones
Jan 8, 2023
Nicole Denise Gillentine Jones, 56, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2023 at her home in Lackey. She was born in Upper Sandusky, OH on November 29, 1966. She attended Vaughn’s Beauty College and worked at Mrs. Elaine Dobbs beauty shop for several years. Later, she worked as a dispatcher for the Itawamba County Sheriff’s Office and for the Monroe County E911. She had...
John Ray Hamilton, Jr.
Jan 6, 2023
John Ray Hamilton, Jr., 72, passed away at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo on Friday, January 6, 2023. He was born on April 23, 1950 in Phenix City, Alabama to the late John Ray Hamilton, Sr. and Twillie Honeycutt Hamilton. A life long resident of Monroe County, John Ray was a graduate of Hamilton High School class of 1968. He married...
William Bradley Hudson, Sr.
Jan 6, 2023
William Bradley Hudson, Sr., 100, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023 at his residence. Mr. Hudson was born on May 28, 1922, in his family’s home on Hickory Street in Aberdeen to the late Robert Henry Hudson, Sr. and Hattie Mae Bradley Hudson. He is the youngest of 4 children. During the summer months, he and his siblings would travel to...
Elaine Dobbs
Jan 3, 2023
Martha Elaine Irvin Dobbs, 86, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point. She was born December 31, 1936 in Aberdeen to the late Ogden Irvin and Miriam Egger Wilson. Elaine was a graduate of Hamilton High School and also a graduate of Vaughn’s Beauty College. She married the late Preston Dobbs in 1954. Elaine’s career as...
Troy Harris
Dec 30, 2022
Robert Troy Harris, 90, passed away on Friday, December 30, 2022 at his home. He was one of three children born to Romie Lee and Rosa Lee Caldwell Harris on November 8, 1932. Troy was a life-long resident of the Nettleton area, and he was married to the former Mary Ann Pender who preceded him in death. For over 40 years, he was...
Amanda Pounders Craig
Dec 29, 2022
Mom loved.
She loved her children
She loved her grandchildren
She loved her great grandchildren
She loved her sisters, nieces, nephews and everyone in between
She loved her puzzles, crime documentaries, books, and beach trips.
She loved to help.
She loved to be needed.
Amanda Pounders Craig was born on a Monday, December 10, 1951 in Washington DC. Her...
Lorene Rollins
Dec 29, 2022
Frances Lorene Springer Rollins, 89, died on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at Diversicare Nursing Facility in Tupelo. She was born in Monroe County on September 26, 1933 to the late Charles and Emma Bell Ridings Springer. Lorene was a lifelong resident of Monroe county and a member of First Baptist Church in Aberdeen.
Funeral Services will be held at Tisdale...
Vergie Slade
Dec 28, 2022
Vergie Smith Slade, 82, met her Savior face to face on December 28, 2022, surrounded by her children at her home in Lackey, MS. Born on March 9, 1940, in Lumberton, MS, she was the daughter of the late Houston Smith and Elsie Mae Rayburn Smith.
Vergie grew up in Forrest County, MS and attended Forrest County AHS....
John Henry Gilreath, Jr.
Dec 25, 2022
John Henry Gilreath, Jr., 88 passed away on December 25, 2022 at the Care Center of Aberdeen. He was born at home in the Darracott Community on October 1, 1934 to the late John Henry Gilreath, Sr. and Irene Dahlem Gilreath. John graduated from Aberdeen High School. He married Mary Joann Wright in 1961 and together they shared nearly 50...
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