Hugh Lee Peden Jr.
Jul 20, 2021
Hugh Peden
Van Vleet- Hugh Lee Peden Jr., 72, passed away on July 20, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mr. Hugh Peden was born in Mississippi on November 29, 1948 to Hugh Lee Peden Sr. and Juanita Anderson Peden. He was a farmer and member of Friendship Presbyterian Church. ...
Mark Peel
Jul 18, 2021
Helena, AL-- Formerly of Houston, MS- Mark Steven Peel, 61, died Sunday, July 18, 2021 at Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster, Alabama, from a rare blood disorder. He was born September 18, 1959, to William B. "Billy" Peel, Sr. and Mary Alice Rhodes Peel in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Mark was a member of Helena United Methodist Church in...
Frank House
Jul 4, 2021
Willy Frank House
Willy Frank House, of Houston, passed away at the age of 83 on July 24, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Known by his friends and family as Frank, he practiced as a pharmacist for 42 years and owned House's Pharmacy on the square in Houston for 38 years. ...
Shirley Bonds
Jun 19, 2021
Shirley Bonds
Van Vleet- Shirley Ann Atkinson Bonds, 86, passed away on June 19, 2021 at Generations Senior Living in Saltillo, MS. Shirley was born in Kansas City, MO on January 4, 1935 to Irby Hill Atkinson and Hazel Marie Staley Atkinson.
Her family moved to Winona, MS when she...
Johnnie Ramage
Jun 15, 2021
Johnnie Ramage
Oxford- Mrs. Johnnie Ruth Adams Ramage, 88, passed away on June 15, 2021, at the Blake Assisted Living Facility in Oxford, MS. Mrs. Ramage was born in Bruce, MS on January 21, 1933, to Ottis Lee Adams and Cora Irene Crocker Adams. Mrs. Ramage worked as a bookkeeper for Penick Produce and...
William "Amp" Doss
Jun 12, 2021
Amp Doss
Houston- Mr. William Anthony "Amp" Doss, 53, passed away on June 12, 2021, at his home in Houston, MS. Mr. Doss was born in Houston, MS on February 08, 1968, to Frank Daniel "Deter" Doss and Barbara Eaton. He worked as an assistant manager for Doss Wholesale. He was a member of...
Ollie Abernathy Loup
Jun 8, 2021
Ollie Loup
Houston- Mrs. Ollie Abernathy Loup, 91, passed away on June 8, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Mrs. Loup was born in Itta Bena, MS on March 24, 1930 to Ramsey Abernathy and Ethel Leech. She was a retired chef and member of First United Methodist Church in Houston, MS....
Mayrene Harrington
Jun 2, 2021
Mayrene Harrington
Formerly of Houston- Mrs. Mayrene Moore Harrington, 95, passed away on June 2, 2021, at Sunshine Health Care in Pontotoc, MS. Mrs. Harrington was born in Woodland, MS on August 3, 1925 to Bert Moore and Maud Farr Moore. The youngest of five children, she was a member of "The Greatest Generation". World War II...
Sue Morphis
May 24, 2021
S ue Morphis
Houlka- Mrs. Donna Sue Wilson Morphis, 80, passed away on May 24, 2021 at her home in Belden, MS. Mrs. Morphis was born in Houlka on March 8, 1941 to William "Shorty" Tillman McCammon and Vattie C. Sprayberry McCammon. She worked as a factory inspector for Indianapolis Glove Company and was...
Charles East
May 19, 2021
Charles East Houston- Mr. Charles Franklin East, 66, passed away on May 19, 2021 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo, MS. Mr. East was born in Chickasaw County on November 27, 1954 to Joe Ree East and Jessie Mae House East. He worked as a civil engineer for Syntron Material Handling, where he retired after 40 years of...
Virginia Spurgeon Ray
May 18, 2021
With profound sadness, we announce the passing, peacefully at her home in Greensboro, North Carolina on May 18, 2021, of Virginia Spurgeon Ray, our devoted, loving mother, and friend to all whose lives she has touched. Mrs. Ray was in her 95th year and approaching her 96th birthday. She lived a full life as a wonderful wife, mother and...
Regina Hooper
May 6, 2021
Regina Hooper
Houston- Mrs. Regina Lynn Strickland Hooper, 61, passed on May 6, 2021 at her home in Houston, MS. Mrs. Hooper was born on May 28, 1959 in Rockford, IL to George Leonard Strickland and Billie Faye Shirley Strickland. She was a retired teacher`s assistant for Houlka Public School. Regina was a loving...
Jo Ann Pate
Apr 30, 2021
Jo Ann Pate
Houlka- Mrs. Jo Ann "JoJo" Hinton Pate,87, passed from her earthly home on April 30, 2021 at Pontotoc Health and Rehab in Pontotoc, MS. Mrs. Pate was born on July 3, 1933 to Troy Roscoe Hinton and Clara Viola Bryant Hinton. She was a lifelong resident of Chickasaw County. She was...
Betty Wright
Apr 20, 2021
Betty Wright
Houston- Mrs. Betty Murff Wright,86, passed from her earthly home on April 20, 2021 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Mrs. Wright was born on November 2, 1934 in Tupelo, MS to Elmo Earl Murff and Mildred Jewel Creely Murff. She was the director of the Crusaders Choir, a community performance group...
Lucille Rowland
Apr 19, 2021
Lucille Rowland
Houston- Ms. Martha Lucille Clark Rowland, 104, passed from her earthly home on April 19, 2021 at Monroe Regional Hospital in Aberdeen, MS. Ms. Rowland was born on August 13, 1916 in Montpelier, Mississippi to Henry Grady Clark and Virginia Coleman Clark. She was a retired store owner of Rowland Hardware Store...
Frank Woodruff
Apr 16, 2021
James Franklin "Frank" Woodruff, 84, died peacefully at his home April 16, 2021. He was born to Roy and Lucille Woodruff on March 4, 1937. Frank spent most of his life working in the grocery business. His first job was delivering groceries for Hembry's Grocery. He was a member and deacon of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. He...
Aggie Cassady
Apr 7, 2021
Agnes "Aggie" Verell Cassady passed away Wednesday April 7, 2021.
She was born October 17, 1925 in Woodland, Mississippi to Tom and Essie Verell. She married Howard Cassady July 6, 1945 and they raised their family in Fort Worth and they later retired back home to Houston, Mississippi. She was a devoted Wife, Mother...
June Davis
Mar 30, 2021
Mantee- Mrs. Barbara June Oglesby Davis, 83, passed from her earthly home on March 30, 2021 at Diversicare in Eupora, MS. She was born on October 23, 1937 in Columbus, MS to Jack Oglesby and Elouise Beasley Oglesby. Mrs. Davis attended New Hope High school in Lowndes County. She was a resident of Webster County near the Mantee...
Daisy Ridgeway
Mar 13, 2021
Daisy Ainsworth Colbert Ridgeway went to her Heavenly home on Saturday, March 13, 2021, at Pontotoc Nursing Home, where she just celebrated her 95th birthday. Mrs. Daisy was a resident of Houston, MS, and a member of First United Methodist Church.
Born the youngest child of Virgil O. and Mary Ellen Ainsworth in New...
Gloria Clay
Feb 13, 2021
Gloria Clay
Houston- Mrs. Gloria Rae Caffey Clay, 73, passed away at home on February 13, 2021. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee on September 15, 1947 to James T. Caffey and Audrey S. Caffey. She graduated from Clarksdale High School and received a bachelor's degree in home economics from Delta State University in...
