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Archie Brown

Archie Brown

Jun 14, 2020

Houlka- Mr. Archie Ted Brown, 47, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020 at his home in Houlka, Mississippi. He was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi on July 12, 1972 to Ted Brown, Jr. and Bonnie Sue Burgess Brown. He was an autobody repairman and a member of His Grace Ministries in Houlka.

Graveside Services will be at...

Faye Moore

Faye Moore

Jun 10, 2020

Faye Moore

Amory- Ms. Jimmie Faye Finn Moore, 79, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory, Mississippi. She was born in Houston, Mississippi on October 28, 1940 to James Creighton Finn and Mary Lou Griffin. She was a retired legal secretary.

Services will be at Houston Funeral Home on...

Gene Smith

Gene Smith

May 25, 2020

Saltillo- Mr. Gene Smith,72, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2020 at his home in Saltillo, Mississippi. He was born in Aberdeen, Mississippi on June 30, 1947 to Roscoe Smith and Amorie Robertson Smith. He was a retired delivery driver for Coca-Cola Company. He was a member of East Hight's Baptist Church and a veteran of the United States...

Ina Sue Lovvorn

Ina Sue Lovvorn

May 25, 2020

Houston- Mrs. Ina Sue Wright Lovvorn,76, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Pontotoc, Mississippi . She was born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi on February 9, 1944 to Jessie Floyd Wright and Edith Evenlyn Thacker. She was a retired seamstress where she worked at Franklin Corporation. Mrs. Lovvorn was member of...

Damon Bevels

Damon Bevels

May 16, 2020

Damon Bevels

Woodland- Mr. Damon Allen Bevels, 56, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at his home in Woodland, Mississippi. Mr. Bevels was born in Vardaman, MS, on August 17, 1963 to Johnny Russell Bevels and Reta Fay Chapman Bevels.

There will be no memorial service for Mr. Bevels.

He is survived...

Nancy Reese Choate

Nancy Reese Choate

Apr 28, 2020

Nancy Reese Choate, 83, of Andover Township died Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at Morristown Medical Center's Mt. Kemble Division in Morristown, NJ. Born November 11, 1936 in Bruce, Mississippi, Nancy grew up in Rolling Fork with her parents, the late Seay and Juanella (Dove) Reese and her brother, Ned Seay Reese, III. Upon finishing high school, she attended...

Virginia "Jenny" Thornton

Virginia "Jenny" Thornton

Apr 25, 2020

Houston- Mrs. Virginia Bell Smith Thornton, 85, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020 in Tupelo, Mississippi. "Jenny", as she was known to her family and friends, was born in Lowndes County, MS, on July 16, 1934 to James McCord and Sally Bell Shearer Smith and that year the family moved to Houston. Jenny graduated from Houston High School...

Billy Carter, Jr.

Billy Carter, Jr.

Apr 20, 2020

Mr. Warren William "Billy" Carter Jr., 82, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020 at OCH Hospital in Starkville, Mississippi. He was born June 13, 1937 in Huntingdon, Tennessee to Warren William Carter and Cecil Emma McClure Carter. Billy was a retired farmer, a member of Mantee Baptist Church, a graduate of Mississippi State and was an avid MSU...

Homer Martin

Homer Martin

Apr 19, 2020

Mr. Homer Malcolm "Mack" Martin, 75, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2020 at his home in Mantee, Mississippi. Mack was born in Cumberland, Mississippi on December 24, 1944 to Oris Martin and Naomi Elizabeth Whitney Martin. He was a retired Deputy Circuit Clerk for Wayne County, Mississippi.

Houston Funeral Home will be in charge of the...

Sylvia Caulder

Sylvia Caulder

Apr 15, 2020

Pontotoc- Mrs. Sylvia "Sissy" Lynn Naron Caulder, 61, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Sylvia was born in Vardaman, Mississippi on April 3, 1959 to Curtis Laverne Naron Jr. and Levy Mae Ward Naron. She was a homemaker and a member of Good Faith Baptist Church.

A private...

Gary "Hubby" Young

Gary "Hubby" Young

Apr 12, 2020

Mr. Gary H. "Hubby" Young, 79, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020 at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Alabama. He was born May 17, 1940 in Calhoun County, Mississippi to Ross and Amy Chrestman Young. Gary graduated from Houlka High School in 1958 where he was voted Mr. HHS and Most Handsome. In 1959, Gary married his high...

Christine Harmon

Christine Harmon

Apr 6, 2020

Mrs. Clarice Christine "Chris" McQuary Harmon, 96, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2020 at her home in Houston, Mississippi. She was born in Woodland, Mississippi on December 19, 1923 to Marion Monroe McQuary and Rosa Lee Jennings McQuary. She was a homemaker who thoroughly enjoyed working with her flowers. Mrs. Christine Harmon was member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist...

Lynn Nabors

Lynn Nabors

Apr 6, 2020

Mrs. Cathy Lynn Smith Nabors, 48, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Lynn Nabors was born in Houston, Mississippi on August 24, 1971 to Thomas Eli Smith and Elizabeth Ann Walls. She was the office manager at Leggett and Platt for 22 years. She also was a member of Macedonia...

Lena Mae Naron

Lena Mae Naron

Mar 30, 2020

Lena Mae Naron

Houston- Mrs. Lena Mae Doster Naron, 89, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit in Tupelo, Mississippi. She was born in Pheba, Mississippi on March 27, 1931. She was a retired seamstress where she worked at Shannon Manufacturing. Mrs. Lena Mae Naron was member...

Jean Holliday

Jean Holliday

Mar 29, 2020

Jean Holliday

Houston- Jean Lancaster Holliday, 96, passed away March 29, 2020 at home surrounded by her family.

She was born June 9, 1923 to Dewey and Clytee (Murphree) Lancaster and was a lifelong

resident of Chickasaw County. She attended school in Van Vleet and graduated...

Mary Ruth Young

Mary Ruth Young

Mar 27, 2020

Houston- Mrs. Mary Ruth Andrews Criddle Young, 83, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2020 at her home in Houston, Mississippi. She was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on March 6, 1937 to William Frank Andrews and Mary Ellen Weeks. She was a retired self employed newspaper editor and member of Arbor Grove Baptist Church in Houston, Mississippi....

Kathleen "Big Momma" Colbert

Kathleen "Big Momma" Colbert

Mar 26, 2020

Columbus- Mrs. Mary Kathleen "Big Momma" Jones Colbert, 95, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at Aurora Health and Rehab in Columbus, Mississippi. She was born in Kennedy, Alabama on October 20, 1924 to Almer A. Jones and Annie Mae Bryant. She was a childcare provider for many years where she kept children in her home. ...

Angela "Angie" Johnson

Angela "Angie" Johnson

Mar 25, 2020

West Point- Ms. Angela "Angie" Diane Stacks Johnson, 67, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at her home in West Point, Mississippi. She was born in Arkansas on October 26, 1952 to Clyde Eugene Stacks and Mona Alexandria Smith Stacks. She was a homemaker.

Houston Funeral Home will be in charge of the...

Mina "Chic" Carter

Mina "Chic" Carter

Mar 18, 2020

Mina Ruth Cummings Carter arrived in her eternal home on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.  She was born on February 21, 1926 in Pheba, Mississippi to parents Leonard Otto Cummings Sr. and Mina Emma Jenkins Cummings.

She was a graduate of Pheba Agricultural High School, where she was Valedictorian.  She played basketball at Mississippi College for Women (MUW)...

Don Stepp

Don Stepp

Mar 14, 2020

Mr. Don Barry Stepp, 76, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2020 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He was born in Mobile, Alabama on March 21, 1943 to Charles Warren Stepp and Kathleen Tutor Stepp Moore. He was a retired furniture manufacturing employee. Mr. Stepp served in the United States Army, and then served in the Army National Guard of Houston....

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