Shelia Darlene Neal
Sep 9, 2017
Neal, Shelia Darlene - Pontotoc- Shelia Darlene Neal, 56, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2017, at her home in Houlka, MS. Mrs. Neal was born in Houston, Mississippi on July 5, 1961 to George Augustus Neal and Jimmy Charlene Neal. She was a factory worker for Pep Industries for 5 years. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister,...
Beannice Hardin
Sep 7, 2017
Hardin, Beannice - Beannice Hardin Houlka- Beannice Olivia Box Hardin, 92, passed away Thursday, September 7, 2017, at Fernbrooke Person Care Home in Houston, MS. Mrs. Hardin was bank teller for BancorpSouth for over thirty years and the oldest member of Houlka First Baptist Church for many years. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was...
Catherine Smith
Aug 26, 2017
Smith, Catherine - Houston- Catherine Kate Jobba Smith, 101, passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017, at Floy Dyer Nursing Home in Houston, MS. Mrs. Smith was born on August 31, 1915 in Bloomington, Illinois to Frank Jobba and Catherine Myers Jobba. Catherine was a homemaker and a Catholic. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was full...
Frances Mckinney
Aug 18, 2017
McKinney, Frances - Independence- Glenda Frances Fran Moore McKinney, 74, passed away Friday, August 18, 2017, at Brooklyn Hall Personal Care Home in Mathiston, MS. Mrs. McKinney was born on September 14, 1942 in Mississippi to Vardaman Henderson Moore and Sarah Dorothy Moore. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was full of life and loved by...
Martha Blakeney
Aug 16, 2017
Blakeney, Martha - Houston- Martha Nell Yeager Blakeney, 81, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Mrs. Blakeney was born on December 24, 1935 in Mississippi to Eddie Yeager and Christine Griffin Yeager. She was a pharmacist associate for Walmart for Houston Walmart and she also worked in the cafeteria for...
Hazel Forrester
Aug 3, 2017
Forrester, Hazel - Eupora- Hazel Laverne Dalton Forrester, 96, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Eupora, MS. Mrs. Forrester was born on March 6 ,1921 in Keizer, Arkansas to Muldrew Dalton and Lula Dalton. She was a seamstress for Dendy Department Store in Houston, Mississippi. Hazel was a loving grandmother, and...
George "Squirrel" Neal
Jul 31, 2017
Neal, George "Squirrel" - Derma- George Alan Squirrel Neal, 53, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017, at his home in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Mr. Neal was born on October 7, 1963 in Houston, MS to George Augustus Neal and Charlene Bailey Neal. Squirrel was a member of New Providence Baptist Church in Calhoun City, Mississippi. He was a...
Walter Paden
Jul 30, 2017
Paden, Walter - Houlka- Walter Stewart Paden, 70, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017, The Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mr. Paden was born on February 20, 1947 in Chickasaw County, MS to Joe Hugh Peden and Grace Ruthell Austin. Walter graduated from Houlka High School in 1964 and continued to live in Houlka all his life....
Nig Patch
Jul 23, 2017
Patch, Nig - Mary Elizabeth Dendy Patch, 97, of Houston, Mississippi, passed away on July 23, 2017, in Pagosa Springs, CO. She was born in the community of Anchor, Chickasaw County, MS on Sept 24, 1919 to William Sidney Dendy and Pearl Springer Dendy. After skipping the 8th grade, she graduated with honors from Houston High School and...
Clay Nabors
Jul 12, 2017
Nabors, Clay - Henry Clay Roundman Nabors Jr, 45, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Clay was born on November 23, 1971 in Chickasaw County, MS to Henry Clay Nabors Sr. and Sandra Faye Douglas Nabors. He worked as a team leader at Toyota Manufacturing plant in Blue Springs. Roundman...
Harry Robinson
Jul 10, 2017
Robinson, Harry - Harry G. Robinson, Sr. 93, of Houston, Mississippi, died July 10, 2017 in Fort Smith, Arkanasas. He was born February 7, 1924 in West Point, Mississippi to William Alec and Serena Gates Robinson. Harry was a father, mentor, grandpa, veteran, husband, friend to all and a hero to many. Harry was named after his mother...
Betty Maud Scott
Jun 26, 2017
Scott, Betty Maud - Sparta- Betty Maud Pumphrey Scott, 90, passed away Monday, June 26, 2017, at her home in Sparta, MS where she lived since 1930. Mrs. Scott was born on April 1, 1927 in Chickasaw County, MS to Eddie Lee Pumphrey and Florence Cornelia Carter Pumphrey. She was a dairy farmer and a homemaker. Mrs. Scott...
Lois Naron
Jun 21, 2017
Naron, Lois - Houston- Annie Lois Wooten Naron, 98, passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at her daughter s home in Wetumpka, AL. Mrs. Naron was born on January 4, 1919 in Chickasaw County, MS to William Wesley Wooten and Melvia Lucretia Grisham Wooten. She was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Woodland,...
Billy L. Martin
Jun 18, 2017
Martin, Billy L. - Houston- Billy L. Martin, 84, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. He was born February 23, 1933 in Lepanto, Arkansas to Evie Lee Martin and Dorothy Lucille Carter Martin. Mr. Martin retired from the United States Post Office after 24 years where he was a postman....
George Graham
Jun 18, 2017
Graham, George - Mantee- George B. Graham, 83, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017, at Brookdale Senior Living in Ridgeland, MS. He was born October 4, 1933, in Choctaw County to Nannie Robinson Graham and George Taylor Graham. He is survived by his daughter, Georgiann Adams (Josh), his son Terry Graham (Evie). George was Poppa to three grandchildren;...
Frances Abernethy
Jun 8, 2017
Abernethy, Frances - Booneville- Frances Collier Abernethy, 96, passed away Thursday, June 8, 2017, at the Hospice Ministries, Inc. in Ridgeland, MS. She was born in the Self Creek Community of Oktibbeha Co., Ms., on May 4, 1921 to Benjamin Phillip Collier and Jennie Ruby Butler Collier. After graduating from Starkville High School, she married James W. Whit...
Dorothy Griffin
May 19, 2017
Griffin, Dorothy - Houston- Dorothy Dot Lee Griffin, 86, passed away Friday, May 19, 2017, at Floy Dyer Manor in Houston, MS. She was born September 20, 1930 in Corinth, Mississippi to Charlie Wheeler Lee and Willie Jefferson Sims. Dot was a member of Parkway Baptist Church and was a waitress at the Mug- N- Cone for 29...
Ruth Agnes Crosthwait
May 9, 2017
Crosthwait, Ruth Agnes - Ruth Agnes Crosthwait Houston- Ruth Agnes Carty Crosthwait, 91, passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. She was born June 3, 1925 in Cedar Bluff, MS to Joe Edward Carty and Fannie Snell. Mrs. Crosthwait was a retired co-owner of Crosthwait Equipment Company, She was a founding...
Ruth Clark
May 3, 2017
Clark, Ruth - Cordova- Ruth Gann Clark, 91, passed away May 3, 2017 at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital in Germantown, TN. She was born on May 2, 1926 in Chickasaw County, MS, to Emma Lee Brown Gann and John Thomas Gann. She and her husband A.J. moved from Houston, MS to Memphis, TN in 1963 when he...
Frank Hardin
Apr 28, 2017
Hardin, Frank - Houlka- Frank Henry Hardin, 65, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017, at his home in Houlka, MS. He was born April 28, 1952 in Bruce, MS to James Harvey Hardin and Beannice Box Hardin. Mr. Hardin was employed at Leggett & Platt as an Engineer Coordinator and a member of Houlka First Baptist Church. Funeral...
