Ruth Powell
Nov 12, 2017
Powell, Ruth - Tupelo- Ruth L. Wooldridge Powell, 83, passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017, at her home surrounded by her family in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mrs. Powell was born in Houston, Mississippi on December 24, 1933 to Frank Edward Wooldridge and Lanie Leona McLaughlin. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church of Houston, MS. The...
J.R. Penick
Nov 11, 2017
Penick, J. R. - Houston-J.R. Penick, 92, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2017, at his home in Houston, Mississippi. Mr. Penick was born in Vardaman, Mississippi on May 28, 1925 to John Russell Penick and Grace Ferguson Penick. Mr. Penick was a veteran of the United States Navy serving in WWII as a gunnery instructor. After the war he and...
Dora Woodruff
Oct 24, 2017
Woodruff, Dora - Houston- Dora Laverne Woodruff, 82, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at Floy Dyer Manor in Houston, Mississippi. Miss. Woodruff was born in Houston, Mississippi on January 4, 1935 to Robert Roy Woodruff and Olivia Lucille Blue Woodruff. She worked for American Trousers and Delta Trousers as a seamstress. A Graveside Service will be at...
Henry Griffin
Oct 24, 2017
Griffin, Henry - Houston- Henry Franklin Griffin, 80, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at his home in Houston, Mississippi. Mr. Griffin was born in Houston, Mississippi on October 13, to 1937 George Franklin Jim Griffin and Ludene Long Griffin. Henry Griffin was a retired truck driver for Franklin Manufacturing in Houston. A Memorial Service will be at...
Bobby Brooks
Oct 13, 2017
Brooks, Bobby - Houston- Bobby Dewey Brooks, 88, passed away Friday, October 13, 2017, at Floy Dyer Nursing Home in Houston, Mississippi. Mr. Brooks was born in Mantachie, Mississippi on August 1, 1929 Dewey Sampson Brooks and Kate Lou Loden Brooks. He was a retired owner of the Mug- N- Cone in Houston, the retired owner of Twin...
Corene Griffin
Oct 4, 2017
Griffin, Corene - Houston- Corene Hardin Griffin, 92, passed away October 4, 2017, at her home in Houston, Mississippi. Mrs. Griffin was born on June 20, 1925 in Blytheville, Arkansas to Thomas Noah Hardin and Mary Elizabeth Doss Hardin. Mrs. Corene Griffin was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Woodland, where she was...
Sarah Wright
Oct 2, 2017
Wright, Sarah - Mantee- Sarah Lou Griffin Wright, 92, passed away October 2, 2017, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS. Mrs. Wright was born on May 18, 1925 in Webster County, MS to Henry Watson Griffin and Bessie Emma Davis. Mrs. Wright enjoyed spending time with her family, gardening, and working in her store, The Novelty...
Junior Hicks
Oct 1, 2017
Hicks, Junior - Houston- Allen Junior Hicks, 84, passed away Sunday, October 1, 2017, at his home in Houston. Mr. Hicks was born in Vardaman, Mississippi on February 13, 1933 to Allie Mae Hicks and Lille Mae Stringfellow Hicks. He was a retired A machinist for B & W for 29 years. He also was a long time...
Cheryll Sullivan
Sep 29, 2017
Sullivan, Cheryll - Mantee- Cheryll Lynn Eaton Sullivan, 62 of Mantee, Mississippi died September 29, 2017 at NMMC in Tupelo, MS. She was born on July 4th, 1955 to A.J. Eaton and Lilah Harpel Eaton in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. She studied nursing at Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pennsylvania. She has been a registered nurse for the last...
Nancy Houk
Sep 23, 2017
Houk, Nancy - Houston- Nancy Jane Huffman Houk, 82, passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Mrs. Houk was born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi on September 24, 1934 to Dezi Lee Huffman and Eula Lee Griffin Huffman. She was a housewife and loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. Houk was a member...
Travis Davis
Sep 21, 2017
Davis, Travis - Travis Davis, Christian, husband, father, grandfather, of Okolona, was carried to his eternal home on Thursday, September 21, 2017, after an unexpected illness at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Mr. Davis was surrounded by his wife and family when he made his peaceful heavenly transition. Mr. Davis was born in Houlka,...
Lorene Overcash
Sep 18, 2017
Overcash, Lorene - Lorene Brown Overcash, 88, passed away September 18, 2017, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS. Mrs. Overcash was born on October 6, 1928 in Chickasaw County, MS to David Columbus and Sallie Gann Griffin. She was a resident of Countrywood Plantation Assisted Living in Mantachie. She was a member of Macedonia Methodist Church...
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....
