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Marie Vance
Jun 26, 2015
Vance, Marie - Houston Marie Allen Vance, 75, passed away Friday, June 26, 2015 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born September 20, 1939 in Chickasaw County to John Harvey Allen and Lera Mae Gann Allen. She was a retired seamstress for Seminole Manufacturing and a member of Macedonia United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be...
Jean Wyckoff
Jun 24, 2015
Wyckoff, Jean - Houston Jean Wyckoff, 84, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at Fernbrooke Personal Care Home in Houston. She was born February 15, 1931 in Beaver Falls, PA to Gilbert Findlay and Thelma McClintock Findlay. She was a RN with a career in nursing that spanned 45 years. She was the first nurse hired at Miami...
Zula Warnick
Jun 23, 2015
Warnick, Zula - Houston Zula Criddle Warnick, 109, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Floy Dyer Nursing Home in Houston. She was born February 16, 1906 in Chickasaw county to James Madison (Jim) Criddle and Emma Ella Smith Criddle. She was the oldest resident of Chickasaw County and on her birthday, she was the third oldest resident...
Mary Conner
Jun 21, 2015
Conner, Mary - Houston Mary Stroup Parks Conner, 66, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015 at her home in Houston. She was born February 25, 1949 to Ralph Stroup and Katherine Wright Stroup. She was a retired night watchman for International Paper. Survivors include:daughter, Jennifer Washington of Sherman, MS; and four grandchildren, Dylan Moore, Delainna Washington, Christopher Washington,...
Myrtle Johnson
May 27, 2015
Johnson, Myrtle - Houlka Myrtle Johnson, 92, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Floy Dyer Nursing Home in Houston. She was born January 30, 1923 to James Vernon Jim Buchanan and Maybell Ellis Buchanan in Chickasaw County. She was a housewife and factory worker at Indianapolis Glove Factory. She was a member of Houlka Baptist Church. Funeral...
Hugh Houston
May 25, 2015
Houston, Hugh - Houlka Hugh Edward Houston, 91, passed away at MS State Veteran s Home in Oxford on Monday, May 25, 2015. He was born February 28, 1924 in Marietta, MS to Addie Hugh Houston and Zera Belle Patton Houston. He was a retired insurance manager for Equitable and also a retired commander in the US Navy...
Elaine Brown
May 15, 2015
Brown, Elaine - Houlka Elaine Brown, 102, passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at her home in Houlka, MS. She was born May 2, 1913 in Calhoun County, MS to John Doyle Kirkpatrick and Mattie Lou Doss Kirkpatrick. She was a homemaker and the oldest member of First Baptist Church in Houlka. Her hobbies included baking bread and...
Sabrena Gill
May 6, 2015
Gill, Sabrena - Houston -- Sabrena V. Gill, age 55, died in her home at Houston Manor Apartments on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. She was born on June 11, 1959 to Hugh Oliver Gill and Rena Vandee Neal Gill in West Point, MS. A memorial service will be Friday, May 15, 2015 at 5 pm at Parkway Baptist...
Maylene White
Apr 23, 2015
White, Maylene - Hernando Maylene Brown White, 92, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Wesley Meadows Retirement Home in Hernando, MS. She was born on October 2, 1922 in Chickasaw County to Dudley Russell Brown and Lula Kirkpatrick Brown. She was a homemaker and also worked at a bakery. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 25, 2015...
Willie Gwennette Vancleave
Apr 12, 2015
Vancleave, Willie Gwennette - Willie Gwennette Vancleave, 105, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Floy Dyer Nursing Home in Houston. She was born July 11, 1909 in Houston, MS to George William Roebuck and Minnie Martin Roebuck. She was a retired sales clerk for Roebuck Drycleaners and Pearson s Grocery Store. Services are Tuesday, April 14, 2015...
Louise Earnest
Apr 9, 2015
Earnest, Louise - Houston Louise Motley Lowry Earnest, 82, passed away April 9, 2015 at Fernbrooke Personal Care in Houston, MS. She was born October 6, 1932 in Houston, MS to Columbus Doss Lowry and Fannie Louise Motley Lowry. She married her husband, of 62 years, Earvin Joseph E.J. Earnest, Jr. on September 16, 1951. She worked with...
Lynette Armstrong
Apr 9, 2015
Armstrong, Lynette - Houston - Lynette Big Mama Hardin Robertson Armstrong, 73, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Dugan Nursing Home in West Point, MS. She was born May 10, 1941 in Houston, MS to James Otis Red Hardin and Malinda Pauline Coyle Hardin. She was a retired shop manager for Royal Trucking in West Point. Funeral...
Wanda Walters-Caldwell
Apr 5, 2015
Walters-Caldwell, Wanda - Mrs. Wanda Walters-Caldwell, 86, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015 at her residence in Houston. She was born July 17, 1928 in Vardaman, MS to Milton Sylvester Kendall and Willie Ester Bingham. She was retired from Gulf State Ceramic Tile and Pearson s Drug Store. She was a member of Parkway Baptist Church. Funeral...
Linda Cox
Mar 29, 2015
Cox, Linda - Linda Cox Baton Rouge Linda Juanita Poindexter Cox, 73, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015 at The Crossing at Clarity Hospice House in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was born July 9, 1941 in Water Valley, MS to Harvey Poindexter & Jesse Collins. She was a Property Controller for the Department of Corrections, State of Louisiana....
Jimmie Mcdaniel
Mar 21, 2015
McDaniel, Jimmie - Houston Jimmie Frances Carroll McDaniel, 89, passed away Saturday March 21, 2015 at her home in Houston. She was born July 28, 1925, in Eupora, MS to Elmer C. Carroll and Irene Partridge Carroll. She was a homemaker and a member of Parkway Baptist Church. The funeral services will be held Sunday, March 22, 2015...
Connie Lawrence
Feb 13, 2015
Lawrence, Connie - Connie Proctor Lawrence, age 75, died Friday, February 13, 2015 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born June 6, 1939 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to Claude Biggs Proctor and Frances Estelle Reed Proctor. She was a retired employee from Sunburst Bank. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Houston, where...
Sue Pemper
Feb 4, 2015
Pemper, Sue - Houston Emma Sue Granny Sue Baird Pemper, age 77, died Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at her home in Houston. She was born October 18, 1937 in Houston to Ivy Walker Baird & Nora Estelle McKinney Baird. She was a homemaker, and a member of First United Methodist Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and...
Taylor Chrestman
Feb 1, 2015
Chrestman, Taylor - Houlka Evin Taylor Chrestman, 25, died Sunday, February 1, 2015, in Houlka. He was born May 15, 1989, in Amory to Eric Evins Chrestman and Mary Ellen Schallock Chrestman. He was employed by Ashley Furniture and was a member of Parkway Baptist Church. He was an outdoorsman, loved working with his horses, and was an...
Sybil Bray
Jan 13, 2015
Bray, Sybil - Houston Sybil Kennedy Bray, 91, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at North MS Medical Center Hospice Unit in Tupelo. She was born January 30, 1923, in Smithville to Charley Jackson Kennedy and Minnie Jane Ford Kennedy. She was a homemaker, sewed for the public, and worked for the Christian book store. She was a...
Estelle Criddle
Jan 5, 2015
Criddle, Estelle - Houston Ola Estelle Hill Criddle, 93, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born May 21, 1921, in Houston to James Russell Hill and Lonnie Lee Duncan Hill. She was retired seamstress from Seminole and Burris and was a member of Macedonia United Methodist Church. The funeral...
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