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Anice Foster

Anice Foster

Dec 25, 2013

Foster, Anice - Houston Annie Marie Anice Neal Foster, 79, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at North MS Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born July 11, 1934, in Serepta to Charlie Milton Neal and Mattie Della West Neal. She was a member of Parkway Baptist Church. Services are Saturday, December 28, 2013, at 10:00 AM at Parkway...

Christy Houk

Christy Houk

Dec 15, 2013

Houk, Christy - Houston - Christina May Christy Houk, 23, died Sunday, December 15, 2013, at her home in Houston. She was born January 21, 1990, in Amory, MS to Malcom Lawrence Houk, Jr. and Sherry Lynn Box Houk. Services are Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Houston Funeral Home in Houston with Rev. George Collins...

Nancy Duncan

Nancy Duncan

Dec 14, 2013

Duncan, Nancy - Derma Nancy Lee Duncan, 39, died Saturday, December 14, 2013, at her sister s home in Pontotoc. She was born March 10, 1974, to Steve Paul Duncan and Henrietta Mann Duncan. Services are Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at 10:00 AM at Houston Funeral Home in Houston with Rev. Rex Wilbourn officiating. Burial will follow at...

George Allen Roebuck

George Allen Roebuck

Dec 11, 2013

Roebuck, George Allen - Starkville George Allen Steve Roebuck, 70, of Starkville, MS, died Wednesday, December 11, 2013. He died after a long struggle with a heart/lung condition. He was born to the late George Travis Steve and Mary Kathryn Kakie Crosthwait Roebuck of Houston, MS on April 5, 1943, in the old Houston Hospital. He was named...

R. A. Easley

R. A. Easley

Dec 6, 2013

Easley, R. A. - Houlka Robert Andrew R. A. Easley, 81, died Friday, December 6, 2013, at his home in Houlka. He was born February 12, 1932, in Blytheville, AR to Wade Earnest Easley and Mary Opal Griffin Easley. He was the owner and operator of Easley s Supermarket, Houlka Oil Company, and he was a member of...

Onita S. Hancock

Onita S. Hancock

Nov 30, 2013

Hancock, Onita S. - Onita Hancock Houlka, Onita S. Hancock, 84, died Saturday, November 30, 2013, at her home in Houlka. She was born March 15, 1929, to Edward Smith and Bertha Pettit Smith. She was a retired seamstress for the Indianapolis Glove Factory and for Meadow Sports Wear. She was a member of Houston Church of God....

Pat Saxon

Pat Saxon

Nov 26, 2013

Saxon, Pat - Houston - Patricia Ann Moye Saxon, 57, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at her home in Houston. She was born December 20, 1955, in Brunswick, GA to John Dexter Moye and Willie Pearl Thomas Moye. She and her husband, Glen, were the former owners of Saxon s Drive In and she was a cashier at...

Joe N. Graves

Joe N. Graves

Nov 23, 2013

Graves, Joe N. - Houlka Joseph Newell Joe Graves, 88, died Saturday, November 23, 2013, at his home in Houlka. He was born September 22, 1925, to Jesse Grady Graves and Anice Newell Graves. He was a retired electrical engineer for TVA and a member of Houlka Presbyterian Church. He was an Army Air Corp WWII Veteran and...

Ray Ward

Ray Ward

Nov 14, 2013

Ward, Ray - Woodland Earnest Ray Ward, 77, died Thursday, November 14, 2013, at Trace Regional Hospital in Houston. He was born May 3, 1936, to Robert William Ward and Dora Dean Gaskin Ward. He was a retired foreman for Gulf States Ceramic Tile and a member of Parkway Baptist Church. He loved to hunt, fish, and was...

Juanita Vance

Juanita Vance

Nov 7, 2013

Vance, Juanita - Houlka - Charlsey Juanita Walters Vance, 94, passed away Thursday, November 7, 2013, at Calhoun Health Services in Calhoun City. She was born October 10, 1919, in Chickasaw County to Charles Walters and Etta Lowery Walters. She was a homemaker. Services are Saturday, November 9, 2013, at 11:00 AM at Houston Funeral Home in Houston...

Betty Davis

Betty Davis

Oct 25, 2013

Davis, Betty - Tupelo Betty Sue Martin Davis, 68, died Friday, October 25, 2013, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born June 26, 1944, in Houston to Johnny Ardell Martin and Mamie Lee Wheeler Martin. She was an office manager for Roy Foster Furniture Company. Services are Monday, October 28, 2013, at 11:00 AM at Houston...

Nancy Ward

Nancy Ward

Oct 19, 2013

Ward, Nancy - McCondy, Nancy Jane Brown Ward, 89, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2013, at her home in McCondy. She was born February 11, 1924, in Chickasaw County to John Brown and Lizzie Huffman Brown. She was a homemaker and a member of Lawson Chapel Church of Christ. Services are Monday, October 21, 2013, at 10:00 AM...

Jimmy Bishop

Jimmy Bishop

Oct 18, 2013

Bishop, Jimmy - Byhalia James Micah Jimmy Bishop, 51, died Friday, October 18, 2013, at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis. He was born October 27, 1961, in Texas to James K. Bishop and Faye Shirley Bishop. He was a buyer for Jabil Circuits in Olive Branch and was a member of Houlka Baptist Church. Services are Monday, October...

W.M. Allen

W.M. Allen

Oct 13, 2013

Allen, W.M. - Walter Morris W. M. Allen, Jr. , 87, died Sunday, October 13, 2013, at his home in Houston. He was born September 30, 1926, in Chickasaw County, to Walter Morris Allen, Sr. and Alma Lee Cox Allen. He was a retired farmer, a welder for B & W in West Point, a WWII Army Veteran,...

Mildred Knox Brooks

Mildred Knox Brooks

Sep 24, 2013

Brooks, Mildred Knox - 89, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013, at Trace Regional Hospital in Houston. She was born October 15, 1923, in Clay County to Homer Dowden Knox and Cynthia Ethel Harbin Knox. She was a homemaker, a retired supervisor at Dell-Meade and a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. Services will be 10:30 AM Friday, September...

Ruth Lancaster

Ruth Lancaster

Aug 23, 2013

Lancaster, Ruth - Woodland Ruth Alice Davidson Lancaster, 95, died Friday, August 23, 2013, at Floy Dyer Manor in Houston. She was born July 19, 1918, in Clay County to John Juette Davidson and Lola Alice Russell Davidson. She was a housewife and a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. Services are Sunday, August 25, 2013, at 2:00...

Thomas E. Martin

Thomas E. Martin

Aug 17, 2013

Martin, Thomas E. - Sparta Thomas Eugene Fessor Martin, 87, died Saturday, August 17, 2013, at NMMC Hospice in Tupelo. He was born December 18, 1925, in Chickasaw County to Eugene Verell Martin and Velma Lavone Weaver Martin. He was a retired fitter for B&W and a member of Amity Baptist Church, an Army Veteran, and a Justice...

Sarah Walls

Sarah Walls

Aug 14, 2013

Walls, Sarah - Houston Sarah Elizabeth Criddle Walls, 80, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at NMMC Hospice Unit in Tupelo. She was born May 26, 1933, in Chickasaw County to James Chester Criddle and Lela Bell Hill Criddle. She was a homemaker and a member of Macedonia United Methodist Church. Services are Friday, August 16, 2013, at 4:00...

Lavern Johnson

Lavern Johnson

Aug 11, 2013

Johnson, Lavern - Houston, MS Elizabeth Laverne Brown Johnson, 85, died Sunday, August 11, 2013, the day before her birthday, at her home in Houston. She was born August 12, 1927, in Houlka to Curtis Leroy Brown and Verona Elizabeth Lancaster Brown. She was a retired secretary for the US Forrestry Service and a member of Houston First...

Lucy Flaherty

Lucy Flaherty

Aug 6, 2013

Flaherty, Lucy - Houston Lewellyn Lillian Lucy Gerosa Flaherty, 61, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at her home in Houston. She was born April 19, 1952, in New Orleans, LA to Louis Gerosa and Estel Benton Gerosa. She was a scale operator at Prairie Bluff Landfill in Houston and a member of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church. Services...

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