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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Buck Pettit
Aug 1, 2013
Pettit, Buck - Houston, VESTER CLARK "BUCK" PETTIT, 75, passed away Thursday, August 1, 2013, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A Houston native, he was born October 8, 1937, to the late Clarence Pettit and Audrey Mae Clark Pettit. In his earlier career he worked for the Coca Cola Bottling Company. He later...
Linda Gillespie
Jul 30, 2013
Gillespie, Linda - of Houston Linda Louise Lancaster Gillespie, 70, died Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at Shelby Ridge Rehab in Alabaster, Alabama. She was born October 27, 1942, to Owen Wilson Lancaster and Ruth Alice Davidson Lancaster. She was a retired beautician and owner of Linda s Beauty Shop, a beautician for Leigh Ann Howell at Wave Lengths...
Loyd Loranzie Williams
Jul 7, 2013
Williams, Loyd Loranzie - of Houston, died Sunday, July 7, 2013. He was born April 2, 1937, in Montevista, to Jack Loranzie Williams and Ella Mae Crowley Williams. He was a retired produce seller and truck driver for Rae Construction. He was a Vietnam Army Veteran, having served in Germany, and a member of Montevista Baptist Church. Services...
Ruth Walls Higginbotham
Jul 5, 2013
Higginbotham, Ruth Walls - 85, of Houston, died Friday, July 5, 2013, at Trace Regional Hospital in Houston. She was born December 18, 1927, in Vardaman to Albert Franklin Walls and Minitia Ethel Burgess Walls. She was a homemaker and a farmer. She was a member of Thorn Church of God. Services will be at 4:00 PM Sunday,...
Arnold Duncan
Jul 3, 2013
Duncan, Arnold - Mantee Victor Arnold Duncan, 90, died Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at the VA Hospital in Jackson. He was born on January 18, 1923, in Houston, MS to Ruben Gaston Duncan and Vannie Jane Griffin Duncan. He was a retired heavy equipment operator for Russ Butler and an owner and partner of D & J Service...
Naomi Smith Toland
Jun 26, 2013
Toland, Naomi Smith - 77, of Houston, died Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born April 20, 1936, in Houston to William Terry Smith and Laura Lee Park Smith. She was a retired sales clerk for Shasco and a member of Houston First United Methodist Church. Services are Friday, June 28,...
Jimmy Dale Cook
Jun 14, 2013
Cook, Jimmy Dale - 65, of Houston, a retired supervisor for Day Brite, died at his home in Houston on Friday, June 14, 2013. He was born June 12, 1948, in Vardaman to Earl Woodrow Cook and Laverne Staten Cook. He was a US Air Force Veteran and was a retired supervisor at Day Brite. He was a...
Ruth Keranen
Jun 7, 2013
Keranen, Ruth - 67, died Friday, June 7, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born October 27, 1945, in Houston to Lemuel Hackney Stafford and Ruth Pannell Stafford. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 2:00 PM Sunday, June 9, 2013, at Houston Funeral Home in Houston, MS with Dr. Randy Rinehart officiating....
