Sheriff Jimmy Simmons
Nov 19, 2021
Sheriff James Travis "Jimmy" Simmons, Jr., 75, passed on to Heaven peacefully at home on Friday, November 19, 2021. Until being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, Jimmy was a strong, hooking bull of a man with hands of steel and a heart of gold. He was a lawman for over 30 years with empathy for the downtrodden including those he put...
Wanda Harrington
Nov 18, 2021
Wanda Rose Hollowell Harrington
HOUSTON, Miss.- Wanda Rose Hollowell Harrington, 88, died Thursday, November 18, 2021, at the Cottages, Winston Medical Center, Louisville, Mississippi. She was born July 1, 1933, in Houston, Mississippi to Edward Baker Hollowell and Mable Dyer Hollowell. She worked for the family business, Houston Finance Company for many years, as well as a...
Mary Moore Gregory
Nov 13, 2021
Mary Moore Gregory
Houston- Mary Elizabeth Foxworth Moore Gregory, 86, passed away on November 13, 2021, at Floy Dyer Manor in Houston, Mississippi. Mrs. Gregory was born on July 24, 1935, in Richton, Mississippi to Rev. R. D. Foxworth and Flora Hardy Foxworth. She was the previous owner/ co-owner of Moore's Restaurant in Houston,...
Cecil Lewis
Nov 12, 2021
Cecil Lewis
Okolona- Cecil Ellis Lewis, 85, passed away on November 12, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mr. Lewis was born on April 12, 1936, in Egypt Community, MS to Matthew Richard Lewis and Minnie Zula Shields Lewis.
Visitation will be on Monday, November 15, 2021, at Boone`s Chapel United Methodist...
Ben Cliett
Nov 11, 2021
Ben Cliett
Montpelier- Ben E. Cliett, 73, passed away on November 11, 2021, at his home in Montpelier, Mississippi. Mr. Cliett was born on November 28, 1947, in Houston, MS to Aubrey E. Cliett and Nancy Shirley Harrington Cliett. Mr. Cliett was a retired truck driver for Ware Milling, a member of Montpelier Baptist Church and was...
Jerry Clark
Nov 9, 2021
Jerry Clark
Mantee- Jerry Lynn Clark, 68, passed away on November 9, 2021, at NMMC in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mr. Clark was born on September 9, 1953, in Houston, MS to Billy Grover Clark Sr., and Lois Virginia Ellis Clark. Mr. Clark was a retired loader operator at PCA, and he also worked as a Deputy at Webster...
Patrick Pearson
Nov 8, 2021
Patrick Pearson
Oxford, Mississippi- Patrick Callahan Pearson, 32, passed away on November 8, 2021, at his home in Oxford, Mississippi. Mr. Pearson was born on August 29, 1989, North Miss Women's Center in Tupelo, MS to Steve & Jane Pearson. He was a 2007 graduate of Houston High School, where he was Salutatorian of...
David West
Oct 29, 2021
David West
Houston- David Aaron West, 65, passed away on October 29, 2021, at Baptist Hospital in Calhoun City, MS. Mr. West was born on December 17, 1955, in Chickasaw County, MS to M. D. West and Peggy Ann Foster West. He was a retired oil field worker for Hillyard Drilling Company. He was a member of...
Jennifer Sanford
Oct 29, 2021
Jennifer Sanford
Carmel, IN- formerly of Houston- Jennifer Brooke Whitt Sanford, 42, passed away on October 29, 2021, at I U Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. Mrs. Sanford was born on July 10, 1979, in Amory, MS to Mark Steven Whitt and Becky Ann Neal Whitt Reynolds. She was a customer service representative for...
Annetta Ruth Russell
Oct 21, 2021
Annetta Russell
Vardaman- Annetta Ruth Liebegott Russell, 81, passed away on October 21, 2021, at Baptist Hospital in Oxford, MS. Mrs. Russell was born on September 4, 1940, in Duncansville, PA to James Christian Liebegott and Mildred Ressler Leonard. She was a retired liquor store owner and a member of New Liberty Baptist Church.
Private...
Troy Hinton
Oct 16, 2021
Troy Hinton
Houlka- Troy Ray Hinton, 73, passed away on October 16, 2021, as the result of an Automobile accident in Pontotoc County, MS. Mr. Hinton was born on November 14, 1947, in Chickasaw County, MS to William Ray Hinton and Ethel Clark Hinton. He was a retired oil field worker and a member...
Philip Hollingsworth
Oct 7, 2021
Philip Hollingsworth
Houston- Philip Ashley Hollingsworth, 43, died Thursday, October 7, 2021, as the result of an ATV accident. He was born November 9, 1977, to the late Leon Hollingsworth and the late Linda Ann Hancock Hollingsworth. He was educated in Houston Public Schools and graduated with the Class of 1996. He attended Northeast Mississippi Community College....
Jessica Hamblin
Sep 23, 2021
Jessica Hamblin
Houston- Jessica Criddle Hamblin, 41, was welcomed into the arms of her Lord and Savior, on September 23, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Mrs. Hamblin was born on July 2, 1980, to Tommy Lee Criddle and Teresa Ann Watkins Criddle. She worked as the receptionist at Rhyne Dental...
Betty Sue Floyd
Sep 19, 2021
Betty Floyd
Eupora- Betty Sue Harris Floyd, 72, passed away on September 19, 2021, at Webster Long Term Care in Eupora, MS. Mrs. Floyd was born in Fordyce, Arkansas on August 21, 1949, to Walter Whitman Harris and Dorothy Mae Dotson. She was a homemaker and a member of Crossroads Baptist Church in Webster...
Jerry Swenor
Sep 19, 2021
Jerry Swenor
Houston- Jerry Dwight Dunlap Swenor, 55, passed away on September 19, 2021, at his home in Houston, MS. Mr. Swenor was born in Racine, Wisconsin on September 17, 1966, to John Smithson and Alice Swenor. He worked in furniture manufacturing.
There will be no services for Mr. Swenor....
Timothy Miller
Aug 29, 2021
Tim Miller
Trebloc- Timothy Colbert Miller, 57, passed away on August 29, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Mr. Miller was born in Houston, MS on September 15, 1963, to Byrl Lafayette Miller and Anita Jan Colbert Miller. He worked as a factory worker manufacturing cardboard. He was a huge animal...
Tony Burrell Hooper
Aug 18, 2021
Houlka- Tony Burrell Hooper, 70, passed away on August 18, 2021, at UAB hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Hooper was born in Lupton City, Tennessee on October 7, 1950, to Homer Burrell Hooper and Dorothy Jean Kirkpatrick Hooper. He worked as a furniture factory worker and he was a member of Houlka First Baptist Church in Houlka, Mississippi....
David Wayne Wiggs, Sr.
Aug 17, 2021
Sweetwater, TN- David Wayne Wiggs, Sr., passed away on August 17, 2021. He was the of son David Franklin Wiggs and Jeanette Harmon Wiggs, and brother of Theresa Gail Wiggs Harrison. His life work was dedicated to Sweetwater Hospital for 44 years, before he retired. His life revolved around his family, children, and grandchildren. He enjoyed riding motorcycles, hunting,...
Douglas Winston Dobbs, Sr.
Aug 14, 2021
Woodland- Doug Dobbs, 57, was born November 22, 1963, in Houston, MS, to Joe and Charlotte Walters Dobbs. He left his earthly home to be with the Lord on August 14, 2021.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at 2 P.M. at Amity Baptist Church in Sparta, MS, with Brother Lee Dillard...
Margaret Martin
Aug 4, 2021
Margaret Martin Houston- Margaret Ann Thompson Martin, 79, passed away on August 4, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mrs. Martin was born in Houston, Mississippi on January 23, 1942 to her father, Howard Thompson, and her mother, Maylene Higginbotham. She was raised by her stepfather, Jessie Franklin Foster. She was retired office manager...
