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Nell Jones Fooshee

Nell Jones Fooshee

Feb 22, 2022

Nell Jones Fooshee,88, of Bruce departed from this life on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Bruce Community Living Center. She was born on April 6, 1933, in Derma, Mississippi to the late Henry Allen Jones and Annie Therrell Jones.

Nell served as the secretary for the Calhoun County Hospital and Dr. O.B. Crocker for many years until...

Mary "Arlene" Mulkey Castleberry

Mary "Arlene" Mulkey Castleberry

Feb 19, 2022

Mary "Arlene" Mulkey Castleberry, 91, died on February 19, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. She was born on August 5, 1930, in Cape Girardeau, MO, to Estell and Ercell Mulkey. She was the oldest of 10 children. She was married to Charles (Bub) Castleberry until his passing in 2013.

Arlene began her career in the...

Louise Clark Watson

Louise Clark Watson

Feb 18, 2022

Louise Clark Watson, 86, of Bruce departed from this life on Friday, February 18, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Calhoun City. She was born on December 29, 1935, in Brazil, Mississippi to the late Tobe Eugene Clark and Bertha Carr Clark.

Louise spent almost seven decades married to her beloved husband, Thurman Watson, before her passing....

Joan Grist Jones

Joan Grist Jones

Feb 17, 2022

Joan Grist Jones, 85, of Bruce, MS, departed from this life on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Joan graced the world with her presence in the Fall of November 06, 1936. She was one of three children born to the late Louis Grist and Ruby Bond Grist.

Joan spent many decades...

Sara Richardson Moss

Sara Richardson Moss

Feb 13, 2022

Sara Richardson Moss, 79, of Bruce passed from this life on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at her residence. Born on September 29, 1942 In Swiftown, Mississippi, she was a daughter to the late Alvin Franklin Richardson and Elizabeth Everette Richardson.

Sara spent years employed with Mental Health Regional Center, Region 6 in Greenwood as a supervisor, and...

Edna Harville

Edna Harville

Feb 11, 2022

Edna Wayne Burt Harville went home to Jesus on February 11, 2022, at the age of 83.

Edna was born to Edwin Burt and Edith Patterson Burt on October 9, 1938, in Bruce, Mississippi. Edna married Johnnie Harville on August 3, 1956 and went on to have three children: Judith, John, and Donald. Edna traveled around the...

Amma Dulin

Amma Dulin

Feb 11, 2022

Amma Dulin, 88, passed away on February 11,2022 at her daughters home in Tennessee. She was born on May 1,1933 in Calhoun County Mississippi to the late James Edward Brown and Ova Lou Brown.

Amma graduated from Bruce high school in 1951. She started her career as customer service specialist in Memphis Tennessee at Sears Crosstown where...

Helen Blackwelder Vanlandingham

Helen Blackwelder Vanlandingham

Feb 8, 2022

Helen Corrine Vanlandingham, 78, of Bruce passed from this life on Tuesday, February 08, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Calhoun City. Born in summer heat on June 08, 1943, she was a daughter to the late Frank Blackwelder and Ora Lee Turner Blackwelder.

Helen, a graduate of Bruce High School, was lifelong native of the community....

J.M. Mccormick

J.M. Mccormick

Feb 8, 2022

J. M. “Jam Up” McCormick, 84, of Bruce passed from this life on Tuesday, February 08, 2022, at his residence. Born on June 11, 1937, in Bruce, he was a son to the late Ira McCormick and Euris Tutor McCormick.

He spent an expansive sixty-seven years journeying through with his lovely bride, Virginia Green McCormick, by his...

Billy Thorn Lovelace

Billy Thorn Lovelace

Feb 8, 2022

Billy Thorn Lovelace, 89, passed on February 8, 2022, at his home with member of his family by his side after brief but harsh battle with cancer.

Billy willy be deeply missed by his loving wife of 64 years, Laura Lantrip Lovelace, daughters Lisa Pomeranz and husband Mike of Collierville, Tennessee, Stephanie McAnnally and husband Kelly of...

Rosie Rice

Rosie Rice

Feb 6, 2022

Rosie Rice, 75, departed from this life on February 6, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Born on August 11, 1946 in Sledge, Mississippi, to the late Raymond Rice and Jessie Milam.

Rosie was best known for her love of the arts especially drawing and writing. When she didn't have pen to paper, she could...

Winston Lamar "Red" Turner

Winston Lamar "Red" Turner

Feb 3, 2022

Winston Lamar Turner, 74, of Bruce passed from this life on Thursday, February 03, 2022, at his residence. Born on January 31, 1948, in the Sarepta community, he was a son to the late James Reabon Turner and Mary Alice Shepard Turner.

Winston, better known by his friends and family as “Red” spent nearly fifty years married...

Ann Mckibben Inman

Ann Mckibben Inman

Feb 2, 2022

Ann McKibben Inman, 95, of Bruce passed from this life on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at Oxford health And Rehab. Born on July 15, 1926, in Grand Saline, Texas, she was a daughter to the late Claude McKibben and Annie Collins McKibben.

Ann was a 1944 graduate of Ellard High School. She spent her days as a...

Billy Calder

Billy Calder

Jan 31, 2022

William "Billy" Calder, 78, departed from this life on Monday, January 31, 2022, at Baptist Calhoun Nursing Home in Calhoun City, MS. He was born on March 29, 1943, in Charleston, MS, to the late A. C. Calder and Mary Evelyn Burrus Calder.

Billy worked many years at Memphis Hardwood until his retirement. He attended Rocky Branch...

Wanda Daniel Hurst

Wanda Daniel Hurst

Jan 31, 2022

Wanda Daniel Hurst, 88, of Pelham, Alabama, passed from this life on Monday, January 31, 2022, at Brookwood Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham. Born on September 17, 1933, in Pontotoc County she was a daughter to the late Ernest Ovee Daniel and Ruby Idell Grist Daniel and the step-daughter of Odein Daniel.

She was a 1949 graduate...

Jackie Fay Sharp

Jackie Fay Sharp

Jan 30, 2022

Jackie Sharp, 80, departed from this life on Sunday, January 30, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi in Oxford, MS. She was born on April 2, 1941, to the late Charlie Sharp and Lillie Bell Suelle Sharp.

Jackie was a homemaker that devoted her life to looking after the family she so deeply cherished. Aside from...

Judy Carol Shaw

Judy Carol Shaw

Jan 27, 2022

Judy Carol Shaw, 65, departed from this life on Thursday, January 27, 2022, at her home in Memphis, TN. She was born on August 6, 1956, in Vardaman, MS, to Roy Gillespie and Geraldine McGreger Gillespie.

Judy was married to her loving husband, John Shaw for thirty-four years before her passing. Judy spent many years as a...

Jimmy Earl Mills

Jimmy Earl Mills

Jan 27, 2022

Jimmy Earl Mills, 77, passed away on January 27, 2022. Jimmy was born in Bruce, MS on February 19, 1944, to Powell A. and Margaret Vanlandingham Mills. He was the sixth of eight children born to them. He attended grade school in Banner and high school in Bruce. He participated in the 4-H club and showed livestock. He also played...

Wanda Logan Boyle

Wanda Logan Boyle

Jan 24, 2022

Wanda Joyce Logan Boyle, 78, of Vardaman passed from this life on Monday, January 24, 2022, at her son’s residence in Vardaman. Born on February 19, 1943, in the Rocky Mount Community, she was a daughter of the late William Joe Logan and Amy Burt Logan.

Wanda celebrated many anniversaries with her late husband Jimmy J. Boyle...

Cynthia Williams

Cynthia Williams

Jan 23, 2022

Cynthia Jane Williams, 65, of Okolona, passed from this life on Sunday, January 23, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born on December 15, 1956, in Bruce, she was a daughter to the late William Douglas Wooten and Minnie Raye Ward Wooten.

Cynthia, better known by her friends and family as Cindy, spent many seasons...

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