Obituaries

Aug 9, 2018

Elton Leon “Pop” Lee, 70, passed this earthly life Thursday, August 9, 2018. He was born October 23, 1947 in Bruce to the late parents of Elton Lee and Myrtle Logan Lee.  Leon was a past employee of Memphis Hardwood and Flooring and Weyerhaeuser.  He was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.  Leon was a devoted father and...

Aug 8, 2018

KATIE MAE SMITH TUTOR, 93, of Johnson City, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee, died Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at NHC Healthcare, where she had lived since 2010.

Katie was born August 17, 1924 in Vance, Mississippi, the fifth child of Alford Luther Smith and Eddie Elnora Stewart Smith.  She was married to Rollon Lee Tutor for nearly 74...

Aug 2, 2018

Mr. Joe Thurman Massey, 95 years and almost 9 months, passed away August 2, 2018 at home surrounded by his loved ones after complications from health problems.

Mr. Thurman graduated from Bruce High School and began his patriotic duty by serving in the U.S. Navy flying in the Dauntless Douglas Anti-Submarine Patrol aircraft while stationed at the...

Jul 26, 2018

Coffeeville, MS – Paul Anthony Lenard. 63, passed away, Thursday, July 26, 2018 at his home surrounded by his love ones. He was born on June 27, 1955 in Marks, MS. He was a graduate of Calhoun City High School, Class of 1974. After graduating high school, he served in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve. He worked as...

Jul 21, 2018

Big Creek, MS – Melissa Ann Ford, 50, passed this earthly on July 21, 2018 as a result of an accident, in Grenada County. She was born July 15, 1968 in Vardaman to the late parents of Everette Lee Brassfield and Eunice Marie Hardin Brassfield Moore. She was a employee of Winchester of Oxford and had previously worked at...

Jul 21, 2018

Karen Gilder Harrelson, 58, gained her heavenly wings, Saturday, July 21, 2018 surrounded by her loving family at N.M.M.C., Tupelo. She was born March 5, 1960 in Vardaman,  to the late parents of William Jasper Gilder and Sharon Lowe Gilder.  Karen was a graduate of Vardaman High School and Holmes Community College where she received her associates’ degree in...

Jul 18, 2018

Calhoun City, MS – Sergio Gonzalez Murillo, 23, passed away suddenly, July 18, 2018. He was born September 7, 1994 in Cerritos, S.L.P., Mexico. He was a furniture factory worker with Chapter 3 in Houlka.

He is survived by his parents, Cirilo Gonzalez Vazquez and Imelda Murillo Medrano, sisters, Yoseline Gonzalez Murillo, Roseline Gonzalez Murillo; brothers, Ansoni...

Jul 16, 2018

Georgia Lucille McLaughlin passed away on July 16, 2018 in Houston, Texas. She was 95 years old.   Lucille was born on January 4, 1923 in Chickasaw County Mississippi to Ruth Hunter Clark McLaughlin and John Henry McLaughlin.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her grandparents James Thomas Clark and Georgia Ann (Berry) Clark and Mary Ann (Grimes)...

Jul 8, 2018

Pittsboro, MS – Larry O’Neal “Bud” McGregor, 71, passed this life Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford. He was born in Vardaman, February 3, 1947 to the late parents of C.O. McGreger and Elizabeth Bray McGreger. Bud was a graduate of Vardaman High School Class of 1964 and East Mississippi Community College and attended Mississippi State...

Jul 6, 2018

Vardaman, MS-Ann Wright Dye, 96, received her heavenly wings on July 6, 2018 at the home of her niece in Fulton, MS.  She was born October 3, 1921 to Thomas Jefferson Wright and Georgia Ann Knight Wright, the youngest of 12 children.  She lived in Tremont, MS until her marriage to Shelby Durell Dye in 1969, and then made...

Jul 5, 2018

Bruce, MS – Ella Mae Smith, 95, passed this earthly life Thursday, July 5, 2018 at Baptist Calhoun Hospital surrounded by her love ones. She was born June 18, 1923 in Calhoun County, to the late parents of Clarence A. Gregory and Mary Jane Logan Gregory. She was a member of Rocky Mount Baptist Church, a devoted homemaker and...

Jun 27, 2018

Sharon Elaine McKnight passed away suddenly at home in Bruce, June 27, 2018. Born in Dorena, MO. October 19, 1959 to the late Hersel and Pauline Burney.

Elaine enjoyed reading and all needle point, and wheel of fortune. She is preceded in death by her father and mother, all grandparents.

She is survived by one...

Jun 23, 2018

Water Valley, MS-Sherry Lynn Gordon, 55, passed this earthly life, Saturday, June 23, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford after an extended illness,  She was born November 23, 1962 in Oxford to the late parents of Donald Allen Green, Sr. and Mildred Mae Jones Green.  She was a homemaker and a past employee of Oxford Wire and Cable and...

Jun 19, 2018

Bruce, MS – Matelon Eugene Chrestman, 98, passed this earthly life Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at the State Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born September 5, 1919 in Sarpeta to the late parents of Emsley Chrestman and Maggie Lowe Chrestman. Matelon was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist church and a Mason. He served his country in the...

Jun 15, 2018

Jimmy Neil Mulkey, 86, of Bruce, passed away on Friday, June 15 th , 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. Jimmy was born June 8 th , 1932 to Estell Mulkey and Ercell Nall Mulkey in Calhoun County. A retired logger by trade, the two things Jimmy enjoyed most were spending time with his family and being outdoors....

Jun 9, 2018

William James Myers, 79, passed away Saturday, June 9 th , 2018 at his home in Houlka. William was born on July 6 th , 1938 to Verlin S. Myers, Sr. and Rose Smith in Allegany, New York. This past August, William was saved by accepting Jesus Christ as his Savior, baptized in a feeding trough at First Baptist...

Jun 9, 2018

Robert Bradley Stone, 58, passed away on June 9 th , 2018 at North Mississippi Regional Center in Oxford. Known as Brad to his family, he was born on August 4 th , 1958 to Parents Robert Earl Stone and Cathy Peeples Stone in Banner. Although Brad’s world was different than ours, he wanted the same simple rewards most...

Jun 8, 2018

Benjamin Franklin “Benny” Stewart 65, passed away on June 8 th , 2018 at his home in Calhoun County. He was born on November 19 th , 1952 to Willie B. Stewart and Modess Barefield Stewart in Calhoun County. Benny was a retired carpenter, skills that he used while serving in The Mississippi National Guard for several years before...

Jun 6, 2018

Jim Eldridge Lloyd, 68, passed away on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Mr. Lloyd was born to Thomas E. Lloyd and Blanche Eaves Lloyd on July 16, 1949 in Houston, Mississippi. As a member of the Houston High School graduating class of 1967, Jim pursued and earned an A.A. Degree from Itawamba Junior...

Jun 3, 2018

Calhoun City, MS- Mary Mildred Broughman, 82, passed this life at Eupora,  after an extended illness. She was born February 9, 1936, in Derma to the late parents of Matthew “Mack” Rimmer and Lila Mae Johnson Rimmer.  She was a homemaker and an assistant with farming operations.  She loved her family dearly and always enjoyed time with family and...