Allen Brooks Collins
May 24, 2016
Allen Brooks Collins, 87 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at Calhoun Health Services Hospital in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Thursday, April 11, 1929 in Bruce, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Robert Carl Collins and the late Erma Jewel Bennett Collins. He was the husband of Edna Earl Ingram Collins. Graduate of Ellard...
Thomas Richard Morgan
May 23, 2016
Thomas Richard Morgan, 72 of Vardaman, MS. died on Monday, May 23, 2016, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born Monday, September 27, 1943 in Vardaman, Mississippi, he was the son of the late James Richard "Treetop" Morgan and the late Virginia Hollingsworth Morgan. Thomas was a graduate of Vardaman High School and attended ICC Junior College playing...
Edith Hardin
May 21, 2016
Edith Hardin, 96 of Pittsboro, Mississippi passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2016, at Calhoun Health Services Nursing Home in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Saturday, October 18, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Harrison Brown and the late Nancy Austin Brown. She was the wife of the late Granville Hardin. Surviving are a host of Niece's and...
Joey Wayne Mason
May 18, 2016
Joey Wayne Mason, 36 of Coffeeville, Mississippi passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at His Residence in Coffeeville, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, December 25, 1979, he was the son of the late Gary Mason and the late Millie Sanders Cowsert. He was the husband of the late Dena Smith Mason. Surviving are sons, Austin Mason of Gore Springs, MS...
John Huffman
May 8, 2016
John Waynee Huffman, 68 of Pontotoc, Mississippi died on Sunday, May 8, 2016, at Decendent's Residence in Pontotoc, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, April 20, 1948 in Vardaman, Mississippi, he was the son of the late John Huffman and the late Opal Mooneyham Huffman. He was a member of New Gauley Baptist Church. Surviving are sons, Leslie Huffman (Candy) of Vardaman,...
Douglas "Sonny" Glenn Saxon
May 7, 2016
Sonny Saxon, 53 passed away on May 7, 2016 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Born in Memphis, TN. on September 2,1962 He loved being a truck driver for over thirty years. Sonny enjoyed spending time with his family, taking trips with his family in the 18 wheeler, watching Nascar, wrestling, and football. He is survived by...
Benson K. Merritt
Apr 30, 2016
Benson K. “Ben” Merritt, Age 81, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016. Preceded in death by his parents, Carmack and Frances Merritt; son, Douglas K. Merrit. Survived by his wife, Bonnie Jones Merritt; daughter, Deborah (Guy) Whitley; son, Mark (Cherry) Merritt; grandchildren, Chris Whitley, Shelley (Roy) Stricklin, Marquis and Ethan Merritt; great grandchildren, Dakota, Marshall and Eli Stricklin, Skylar...
Johnnie Delane Ivy
Apr 30, 2016
Johnnie Delane Ivy passed away Saturday, April 30 at Hermitage Gardens in Oxford, MS. Born April 24, 1934, in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, he was the surviving twin son of John Jefferson Ivy and Lurlene Bray Ivy. He married Betty June Bennett on August 25, 1951 and the couple spent their lives together in Calhoun County. In his younger years,...
Billy Fred White
Apr 30, 2016
Billy Fred White, 83 of Pittsboro, Mississippi passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016, Surronded by his family at Pontotoc Nursing Home in Pontotoc, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, August 31, 1932, he was the son of the late Charles Radford White and the late Daisy Earline Hardin White. He was the husband of the late Faye Haire White. He was...
Mildred Hardin
Apr 29, 2016
Mildred Idella Hardin, 92 of Vardaman, Mississippi died on Friday, April 29, 2016, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born Thursday, April 3, 1924 in Vardaman, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late David Gillsepie and the late Lucy James Gillispie. She was the wife of the late James Robert Hardin. She was a devoted mother and...
Robert Sherman "Bob" Cooper
Apr 26, 2016
Robert Sherman "Bob" Cooper, 63 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, August 5, 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, he was the son of the late William Albert Cooper and the late Robbie Ray Yancy Cooper Easley. He was the husband of the late Linda Collums Cooper who...
Vicky Lynn Ruth
Apr 24, 2016
Vicky Lynn Campbell Ruth, 58, seamstress, of Greenville, Mississippi died in the early morning hours Sunday, April 24, 2016. She was born March 24th, 1958 in Bruce, Mississippi, the daughter of Jewell Wayne Campbell and Helen Gregory Campbell. She has lived in Greenville for over 30 years and was employed by The Country Gentleman Clothing Store. She is a...
Betty Jean Keen
Apr 19, 2016
Betty Jean Keen, 84 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born Thursday, June 25, 1931 in Sarepta, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Albert Allen "Bud" Tindall and the late Mary Clara Murphree Tindall. She was formerly employed by Glenn Slacks Garment Factory. She was a...
Mattie Lou Parker
Apr 19, 2016
Mattie Tranum Parker, 97, passed away quietly in her sleep at Bruce Community Living Center in Bruce, MS. Tuesday, April 19, 2016. She was born October 18, 1918 in Calhoun County Mississippi to the late Morris Talmadge Tranum and Della Mae Shepard Tranum. She was the wife of the late Prentiss Leo Parker. She enjoyed antiquing and fishing, she...
Thomas Earl Murphree
Apr 15, 2016
Thomas Earl Murphree, 90 of Bruce, Mississippi passed away on Friday, April 15, 2016, surrounded by his family at his home in Bruce, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, July 22, 1925 in the Old Town Community near Pittsboro, MS., he was the son of the late Simm Murphree and the late Vangie Shields Murphree. Thomas Earl was a boiler maker in...
Shirley Jean Stewart
Apr 7, 2016
Shirley Jean Stewart, 67 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Thursday, April 7, 2016, at her residence in Bruce, Mississippi. Born Friday, June 25, 1948 at her maternal grandmothers home, she was the daughter of the late William Mann and the late Billie Jean Bramlitt. She was the wife of the late J.L. Stewart. She was a devoted homemaker and...
Clardis Dean Bennett
Apr 6, 2016
Clardis Dean Bennett, 74, went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior, April 6, 2016, at the Sanctuary Hospice Home in Tupelo, MS. He was born on April 6, 1942, in Calhoun County to Raymond Bennett and Lillian Ferguson Bennett. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Bruce, Mississippi. Clardis was known to many as simply CD,...
Grady Spencer
Apr 2, 2016
Grady Ruble Spencer, 89 of Vardaman, Mississippi died on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Calhoun Health Services Nursing Home in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Saturday, September 11, 1926 in Houston, Mississippi, he was the son of the late William and the late Rebecca Fleming Spencer. He was retired from Vardaman Schools and served in the U.S. Army during World...
Larry Carter
Apr 1, 2016
Larry Dean Carter, 56 of Calhoun City, Mississippi died on Friday, April 1, 2016, at his residence in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, June 30, 1959 in Bruce, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Frank Carter and the late Virginia Keel Carter. Surviving are daughters, Stefanie D Carter of Bruce, MS and Akesha D. Calder and husband...
Mary Kate Hardin
Mar 30, 2016
Mary Kate Hardin, 91 of Derma, Mississippi died on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at her home in Derma, Mississippi. Born Monday, February 16, 1925 in Vardaman, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late James Vardaman Inman and the late Kathleen Inman. She was the wife of the late William Oliver Hardin. She was a member of Derma Pentecostal...
