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Bobbie Sue Powell
Mar 21, 2015
Bobbie Sue Powell, 81 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Saturday, March 21, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born Friday, June 23, 1933 in Sarepta, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Lois Jackson Knight and the late Annie Mae McCormick Knight. She was the wife of the late Frank Powell. Also preceded in death...
Billy Grist
Mar 21, 2015
Billy L. Grist, 82 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Community Hospice House in Verona, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, June 22, 1932 in Sarepta, Mississippi, he was the son of the late William Grist and the late Clara Logan Grist. He was the husband of Marjorie Winter Grist. He served in the Army. He was a...
Bro. Edward Pettit
Mar 20, 2015
Bro. Edward J. Pettit, 86 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Friday, March 20, 2015, at Bruce Community Living Center in Bruce, Mississippi. Born Sunday, August 5, 1928 in Elzey, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Hosea Pettit and the late Annice Moore Pettit. He was the husband of the late Josephine Pettit. He was retired from Brookwood...
Scottie Spratlin Ward
Mar 14, 2015
Scottie Spratlin Ward, age 88, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2015 at her daughter's residence in Bruce, Mississippi. She was born February 6, 1927 in the Lloyd community in Vardaman, Mississippi. She was a member of Vardaman First Baptist Church. Mrs. Ward retired from Vardaman Schools as a cafeteria worker. Visitation will be on Monday, March 16, 2015 from...
Helen Newman
Mar 11, 2015
Helen Newman, 83 of Greenville, Mississippi died on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at her residence in Greenville, Mississippi. Born Saturday, April 16, 1932 in Greenville, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Harry R. Davis and the late Hazel Gorman Davis. She was the wife of the late Lee A. Newman. She was a retired healthcare worker and...
Katrina Gaile Ellis
Mar 9, 2015
Katrina Gaile Ellis, 51 of Vardaman, Mississippi died on Monday, March 9, 2015, at University Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Born Sunday, September 22, 1963 in Grenada, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Roy Homer Prewitt and Pauline Elizabeth Prewitt. She was the wife of Charles Edward Ellis. She was a homemaker and member of Taylor Church...
Phillip Bruce Yarbrough
Mar 7, 2015
Phillip Bruce Yarbrough, 56 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Community Hospice House in Verona, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, November 4, 1958 in Water Valley, Mississippi, he was the son of Samuel Yarbrough and the late Mary Harmon Yarbrough. He was the husband of Vickie Hellums Yarbrough. He was a member of Bruce First Baptist Church...
Quinette Webster Lowe
Mar 6, 2015
Quinette Webster Lowe, 84 of Vardaman, Mississippi died on Friday, March 6, 2015, at Bruce Community Living Center in Bruce, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, September 23, 1930 in Vardaman, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Noah Jenkins and the late Louella Vandlandingham Jenkins. She was the wife of the late Marty Webster. She was a member of Vardaman...
Sarah Jane Blount
Mar 4, 2015
Sarah Jane Blount, 59 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, November 23, 1955 in Grenada, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Charles Melton and Mayford Bumgart Melton. She was the wife of Alvin Blount. She was employed by Haworth Inc. in Bruce, MS. She was...
Dorothy Keen
Mar 2, 2015
Dorothy Corrine Keen, 82 of Bruce, Mississippi, was born on Friday November 11, 1932 in Oxford, Mississippi. Mrs. Dorothy died on Monday, March 2, 2015 at St. Frances Hospital in Memphis, TN. She was the daughter of the late Edward Parker and Francis Lausie Moore Parker. She was the wife of the late Van Keen. Mrs. Dorothy was a...
Caylee Beth Leachman
Feb 28, 2015
Caylee Beth Leachman, 16 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Saturday, February 28, 2015 in Big Creek Mississippi. Born Wednesday, October 28, 1998 in Tupelo, Mississippi, she was the daughter of Terry Leachman and Renea Jenkins Leachman. She was a Sophomore at Bruce High School and played softball for the Lady Trojans Slow Pitch and Fast Pitch Teams. She was...
Velma Gregory
Feb 17, 2015
Velma Gregory, 90 of Pontotoc, Mississippi died on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at Pontotoc Health & Rehab Center in Pontotoc, MS. Born Wednesday, October 29, 1924 in Rocky Mount, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late John Willie Gregory and the late Eliza McCormick Gregory. She was a retired Nurses Aid and a member of Rocky Mt. Baptist...
Lavina Maye Wade
Feb 17, 2015
Lavina Maye Wade, 76 of Derma, Mississippi died on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at home.. Born Monday, June 27, 1938 in Cherry Valley, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Shahan and Maye Ellen Coates Shahan. She was the widow of the late Charles Wayne Wade, also preceded in death by grandson Scott Wade. She graduated high...
Bobbye D. Mccormick
Feb 17, 2015
Bobbye D. McCormick, 82 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, March 2, 1932 in Palmer, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Cecil Loring Tharpe and Lucy Idenia Self Tharpe. She was a retired group home manager from North MS Regional Center where she worked from...
Bonnie Sue Bray
Feb 13, 2015
Bonnie Sue Bray, 67 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Friday, February 13, 2015, after a brief illness as a result of a longtime battle with Multiple Sclerosis at Calhoun Health Services Hospital in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Tuesday, January 13, 1948 in Vardaman, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Cook and the late Virginia McGee Cook....
Jimmy C. Luther
Feb 11, 2015
Jimmy Curtis Luther, 67 of Houlka, Mississippi died on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born Saturday, February 22, 1947, in Calhoun County, Mississippi, he was the son of the late William C. "Bill" Luther and the late Mary McDonald Luther. He was the husband of Dianne Steele Luther of Houlka, MS. Retired...
Hunter Mcgreger
Feb 9, 2015
Hunter Lee McGreger, 13 of Vardaman, Mississippi died on Monday, February 9, 2015, at Calhoun Health Services Hospital in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Saturday, April 14, 2001 in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was an 8th grader at Vardaman School. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Surviving are his mother Dusti Crowley McGreger of Vardaman, MS. his father...
Barbara Sue Murk
Feb 7, 2015
Barbara Sue Murk, 72 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Her Residence in Bruce, Mississippi. Born Saturday, April 29, 1942 in Ethel, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Moorhead and the late Belva Shoemaker Moorhead. She was the wife of the late Billy Murk. She was a retired floral designer for The...
Courtney Collins
Feb 1, 2015
Courtney Leigh Collins, 30 of Calhoun City, Mississippi died on Sunday, February 1, 2015 Born Thursday, April 5, 1984 in Tupelo, Mississippi, she was the daughter of Forrest B. Willis and Shelley Willis King. She was the wife of Matthew Collins. She was employed by Caviness Woodworking. Surviving are sons, Shawn Stewart of Bruce, MS and Garrett Collins of...
Morris Parker
Jan 31, 2015
Morris Parker, 80 of Calhoun City, Mississippi died on Saturday, January 31, 2015, at Calhoun County Nursing Home in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Sunday, October 21, 1934, he was the son of the late Curtis Parker and the late Effie Lester Parker. He was a member of Taylor Church of God of Prophecy and, a retired farm supply salesman...
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