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Sarah Jane Blount

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Sue Easley Martin

Sue Easley Martin

Jan 30, 2015

Sue Easley Martin, 84 of Pittsboro, Mississippi died on Friday, January 30, 2015, at Bruce Community Living Center in Bruce, Mississippi. Born Sunday, November 2, 1930, in Calhoun county, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Easley and the late Dora Parker Easley. She was the wife of the late Hayden L. Martin. She was a member...

Millie Jo Cowsert

Millie Jo Cowsert

Jan 25, 2015

Millie Jo Sanders Cowsert, 55 of Big Creek, Mississippi died on Sunday, January 25, 2015, at Calhoun Health Services Hospital in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Saturday, November 21, 1959 in Caledonia, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late James Russell Sanders and Betty Jo Harrison Sanders. She was a former factory worker and attended Shiloh Baptist Church. Surviving...

Fern Innman

Fern Innman

Jan 18, 2015

Fern Innman, 91 of Banner, Mississippi died on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Born Wednesday, February 14, 1923. He was the husband of the late Ruth Miller Innman. World War II, U.S. Army Veteran, retired from Big Yank Corporation as a cutter, he was a member of Driver's Flat Baptist Church where he...

Bobby Wayne Sexton

Bobby Wayne Sexton

Jan 18, 2015

Bobby W. Sexton, 61 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born Thursday, April 9, 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Kyle W. Sexton and the late Nell Carter Sexton. He was a graduate of Bruce High School Class of 1971 and North West...

Carl Coleman

Carl Coleman

Jan 14, 2015

John Thomas Carl Coleman, 89 of Pontotoc, Mississippi died on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at Pontotoc Rehab in Pontotoc, Mississippi. Born Friday, March 20, 1925.He was the husband of the late Faye Reynolds Coleman. He was retired from Memphis Hardwood Flooring. He was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Surviving are sons, Delaine (Ann) Coleman of Okolona, MS...

Edna Ruth Barton

Edna Ruth Barton

Jan 12, 2015

Edna Ruth Barton, 85 of Metairie, La. passed on January 12, 2015. She was born on April 27, 1929 in Calhoun City, MS. She was the wife of the late Ernest Edwain Barton, passed on December 13, 2012. A homemaker, graduate of Mississippi State University and School Teacher, for thirty years, in Mississippi and Louisiana. Sunday School teacher thirty...

Wanda Joy Logan

Wanda Joy Logan

Jan 11, 2015

Wanda Joy Logan, 69 of Derma, Mississippi died on Sunday, January 11, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Born Sunday, December 2, 1945 in Bruce, Mississippi, She was the wife of Homer Logan. She was a graduate of Bruce High School Class of 1963 and was a loving mother and Homemaker. She was a member of...

Lorene Morris

Lorene Morris

Jan 7, 2015

Lorene Morris , 89 of Bruce, Mississippi died on Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at Calhoun Health Services in Calhoun City, Mississippi. Born Thursday, August 6, 1925 in Calhoun county, MS. She was the wife of the late Ellis Morris. She was a member of Sherman Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and former employee of Freds. She was preceded...

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