Obituaries
Brenda Jo Fowler
Jun 2, 2017
Brenda Jo Park Fowler passed away Friday at NMMC-Tupelo at the age of 63. She was born May 2, 1954 in Angelo, TX to the late Freddie Lou Tyler and Bill Park. She is survived by her husband, Paul Fowler of West Point; her son, Mike Profitt, Jr. of Arkansas; her daughter, Nolita Profitt of Texas; 3 sisters; 2 grandchildren. Upon the...
Betty Sanders Carpenter
May 21, 2017
Betty Sanders Carpenter passed away Sunday May 21, 2017 at NMMC-West Point the age of 94. She was born August 7, 1922 to the late Daisy Clark and James Franklin Sanders.
Graveside services will be Tuesday May 23, 2017 at 11 AM at Greenwood Cemetery. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be Tuesday 10-10:45 AM at Robinson Funeral Home.
She...
Wanda Ella Winter
May 16, 2017
Wanda Ella Winter passed away Tuesday May 16, 2017 at Regent Care Center in League City, TX at the age of 49. She was born September 20, 1967 to the late Sara Guest and George Winter. Wanda graduated from West Point High School and MS State University and attended University of TX for graduate school. She moved to Texas several...
Dorothy Brooks Foster
May 16, 2017
There will be no services for Mrs. Dorothy Brooks Fowler upon the request of the family.
Margaret Sue Colbert
May 12, 2017
Margaret Sue Colbert passed away Friday May 12, 2017 at NMMC-West Point the age of 82. She was born August 16, 1934 in Cedar Bluff to the late Hattie Bell Donahoo and John Alexander Watson. She attended Hebron Baptist Church for many years.
Funeral services will be Tuesday May 16, 2017 at 2 PM at Robinson Chapel with Rev. Andy Parish...
Thomas 'Pat' Bishop
May 4, 2017
Thomas ‘Pat’ Bishop passed away Thursday May 4, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital the age of 72. He was born May 26, 1944 in Georgia to the late Thelma Wells and Cooper Thomas Bishop. He was a veteran of the US Air Force. He served as a police officer for the West Point Police Department for several years, and then...
Sally Rice Bogan
Apr 17, 2017
Sally Crawford Rice Bogan, 89, died peacefully on April 17, 2017 at Dugan Memorial Home, West Point, MS after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born December 10, 1927 in Bienville, LA, the daughter of Eula Loe and Walton A Crawford. Following high school graduation, she attended Judson College in Marion, AL and Mary Washington College in Fredricksburg,...
Jamie L. Thornton
Apr 15, 2017
Jamie L. Thornton (PA) passed away Saturday April 15, 2017 at home surrounded by loved ones at the age of 88. He was born November 27, 1928 to George and Callie Kennedy Thornton in New Albany, MS. He was a member of Siloam Baptist Church. He was a farmer, truck driver, mechanic, a good hardworking, honest Christian man. He was...
Gloria Dean Brown
Mar 18, 2017
Gloria Dean Brown passed away March 18, 2017 at Tupelo Nursing & Rehab at the age of 77. Se was born April 23, 1939 in Clay County to the late Myrtis McMullin and Nicholas Scott Brewer. She was a member of Lone Oak Baptist Church and she was a clerk at the Court House for many years. A graveside service...
Henry Hugh Acker
Mar 4, 2017
Henry Hugh Acker passed away March 4, 2017 at NMMC-Tupelo at the age of 79. He was born February 23, 1938 in Eupora to the late Hazel Burton and Gardner Acker. He was a veteran of the US Army and a member of West End Baptist Church and attended Vibrant Church because he loved the music. He was a welder...
Ora Trenor
Feb 21, 2017
Ora Lillian Trenor passed away February 21, 2017 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 93. She was born in Amory on October 28, 1923 to the late John and Mattie Haney. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and a past member of Jr Auxiliary. Graveside Service will be Friday February 24, 2017 at 11 AM at...
Alice Miller Nester
Feb 20, 2017
Alice Miller Nester passed away February 20, 2017 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 79. She was born May 3, 1937 to the late Joe and Velma Boyd Miller in Electric Mills. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church of West Point and a member of UMW Ladies Society. Funeral Service will be Thursday February 23, 2017...
Nora Idell Ward
Jan 7, 2017
Nora Idell Ward passed away January 7, 2017 at Sanctuary Hospice House at the age of 91. She was born July 20, 1925 to the late Nora Mae McDade and Walter W. Bennett. She was a member of Lone Oak Baptist Church of West Point. Funeral Service will be Tuesday January 10, 2017 at 11 AM at Robinson Chapel with...
James Ernest Cothran
Jan 1, 2017
James Ernest Cothran passed away January 1, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 84. He was born January 22, 1932 in Swift Town, MS to the late Sally Lou Powell and John Wesley Cothran. He was a veteran of the US Army and served in the Korean Conflict. He was a Decon at Siloam Baptist Church...
Mary Lou Walker
Jan 1, 2017
Mary Lou Walker passed away January 1, 2017 at Diversicare of Amory at the age of 89. She was born August 8, 1927 to the late Nan and Fred Davis. She was a member of Siloam Methodist Church. Funeral Service will be Wednesday January 4, 2017 at 3 PM at Robinson Chapel with Rev. Raliegh Rictor officiating. Burial will follow...
Melinda Carol Coleman
Dec 28, 2016
Melinda Carol Coleman passed away Wednesday December 28, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 51. She was born February 5, 1965 in West Point. She was a waitress for many years at several restaurants in Columbus. Funeral Service will be Friday December 30, 2016 at 2 PM at Robinson Chapel with Mr. Marty Coleman officiating. Burial...
Gwendolyn Franklin Rodgers
Dec 25, 2016
Gwendolyn Franklin “Gwen” Rodgers, age 97, died Sunday, Christmas Day, at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point, Mississippi. She was born October 25, 1919, in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late Oma Lee Barton and Oliver Lee Franklin. Mrs. Rodgers was employed by First National Bank in West Point for many years, where she was the first female teller and served...
Ethel McDaniel
Dec 21, 2016
Ethelyne Mae McDaniel passed away Wednesday December 21, 2016 at Dugan Memorial Home at the age of 76. She was born January 21, 1940 in Kentucky to the late Tom and Polline Hiles. Funeral Service will be Monday December 26, 2016 at 3 PM at Robinson Chapel with Rev. Terry Partin officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Serving...
Barbara Smith Hood
Dec 20, 2016
Barbara Hood passed away Tuesday December 20, 2016 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 79. She was born March 30, 1937 in Jefferson, Texas. She was the youngest of 6 siblings. She worked at Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans then became an Eligibility worker for Community Counseling in Columbus for many years. Funeral Service will be Thursday December 22,...
Helen Cerelle Pollard
Dec 5, 2016
Helen Cerelle Gammill Pollard passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on December 5, 2016. Helen was born on October 28, 1928, in Webster County, Mississippi, the youngest of ten children of Wesley Lafayette Gammill and Mary Palmer Gammill. She was salutatorian of her class at Mathiston High School and also attended Wood Junior College. Helen married her high school...