Obituaries

Bill Fay Simmons

Bill Fay Simmons

Nov 5, 2015

Bill F. Simmons passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015 at Dugan Memorial Home in West point at the age of 85. He was born April 21, 1930 to the late Marshall and Jewell Coggins Simmons. He was a veteran of the US Army. Funeral Services will be at 11 AM Friday November 6, 2015 at Robinson Chapel with Rev. Eddie...

Regina Eidson Bird

Regina Eidson Bird

Oct 27, 2015

Regina Eidson Bird passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at Waverly Care Home in West point at the age of 75. She was born July 25, 1940 in Eupora to the late Modena Eidson and Frederick Brown. She was a member of West End Baptist Church where she worked as secretary for 42 years. Funeral Services will be at 2...

Clayton  Myers

Clayton Myers

Oct 24, 2015

Clayton Dell Myers passed away Saturday, October 24, 2015 at The Regency Hospital-Meridian at the age of 65. He was born July 15, 1950 to the late Maycel Charles and Denverzane (Billy) Myers. Services will be held at 1:30 PM Tuesday, October 27, 2015 in the chapel at Robinson Chapel with Dr. James Towery officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood...

Margie  Garrett

Margie Garrett

Oct 23, 2015

Margie Cothran Garrett passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 88. She was born April 2, 1927 to the late Annie McKee and Arthur Cothran. She was a member of Siloam Baptist Church. Graveside Services will be held at 2 PM Monday, October 26, 2015 at McPherson Cemetery with Rev. Doran Henry officiating. She...

Mike  Garnett

Mike Garnett

Oct 18, 2015

John Micheal ‘Mike’Garnett passed away Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 63. He was born December 22, 1951 in West Point to Frances Criddle and the late Jack B. Garnett. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard. He was a Shriner and a member of the Masonic Lodge #40 and a...

Clinton Phillip Wright

Clinton Phillip Wright

Oct 11, 2015

Clinton Phillip Wright passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015 at the age of 31. He was born April 7, 1984 in Shelby, NC to Sherri Ann Clark and Phillip Roy Wright. Memorial Service will be held at 2 PM Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Robinson Chapel with Rev. James Hill officiating. He is survived by his mother and step father,...

Joyce  Busbin

Joyce Busbin

Oct 9, 2015

Joyce Oneta Busbin passed away Friday, October 9, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 66. She was born February 28, 1949 in Eupora to the late Mary Burson and James Jenkins. She worked several years for MUW as an Administrative Secretary. Memorial Service will be held at 2 PM Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Robinson Chapel...

Louise  Maharrey

Louise Maharrey

Oct 8, 2015

Louise Adams Maharrey passed away Thursday, October 8, 2015 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 76. She was born February 10, 1939 in West Point to the late Mary Torrence and Clois Clifford Adams. She worked as an inspector at Big Yank for many years and attended West End Baptist Church. Funeral Services will be held at 2 PM...

Thomas Guinn Goode

Thomas Guinn Goode

Oct 8, 2015

Thomas Guinn Goode passed away Thursday, October 8, 2015 at his residence at the age of 76. He was born December 1, 1938 in West Point to the late Geneva Elrod and Walter ‘Buster’ Goode, Sr. He was a former Kodak All-American at MS State University. He was the first MS State University player to play and win in the...

Louis  Giles Whittle

Louis Giles Whittle

Oct 2, 2015

Louis Giles Whittle passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 at Darlington Oaks in Verona at the age of 59. He was December 29, 1955 in St. Louis, MO to the late Edan Earl Varner and Sam Whittle. Memorial Services will be at 2 PM Sunday October 4, 2015 at Robinson Chapel with Rev. James Hill officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be...

Catherine  Gates

Catherine Gates

Sep 12, 2015

Lois Catherine Gates passed away Saturday, September 12, 2015 at NMMC in West point at the age of 87. She was born June 21, 1928 in Clay County to the late Myrtle and Johnny Myers. She was a member of Siloam Baptist Church. Funeral Services will be at 3 PM Tuesday September 15, 2015 at Siloam Baptist Church with Rev....

A. R.   Parks

A. R. Parks

Aug 25, 2015

Averson Ray Parks passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at NMMC in Tupelo at the age of 84. He was born December 14, 1930 in Newton County to the late Junie Smith and Earnest A. Parks. He was a veteran of the US Air Force and served 35 years in the Air National Guard. In 1955 he accepted Christ at...

Cynthia  Carpenter

Cynthia Carpenter

Aug 25, 2015

Cynthia Simmons Carpenter of West Point died August 25, 2015 from an extended illness at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Cynthia was 69 at the time of her death. Cynthia was born January 25 , 1946, in Grenada. She graduated from John Rundle High School in Grenada in 1964, and from Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain in 1967....

Justin Wilson Miller

Justin Wilson Miller

Aug 23, 2015

Justin Wilson Miller passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015 at the age of 25. He was born February 9, 1990 in Columbus, Mississippi. He was an Eagle Scout and he grew up attending West End Baptist Church. Memorial services will be at 4 PM Friday August 28, 2015 at Robinson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kirby Loyd officiating. He is...

June  Milican

June Milican

Aug 18, 2015

Thelma “June” Margaret Kehl Milican, age 90, passed away Monday, August 17, 2015, at her home due to complications from Alzheimer's. June Milican was born June 20, 1925, to Charles Kehl and Maude Littel Kehl. She was a 1943 graduate of West Point High School. She had the distinction of being the first president of the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary in...

Elvis  Strickland

Elvis Strickland

Aug 15, 2015

Elvis Franklin Strickland passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015 at NMMC in Tupelo at the age of 58. He was born December 14, 1956 in Columbus to the late Maddie and Gene Strickland. He was a veteran of the US Army and served in the Iraqi Freedom. He was a member of the Gospel Light House Church and The Rebel...

Tommie Lou  O'Connor

Tommie Lou O'Connor

Jul 21, 2015

Tommie Lou O’Connor passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at her residence at the age of 84. She was born August 23, 1930 in Meridian to the late Annie Louise Watts and James Roy Rigdon. She was a graduate of Southern MS and she was Special Education Administrator for West Point School District and Executive Director of CCARC. She was...

John Ralph  Hazlewood

John Ralph Hazlewood

Jul 6, 2015

John Ralph Hazlewood passed away Monday, July 6, 2015 at Dugan Memorial Home at the age of 91. He was born February 20, 1924 in Clay County to the late Lallie Mae Langford and Claude Hazlewood. He was a veteran of the US Army serving in WWII and the Pacific Theatres. He was a farmer and a member of First...

Mary Wilbur Thornton

Mary Wilbur Thornton

Jun 23, 2015

Mary Wilbur ‘Dinks’ Kornegay Thornton passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Dugan Memorial Home, after a period of declining health. She was born in West Point on August 7, 1922. A graduate of Delta State University, she worked for Baxter Laboratories in Chicago, IL and Cleveland, MS before marrying Carl F. Thornton, who preceded her in death. They lived...

Norma  Todd

Norma Todd

Jun 21, 2015

Norma ‘Nan’ Todd passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015 at her residence at the age of 75. She was born September 24, 1939 in West Point to the late Maebelle Bentley and William Wooten. She was retired from North MS Industrial Development Association with 26 years of service. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. Funeral Services will be...

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