Obituaries

Kenneth Owens

Kenneth Owens

May 2, 2014

Kenneth Tompkins Owens passed away on Friday May 2, 2014 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 22. He was born on May 30, 1991 in West Point. He worked for the city of West Point and was a Baptist. Services for will be at 2 PM Tuesday May 6, 2014 at Robinson Chapel with Rev. Terry Butler and Rev....

Harper Orman

Harper Orman

May 1, 2014

Harper Bowen Orman passed away on Thursday May 1, 2014 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 8. He was born on March 23, 2006 in West Point. Services for will be at 2 PM Saturday May 3, 2014 at First Baptist Church in West Point with Rev. Dale Funderburg, Rev. Jeff Shannon and Rev. Wayne Mathis officiating. Burial will...

Beatrice White

Beatrice White

Apr 28, 2014

Beatrice Brown White Beatrice Brown White, 78, of West Point, MS passed away on Monday April 28, 2014 at Darlington Oaks in Verona. She was born on June 4, 1935 in Pheba, MS. She worked in Childcare and was member of Trinity Baptist Church and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. A graveside service will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday...

Ann Bruce

Ann Bruce

Apr 25, 2014

Ann McGee Bruce, 87, of Starkville, MS passed away on Friday April 25, 2014 at Vickers Personal Care Home in Starkville, MS. She was born on November 24, 1926 to the late Frank and Mary Evelyn Melton McGee. She was a member of Pheba United Methodist Church and a school teacher. Services for Mrs. Bruce will be at 2 PM...

Dorothy Tate

Dorothy Tate

Apr 6, 2014

Dorothy Lounez Tate of West Point, MS passed away on Sunday April 6, 2014 at NMMC- West Point at the age of 82. She was born on September 18, 1931 in Chickasaw County to the late Sally Lou Griffin and Elbert Smith. She was a self employed painter and a member of Free Praise & Worship Center. Services will be...

Ben Carter

Ben Carter

Mar 17, 2014

Benjamin L. Carter passed away peacefully on March 17, 2014 at Colonial Nursing Home in Buffalo, Missouri at the age of 98. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 65 years, Hettye W. Carter. Born in 1916 in Van Vleet, Mississippi, Ben graduated in Civil Engineering from Mississippi State University in 1938. Waiving a deferment received for...

Jesse Harmon

Jesse Harmon

Mar 10, 2014

Jesse William Harmon of West Point passed away on Monday March 10, 2014 at Dugan Memorial Home at the age of 93. Mrs. He was born August 9, 1920 to the late Elizabeth Beckham and Jesse Milton Harmon. He was a veteran of the US Navy who served in WWII on the USS Terror. He was a selectman on West...

Peggy Guest

Peggy Guest

Mar 2, 2014

Peggy Louise Hamm Guest of West Point passed away on Sunday March 2, 2014 at NMMC-West Point at the age of 75. She was born May 14, 1938 to the late Leron Gladys Moore and Loy Joseph Hamm. She was retired log clerk for Royal Trucking and she was of the Freewill Baptist Faith. Services will be at 2 PM...

Ted Tumlinson

Ted Tumlinson

Feb 26, 2014

West Point native Evan Edwards (Ted) Tumlinson died February 26, 2014, at age 91. He was a man who loved vanilla ice cream and his wife Anna Hamilton Terrell (deceased). Everyone and everything else he tolerated. Services will be held Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at 10 a.m. and visitation at 9 a.m. at the Episcopal Church of Incarnation in his...

Ralph Coggins

Ralph Coggins

Feb 24, 2014

Ralph Martin Coggins, Sr. of West Point passed away on Monday February 24, 2014 at NMMC-Tupelo at the age of 69. He was born April 24, 1944 to the late Mattie Pearl Freshour and Charles Albert Coggins. He was active in outdoor activities, especially hunting and fishing. He was a truck driver for PLI and a member of the coffee...

Arlon Hopkins

Arlon Hopkins

Feb 19, 2014

Arlon Ray Hopkins, 67, died February 19, 2014 at North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point. Visitation will be from 5-7 on Friday, February 21 at Robinson Funeral Home in West Point. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 PM February 22 at Robinson Funeral Home. Arlon was born March 4, 1946 in Paris, TN. He moved to Tupelo, MS where...

John Scalzo

John Scalzo

Feb 17, 2014

John Mario Scalzo of West Point passed away on Monday February 17, 2014 at his residence in West Point at the age of 88. He was born in Calabri, Italy on March 31, 1925 to the late Theresa Falvo and John Scalzo. He was a member of The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in West Point, a veteran of the US...

Carolyn Cooper

Carolyn Cooper

Feb 13, 2014

Carolyn Justice Cooper of West Point passed away on Thursday February 13, 2014 at NMMC in West Point at the age of 95. Mrs. Cooper was born on July 3, 1918 to the late Grace Evans and Charles Richard Justice in Houston, MS. She was a MUW Graduate, a member of First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Horseshoe Robertson...

Olivia Bernard

Olivia Bernard

Feb 4, 2014

Olivia J. White Bernard of Pheba, Ms passed away on Tuesday February 4, 2014 at NMMC in West Point at the age of 83. Mrs. Bernard was born on August 23, 1930 in Clay County to the late James Oliver Johnson and Myrtis Norris Wooten. She worked as an Inspector for Monty Glove Factory for many years and was a...

Martha Huffman

Martha Huffman

Jan 17, 2014

Martha Nell Huffman passed away on Friday January 17, 2014 at her home in West Point at the age of 74. She was born on March 14, 1939 in Reform, MS to the late Joseph Henry Harrison Cooper and Lillie Lou Crick Weaver. She was co-owner of Huffman oil company where she was very active in the family business for...

Billie Jean Guest

Billie Jean Guest

Jan 12, 2014

Billie Jean Guest of West Point passed away Sunday January 12, 2014 at NMMC-Tupelo at the age of 64. She was born on January 15, 1949 to the late Bertha Adams and Bilbo Dill. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and worked at Kroger for many years. Funeral services will be held Tuesday January 14, 2014 at 2...

Kathryn Childress

Kathryn Childress

Jan 12, 2014

Martha Kathryn Kerr Childress, age 72 of Ft. Myers, Fl went to be with God on the 12th of January 2014. Kathryn, raised in Greenwood, MS spent most of her life in Jacksonville, AL, where she was director of the Jacksonville Public Library. She is survived by her husband, Ted; son, David and his son Terry; her sister, Melissa Rumfelt;...

Peggy Chadwick

Peggy Chadwick

Jan 10, 2014

Peggy Timbes Chadwick passed away on Friday January 10, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 52. She was born September 14, 1961 in Marks, MS to the late Betty Philyaw and Leslie G. Timbes. A Memorial Service will be held at 2 PM on Sunday January 12, 2014 at Robinson Chapel. Visitation with the family will...

Virginia Vail

Virginia Vail

Jan 7, 2014

Virginia S. Vail of Carrollton, AL passed away Tuesday January 7, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital -Golden Triangle at the age of 70. She was born on December 11, 1943 to the late Amiree Reese and Jessie Sims. Funeral services will be held Friday January 10, 2014 at 2 PM at Hebron Baptist Church with Rev. David Coleman and Rev....

Harold Colbert

Harold Colbert

Dec 24, 2013

LTC. Harold Max Colbert, USArmy (Ret) passed away on Tuesday December 24, 2013 at his residence in Cedar Bluff at the age of 81. He was born August 11, 1932 in West Point, MS to the late Harold Lee Colbert and Maxine Holmes. He served 20 years in the US Army and retired as a LT. Colonel and fought in...