All Obituaries

Tupelo - Joel Anthony " Bubba" Davis, Jr., age 28, died Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at North MS Medical Center due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle wreck.  Arrangements are pending at this time and will be announced at a later date by Holland Funeral Directors, Tupelo Chapel.   Condolences to the family may be e-mailed to hollandfuneraldirectors@comcast.net or posted at hollandfuneraldirectors.com. Holland Funeral Directors is honored to assist their friends...

Pontotoc-Noma Edra Dye Staggs, 83, died unexpected on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at her residence in Pontotoc.  An Arkansas native, Noma was born on April 10, l936 in Banner, Ark. to the late Delbert Dye and Sylvia Arnold Dye.  She graduated from Oceola High School. Noma married John Oliver Staggs on Sept. 24, 1955 in DeSoto County, Hernando, Mississippi.  They spent the majority of their lives living in Hollandale, Mississippi, in the South Delta.  Noma worked many years as...

TUPELO- Roland K. (Ronnie) Young, Sr. passed away on August 16, 2019, at home after a long illness. He was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin on June 11, 1923 to Harry and Edna Young.  He graduated from Waukesha High School in 1942.  His sports activities in High School included football, track, cross-country and pole vaulting.  After graduation he attended a vocational machinist school in Waukesha, Wisconsin. On September 17, 1942 he joined the U.S. Navy, Great Lakes,...

TUPELO -   Harold L. Hitt, Jr., 84, died August 15, 2019 at the Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo, MS. He was born on March 10, 1935 in Cape Girardeau, MO and graduated from Southeast Missouri State University. He was a Custom Home Builder in Jackson, MS for many years, and served as President of the Home Builders Association of Mississippi.   Harold and Rita, his wife of 63 years, had a passion for traveling in their motorhome. Indeed, in their later life, they spent 13...

Mr. Monte Lee Miller, 54, died Thursday, August 15, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House following an extended illness.  He was born March 14, 1965 in Red Bay, AL to Morris and Fred Jetton Miller.   All services are private to the family.  Condolences to the family may be posted at hollandfuneraldirectors.com. Holland Funeral Directors is honored to assist the family with all arrangements.

Chesterville Community-Gevonte’ Martez Page, age 15, was born on October 20th, 2003 in Tupelo to Shaundra Listenbee.  At birth, he was diagnosed with Alexander disease, a very rare autosomal dominant leukodystrophy, which causes affects the nerve linings in the brain.  Because of his strong spirit and his sense of hope, Gevonte’ made it to the 5th grade at Thomas Street Elementary where he was a much loved and admired student.  The last few years, his dreaded...

Okolona - On August 14, at age 54, Angela Wood Ellis Ritchey passed from this life to her heavenly home.  She was born May 10, 1965 to Jerry and Ola Mae Ellis. They chose her name because she truly was an angel to them and the entire family which was quite large, Jerry from a family of 13 and Ola Mae from one of 14. Angela had many aunts, uncles, grandmas and cousins galore. She was the Royal baby of South Gatlin Street.  At the age of 2 Angela lost a kidney, but after recovering...

Dinah K. Simons   On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, Dinah Katherine Lindley Simons, 59, was finally free from 9 years of illnesses and she has left her earthly home to be with The Heavenly Father.  Dinah was the oldest of 5 children born to Joel Enoch Lindley and Mary Katherine McCollum Lindley on August 31, 1959.  She grew up in the Palmetto Community and attended the Valley Grove Baptist Church where she accepted the Lord as her Savior at age 12.  She attended...

Starkville/Tupelo-The Heavenly Choir is now being conducted by one of the all-time great musician/choirmasters that ever traversed these parts.  Maestro Dr. James Bruce Lesley saw the fulfillment of his faith and met his heavenly Father on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at his residence in Starkville after an apparent sudden heart attack. J. Bruce was a multi- talented musician, a gifted Professor, a magnanimous pianist and organist and one heck of a special, unique soul.  Born on...

Jean Duncan Askew Oxford/Verona-Jean Elizabeth Duncan Askew, 92, departed this life for eternal life in the early morning hours of August 8, 2019 from the Hospice Unit of Baptist Hospital in Oxford. Jean was born in Union County on December 22, l926 to the late John Ernest Duncan, longtime funeral director  and embalmer and Lilly Mae Duncan Young. Jean was a graduate of Tupelo High School, Class of l945.  She married Houston Askew on August 8, l946.  He died in l986. Jean...