All Obituaries

NETTLETON - Tina Yeager died Friday, August 14, 2020 at her residence in Nettleton. She was 67. A service celebrating her life will be held at 11 AM on Monday, August 17, 2020 at Victory Baptist Church in Nettleton. Visitation will be from 4 PM - 7 PM on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at the church. Burial will be in Jones Chapel Cemetery. Holland Funeral Directors - Tupelo Chapel is honored to assist with the arrangements.  A full obituary will follow.  

HOUSTON, MS - Ramon Bedolla nació el 22 de Febrero de 1945 en Uriangato, Gto Mexico. Sus padres fueron Heriberta y Rafael Bedolla. Ramon trabajo de tránsito por más de 30 años. Después de llagar a los EE. UU. trabajo haciendo varias cosas dedicadas a la cosecha del camote. Ramon tuvo 9 hijo con su primer esposa, Amelia quienes son Martin, Leticia, Marina, Ramon, José Guadalupe, Luis Enrique, Rogelio, Sergio, y José Antonio Bedolla y de su...

SHANNON – Darrell Dean Clock, 75, realized the promises of his faith and met his Creator on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 at North Miss. Medical Center.  Born in Modesto, California on May 2, 1945 to the late Charles Chester and Helen Switzer Clock, he grew up there and graduated from Pacific High School in San Leandro, CA in 1963.   While assigned to Millington Naval Base in Tennessee in 1964 as a U. S. Marine, he met Jane Collins of Shannon while attending a service at...

OKOLONA – Clara Roberson Dickerson, 91, died Tuesday, August 11, 2020, at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo, MS. She was an only child born May 23, 1929 to William Mitchell Roberson and Alma Eula Cox Roberson in Peoples Community of Ripley, MS., Tippah County. Clara graduated with honors from Peoples High School and received a full scholarship from Blue Mountain College, but instead married her Tippah County sweetheart, Thomas “Midge” Dickerson of Ripley. They married December...

SALTILLO – Amaline Crawford Rutledge, 89, peacefully entered into eternity Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi.  She was born on November 12, 1930 in Vardaman, Mississippi to Pearline and Ama Belin Crawford.  Upon moving to Houston, Mississippi at the age of 12, she graduated from Houston High School in 1948.  She then attended college at Southwestern at Memphis for one-year and completed her studies at the University of Mississippi...

TUPELO – Mavis Lynette Hood Miller, 86, died Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, North Carolina after a brief illness.  The longtime Tupelo resident had moved to North Carolina a few months back to be near her son, Don, after the death of her husband, Granville “Buddy” Miller, on March 19, 2020.  Lynette was born in Houlka, Chickasaw County, Miss. on Feb. 27, 1934 to the late Clarence Dewey Hood and Birdie Bray Hood.  She...

JACKSON, TN/TUPELO – Michael Luther Whitten, 55, died Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 at his sister’s residence in Jackson, TN where he had resided the last 12 years. Mike was born on April 10, 1965 in Tupelo and grew up in East Tupelo attending Lawhon School and later Tupelo High School. He was the son of the late Luther Whitten and Christine Brooks Whitten. A Baptist, he spent much of his working life in the family business, Whitten Bro. Wrecker Service, and working at...

Tupelo-Dorothy Hildred Taylor Horne, after a great life as a nurse and pastor’s wife, departed this realm to realize the promises of her faith in eternity.  Hildred died peacefully Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 surrounded by her family at her residence in Tupelo after a period of failing health. She was born on August 30, l928 in Spring Creek, Tennessee to the late Robert Taylor and Mary Myrtle Spelling.  She grew up in Jackson, Tennessee and was educated in the public schools...

Ladell Russell Pontotoc-Hershel Ladell Russell, a good ole soul who lived a simple life, departed his earthly pilgrimage for his home in Glory on Saturday, August 8, 2020 from Sanctuary Hospice House.  He just celebrated his 73rd birthday a week ago.  Ladell was born in Pontotoc County on July 31, 1947 to the late Hershel Norris and Anna Lois Morphis Russell.   He attended Algoma schools and worked many years as a long haul, over-the-road trucker for Gibson...

TUPELO – A kind, considerate and compassionate soul met his Creator on Thursday, August 6, 2020 after apparently suffering a heart attack while swimming in his home pool.  Thomas Cowen McDaniel, Sr., 87, was born in the Evergreen Community of Itawamba County on March 3, 1933 to the late Eric and Lema Wilburn McDaniel.  He graduated Itawamba Agricultural High School in 1950 and completed his studies at Itawamba Junior College.  A patriotic American all his life, TC joined...