All Obituaries

Shannon-Janet Leigh Edmondson Kinsey, 57, met her Maker on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 while at Sanctuary Hospice House.  Janet fought a valiant 18 month battle with Glioblastoma brain cancer. Born October 3, 1961 in Tupelo to the late George Ira Edmondson and Charlene Wood Edmondson, she grew up in Shannon and graduated with honors from Shannon High School in l979. After attending ICC for 2 years, she worked many years in Human Resources at Allied Furniture.  She was a longtime...

Tupelo - The Rev. David Henry Jensen, 85, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at Sanctuary Hospice House. He was born July 9, 1933, as the older of a set of identical twins, to Henry & Borghild Jensen in Lake City, Minnesota. He attended high school in Sibley, Iowa, where he and his twin brother Don were card-carrying members of the Chat & Nibble Club, among many other high school activities. He attended college at Worthington Junior College in Worthington, Minnesota,...

Fulton – Mrs. Joyce Teeter Banik, 83, died Monday, February 11, 2019 at North MS Medical Center following a brief illness.  She was born February 6, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois to Winfield Scott Teeter and Callie Nipper Teeter.   She was married to John Joseph Banik for 59 years before his death March 4, 2007.  They moved to the northeast Mississippi area from Hazelcrest, IL 39 years ago.  Joyce retired from Hunter-Sadler where she had worked for many...

Tupelo – Mrs. Virginia Wilemon Dobbs, 93, went to be with her Heavenly Father, Monday, February 11, 2019 at Union Co. Health and Rehabilitation Center.  She was born March 11, 1925, in Blackland, MS to Lawson Levi Wilemon and Annie Gilley Wilemon.  She married Otha Lee Dobbs in 1945 and they shared forty-seven years together before his death in 1992.  She worked many years as a seamstress employed by Blue Bell Shirt Manufacturing in Baldwyn.  She later worked as a...

Verona – Mr. Jimmy Mead Criddle, 76, died Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House following an extended illness.  He was born August 4, 1942 in Ackerman, MS to John S. Criddle and Sarah Glasgow Criddle.  He was a patriotic man, serving in the U.S. Army stateside during the Vietnam War.  Jimmy enjoyed traveling all over the country for many years while working as a self-employed welder.  He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and restoring old automobiles and...

Myrtle – Mrs. Juanita Weatherford Goldade, 88, died Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Santuary Hospice House in Tupelo.  She was born July 4, 1930 in Itawamba County, MS to James Harris Weatherford and Mittie Benick Weatherford.  She moved to the Northeast Mississippi area 24 years ago from Virginia and lived the last 6 years at Sunshine Inn in Myrtle until her health failed. She was married to the late Roy Goldade.  Juanita was retired from a career as an LPN.  She was...

SALTILLO -   Devin Paige Shepherd, age 28, of Saltillo passed over to greater life and being on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center from complications stemming from a life-long experience of Rett Syndrome. Born May 7, 1990 in Nashville, TN to Mark and Jennifer Shepherd, Devin lived with her family in Texas and California before moving with her family to Tupelo in 1996. Although unable to speak or walk, Devin's witness was marked by unconditional...

Tupelo – Mrs. June Raff Bowes, 95, died Saturday, February 9, 2019, at North MS Medical Center.  She was born July 9, 1923, in Chicago, IL to William James Raff, Jr. and Mildred Schwartz Raff.  She was married to William T. Bowes.  They moved to Tupelo in 1974.  She was in banking while living in Chicago and retired in 1981 as a Personal Banker employed by Bank of Mississippi, now Bancorp South. A Funeral Mass Service will be at 11 AM Wednesday, February 13, 2019,...

Corinth-Hershall Clyde Barron, 70, passed away on February 8, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Born in Prentiss County on September 1, 1948 to Clyde and Mary Alice McCoun Barron, he grew up in the country before moving with his parents to Belmont. He attended New Site High School, graduating in 1966, where he excelled in the sport of basketball helping his teammates win the state title. Hershall later attended Northeast Community College where he played basketball. ...

Nettleton-Daniel Dustin Erin Snelson, 47, known by his many friends and family as Dusty, won the victory over his 19 year battle with cancer on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 while a patient at the North Miss. Medical Center.  Dustin was born in Tupelo on September 11, 1971 to Daniel Gordon Snelson and Magdalean Yeager Snelson. .  He lived a remarkable life on Schlicht Hill off Carmago Road south of Nettleton with his family and many friends.  Dusty always loved God’s magnificent...