All Obituaries

Tupelo - Mr. Michael Ray Pope. 58, died Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at Sanctuary Hospice House following a battle with cancer.  He was born June 5, 1960 in Baldwyn, MS to Lawrence O'Neal Pope and Audrey Fay Crabb Pope.  He served in the MS Army National Guard for 6 years and worked as a farm hand for Scruggs Farm Supply until his health failed. A visitation will be Saturday, April 20, 2019 from 11 AM to 12 noon at the Tupelo Chapel of Holland Funeral Directors. ...

Tupelo – Mr. Dale Bradley Massey, age 90, died Monday, April 15, 2019 at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice Unit.  He was born June 10, 1928 in Marietta, MS to the union of Edgar W. Massey and Bessie Z. Holley Massey.  He graduated Booneville High School and continued his education with an Associate Degree earned at Northeast MS Junior College.  He was a patriotic American serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Rodman during the WWII era.  He married Pauline...

Mrs. Carnell Lovelace Watson, 88, died Monday, April 15, 2019 at Magnolia Manor in Tupelo where she had resided the last 4 years.  Carnell was born September 7, 1930 in Calhoun County, Mississippi to James Leonard Lovelace and Gladys C. Burt Lovelace.  After graduating high school, she continued her sturdies at Wood Jr. College earning an Associate Degree, then Mississippi State University.  She received two Masters Degrees in Elementary Education and Remedial Education from...

Blaine L. Butzberger went on his last adventure April 12, 2019. He was born in Tupelo on August 4, 1945 to George and Ruth Butzberger. He lived in Tupelo all of his life and took pride about never moving over a mile between properties. He graduated Tupelo High School in 1964. He was a long time member of Harrisburg Baptist Church. His roots were deep in this community and he enjoyed talking to others about Tupelo history. Blaine loved nature and being outdoors...

Okolona- William Gaylord Welles Anderson, 32, died Thursday, April 11, 2019, at North Mississippi Medical Center after a brief illness. Welles was born on October 16, 1986, to the late James Granville Anderson, Jr. and Amy Kathryn Welles Anderson. Welles was of Methodist faith and involved at The Orchard in Tupelo.   Welles grew up a tough kid who loved hunting, fishing, and all things outdoors. Later in life he relished a ride across “The Place” with a friend in the...

Raymond Eugene Homan, 87, met his Creator on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at his home. He was born on November 2, 1931 in Pontotoc County to the late Samuel Robert Homan and Jessie Marshalene Wilder Homan.  A Pontotoc Co. resident most of his life, Raymond graduated from Algoma HS before being called to serve his country in the U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict.  By trade, he was a machinist for Rockwell(later Delta) for 32 years.  Raymond was a master gardener in his spare time...

Barbara Jean Farley Okolona- Barbara Jean Farley, 71, died peacefully on Monday, April, 8 2018 at her home. She was born on April 14, l947 in Chickasaw County to the late Roy Earl Harrison and Nannie Louise Clark Harrison.  She graduated from Woodland High School.  A lifelong Chickasaw Countian, Barbara worked over 20 years as a Nurse’s Aide at Shearer Richardson Nursing Home in Okolona.  She was a sweet and quiet soul and loved by all that knew her.  She was a...

Tupelo – Ms. Louise Whitmire West, 98, passed away Monday, April 8, 2019 at her home in Tupelo. MS.  She was born and raised in Choctaw County, MS, the daughter and oldest of six children born to Wesley and Cora Taylor Whitmire.  She retired from the Department of the Army as a Publications Assistant at Fort Huachuca, Arizona to live in Collierville, TN.  She moved to Tupelo in 2010 to live near her granddaughter, Cindy Ballard. Louise was an avid gardener who enjoyed...

Clawson, MI/Sherman - Bonnie Rose Wiseman Montgomery was born in St. Louis, Missouri March 11, 1942 to Kenny Bonner and Lesta Howard (nee Basden) Wiseman.  The family moved back to Sherman, Mississippi before she and her brother Teddy started school. Bonnie accepted Jesus as her Savior when she was 11 years old. She loved to play basketball and graduated as valedictorian from Sherman High School.  She then received a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from Mississippi...

Bobbie Gene Corley passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 5, 2019, at Shearer Richardson Nursing Home in Okolona.     Services celebrating her life will be 2 p.m. Today, Sunday, April 7, 2019 at Boones Chapel United Methodist Church, Okolona, with burial to follow at the church cemetery. Her great-grandson, Pastor Daniel Wagner, will officiate. Visitation will from 1 PM-service time today at Boone’s Chapel UMC.  Holland Funeral Directors, Okolona...