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New Albany, MS Obituaries
Local Obituaries for New Albany, MS, Union County, & Surrounding Areas
Wallace Russell Gillen
Jul 23, 2022
Wallace Russell Gillen, age 89, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Saturday, July 23, 2022. Russell was born June 19th, 1933, to Grover Lavern Gillen and Annie Jeanette Russell. Russell joined the Navy when he was 15 years old. He served his country for 23 years, and served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He had...
Lee "Buddy" Edward Hicks
Jul 10, 2022
Lee Edward Hicks, 75, known to his family and friends as Buddy or Buddy Lee, died at his home in New Albany, surrounded by loved ones on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Lee was born in Joliet, Illinois, on December 12, 1946, the son of Charlie and Mary Hicks. He moved to New Albany from Joliet, Illinois, in 1994, and was...
Mamie Ruth Russell
Jul 6, 2022
Mrs. Mamie Ruth Russell, 90, died Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at Church Street Manor in Ecru where she resided for the last eight years. She was born in New Albany on September 14, 1931, the daughter of Hugh Thomas Allred and Dessie Lee Sanford Allred. Mrs. Russell, the widow of Graham Russell, had operated a restaurant in Columbus, Mississippi, and...
Patricia "Pat" Joan Lawrence
Jun 24, 2022
Patricia Joan Lawrence, 78, was born March 28, 1944, in Union County, Mississippi, the daughter of Perry and Ruth Myrick Canerdy. She passed away on Friday, June 24, 2022, at her home surrounded by her loved ones and friends. Pat was a homemaker and had formerly worked for the New Albany Gazette. She is survived by her daughter, Montey Jolly...
Kathryn Ann Hale
Apr 23, 2022
Kathryn Ann Hale, 69, died Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, North, in Oxford, Mississippi. She was born in Shand's Hospital in New Albany on August 12, 1952, the daughter of Walter Elmer and Mollie Elizabeth Piedlow. Kathryn was a Baptist and had worked many years as a factory employee and later as a truck driver. She enjoyed...
Dorothy Sue Ellis
Apr 21, 2022
Dorothy Sue Ellis, 95, died Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Church Street Personal Care Home after residing there the last six and one-half years. She was born in Cherry, Tennessee, on June 9, 1926, to Wesley Ray and Lillie Hopper Ray. She was one of nine children, five sisters and three brothers. She moved to Memphis, Tennessee, at age seventeen...
Sara Carlyn Benefield
Apr 9, 2022
Carlyn Benefield, 77, died Saturday, April 9, 2022, after a short illness, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Carlyn was born September 9, 1944, in New Albany, Mississippi, the daughter of Roscoe and Ruth Jones Little. She was a member of the Church of God in Ripley and had spent her working career as a factory employee. She was...
Auzie L McNeely
Feb 22, 2022
Auzie L. McNeely, 77, died Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi. He was born in Arkansas to Auzie and Allene McNeely. He graduated from Myrtle High School in 1965. On December 25, 1965, he married Betty Jennings. He worked for many years at Futorian Furniture Factory and retired from Masterbilt Products. He was a member...
Jimmy Loyd Bennett
Feb 13, 2022
Jimmy Loyd Bennett, 83, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2022 at Magnolia Place of New Albany. He was born in Grenada County, Mississippi, on January 6, 1939, the son of Frank Leslie and Mary Lena Costilow Bennett. Mr. Bennett was a sheet rock hanger during his working career in the Memphis area. He moved to the New Albany area approximately...
Robert Norwood Burns, II
Feb 9, 2022
Robert (Bobby) passed away Wednesday Feb 9, at age 75, after a long illness. He was born in Memphis, TN at St. Joseph Hospital. Graduated in 1963 from CBC high school original midtown campus. Graduated from Memphis State University in 1966. Joined the Air Force where he served in Pakistan, Korea, Vietnam and Japan. After discharge, he stayed in Japan...
Douglas Wayne Decker
Jan 30, 2022
Douglas Wayne Decker, 76, died Sunday, January 30, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Union County, in New Albany. Mr. Decker was born in Benton County, on September 7, 1945, the son of Arthur and Vennie Decker. He was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church and had been a factory employee. His hobbies were gardening and playing the guitar. Survivors include...
Kenneth Wayne Page
Jan 23, 2022
Kenneth Wayne Page, 62, died Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County in New Albany. Kenneth was the son of Alonzo Washington and Mae Ardellar Fish Page, born February 8, 1959, in New Albany. He was a member of Victory Life Center, and a retired Waste Water Maintenance Technician for the City of New Albany. Kenneth was a...
James Newton Verrell
Jan 20, 2022
James Verrell, 76, died Thursday, January 20, 2022, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born May 25, 1945, in Union County, Mississippi, the son of James K. and Marie Howard Verrell. Mr. Verrell was a veteran of the U. S. Army, a Baptist, and was a retired roofer. Survivors include three brothers, John Verrell (Jackie), Mike Verrell (Cheryl),...
Delitha Elizabeth Irvin
Jan 9, 2022
Delitha Irvin, 57, was born on March 12, 1964, in Baldwyn, Mississippi, the daughter of Cecil and Patricia Ann Malone. She departed life on earth on Sunday evening at NMMC, in Pontotoc. Mrs. Irvin was of the Pentecostal faith and had been a seamstress in furniture manufacturing during her working career. Survivors include her husband, Charles David Irvin of Pontotoc;...
Jo Ann Butts
Dec 29, 2021
Jo Ann Butts, 76, died Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. She was born on August 28, 1945, in Sledge, Mississippi, to Huey and Zera Mc Donald. Mrs. Butts had been of the Pentecostal faith and was a homemaker. Survivors include five sons, Huey Hester of Vernon, AL, Jeff Hester of Satsuma, AL, James Hester of...
Peggy Joyce Mathis
Dec 20, 2021
Peggy Joyce Mathis, 84, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. She was born in Myrtle on April 20, 1937, the daughter of Quitman and Edith Eloise Duncan Thomas. Mrs. Thomas was a Baptist and had been a social worker with Experience Works. Survivors include her husband of sixty-four years, Jack Mathis, Sr....
Shirley Carson Wilson
Dec 3, 2021
Shirley Wilson, 83, died Friday, December 3, 2021, at the home of her daughter, Patricia Roberts. Mrs. Wilson was born April 5, 1938, at Blue Mountain, Mississippi, the daughter of Robert and Ruth Luna Carson. She was a Baptist and attended Anchor Holds church. Her hobbies included quilting and writing poetry. Survivors include three daughters, Karen Lang, and husband, Billy,...
William Edward Day
Nov 24, 2021
William Edward "Ed" Day, 87, died at his residence on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. Mr. Day was born October 7, 1934, in the Cornersville Community, the son of Otis and Estella Hudson Day. He made his home in Memphis until his retirement, and was a production foreman at Sonoco. Mr. Ed was also a veteran of the U. S. Army...
Bobbie Dell Goolsby
Oct 24, 2021
Bobbie Dell Goolsby, 81, was born June 3, 1940, in New Albany, the daughter of Rollie and Eula Dee Pickens. She departed this life at New Albany Health and Rehab on Sunday, October 24, 2021. Mrs. Goolsby was a member of Bethlehem Methodist Church, and had been a cashier for Wal Mart for thirty years. She was the widow of...
Wilma Hayes Weeden
Oct 17, 2021
Wilma Hayes Weeden, 85, died Sunday, October 17, 2021, at her residence. She was born June 28, 1936, in Union County, Mississippi, the daughter of Paul and Birdie Roberts Rakestraw. Mrs. Weeden was a member of Center Baptist Church, had been a garment factory employee, and enjoyed sewing, baking, and studying her Bible. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday,...
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