Archive - Jul 2011 - Obituary
July 19th
Rev. James H. "Skeet" Davis
Rev. James H. "Skeet" Davis, age 59, passed away, Friday, July 15, 2011, at North Mississippi Medical Center, in Tupelo, Miss.
Byron Gregg Jr.
Byron Gregg Jr., age 57, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2011, at his home in Raleigh, N.C.
Byron Gregg Jr., was born Nov. 13, 1954 at Ivy Memorial Hospital, in West Point, Miss., along with a twin sister.
No local service, burial is in N. C.
Mr. Gregg was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Campbell Gregg.
He is survived by his father, Byron Gene Gregg Sr., and stepmother Martha Gregg of Columbus, Miss.; and numerous siblings.
Patricia Ann “Pat” Bean Sanders
Patricia Ann “Pat” Bean Sanders, age 72, died Saturday, July 16, 2011 at North MS Medical Center in West Point.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. A Memorial service will be held Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 5:00 PM at Old Aberdeen Road Church of Christ in West Point with Terry Butler and Kenny White officiating. Visitation will be after the service, beginning at 6:00 PM. Following her wishes, her body has been cremated.
July 18th
Terry Maxwell Bell, Sr.
Terry Maxwell Bell Sr., age 58, passed away Wednesday July 13, 2011, at Choctaw County Hospital.
Terry Maxwell Bell Sr., was born Aug. 4, 1952, in Starkville, to the late Johnny Bell and Lois Ivy.
There will be no services.
He is survived by two sons: Joseph Bell of Pheba, T. J. Bell of West Point; one brother, Jimmy Bell of West Point; one sister, Ann Bell of Louisville; and four grandchildren: Cierra Bell, Gracie Bell, Chase Bell, and Joseph Austin Bell.
Robinson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Larry Wayne Oliver
Larry Wayne Oliver, age 30, passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2011, in Ashtabula, Ohio. Larry Wayne Oliver was a native of Amory. He was born Jan. 12, 1981, to Charles Morgan Oliver and the late Patricia K. Brown Oliver.
Larry Wayne Oliver lived in Amory for many years and was a truck driver employed by North Mississippi Development Group in Oxford. He was a member of River Bend Baptist Church. He loved to play with his children, especially chess and enjoyed playing his guitar.
July 14th
Beulah Vest Easter
Beulah Vest Easter, 86, passed away, Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at her home in West Point.
Beulah Lee Easter was born November 7, 1924 in Fabius, Alabama to the late Ella Mae Hart and James Horton Vest, Sr.
Mrs. Easter was a had worked at Knickerbocker MFG as a seamstress for over 30 years. She was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church. Beulah Vest Easter married J. B. Easter July 1,1942, West Point, Mississippi he preceded her on January 27, 2010.
July 13th
Helen Lee White
Helen Lee White, age 88, passed away, Sunday, July 10, 2011, at the Sanctuary Hospice House, in Tupelo.
Helen Lee White was born Feb. 26, 1923, in Pontotoc County, Miss. to the late Estelle Whitworth and George C. Lee, Sr. She was a member of First Baptist Church of West Point.
Martha Hunt Foster
Martha Hunt Foster, age 84, passed away, Sunday, July 10, 2011, at the Grace Living Center, Edmond, Okla.
Martha Ann Foster was born Nov. 8, 1926, in Quincy, Miss. to the late Minnie Mae Price andOtto Clyde Hunt. Mrs. Foster was a barber by trade. She was a member of the West Point Church of God and the Martha Chapter #53 Order of the Eastern Star. Martha Hunt Foster married Lee Olen Foster May 13, 1942, in Caledonia, Miss., and he preceded her in death July 8, 2009.
July 12th
Bro. John Earl Womack
Bro. John Earl Womack, age 75, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2011, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Eupora. Funeral Services are today, Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at 2 p.m. from Crossroads Baptist Church in Webster County. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Oliver Funeral Home of Eupora is in charge of arrangements.
Raymond Edwin Love
Raymond Edwin Love, 66, passed away, Sunday, July 10, 2011 Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT, in Columbus.
He was born January 22, 1945 in Oktibbeha County Mississippi to the late Lucille Reed Love and Samuel
Shannon Love. Raymond Edwin Love married Sylvia West Love on April 13, 1991, at the Osburn Presbyterian Church.
He was known as an expert in production in the oil and gas business; Raymond's career spanned a 40 year period.
