Tupelo High School Mississippi Alumni Obituaries

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Frann Edward Clark age 78 of Murfreesboro TN on Sunday November 9 2025 at NHC in Murfreesboro. Born on November 26 1946 in Tupelo Mississippi Ed was the son of the late Oliver Edward Clark and Mae Dell Sanderson Clark. He was a graduate of Monte...

Jimmy Dale Tyes was born in Baldwyn Mississippi to the late Pete Tyes and Alberta Mister Tyes. He departed this earthly life on Friday January 16 2026 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo MS. He was united in Holy Matrimony to Judy Penrose Tyes and to this union they shared five 5 children....

Tom Jackson Jr. was born into this life on December 14th 1953 to Tom Jackson and Aggie Lee Simmons in Ripley MS. He had three brothers Charles Ray and Marvin Jackson. He had one sister Delonida Jackson. He was raised by his beloved grandmother Mary Simmons. He attended Ripley High School and worked ...

Bobby Joe Rutherford was born June 20 1953 and departed this life October 13 2025 at North Mississippi Medical Center Tupelo MS. He was a 1971 graduate of Blue Mountain High School where he was a member of the Blue Mountain Cougars basketball team. He joined Beulah Hill Baptist Church at a young age...

Mr. Eric Jones of Tiplersville MS passed away peacefully August 1 2025 at his home in Sherman MS. Eric was born at Tippah County Hospital April 20 1969 in Ripley MS to late Ms. Helen D. Spight Jones Mr. Jimmy Lee Jones. Eric graduated from Walnut High School in 1987. After Graduation he became empl...

Melissa Kimberly Hall age 55 passed from this life into her eternal home on Friday January 23 2026 at her residence in Myrtle Mississippi surrounded by those she loved following an illness with cancer. Funeral Services honoring Kimberlys life will be held at 1 PM Monday February 2 2026 in the Memory...

Royce Howie 77 passed away Thursday January 29 2026 at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Deaton Funeral Home Belmont MS. GOLDEN MS Dedra Dianne Wilson Cruse 74 passed away Sunday January 25 2026 at North MS. Medical Center Tupelo MS. She was born in North Car...

Carolyn Hurt Nichols, 75, of Milton, Florida, began “resting in the bosom of Jesus” on the morning of January 22, 2026.Born Nancy Carolyn Hurt on October 29, 1950, in Tupelo, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Yvonne Hurt. She was known throughout her life by her middle name, Car...

Mr. Stanley Donell Jones was born on September 19 1983 to Mr. Stanley Carter and Ms. Lisa Jones. He departed this life on Tuesday morning December 23 2025 at North Alabama Medical Center in Florence Alabama. As a young child Stanley attended Mt. Carmel Missionary Church in Tuscumbia Alabama. In the ...

With hearts full of love and remembrance we celebrate the life of Contanna Evette Beene Purnell a beautiful soul whose light touched countless lives. Contanna was born on Saturday July 1 1972 at 106 a.m. at Baldwyn Hospital to Billy and Martha Beene. From the very beginning her life was marked by gr...

FULTON Sally Ashford Monroe died Monday January 12 2026 at her home. She was a retired first grade teacher who taught at Natchez Jackson Meridian Tupelo and for a majority of her 40 year career at Fulton Grammar School. She was born in Brookhaven Mississippi on August 25 1933 the second of six chil...

Hugh Franklin Hargett 79 Jacksonville NC passed away peacefully on Friday January 16 2026 at UNC Health Chapel Hill NC surrounded by loving family. He was preceded in death by his parents Cecil S. Hargett Sr. and Annie Phillips Hargett. Memorial Services will be held on Friday January 23 2026 at Tri...

Dr. SSgt Retired Melissa Lynne Swann passed away on December 19 2025 at the Veterans Home in Oxford Mississippi after a long illness. Melissa was born in Albuquerque New Mexico on August 25 1962 to the late Jimmie Glenn Swann and Medgie Ann Nix both of Pontotoc Mississippi. She graduated from Tupelo...