Obituaries

Jul 1, 2024

Julia Ann Sanders Clark, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away on July 1, 2024, at her home in West Point.

Judy loved her family fiercely. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Jimmy Clark; two daughters, Kelly Clark Melton and husband Chuck of Woodstock, Georgia, and Kim Clark Bridges and husband Jonathan of Olive Branch, Mississippi;...

Jun 24, 2024

Velma Lee Gartin Caskey, passed away Monday, June 24, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center- West Point. She was 92. She was born Sept 30,1931 in West Point, MS. She was a graduate of West Point High School and attended Delta State University. She worked at First National Bank of West Point for 22 years before retiring as Manager of...

Jun 11, 2024

    Barbara Proctor Loper passed away on June 11, 2024 at West Point Community Living Center at the age of 84. She was born on September 17, 1939 to the late Carl Richard Proctor and Gertrude Edna Howard Proctor. 

     She is survived by her son, Eric Loper (Vicki) of Starkville; her daughter, Amy Duke (Billy) of West Point; sisters,...

Jun 8, 2024

 Robert Randolph Smith, Jr. passed away at his home in Suffolk, VA on June 8, 2024 with his loving wife at his side. He was born January 8, 1947 in Norfolk, VA. He met and married Martha Jane Boswell in 1967 and were happily married over 56 years. Robert served in the US Navy from 1964 until his retirement in...

Jun 8, 2024

Sherie Lee Terry Glusenkamp, 67, passed away on June 8, 2024 at her home in West Point, Mississippi. She was born on September 19, 1956 in Delaware to the late Ernest Franklin Terry and Shirley Belle Russell.  She was raised with her siblings at the Palmer Home for Children in Columbus, Mississippi.  

Sherie was a 1974 graduate of Caldwell High...

Jun 4, 2024

Herbert Ingram passed away June 4, 2024 at NMMC-Tupelo at the age of 86. He was born August 10, 1937 in Eupora to the late Hugh Ingram and Mary Elizabeth Hood Ingram. He graduated high school from Alva, MS. He was a career dairyman for Miller Brothers Dairy in West Point, MS and Barber’s Pure Milk Company Tupelo, MS. He...

Jun 3, 2024

John Lamar Fulgham passed away June 3, 2024 at his residence at the age of 84. He was born October 11, 1939 in West Point to the late Erma Edwards Fulgham and Curtis Floyd Fulgham. He served in the United States Navy and worked a short time in the Pentagon. John loved the outdoors, especially hunting, fishing, boating and spending...

May 24, 2024

Leslie Nicole Warren, loving wife and mother, born September 14, 1979 in Columbus, MS to the late Roger Swindol and Patricia Strobel Swindol. She peacefully left her life on this earth Friday, May 24, 2024 at Tupelo North Mississippi Medical Center at the young age of 44 with her husband, Matt, by her side. 

It was no surprise to her family...

May 22, 2024

  Our loving mother and grandmother, Phyllis Lou Becker Koehn, was born to Fred and Amanda Johnson Becker on September 28, 1933, in McPherson County, Kansas. She peacefully fell asleep surrounded by her family on May 22, 2024. She was 90 and a half years old. 

     Her childhood home was near her father's business, Becker's Feed Mill. She was...

May 15, 2024

Roger William Hines passed away Wednesday May 15, 2024 at his residence at the age of 77. He was born January 1, 1947 in St. Petersburg, FL to the late Paul Richard Hines and Virginia Gail Baker Hines. He worked as a service technician for Comcast for several years before his retirement. He was a US Army Veteran having served...

May 7, 2024

Yvonne Byrd, 84 of West Point, MS passed on to her forever home on Tuesday May 7th in Brandon, MS surrounded by family.

                Yvonne was born Wanda Yvonne Marshall to Eber and Christine Marshall on April 3rd, 1940. She grew up alongside 7 sisters and 1 brother in the Delta and Monroe County...

Apr 24, 2024

Pamela Turnage Kelly passed away Wednesday April 24, 2024, at her home in Clarkson, MS at the age of 64. She was born February 26, 1960 to the late Harold and Juanita Bennett Turnage. She loved her husband, kids and grandkids fiercely, as well as her beloved dogs, goats, and horses.  

She is survived by her husband, Carl Kelly of...

Apr 21, 2024

James Calvin Byrd, Jr. passed away Sunday April 21, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle at the age of 79. He was born July 31, 1944 in Arkansas to the late James Calvin Byrd and Florence Elizabeth Murphy. He went to work for West Point Casket Company in 1975 as manufacturing manager. After a few years he became a Sales...

Apr 18, 2024

Robert Edward Stevenson passed away at his residence in Mhoon Valley April 18, 2024 at the age of 75.He was born December 20, 1948. He was a veteran of the US Marines. He worked at B&W as a fitter/welder until his retirement.There will be no services at this time.

Apr 17, 2024

Edna Sue (Dickson) Robinson peacefully passed away at home on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at the age of 87. She was born on December 6, 1936, in Horn Lake, MS but moved to Montpelier, MS at a young age and is where she always called home.  She was a member of the Palestine Methodist Church where she faithfully attended until...

Apr 2, 2024

Apr 1, 2024

Mary Elizabeth Downs Vickers, age 87, of West Point, Mississippi, died peacefully on April 1, 2024, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi, surrounded by family.

Mary was born on July 14, 1936, in Corinth, Mississippi, to the late Lessie Dee Killough Downs and James Marshall Downs, Sr.  She spent her childhood in Corinth and graduated high school in Kossuth, Mississippi....

Mar 25, 2024

Galen Ray Wedel was born on November 18, 1944 to Menno and Salena Wedel in McPherson, Kansas. His journey here ended on March 25, 2024 at Dugan Memorial home in West Point, Mississippi, reaching the age of 79 years.

       Galen spent his childhood years and received his formal education in Goltry, Oklahoma. As a child, he had a...

Mar 25, 2024

Mrs. Bruce died Monday, March 25 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was 88.

A lifelong resident of West Point, she was born May 30, 1935, to Mr. And Mrs. R.C. Steadman. She first worked with West Point Manufacturing Co. but spent the majority of her career in insurance working for Kyle Chandler Insurance Agency, later Galloway Chandler McKinney...

Mar 20, 2024

Ardell Mary Piercy Danovsky, 98, passed away Wednesday March 20, 2024 at her home in West Point with her family by her side. She was born December 13, 1925 in Utica, IL to the late John Henry and Nina Nelson Piercy. 

 

A light from our lives is gone, a voice we loved is still, and a place within our hearts is...