Denley Pittman
Jul 24, 2020
Mr. Ellie Denley Pittman, 86, of Coffeeville, passed away Friday, July 24, 2020 at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale. He was born June 16, 1934 in Coffeeville to Samuel Allen and Nelle Tolice Denley Pittman.
A private family graveside service will be held at the Coffeeville Cemetery.
Survivors include one sister, Nelle Pittman...
Rose Marie Marascalco
Jul 24, 2020
Rose Marie Marascalco, 75, of Grenada, went home to the Lord on July 24 in Oxford. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated privately with her immediate family at St. Peter's Catholic Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. McKibben and Guinn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Rose was a friend to all she met. She loved her family and...
Sara Jo Little
Jul 20, 2020
Mrs. Sara Jo Cail Little, 89, of Grenada, passed away Monday, July 20, 2020 at her residence. She was born July 28, 1930 in Fairfield, AL to Robert Fulton and Ruby Ilene O'Steen Cail. Mrs. Little was a retired hairdresser and a faithful member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She will be remembered as a loving mother and grandmother whose...
Herman Meek Caldwell, Iii
Jul 15, 2020
Herman Meek Caldwell III was born in Batesville, Mississippi on April 8, 1936.
After a brief stint in Mobile, Alabama during WWII, Herman returned with his family to Batesville and became a multi-sport athlete at Batesville High School. He played on the basketball team with his brother Charlie, ran track, was the short stop on the baseball...
Frederick "Butch" Chamberlain
Jul 13, 2020
Frederick Everette (Butch) Chamberlain, 74, passed away July 13, 2020, at UMMC-Grenada.
Butch was born in Grenada, MS, on November 24, 1945, to Clara Denley Chamberlain and F. E. (Tony) Chamberlain.
A graduate of John Rundle High School, he attended Mississippi State University and served in the Mississippi National...
Nick Kelly
Jul 11, 2020
Mr. Nickalos James Kelly, 38, of Grenada, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2020 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. He was born December 17, 1981 in Carthage. Nick was an all-around people person with a heart of gold, always willing to give the shirt off his back. Among his many hobbies were shooting pool, playing cards and...
Rose A. Devarenne
Jul 9, 2020
Rose A. Devarenne, age 85 passed away peacefully July 9, 2020 at Grenada Nursing Home, Grenada, MS. Predeceased by her husband Stanley Devarenne and cherished parents Ernest & Helen Thibodeau of Sanford, ME.
Rose Ann Thibodeau was born on July 17, 1934 in Sanford, ME to Ernest and Helen Thibodeau. Her siblings being 12 brothers and sisters,...
Robbie Carver Ray
Jul 5, 2020
Mrs. Robbie Carver Ray, 99, of Texas formerly of Grenada, passed away July 5, 2020. She was born January 17, 1921 to William Samuel, Jr. and Nancy Holland Carver in Holcomb, Mississippi. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the owner of the Children's Boutique.
Funeral service will be Friday, July 10, 2020...
W.P. Black
Jul 3, 2020
William Patterson Black, Age 95, passed away Friday July 3 rd , 2020. Surviving family includes 4 daughters, Linda (Reagan) Ford, Rebecca Black, Debby Franklin, and Laurie (James) Ward; and one honorary daughter Sandy Bell. He leaves behind two sisters Francis Moore and Dorothy Lee; one brother, Charles (Norma) Black, and two Sisters in Love Paulette Black and Joann...
James Robert Thorne
Jul 1, 2020
On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, James Robert Thorne, 93, went to be with the Lord. James was born September 8, 1926, to Willie and Bessie Thorne of Decatur, Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Virginia Horton Thorne, they were married 57 years and 10 days; his parents; his brothers, Willis Thorne of Decatur, Mississippi, and...
Archie Leggett
Jun 30, 2020
Mr. Archie C. Leggett, 93, of Grenada, MS died Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at UMMC Grenada. He was born December 12, 1926 in Drew, MS. Archie was an active member of First Baptist Church in Grenada.
A private graveside service at Woodlawn Cemetery will be officiated by Brother John Boler and Brother Jim Nunnelee and assisted by...
W.C. Taylor
Jun 30, 2020
Mr. William Clifford "W.C." Taylor, Jr., 74, of Grenada, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020 in Grenada. He was born November 10, 1945 in Grenada to William Clifford, Sr. and Mary Adeline Tilghman Taylor. W.C. retired as a Technician with BellSouth where he worked for over 32 years. An accomplished musician, W.C. had performed all across North America from...
Randy Mitchell
Jun 29, 2020
Mr. Thomas Randall "Randy" Mitchell, 57, of Grenada, passed away Monday, June 29, 2020 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center – Jackson. He was born May 5, 1963 in Greenville to Max and Mary Jo Dillard Mitchell. Randy owned and operated his own lawn care business for many years and also had worked at the Grenada Country Club. ...
O'Vera Bennett
Jun 29, 2020
Mrs. O'Vera Pharr Smith Bennett, age 96, of Meridian, MS, passed away Monday morning, June 29, 2020.
She was born in Air Mount, MS on June 26, 1924 to David and Myrtle Pharr and lived most of her adult life in Grenada.
As a young woman she worked for the hosiery mill in Grenada, and...
William Earl Griffin
Jun 27, 2020
Mr. William Earl "Monk" Griffin, 84, of Grenada, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020 at his daughter's residence in Hernando. He was born January 17, 1936 in Calhoun City to James Holman and Myrtle Crowley Griffin. Mr. Griffin honorably served our country in the US Air Force for over 21 years. He also worked night security for Universal Steel...
C.L. Ledford
Jun 27, 2020
Mr. Claude Lowell Ledford, 80, of Grenada, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center – Grenada. He was born November 26, 1939 in Sumner to Claude and Eula Idell Calder Ledford. Mr. Ledford honorably served our country in the U.S. Army. C.L. was a retired truck driver and had worked for many years...
Betty Gray
Jun 25, 2020
Mrs. Betty Katherine Brasher Gray, 83, of Holcomb, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2020 at her residence. She was born June 22, 1937 in the Leverett Community of Tallahatchie County to Charles Ernest and Katherine Rebecca Barton Brasher. Betty married the love of her life, Paul Lindsey Gray on February 14, 1960 and they enjoyed 60 wonderful...
Ed Stanford
Jun 24, 2020
Mr. Thomas Edward "Big Ed" Stanford, 89, of Grenada, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at his residence. He was born May 23, 1931 in Amory to Jesse Floyd and Sarah Ethelyn Williams Stanford. Ed worked at Spain's Big Star for 27 years and was the owner of Stanford & Son Grenada Meat Company. In 1991, he began a...
Louise Clanton Trussell
Jun 24, 2020
Louise Clanton Trussell passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 24, 2020. She was 93, born January 29, 1927 in Sabougla, MS to Mallory H. and Effie Cooper Clanton. She was raised in the Cadaretta community, attended Springhill schools and was a graduate of Holmes Junior College.
She is survived by her daughter, Anita T Bales of Brandon, son...
Vernell Gray
Jun 17, 2020
Ms. Vernell Edwards Gray, 81, of Coffeeville, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi in Oxford. She was born November 18, 1938 in Coffeeville to Leroy and Lucile Haynes Edwards. Vernell was an active and devoted member of First Baptist Church – Coffeeville where she had served for many years as church pianist. ...
