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Obituaries in Alphabetical Order

NE MS Daily Journal 16 Sep 2007 Elsie Mae Carnathan TUPELO - Elsie Mae Webb Carnathan, 87, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at Golden Living Center after an extended illness. She was born Nov. 3, 1919, to Archie and Mary Frances Garrett Webb in the Auburn Community. She married James Russell Carnathan on Dec. 25, 1938. She was employed by Reed's Manufacturing for many years and a homemaker. She was a talented cook and seamstress and an active member of Crossroads Christian Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Lee Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Tom Thomas officiating. Burial will be in the Crossroads Cemetery. Survivors include four children, Howard Carnathan of Auburn, Eddie Carnathan (Pat) of Tupelo, Janice Tindoll (Avalon) of Auburn and Carey Carnathan (Kim) of Auburn; nine grandchildren, Mark Carnathan of Mantachie, Lisa Thomas (Tom) of Baldwyn, Russ Carnathan (Angie) of Mantachie, Marianne Doty (Jody) of Jacksonville, N.C., Kevin Carnathan (Jennifer) of Grenada, Nikolas Carnathan (Brandy) of Saltillo, Patrick Carnathan of Hot Springs, Ark., Josh Keith (Carmen) of Little Rock, Ark. and Adam Carnathan of Auburn; fourteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and one brother, Titus Webb. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Memorials may be made to Crossroads Christian Church, 492 CR 1498, Tupelo, MS 38804. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until service time today. Submitted by Gene Phillips

Lawrence County Chieftain, Mt. Vernon, MO July 21 1966 W. L. Rigsby BILL RIGSBY DIES AT 54 in Mississippi Hospital W.L. (Bill) Rigsby 54, died at 11 p.m. Friday, July 8, in North Mississippi Community hospital in Tupelo, Miss., after an illness of two months. A native of Miller, he attended school at Mt. Vernon, graduating in 1932, and studied at Boliver Baptist College in Missouri and Kansas State University. Employed by Carnation Company, he worked with the company in Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Ohio and Kentucky before moving to Tupelo in 1944. He was with the company 18 years before going into business for himself in 1949, owning and operating the W. L. Rigsby Bonded Warehouse there. He was a member of the First Christian church , serving 20 years as an elder. Surviving are his wife, the former Elwyn Smith, whom he married in 1934 in Mt. Vernon; two daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Seegmiller of Montgomery, Ala., and Janice Marie Rigsby of Tupelo and Memphis; an aunt, Mrs. Minnie Hammer of Mt. Vernon, who reared him after the death of his parents, and a granddaughter. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. July 10 in the W. E. Pegues Funeral Chapel in Tupelo, with the Rev. Eldridge E. Fleming officiating. Submitters Name: Fran Burcham

NE MS Daily Journal 24 Jul 2007 James David Webb TUPELO - James David Webb, 67, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at his residence after a sudden illness. A Lee County native, he was born May 5, 1940, to the late James Ernest and Geneva Mairiam Turner Webb. He was a graduate of Mooreville High School. He was a retired painter and an avid outdoorsman. He was a member of Oakridge Christian Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues with the Rev. Terry Pierce and the Rev. Raigan Miskelly officiating. Jason Webb will deliver the eulogy. Burial will be in Cross Roads Cemetery. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Jean Webb of Tupelo; one daughter, Sherry Webb of Tupelo; two sons, James David Webb Jr. (Amy) of Saltillo and Brian Keith Webb of Amory; three brothers, Phillip Webb, John Webb and Fred Webb, all of Tupelo; five grandchildren, Andi Nicole Webb of Tupelo, Benjamin Eugene Webb of Saltillo, Sarah James Webb, Trent Pope Scaife and Delaney Kate Scaife, all of Amory. He was preceded in death by his brother, Doug Turner Webb. Pallbearers will be Phil Webb, Scott Webb, Cameron Webb, Davey Cole, Terry Dickerson, Lee Dickerson and Matthew Prestage. Honorary pallbearers will be John Mark Webb, Austin Webb, Joey Cole, Greg Dickerson, Devan Christian, Turkey Yeagers, Ronnie Prestage and Travis Gray. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral home. Submitted by Gene Phillips