Frances Collier Jordan, 82, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021, at Tippah County Hospital in Ripley.  A Private Graveside Service is planned.  Arrangements will be provided by The Ripley Funeral Home. The Ripley Funeral Home invites you to share memories with the Jordan family.

Barbara Ann Holmes Carroll, 70, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Wednesday, January 19, 2021 at her residence in Myrtle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by New Albany Funeral & Cremation Care.

On Tuesday evening, January 19, 2021, Bitha Marie Jumper Bullock, 93, resident of Ripley and beloved "Ma-maw Rie", departed this life at Tippah County Health & Rehabilitation Center in Ripley following a brief illness.   A Graveside Service honoring the well lived life of Mrs. Bullock will be at 10 AM Saturday, January 23 at Pine Grove Cemetery near Ripley. Bro. Steve Holliday and her grandson, Bradley Bullock will officiate. Arrangements will be provided by The...

Martha Katherine Taylor, 69, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Forrest  General Hospital in Hattisburg. A Graveside Service will be at 2 PM Friday, January 22 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Holly Springs. Arrangements will be provided by New Albany Funeral & Cremation Care.

Howard Garner, 62, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at his residence in Ripley.   A Graveside Service honoring the life of Howard will be 9 AM Friday, January 22, 2021 at Jacobs Chapel Cemetery near Ripley with Bro. Terry Ray Vuncannon officiating. Arrangements will be provided by The Ripley Funeral Home.   Howard was born on June 9, 1958 in Louisiana, the son of the late Milton and Vera Mae Sweatman Garner. He was a 1977 graduate of Ripley...

Guy Mitchell Campbell, 69, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at his residence in Fulton. A private family burial will be in the Gilvo Cemetery in Lee County. Arrangements will be provided by New Albany Funeral & Cremation Care.  

Kathy Vickery Childers, 71, resident of Ripley and former resident of Memphis, passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, January 19, 2021 at Diversicare Health & Rehabilitation Center in Ripley following an extended illness.   A private service is planned. Arrangements will be provided by The Ripley Funeral Home.   Ms. Childers was born July 31, 1949 in Wayne Co., TN, the daughter of the late Carlton and Kallie Webb Vickery. She received her education in the Wayne...

 Elgin Erskin Thompson, 81, well known resident of Hickory Flat and lifelong resident of the Union and Benton County areas, departed this life Monday, January 18, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in New Albany following a brief illness.   Funeral Services honoring the well lived life of Mr. Thompson will be at 2 PM Friday, January 22 at Faith Baptist Church in Hickory Flat with Bro. Larry West and Bro. Tom Wilder officiating. Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery in Benton...

On Friday morning, January 15, 2021, Linda Gail Moore Morrison, 72, lifelong resident of Tippah County, departed this life at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo following an extended illness.   A Graveside Service honoring the life of Ms. Morrison will be at 2 PM Monday, January 18 in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Tippah County with Bro. Jeff Moore officiating. Arrangements will be provided by The Ripley Funeral Home.   Ms. Morrison was born March 17, 1948 in Tippah County,...

Virginia "Peaches" Thurman was born in Oakman, Alabama on April 6, 1932, the daughter of Grady and Lura Cooper. She lived her childhood in Oakman until her family moved to Union County during her adolescent years. She lived in the New Albany area into her young adulthood. She attended Macedonia High School and met her present husband, Bill "Pop" Thurman in Tupelo in 1971. She and Bill were married on September 18, 1971. Bill was a Senior Economist with the U.S. Bureau of...