The Obituary Section

Gracie Lee Young

, Mississippi

October 7, 2026

Cedar BluffGracie Lee Young 87 passed away Thursday October 8 2026 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born August 8 1939 in West Point MS to the late Andrew Naugle Young and Margie Ruth Noble Young. She was a member of Cairo Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She loved working in her yard and tending to her flowers. She loved trips to the beach and going to Engelbert Humperdinck concerts. Above all she loved her Lord and Savior first and her family and friends. Services will be at 1100 AM Sunday October 11 2026 at Cairo Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Bro. Jason Stewert and Bro. Joel Coleman officiating. Visitation will follow after the service until 100. Burial to follow in church cemetery. Memorial Funeral Home of Houston is honored to be entrusted with arrangements. She is survived by her sister and her loving brother in law Lynn Kisner and Gary…

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Sr Ronald Lee Easley

, Mississippi

October 8, 2026

Ronald Lee Easley, Sr., 79, passed away at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo on Friday, October 9, 2026. Born January 10, 1947, in Houston, he was the son of the late F...

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Roger Dale Darby

, Mississippi

Mooreville-Roger Dale Darby, a “good ole boy” proud to have been born and died a Southerner, departed this earthly pilgrimage at NMMC-Tupelo on Saturday October 10, 2026, after an extended period of declining health. He was 80 years old, almost 81. Roger was born in Pope, Panola County, Mississippi on October 24, l945 to the late Henry Clay Darby and Fairy Mae Ware Darby. He spent a few years there before moving to Lee County where he lived the rest of his life. He was a great man of work, often called a workaholic by his family. For over 50 years, he worked for Long’s Uniform Rentals and for Borden’s Ice Cream Company, all located at the corner of Eason Blvd and Veterans St. Roger led a simple life that included devotion to making a living for his family, helping raise his siblings, minding his own business and remaining a…

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