Obituaries 9/22/16

Emmet E. Bailey 

OXFORD—Emmet E. Bailey, age 95, died Thursday, September 15, 2016, in the MS State Veterans Home at Oxford.

  Born May 15, 1921, in Russellville, Kentucky, Mr. Bailey was a son of the late Elvie Ermon and Rebecca Brown Bailey. He served in the United Sates Navy during World War II and retired as an equipment operator with the Corps of Engineers. He was a member of the Coffeeville Church of Christ and enjoyed working, farming, and gardening.

Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. on Thursday, September 22, in Seven Oaks Funeral Home at Water Valley. The funeral service will follow visitation at 11 a.m. in the Henry Chapel of the funeral home. Burial will be in the Coffeeville Cemetery.

Survivors include his daughter, Linda M. Bailey of Palisade, Colo.; two sons, Jerry Bailey of Water Valley and Ron Bailey of Olive Branch; and his sister, Luvina Box of Exeter, Calif.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Lorraine Ruth Nagel Bailey, and his daughter, Janie Bailey.

Dorothy Faye Scrivner Leamond

OXFORD—Dorothy Faye Scrivner Leamond, 90, died Monday, September 19, 2016, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo.

The funeral service will be held Wednesday, September 21, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Rev. Sammy Gossett officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Memorial Park Cemetery at Batesville. Visitation will begin at 12:30, prior to the service, in the funeral home.

Born to the late Thomas Lender and Maifred Sareph Holloway Scrivner, Mrs. Leamond was a member of Sylva Rena Baptist Church and was active in the Mississippi Firefighters Auxiliary. She was retired from the Arrvin Company in Verona. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Brenda F. Palmertree; a son, Ricky Palmertree; sisters, Opal Mixon, Chris Banks, and Effie Baker; and brothers, Buford Scrivner, Morris Scrivner, Alfred Scrivner, Sket Scrivner, and Ruel Scrivner.

Survivors include her daughter, Wara L. Smith of Oxford; sons, Cary G. Palmertree of Tupelo, Robert W. Palmertree of Tupelo, Ross W. Leamond of Oxford, and Wallace L. Leamond of Oxford; a sister, Nell Cox of Water Valley; 18 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Memorials in Mrs. Leamond’s memory, may be made to Sanctuary Hospice House, 5159 Main Street, Tupelo, Ms. 38801.