Mary Lou Ellis English of Durant, 89, died Thursday, February 23, 2006, at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Services were held on Sunday, February 26, 2006, at 2:30 p.m at Southern Funeral Home chapel in Durant. Burial was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in West. Rev. Bill McCreary and Rev. Leon Holly officiated.
Mrs. English was born June 21, 1916 in West, the daughter of Robert Lee Ellis and Evie Bee Tabitha Self Ellis. She was a hostess for the Holmes County State Park of the Mississippi State Park Commission. She was a member of Durant United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Barrett Sulivan English; son, Alvin Donald English; brother, Floyd Ellis; sisters, Mildred Ellis, Vivian McCreary and Irene McCreary.
Survivors include her sons, Ray English and wife Nora of Vicksburg and Carlton Barrett English and wife Karen of Wilmington, North Carolina; daughters, Sybil Lou Pegg and husband James of Memphis, Tennessee, Judy Ann Alley and husband George of Vaiden, and Vanda Lenard and husband Drew of Vaiden; daughter-in-law, Barbara Busbea English of Grenada; brother, Robert Ellis of West; sisters, Evelyn Long of Memphis, Tennessee and Reece White of Kosciusko; 14 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Alvin Donald English, Jr., Steven Ray English, Carlton Barrett English, Jr., Mark Louis Alley, Daniel Lenard and Eric English.
Donations may be made to Durant First United Methodist Church or to the charity of the donor's choice.
Mary Lou Ellis English of Durant, 89, died Thursday, February 23, 2006, at the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Services were held on Sunday, February 26, 2006, at 2:30 p.m at Southern Funeral Home chapel in Durant. Burial was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in West. Rev. Bill McCreary and Rev. Leon Holly officiated.
Mrs. English was born June 21, 1916 in West, the daughter of Robert Lee Ellis and Evie Bee Tabitha Self Ellis. She was a hostess for the Holmes County State Park of the Mississippi State Park Commission. She was a member of Durant United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Barrett Sulivan English; son, Alvin Donald English; brother, Floyd Ellis; sisters, Mildred Ellis, Vivian McCreary and Irene McCreary.
Survivors include her sons, Ray English and wife Nora of Vicksburg and Carlton Barrett English and wife Karen of Wilmington, North Carolina; daughters, Sybil Lou Pegg and husband James of Memphis, Tennessee, Judy Ann Alley and husband George of Vaiden, and Vanda Lenard and husband Drew of Vaiden; daughter-in-law, Barbara Busbea English of Grenada; brother, Robert Ellis of West; sisters, Evelyn Long of Memphis, Tennessee and Reece White of Kosciusko; 14 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Alvin Donald English, Jr., Steven Ray English, Carlton Barrett English, Jr., Mark Louis Alley, Daniel Lenard and Eric English.
Donations may be made to Durant First United Methodist Church or to the charity of the donor's choice.
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