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Rebecca Williams Boyd

, Mississippi

Rebecca was born in the family home in Cedar Bluff on April 17 1937 to Ruth and Jasper Williams. She graduated from West Point High School and attended two years at Millsaps College. Rebecca married Ernest Boyd and together they had 5 children the first unnamed Ernest Edward Jr Lisa Shari and Leslie. She was a homemaker an office administrator and a church hostess feeding 600 people once a week. Later in life she enjoyed her work at the Jackson Kidney Foundation. She loved sewing hand needle work and drawing and painting but she was most famous for her homemade cinnamon rolls and southern cheese straws. In the 1980s she and her husband enjoyed competing with the Precision Square Dancers in Memphis TN. She loved animals of all kinds with cats being her favorite. Rebecca is survived by her daughters Lisa Bell Stacy of Sebring FL and Shari Sartain Mickey…

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Alyce Olivia Fore Palmore

, Mississippi

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Olga Maria Rios

, Mississippi

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Frances L. Griffin

, Mississippi

Frances was born in Inverness Mississippi to Leroy and Mae Sullivan Tharp. At Inverness High School she excelled in the classroom and on the court with tennis and basketball being her favorite sports. She never lost her love of sportsfootball took center stage in later years filling her Saturday and Monday evenings. The New Orleans Saints held her loyalty until Sean Payton left after which she became a Kansas City Chiefs fan. Frances took great pride in her career in the nursing home industry. A licensed nursing home administrator for many decades and in several states she traveled the country to ensure facilities provided exceptional care to their residents. Known as a onewoman SWAT team she would walk into a nursing home rally the staff and correct any and every deficiency found. She retired as Director of Risk Management for The Waverley Group but her passion for the work kept…

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