Tommie Vinson

Published 11:26 am Wednesday, November 26, 2014

By Staff Reports

Funeral services were held Friday November 21, 2014, at Saulters Moore Chapel in Prentiss for Mrs. Tommie Sue Vinson, age 81, who passed away on November 18 at the Arrington Living Center in Collins. Interment followed at Hepzibah Cemetery. Saulters Moore Funeral Home of Prentiss was in charge of all arrangements.

Rev. Ben James officiated. Pallbearers were Sonny White, John Thomas Polk, Warren Hedgepeth, Stan Smith, Eric Smith and Brett Smith.

Tommie was born on July 26, 1933, in Mississippi. She was the daughter of James Boyd Speights and Mae Speights. She worked as a clerk for Piggly Wiggly for a number of years. She also worked for the New Hebron Manufacturing Company and Speights Dry Goods store. She was a member of Prentiss Baptist Church and a member in the order of the Eastern Star.

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She is survived by her Son Jimmy Vinson of Monticello; two daughters, Patty Smith of Collins and Vicki Breazeale of Ft. Walton Beach, FL; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sister, Nelda Wood of Monroe, LA.

Her husband, two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.

 

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