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Lena <I>Tompkins</I> Bussey

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Lena Tompkins Bussey

Birth
Utica, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Death
25 Aug 1977 (aged 89)
Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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'Services for Mrs. Lena Tompkins Bussey, 89, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Wilson and Knight Funeral Home Chapel.
Mrs. Bussey, widow of O. H. Bussey, died this morning at home after a brief illness.
A native of Utica, she had lived in Greenwood for many years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Edna Earle Galey, Mrs. Mae Arterbury, Mrs. Doris Brown and Mrs. Sadie Gaugh, all of Greenwood; a sister, Mrs. Jimmie Ellis of Utica; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Pat Robinson will officiate at the services.
Pallbearers will be Samuel H. Bussey Jr., John P. Gaugh III, Donald Pinkston, Keith Bland, Charles Jacks Jr. and Mike Bussey. Honorary pallbearers will be friends of the family.
Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.' 25 Aug 1977, Thu. -- The Greenwood Commonwealth (Greenwood, Mississippi)
'Services for Mrs. Lena Tompkins Bussey, 89, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Wilson and Knight Funeral Home Chapel.
Mrs. Bussey, widow of O. H. Bussey, died this morning at home after a brief illness.
A native of Utica, she had lived in Greenwood for many years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Edna Earle Galey, Mrs. Mae Arterbury, Mrs. Doris Brown and Mrs. Sadie Gaugh, all of Greenwood; a sister, Mrs. Jimmie Ellis of Utica; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Pat Robinson will officiate at the services.
Pallbearers will be Samuel H. Bussey Jr., John P. Gaugh III, Donald Pinkston, Keith Bland, Charles Jacks Jr. and Mike Bussey. Honorary pallbearers will be friends of the family.
Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.' 25 Aug 1977, Thu. -- The Greenwood Commonwealth (Greenwood, Mississippi)


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  • Created by: Johnny Gaugh Relative Grandchild
  • Added: May 8, 2018
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189562838/lena-bussey: accessed ), memorial page for Lena Tompkins Bussey (29 Oct 1887–25 Aug 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 189562838, citing IOOF Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Johnny Gaugh (contributor 47869501).