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Jessie L “Jerri” <I>Goings</I> Pepper

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Jessie L “Jerri” Goings Pepper

Birth
Mount Hermon, Washington Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
11 Aug 2011 (aged 90)
McComb, Pike County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
McComb, Pike County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plot: R-West Sub., Sec. 15
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Jessie L. "Jerri" Pepper, 89, of McComb, died Aug. 11, 2011, at her residence.

Visitation was Saturday at Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home in McComb and continues at 1 p.m. today until services at 3 with the Rev. Dan Wynn officiating. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.

Mrs. Pepper was born Jan. 11, 1921, in Mount Hermon, La. She was the daughter of Arlie T. and Alma Riley Goings.

She was a member of East McComb Baptist Church, now New Heights Baptist Church.

Mrs. Pepper was an active homemaker and a great cook. Her family called her a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She loved to work in her flower beds and loved her family and friends and will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant son, Terri; two sisters, Ethelee G. Morris and Bessie G. Barber; and three brothers, Henry, A.T. and Milton Goings.

She is survived by her husband, Cecil A. Pepper of McComb; four children and their spouses, Harold R. and Judy Melton of West Jordon, Utah, Ann and Kenneth Van Norman of Summit, Allen and Verla Pepper of Starkville and Libby and Danny P. McMullen of Maben; three brothers, Adrean Goings of Gonzales, La., Elton Goings of Livingston, La., and David Goings of Denham Springs, La.; one sister, Betty Jean Goings Givens of Kentwood, La.; nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

Pallbearers will be Randy Dale, James Dale, Matthew Melton, Mitch Godwin, Doug Goings and Lance Dale.

Enterprise Journal
Jessie L. "Jerri" Pepper, 89, of McComb, died Aug. 11, 2011, at her residence.

Visitation was Saturday at Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home in McComb and continues at 1 p.m. today until services at 3 with the Rev. Dan Wynn officiating. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.

Mrs. Pepper was born Jan. 11, 1921, in Mount Hermon, La. She was the daughter of Arlie T. and Alma Riley Goings.

She was a member of East McComb Baptist Church, now New Heights Baptist Church.

Mrs. Pepper was an active homemaker and a great cook. Her family called her a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She loved to work in her flower beds and loved her family and friends and will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant son, Terri; two sisters, Ethelee G. Morris and Bessie G. Barber; and three brothers, Henry, A.T. and Milton Goings.

She is survived by her husband, Cecil A. Pepper of McComb; four children and their spouses, Harold R. and Judy Melton of West Jordon, Utah, Ann and Kenneth Van Norman of Summit, Allen and Verla Pepper of Starkville and Libby and Danny P. McMullen of Maben; three brothers, Adrean Goings of Gonzales, La., Elton Goings of Livingston, La., and David Goings of Denham Springs, La.; one sister, Betty Jean Goings Givens of Kentwood, La.; nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

Pallbearers will be Randy Dale, James Dale, Matthew Melton, Mitch Godwin, Doug Goings and Lance Dale.

Enterprise Journal


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  • Created by: Mack Slade
  • Added: Aug 20, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75212908/jessie_l-pepper: accessed ), memorial page for Jessie L “Jerri” Goings Pepper (11 Jan 1921–11 Aug 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75212908, citing Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Mack Slade (contributor 47169935).