Mary Ann Nelson Jenkins, age 71, of Water Valley, MS died at the Yalobusha County Nursing Home on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The daughter of Bro. Virgil B. Nelson, Sr and Naomi Louise Rushing Nelson, she was married to Paul E. Jenkins for 44 years when he died Nov. 9, 1996. Mary Ann worked at Big Yank Corporation and retired after working there for 33 years. She was a member of Sand Hill First Congregational Methodist Church.
The visitation will be at Seven Oaks Funeral Home on Thursday, May 17, 2007 from 9:30 am until 12:00 noon, with an hour visitation before services ( 1:00 - 2:00 pm) at Sand Hill First Congregational Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at Sand Hill First Congregational Methodist at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2007 with Brother Virgil Nelson, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Pine Flat Cemetery with Larry Schmitz, Loyd Defer, Snooky Williams, Damon Ross, Mike Baggett and Billy Stark serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Bill Johnson, Hubert Sanders, Dr. Paul Odom , Gary Baggett and Crip Tyler.
Surviving Mary Ann are: daughters, Pam Caldwell of Water Valley, MS, Paula Denham of Water Valley, MS ; son, Rocky Jenkins of Saltillo, MS; sister, Louise Cismar of Taylor, MS; brother, Arthur Nelson of Dallas,Tx; step-mother, Velma Nelson of Taylor, Ms and two grandchildren, Jason Jenkins and John Michael Caldwell.
In addition to her husband and parents, Mary Ann was preceded in death by a sister, Sandra Thornton and two brothers, Bobby Nelson and Virgil Nelson, Sr.