Virginia Discon

1944 - 2022

West Point, MS - Mrs. Virginia Discon, 78, passed away on September 2, 2022 at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point. Virginia was born on March 7, 1944, in Chickasaw County, to the late Johnnie and Lorene Harris Thompson. Virginia worked as a bank teller for 34 years. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in West Point, where she had served as the church Treasurer. She loved quilting and enjoyed watching cooking shows. In her earlier years, she enjoyed flower gardening. Having faced and winning two battles with cancer, she never stopped serving the community. She loved her family and her church family. She married Don Discon on April 24, 2002, in Tuscaloosa. He predeceased her on November 17, 2019. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Walter Thompson. Visitation will be Sunday, September 4, 2022, from 1:00-2:00 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home in West Point. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 PM from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Mike Smith officiating and assisted by Bro. Bob Edwards. Burial will follow in Chickasaw Memorial Garden Cemetery in Houston. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Survivors include her daughter, Tina Edwards of Pheba: three sons, Bob Edwards (Lori) and John Edwards (Sabrina), both of West Point, Mark Discon (Tammy) of Picayune: twelve grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and one brother, Roy Thompson (Shirley) of Cedar Bluff. Pallbearers will be B. J. McCaskill, Johnny Baucom, Lex Baggett, Holden Coggins, Chris Frazier, and Gray McCarter. Honorary Pallbearers will be Matt Discon, Gavin Carpenter, Gary Lee, Friends and Co-Workers at Renasant Bank. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 8217, Jackson, MS 39215. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com