Billie Jean Lea

Billie Jean Boggs Lea, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2009, in Jackson.
Funeral services will be held today at 10:00 AM at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home, Ridgeland. Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM until time of service.
Ms. Lea was a devoted and active member of First Baptist Church of Jackson and their Reflection Choir. She was voted Miss Byram High and Most Intelligent by her graduating class of 1948 and served as editor of the school's yearbook. She went on to attend Mississippi College where she received a degree in accounting. She worked as a bookkeeper, a nursing home administrator, an instructor at Hinds Community College, a volunteer accountant for AARP, and a short stint as the American Cancer Society's Dottie the Clown. Perhaps Billie's most crowning achievement, however, was the beautiful life she built for the family so deeply saddened by her passing.
She is survived by her children, Deborah Haick (Dr. Alexander Haick), Dr. Janis Fuller (Dr. Westwood Fuller), and John Lea (Mary); her grandchildren, Ellen, Ander, and Douglas Haick, Heidi Hoover (John), Alex Stein, Kevin Stein (Courtney), Eddie Fuller, Anne Fuller, Eric Bridges (Melanie), Dana Bridges, Melanie Lea, and Allison Calhoun (Josh); six great-grandchildren, Isabelle and John Perdue Hoover, John Michael and Aiden Bridges, Caydence Stein, and Landon Calhoun; and her brother, Bennie Boggs (Mary); and sisters, Jackie Pahnka and Becky Tustain (Pat).
She was predeceased by her parents, Minnie Lee Graves and William Hicks Boggs; and one grandson, Brent Haick.
Pallbearers will be Eric Bridges, Alex Stein, Kevin Stein, Eddie Fuller, Ander Haick, Douglas Haick, and John Hoover.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Reflection Choir or Senior Adult Ministry of First Baptist Church of Jackson, 431 North State Street Jackson, MS 39201.