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Jessie Sample Obituary

Jessie Mable Talley Sample, 98, transitioned from this world to the next on Saturday, April 17, 2010, at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo after a long and fruitful life. Services will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 20, at W. E. Pegues Funeral Home, 535 Jefferson St. in Tupelo. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, April 19, at the funeral home.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Jess and Jody Talley, her husband George Vay, her sister Annie Lou Hill, her brother Amos Talley, and her nephew R.L. (Skeet) Hill.
She is survived by her daughters Dorothy Shawhan of Cleveland and Margaret Anne Robbins (Jimmy) of Pontotoc; three grandchildren, George Shawhan (Anne), Ned Mitchell (Mary Beth), and Jessica Mitchell Bendele (Marvin); two great grandchildren, Madeleine Shawhan and David Mitchell, and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations can be made to the Verona United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 370, Verona, MS 38879, or to the Baddour Center, 3297 U.S 51, Senatobia, MS 38668.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Clarion Ledger on Apr. 18, 2010.

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