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Mary Jean Stovall Meachum

1942 - 2025

BORN

1942

DIED

2025

FUNERAL HOME

Payton Mortuary

262 East Oxford Street

Pontotoc, Mississippi

Mary Meachum Obituary

PONTOTOC -- Mary Jean Stovall Meachum , 83, passed away Saturday, Sep 20, 2025, in Tupelo, MS. at Sanctuary Hospice Services will be at 12:30 PM on Sunday, September 28, 2025, at Good Shepherd Church of God in Christ, 184 West Bolton Street, Pontotoc, MS 38863 Visitation will be at 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at Payton Mortuary, 262 East Oxford Street, Pontotoc, MS 38863. Interment will be at Pontotoc City Cemetery. Services entrusted to Payton Mortuary.

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Published by The Daily Journal from Sep. 25 to Sep. 26, 2025.

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Memorial Events
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Sep

27

Visitation

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Payton Mortuary

262 E Oxford St., Pontotoc, MS 38863

Sep

28

Service

12:30 p.m.

Good Shepherd Church of God in Christ

184 West Bolton Street, Pontotoc, MS 38863

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Payton Mortuary

262 East Oxford Street, Pontotoc, MS 38863

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