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1921

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2017

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Nell Donahue Obituary

Nell Phillips Donahue 96, passed away on December 25, 2017 at the Tishomingo Living Center in Iuka. She was a cook for Lee County jail for 20 years and a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Guntown.

Funeral services will be at Waters Funeral Home on Friday, December 29, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. with Bro. James Garrett officiating. Burial will be in the Friendship Cemetery.

She is survived by her son, Ray Donahue (Bobbie) of Guntown; (6) grandchildren, Donna Wages (Mike), Jeff Donahue, Shelia Donahue, Rickey Donahue, Amanda Donahue and Mickey Herring; (1) Great-grandchild, Marlina Stanford (Casey); (3) Great-great-grandchildren, Makayla Dawson, Katelyn Stanford and Triston Stanford; special friends, George and Judy Robinson and John and Teresa Stanford.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Leona Hannah Phillips; daughter, Sue Raines Herring; sons, Herman Raines and Jerry Donahue; granddaughter, Tonja Donahue.

Visitation will be at Waters Funeral Home on Thursday from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M.

Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family @www.watersfuneralservice.com

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

Published by Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal on Dec. 28, 2017.

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