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Sep
5
Westhaven Funeral Home
3580 Robinson Street
Jackson, MS 39209
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Sep
6
Westhaven Funeral Home Chapel
3580 Robinson Street
Jackson, MS 39209
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Sep
6
Autumn Woods Memorial Gardens
4000 W. Northside Dr.
Jackson, Mississippi 39209
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Jacquelynne S Whitner
September 5, 2025
Janis was my classmate of the 1961 class of Carrie Dotson High School , Grenada MS .
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Donald R. Sutton
September 4, 2025
I am Donald R. Sutton, Janis and I worked together at Tougaloo until March of 1977. She replaced me after I resigned. It was an honor working with her. She always talked about her husband and son. She treated the students with respect and always smiling. Rest in peace and may God bless her family.
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