Mary Virginia Hunt Temple died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at Heritage House Retirement Center. She was 89.

Born Sept. 12, 1919, in McComb, she was the daughter of the late Willie D. Hunt and Jessie Stewart Hunt. She was a 1937 graduate of Carr Central High School and graduated from Mississippi State College for Women in 1942.

A resident of Meridian for a number of years, she was a charter member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Temple was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Vicksburg, where she was a member of the Allein Bible Class, the Dorcus Circle of the church and the Sanctuary Choir.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, George Dewey Temple Sr.; a son, George D. Temple Jr.; and two brothers, W.C. Hunt and Ray B. Hunt.

She is survived by a son, William Stewart Temple Sr. of Lake Washington; three grandsons, William Stewart Temple II of Meridian, George Andrew Temple of Clinton and Matthew David Temple of Dothan, Ala.; one brother, George Beverly Hunt of LaGrange, Ga.; four nieces, Patsy Hunt Halford, Mary Eulalia Hunt Field, Rachel Hunt Mills and Celeste Hunt Garrett; one nephew, W.C. Hunt Jr.; and numerous great-nieces and -nephews.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Rusty Douglas, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church of Greenwood, officiating. Visitation will be in Ward Hall from 9 a.m. until the hour of the service. Burial will be at 2 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Meridian under the direction of Riles Funeral Home.  

Pallbearers will be Andrew Temple, Matthew Temple, Kenneth Halford Sr., Ken Halford Jr., Mike Halford and Billy Hunt.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Joe Ford Jacobs, Dr. Lee Giffin and the staff of Heritage House Retirement Center.

Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 1501 Cherry St., Vicksburg, MS 39180 and to Trinity Presbyterian Church, 4223 Poplar Springs Drive, Meridian, MS 39305.