Marilyn J. Braxton

Published 12:00 am Thursday, May 14, 2009

ROLLING FORK — Marilyn J. Braxton died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at Sharkey-Issaquena Hospital in Rolling Fork. She was 65.

Mrs. Braxton had lived in Rolling Fork for a number of years. She was of the Baptist faith.

She is survived by a daughter, Cindy Blocker of Vicksburg; five sisters, June Kelly, Barbara Oswalt and Nita Chisolm, all of Rolling Fork, Ann Wyatt of Vicksburg and Kathy Tatum of Belzoni; and two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

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Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Mound Cemetery in Rolling Fork with the Rev. Millard L. Caulder officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Glenwood Funeral Home in Rolling Fork. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Friday until the service at the funeral home.