Rosalie Prestianni Wardlaw died Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at River Region Medical Center. She was 86.

A native of Sharkey County, Mrs. Wardlaw had lived in Vicksburg since 1964. She served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and received the American Theater Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and World War II Victory Medal. She retired from the Old Southern Tea Room and Magnolia Restaurant as a hostess and cashier.

She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Joseph Prestianni and Rosa Prestianni; a son, James Douglas Wardlaw; and five brothers, Brice Prestianni, Louis Prestianni, Vincent Prestianni, Tommy Prestianni and Tony “T.J.” Prestianni.

Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn Allen of Vicksburg; a son, Robert “Bob” Wardlaw and fiancée Polly Borussard of Butte LaRose, La.; two sisters, Tresie Alice DiGiacomo of Bayside, N.Y., and Camille Wardlaw of Fayetteville, Ark.; four grandchildren, Heath Wardlaw, Jill Spencer, Melanie Allen and Amanda Huskey; and six great-grandchildren, Alaina Rosalie Huskey, Tyler Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Isabella Spencer, Jose Medina and William Rodriguez.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery with the Rev. P.J. Curley officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Glenwood Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 10 a.m. Thursday until the service.

Pallbearers will be Clarence Prestianni, Joe Prestianni, Ricky Prestianni, Cody Emerle, Penley Sorrels and Robert Heath Wardlaw.