Catherine Brister

Published 11:37 am Friday, July 1, 2011

FOXWORTH — Catherine Brister died Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg. She was 77.

Ms. Brister is survived by 10 children, Billy Brister, Amy Magee, Michael Brister and Aldrick Brister, all of Columbia, Miss., Larry Brister and Teresa Patton, both of Foxworth, Rose Jefferson of Kokomo, Mary Martin of Vicksburg and James Brister and Eric Brister, both of Cincinnati, Ohio; one sister, Irene Douglas of Dallas; two brothers, J.D. Bullock of Edna, Texas, and Aaron Bullock of Chipley, Fla.; and friends and other relatives.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ in Foxworth with burial following at the church cemetery under the direction of Cook Galloway Funeral Home of Columbia. At the interment, the ashes of Mrs. Brister’s daughter, Eleanor Bourne, who died two days before her mother, will be dispersed.

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Visitation for Mrs. Brister will be at the church Saturday from 1 p.m. until the service.

Memorials may be made to the Church of God in Christ or a favorite charity.