Services for Lavennie Rushing Jolly will be Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Linwood Baptist Church in Neshoba County with brother Mike Skinner officiating. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. McClain-Hays Funeral Home in Philadelphia is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Jolly, 83, of Union, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, at Neshoba General Hospital.

Mrs. Jolly was born May 10, 1931, the daughter of Irvin Almond Rushing and Sarah Penettie Smith Rushing of Philadelphia. She attended Zepher Hill High School, where she graduated valedictorian. She retired from General Electric Co. in Jackson.

As a homemaker, she exceeded in sewing and cooking. She was a loving mother and grandmother, nurturing her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Jolly extended her love and family to many, teaching Sunday school, church training, and by caring for children in her home. She was a member of Linwood Baptist Church and a former member of McLaurin Heights Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, LaQuita Speer and her grandson, Joshua Speer; her parents, Irvin Almond Rushing and Sarah Penettie Smith Rushing; her sisters, Beatrice Hall, Clydie Mae Savell, Georgia Belk and Virginia Conn; her brothers, R.B. Rushing, A.V. Rushing and O.C. Rushing.

Survivors include her husband, Billy Thomas Jolly of Union; daughter, Cynthia Alford (Gerry) of Bolivar, Tenn.; and daughter and granddaughter, Candice Gore (Mark) of Union; sons, Thomas Jolly (Sandy) and Randy Jolly (Becky), all of Vicksburg; 13 grandchildren, Rebekah Grider (Adam) of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Stephanie Alford and Samuel Alford (Jennifer), all of Woodbury, Tenn., Christopher Alford of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Shane Jolly of Saucier, Jennifer Sparks (Greg) of Vicksburg, Amanda Vibelius of Tsale, Ariz., Sara Jones (Gabriel) of Houston, Texas, and Leigh Heigle (Steven) of Vicksburg; 16 great-grandchildren, Mackenzie Ciezkowski, Madison Ciezkowski, Zachary Alford, Caleb Sparks, Lane Sparks, Gwen Fredericksen, Wyatt Gore, Weston Gore, Waverleigh Gore, Wysteria Gore, Brittney Gore, Shelby Gore, Brandon Merritt, Hunter Merritt, Ty Hiegle and Madeline Jones.

Pallbearers will be Samuel Alford, Shane Jolly, Jerry Barnes, Carl Mason, Alan Spears, Ken Spears and Dewayne Nicholson.

Memorials may be made to a charity of choice or the American Heart Association.

Visitation is today from 5 to 8 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home in Philadelphia, and Tuesday from 10 a.m. until the service at Linwood Baptist Church.