Louise J. Montgomery

Published 10:23 am Thursday, February 25, 2016

Funeral services for Louise J. Montgomery will be 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Montgomery died Feb. 21, 2016, at Promise Hospital in Vicksburg. She was 65.

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She was born June 18, 1950, to the late Delphine Burks Jackson and the late Louis Jackson in Utica.

She was of the Baptist faith and a longtime member of New Mount Pilgrim M.B. Church of Vicksburg.  She was formerly employed at DiamondJacks Casino.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jessie Montgomery Sr.; and her brother, Elijah Burks.

Survivors include her daughter, Tosha Montgomery of Vicksburg; two sons, Jessie Montgomery Jr. of Vicksburg and Stephen Montgomery of San Diego; two sisters, Mildred Jackson Hicks of Vicksburg and Trinell Burks Newton of Jackson; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.