Georgia Bell Kent

Published 10:17 am Thursday, May 5, 2016

Georgia Bell Kent died Monday, May 2, 2016, at Merit Health River Region. She was 78.

She was born on Feb. 22, 1938, to the late L.C. Jones and the late Rosalie Minor Nash, and

was a member of Greater Rose Hill M.B. Church.

Mrs. Kent was preceded in death by her father, L. C. Jones; mother, Rosalie Minor Nash; stepfather, Rufus Nash; her former husband, Henry Kent Sr.; son, Henry Kent Jr.; grandson, McCaleb B. Prioleau; her great-granddaughter, Ja’Keyseia K. Bershell.

Survivors include her four daughters, Deloris Kent Bershell, Glory Stean Kent  Harris and Patricia Ann Kent, all of Vicksburg, and Marilyn Rose Kent Prioleau of El Paso, Texas; nine grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, cousins other relatives and friends.

Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday May 7, 2016, at Greater Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Walter L. Weathersby Sr. officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Givens M.B. Church Cemetery under the direction of Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home.

Visitation will be Friday from 1 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home with family present from 6 to 7 p.m.