Rosa LeMay, age 85, of Vicksburg passed from this life to heaven on Feb. 22, 2019, at Vicksburg Convalescent Home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born on February 27, 1933, in Bovina. She attended J. H. Culkin Academy, graduating in 1951 as Valedictorian, Senior Class President, Homecoming Queen, Football Cheerleader and MVP of the basketball team. The day following graduation, she married her childhood school sweetheart, Perrin J. Griffing, Sr. After losing Perrin Sr., at the age of 23 to Hodgkins Lymphoma Disease, she married John Henry LeMay in 1956. Rosa was a devoted housewife and loving mother. She was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church for many years.

She spent many days listening to gospel music. Love for all sports was passed down to her children and grandchildren. She loved watching her kids play sports and rarely missed a game. At the age of 70, she learned to operate the computer, so she could listen to her grandson play baseball for the Ole Miss Rebels.

Rosa was preceded in death by her first husband in 1955, Perrin J Griffing, Sr.; her husband of 37 years in 1993, John H. LeMay; her parents, Seth Kent and Hester Anderson; her siblings, Sally Anderson, Robert Anderson, Kent Anderson Jr., Bonard Deardorff; her great-granddaughter, Layla Grace Pettway.

She is survived by her children, Perrin J. (PJ) Griffing, Jr., Martha (Joe) Pettway, and Nancy (Tony) Warnock; five grandchildren, Brian (Leanne) Pettway, John Rice (Erin) Pettway, Jason Pettway, Drew (Courtney) Warnock and Dana (Sean) McRaney; five great-grandchildren, Briley Kate and Colton Joseph Pettway, Katie Lauren and Karley Marie Warnock, and Lydia Ann McRaney; one sister, June (George) Matthews; sister-in-law, Delia Durst Anderson; first cousin, Floyce Birdsong Brown, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Glenwood Funeral Home. Visitation will be noon until the hour of service. Pastor Kent Campbell of Woodlawn Baptist Church will be officiating and assisted by Ellis Heffington, staff pastor of Warrenton Independent Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Edwards City Cemetery, Edwards.

Pallbearers will be grandsons Brian Pettway, Colton Pettway, John Rice Pettway, Jason Pettway, Drew Warnock, Sean McRaney, and brother-in-law Rodney LeMay.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Albert Steele, Joanne Robinson, Dr. J. Russell Barnes, Staff of Vicksburg Convalescent Home, and Staff of St. Joseph Hospice.

Memorials may be made to Bible Education & Missionary Service (BEAMS), 15444 Duckworth Rd., Gulfport, MS 39503, Woodlawn Baptist Church, 2310 Culkin Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39183, or a charity of your choice.