SCOBEY — Thelma Berniece Lane Pettit, 86, passed away Tuesday, June 27, at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 1, at Friendship Baptist Church in Grenada with Rev. Tim McCaffrey and Rev. Sherman Barnette officiating. Interment followed at Smith Cemetery in the Rosebloom Community of Tallahatchie County.
She was born February 17, 1937 in Tallahatchie County to Dee Burnice and Wilma Bloodworth Lane.
Berniece touched the lives of many children through the years working as an assistant teacher at Sykes Elementary in Jackson and later at Grenada Elementary School. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Grenada. Quilting, gardening and working in her flowers were among her favorite pastimes. She will lovingly be remembered as a woman devoted to her family.
She is survived by her daughter, Judy Pettit Sims (Tommy) of Brandon; three sons, Timmy Pettit (Shelley) of Jackson, Danny Pettit (Ronda) of Terry and Jason Pettit (Wendy) of Tillatoba; three sisters, Barbara Dogan, Frances Defenbaugh and Debbie Mitchell; brother, Dewayne Lane; twelve grandchildren, Mackenzie Pettit, Jordan Martz, Tori Pettit, Taylor Pettit, Morgan Walker, Lane Pettit, Jaymes Robinson, Chase Robinson, Alex Threadgill, Elyse Guice, Wade Guice and Chad Guice; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Graham Bonner Pettit; son, Jerry Glen Pettit; sister, Linda Lane Smith; and a brother, Bubba Lane.
Pallbearers were Bill Defenbaugh, Rodney Defenbaugh, John Dogan, Allen Harrell, Kent Lane, Glen Mitchell and Lane Pettit. Richie Hines served as an honorary pallbearer.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada.
