Faye Rector
January 26, 1930 — March 14, 2017
2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Friday, March
17, 2017, at 11:00 AM at Fairview Baptist Church with Rev. Tommy Gillon
officiating and Rev. Sammy Crawford assisting. The interment will
immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM
until the time of the service at the church. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Rector was born January 26, 1930, in Melbourne, AL, to the late
Bryan and Idell Brown Wilson. She was a graduate of Millport High School.
Mrs. Rector was a member of Fairview Baptist Church where she taught the
Ruth Sunday School Class for many years. She loved teaching the Bible and
the ladies in her class. Affectionately known as "Mama Faye," Mrs. Rector
sold real estate for many years until 2011, and was named Realtor of the
Year for the Columbus Board of Realtors in 2007. She worked for various
real estate agencies that included Vice & Keys, Centrury 21, Robinson Real
Estate Better Homes & Garden, and Coldwell Banker West Realty. In addition
to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, R. C.
Rector, Jr., whom she married in 1947, beloved granddaughter, Sarah Fae
Townsend, and brother, Jack Wilson of Anniston, AL.
Mrs. Rector was a loving mother to her son Ken Rector of Vicksburg, MS,
and daughter, Joy Townsend and her husband Steve of Columbus, MS. She is
also survived by her sister Darlene Spencer of Macomb, IL, grandchildren, Leigh Rector Lusk and her husband Bart, Clint Townsend and his wife Lauren, Anthony Rector, Wilson Townsend and his wife Leslie, Emily Beene, and Patrick Beene, and great grandchildren, Olivia Lusk, Dunkin Townsend, Sarah Ellyn Townsend, Jackson Lusk, Noble Grace Townsend, Riley Townsend, Wade Townsend, and Lily Kate Townsend.
Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to YMCA Building Fund, 237 YMCA Place, Vicksburg,
MS, 39180, Lifeline Children's Services, 2104 Rocky Ridge Rd., Birmingham,
AL, 35216, or Fairview Baptist Church, 127 Airline Rd., Columbus, MS, 39702.
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