Mary Pauline Minor Oglesby, 84, died March 13, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital"Golden Triangle. Services were Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Jimmy Ray officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery near Columbus, MS. Mrs. Oglesby was born July 13, 1928, in Columbus, MS to the late James Shelton and Ila Doy Northington Minor. She was a member of McBee Baptist Church. She was an avid gardener, quilter and she enjoyed working on puzzles. She was retired from Seminole where she was a seamstress. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and sister. She was married to the late Samuel Lee Oglesby Jr. on December 26, 1942, in Columbus, MS and they were married for 61 years. She was preceded in death by her husband; brothers, Preston Minor and Herston Minor; and granddaughters, Mitzi Pauline Michels and Melissa Marie Sims Oglesby. Survivors include her daughter, Linda Ann Michels of Jackson, MI; sons, Melvin Ray Oglesby and wife Judy, Kenneth Wayne Oglesby and wife Joyce, James Harold Oglesby and wife Carolyn, Samuel Lee Oglesby and wife Judy, and Timothy Joseph Oglesby and wife Venetia, all of Columbus, MS; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and one greatgreat-grandchild. Pallbearers were Shane Oglesby, Steve Oglesby, David Oglesby, Matthew Barnes, Kyle Stewart and C.J. Bell. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Brett Brown, Dr. Bart Williams, Dr. Lance Busch, Dr. Louis Rzola and members of the Womens Sunday School Class at McBee Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to McBee Baptist Church, Building Fund, 2846 Highway 50 East, Columbus, MS 39701 r St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38101.
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