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Christine Furr Metcalfe Carsley, 88, died on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in Madison. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. today at Breeland Funeral Home in Canton. The rosary will follow visitation. At 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 12, 2010, a funeral mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Canton followed by interment in Canton Cemetery. Mrs. Carsley was born August 4, 1921, in Picayune, MS, the daughter of Jessie Ryals and Ruby Thornhill Furr. She graduated from Picayune High School in 1939. She then became the proofreader and society editor for her father's newspaper, The Picayune Item. In 1950 she married Thomas Oren Metcalfe, Jr. and settled in Canton, MS, where they began their family. Mr. Metcalfe died in 1974. In 1976, she married Dr. Robert A. Carsley, who died in 2000. Christine was active in many local civic organizations; she served as president of the Maids and Matrons and was a communicant of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she was on the Altar Guild. She loved playing bridge and entertaining friends and family. There was rarely a day that someone didn't drop by to have coffee, and her home was always filled with laughter and conversation. Mrs. Carsley was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, John Bryce Furr; and two sisters, Jesse Furr Scoggin and Thomasine Furr Blackwell. Survivors include daughters, Margaret Metcalfe Hassin (Danny) of Flowood, and Rooney Metcalfe Davis (Warren) of Terry; sons, Thomas Oren Metcalfe III (Barbara) of Gluckstadt and Dr. R.T. Carsley (Kris) of Oxford, all in MS; and grandchildren, Drew Hassin (Christiana) of Brandon, MS, Matthew Hassin of Flowood, MS, Rachel Blount (Will) of Madison, MS, Jacob Davis of Horsham, PA, James Metcalfe of Gluckstadt, MS, Michael Carsley (Mimi) of Sidney, Australia, and Christopher Carsley of Seattle, WA; and three great-grandchildren; sisters, Iva Loy Chambers (Robert) of Hattiesburg, MS, Charleen Schrock (Jimmy) of Picayune, MS; and a brother, David Furr (Jeanette) of Monroe, LA. Memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 238 East Center Street, Canton, MS 39046.
Published in Clarion Ledger on June 11, 2010