Individual Details

Death

Mrs. Boren, 85, died Feb. 5, 2011, at Hardy Wilson Memorial Hospital in Hazlehurst. She was born in Mississippi on Aug. 28, 1925, to Walter Lee Thetford and Ruth Kelly Furr Thetford. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Brandywine Methodist Church.  Mrs. Boren was very active in the Garden Club, Church Choir and was always planning family activities. She loved to travel, play the piano and sing, cook, meet friends at Porches Restaurant, and sit on the porch and swing with her dog, Buttercup.  She was a master seamstress and loved to crochet. She enjoyed woodworking, painting, and many arts and crafts.  She enjoyed watching the Game Show Channel for many years and also enjoyed playing various card games. But most of all, Mrs. Boren enjoyed being with her family. Preceding her in death were her parents, Walter and Ruth Thetford; her brother, Ray Thetford; and her first husband, Mack Harris.   Survivors are her daughters, Babs Harris Wood and husband  Bubba of Hazlehurst, Robyn Harris Hullihan and husband Russ of Washougal, Wash., Dollie Harris DeRoche and late husband Bruce of Mandeville, La.; her sisters, Frances Thetford DelRosso of Boise, Idaho, and Betty Ruth Thetford Currie and husband Donald of Brookhaven; her grandchildren, Chris Viramontez and wife Teresa, Dona Pell and husband Michael all of Wesson, Brandi Gremillion and husband Joey of Crystal Springs,  Jessie DeRoche Pindell of Mandeville, La.,  Amy Power and husband Bruce of Hemet, Calif.; her great-grandchildren, C.J. Viramontez, Luke Greenlee, Aimee Vanderford, Rosie Wilson, Ashley Pell Watts, Kayla Pell, Kelsey Pell, Carly Fleming, Tre Fleming, Brandon Gremillion, Connor Pindell, Tayler Rae Hagedorn, Hallie Hagedorn, Landon Power, and Maykalie Power; and her five great-great-grandchildren.