Individual Details

Dorothy Merle Lightsey, age 75, of Quitman, passed away on August 7, 2013 at Rush Hospital.
She was former Chairwoman for Relay for Life and was a member of Pachuta Methodist Church.
Dorothy is survived by her husband, Alton Lightsey; Daughter, Jean Marie Fleig; step-sons, Donald Eugene Lightsey and John Howard Lightsey; step-daughter, Linda Grace Lightsey, brother, Carroll Holifield, grandchildren, Tiffany Le'Ann Jefcoat, Brian Chance Hinton, and Mary Peyton Thompson, step-grandchildren, Alyssa Galpin, Tyler Galpin, and Ryan Lightsey, great-grandchildren, Mia Alynne Jefcoat and Hagan Hinton
She was preceded in death by her father, George Dillard Holifield, mother, Mary Ella Buckelew Holifield, 2 sisters and 1 brother.
Visitation will be held Saturday, August 10, 2013 from 9:00 am - 11:00 am at Wright's Funeral Home, Quitman, Mississippi.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 10, 2013, 11:00 am at the Wright's Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. George Pugh officiating.
Burial will take place in the Pachuta Cemetery.

Birth	19 Dec 1937
Census (family)-shared	22 Apr 1940	(George Dillard Holifield and Mary Ella "Snook" Buckelew) Jones County, Mississippi
Death	7 Aug 2013	Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Burial	10 Aug 2013	Pachuta Cemetery, Clarke County, Mississippi

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Living

Father	George Dillard Holifield (1908 - 1963)
Mother	Mary Ella "Snook" Buckelew (1912 - 1994)
Sibling	Thomas Carroll Holifield (1936 - 2014)
Sibling	Howard Marland Holifield (1941 - 2001)
Sibling	Newana Gwen Holifield (1946 - 2012)
Sibling	Janice Kay Holifield (1949 - 2004)

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