Mozelle Martin Ward Tillman
2/26/2009

Mozelle Martin Ward Tillman, 94, of Water Valley, MS passed away Thursday, February 26, 2009, at the Yalobusha County Nursing Home in Water Valley, MS. She was born January 27, 1915 to the late Samuel F. and Ola Henderson Martin in Yalobusha County, MS. She was a nurse for the Yalobusha General Hospital and a member of the First Baptist Church in Water Valley, MS.

The visitation will be Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Seven Oaks Funeral Home from 5 until 7 pm. The funeral service will be Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 2:00 pm in Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Izzard officiating. The committal will be held Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley, MS with Jerry Holt, Bill McMinn, Earl McMinn, Lee McMinn, Jim McMinn, Joe Black, Ken French, and Jimmy Ward serving as pallbearers.

Mrs. Tillman is survived by her daughter, Betty J. Lay (Russell) of Water Valley, MS; son, Robert R. Ward (Jackie) of Water Valley, MS; eight grandchildren, Lisa Strawn (Steve), Kevin Ward (Sandy), Tina Marie Sikma (Bill), Russell J. Lay (Malissa), James M. Lay, Terry Brust, James Brust, and Jeffrey Brust (Janice); twenty-three great grandchildren, Angela Ward, Bobby Ward, Taylor Sikma, Ward Sikma, Tricia Reppinhagen, Amber Lay, Aaron Lay, Matthew Lay, Timothy Lay, Allecia Lay, Kaylea Lay, Libby Lay, Joshua Lay, Gabriel Lay, Tiffany Brust, Ashley Brust, James Brust, Julianna Brust, Katrina Brust, Brian Strawn, Amanda Strawn, Brian Keith Criswell, and Lisa D’Ann Charter.

Along with her parents she was preceded in death by two sisters, Odell Sansom and Virginia Maifred Telthorst; five brothers, Claudis Martin, Curtis Martin, Carlton Martin, Charles Martin, and S. F. Martin; and two grandchildren, Dennis Wayne Ward and D’Ann Lay Charter.
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12760 Highway 32
P. O. Box 367
Water Valley, MS USA 38965
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