Mildred Lois Conger Musselwhite, 86, of West Berrien Community died Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at Tift Health Care. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2012, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Berrien County. Rev. Leonard Conger and Rev. Herman Walker will officiate with burial to follow in Oakey Grove Church Cemetery in Berrien County. Matthew Hoffacker, Brent Hoffacker, Jesse Carpenter, Justin Carpenter, Whit Carpenter and Cal Carpenter will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 20, 2012, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Mrs. Musselwhite will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Musselwhite was born on November 30, 1925 in Berrien County and was the daughter of John Thomas Conger and Janie Wilson Conger, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Noah Thomas Musselwhite, Jr.; four brothers; two sisters; and two grandchildren, Elaine Sumler and Michael Willis. She was a homemaker and a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Berrien County.
Mrs. Musselwhite is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Sandra Marchant Musselwhite of Tifton, Daniel and Janice Parrish Musselwhite of Mystic and Johnny and Wanda Gaskins Musselwhite of Nashville; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Betty Kennedy of Tifton, Joyce and Randy Willis of Tifton and Mildred “Millie” and Ken Kroboth of Rochester, New York; one brother and sister-in-law, Tommy and Janelle Conger of Valdosta; one sister-in-law, Mae Dell Conger of Willacoochee; 15 grandchildren and their spouses, Teresa and Cal Carpenter, Lisa and Trey McKee, Kimberly and Darren Dillard, Tina and Bill McGrath, Sherri and Travis Bennett, Stephen and Liz Musselwhite, Becky Musselwhite, Miranda Musselwhite, Melanie Hall, Missy and Jeremy French, Brad Willis, Melissa and Wayne McGill, Matthew and Rebecca Hoffacker, Heather and Ritchie Rich and Brent Hoffacker; 18 great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.