Fay Sims Magee, age 93 of Water Valley, MS, died Tuesday morning, May 1, 2007 in the Yalobusha County Nursing Home. The daughter of the late Charlie and Zelma Hendrick Sims, she was retired from Big Yank Corp. in Water Valley, MS. Fay was a member of the Church of Christ of Water Valley. She spent her life raising her four children and caring for her grandchildren. Fay was a quiet, gentle lady who will be missed by all who had the pleasure to know her.
Services will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 2:00 PM in Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral. Visitation will begin one hour prior to and continue until the service time at the Funeral Home. Conducting the service will be Rev. Freddie Moorman and Rev. Fred Eakes.Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley with Brandon Magee, Todd Cobb, Joseph Magee, Todd Hatfield, Scott Dawson, Chip Schiele, Eddie (Trea) Magee and Donald (Bubba) Bynum serving as pallbearers.
Fay leaves behind her four children: Joyce M. Dawson of Byhalia, MS, Lynn M. Morris of Water Valley, MS, Eddie Magee of Water Valley, MS and Mike Magee of Troy, TX. There are nine grandchildren; Gwen Cobb, Scott Dawson, Missie Schiele, Leslie Hatfield, Allison Bynum, Joseph Magee, Brandon Magee, Eddie (Trea) Magee and Kellie Shields and 23 great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, Fay was preceded in death by her two sisters, Jewel Frazier and Katie Sullivan.