Services for Mary L. "Lou Lou" Kyzar Thames will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Wilson Funeral Home. Visitation will be on Friday, February 17, 2017 from 5:00 – 9:00 Pm at Wilson Funeral Home. Mrs. Thames, 64, of Monticello, MS passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at her residence. She was born Oct. 20, 1952 to her parents, Ray and Verine Beard Kyzar in Lawrence County, MS.

Lou Lou was an avid fisherwoman, talented musician and singer, an experienced cook and waitress, a bus driver for Lawrence County schools for twenty-six years, and a loving mother, grandmother, sister, friend and aunt.

She is preceded in death by her parents Ray and Verine Beard Kyzar and her sister, Betty K. Martin.

She is survived by her children, Renzie Ballard and husband Mike of Monticello, MS and Joseph Ben Thames and wife Jessica, of Brookhaven, MS; one brother, Raymond Kyzar and wife Nelda of Jayess; and three sisters, Barbara K. Estave of Summit, Rev. Linda Kyzar of Beebe, AR, and Julia Frazier and husband Mike of Monticello; five grandchildren, Cee Cee, & Mak Mak of Monticello, and Amber, Shawn, and Jacob Thames of Brookhaven, and a very special friend, Wanez Ballard and Carolyn Ballard of Monticello, MS.