Funeral services for Virginia K. Speights will be on Monday, August 28, 2017 at 11:00 AM in Monticello, MS at Carmel Baptist Church. Wilson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Carmel Baptist Church from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM. Visitation will also be held on Monday, August 28, 2017 from 9:00 AM until Service time. Graveside Services will follow the Funeral Service at the Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery.
Virginia King Speights, 89, of Monticello, MS passed from this life on August, 25, 2017, at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. She was born on January 22, 1928 to Preston King and Dora Davis King.
Virginia grew up in the Carmel community with her brother John Paul, surrounded by extended family and friends. She married Lee Bruce (L.B.) Speights in 1946. Her next years were busy raising her five children Gary, Genevieve, Jo Ann, Cheryl and Johnny. She had fierce love for her family, friends, and Carmel Baptist Church, where she served as church secretary. She was well known in the community having served as Town Clerk for Monticello and also working in the Circuit Clerk's office for many years.
She is survived by one son Johnny Lee Speights of Monticello; two daughters Jo Ann Packs (Clifford) of Bush, LA, Cheryl Speights and fiancé Terry Lafargue of Mandeville, LA; three grandchildren Andrew Pack (Kelly), Ryan Speights (Tabitha), Jessica Thibodeaux (Troy); six great grandchildren Noah Speights, Anne Speights, Grace Speights, Corinne Thibodeaux, Sadie Thibodeaux and John Preston Pack; one sister-in-law Ruby King.
Preceding her in death was parents Preston and Dora Davis King; husband Lee Bruce Speights; son Gary Speight; one daughter Genevieve Speights, and one brother John Paul King.
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