Mrs. Maudie Lee Prine Varner, 94, went to her Heavenly reward on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Crossgates River Oaks, Brandon. She had been a resident at Brandon Court Nursing Home since September 2001.
Visitation will be 5:00-8:00pm, Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. Funeral services are 10:00am, Thursday September 26, 2013 at Crossroads Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services at the church.
Mrs. Varner was born in Ocean Springs to Woody and Clarentine Chase on December 2, 1918. After the accidental death of her father when she was 9, she and her sisters Dorinda and Myrtle were placed in the Children’s Home of Jackson. She was adopted by Eugene and Margaret Prine from Weathersby. At the age of 16 the Prine family moved to the Concord community.
She married Henry C. Varner on October 16, 1937. The family moved many times and she was a member of a number of Baptist Churches: Concord, Pearson, Andrew Chapel and Crossroads. She was always a very devoted Christian and taught classes from Nursery to Senior Adult Ladies. She owned and operated the General Store at “Little Rankin” from 1957-1967,
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1999.
Survivors include daughters, Shirley Jean Graham and Connie Fay Kelley (Tommy); grandchildren, Michael Eugene Adcock (Sharon), Debbie Blackwell (John), Miitchell Henry Adcock (Christy) and Kristi Carol Scales; great-grandchildren, Cameron Adcock, Katie Adcock, Brad Blackwell, Brianna Blackwell, Eric Adcock, Kurt Adcock, Christopher Ross, Andrew Ross, Victoria Scales and Derrick Scales; and great-great-granddaughter, Avery Ross.
Memorials may be made to the Cross Roads Baptist Church Building Fund, Pelahatchie, MS 39145.
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