Rita June Gregory, 80, passed away Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at Winston Medical Center in Louisville, Mississippi. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi, on Friday, December 24, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 24, 2010, at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in the Murphy Creek Baptist Church cemetery. Rev. Walter Simmons will be officiating. Mrs. Gregory was born on January 10, 1930, to Armsteed B. and Ruby McBrayer Rogers. She was a sales clerk at Black’s Department Store and a member of Murphy Creek Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, George Gregory; one son, George W. “Buddy” Gregory, Jr., both of Louisville, Mississippi; a sister, Dean Reese of Meridian, Mississippi; two grandchildren, Eric Gregory and Heather Tabor both of Louisville, Mississippi; and five great-grandchildren, Hunter and Hayze Gregory, Alexis, Ashlyn, and Devin Tabor. Preceding her in death were her parents, Armsteed B. and Ruby McBrayer Rogers.
Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS is handling the arrangements.