Mrs. Ella Mae Breland

Mrs. Ella Mae Breland, 92, passed away on November 16, 2015, at her residence in Mathiston. Mrs. Ella Mae was born May 27, 1923, in Clay County, the daughter of the late Clarence and Maybell Gregg Coggins. She was a cashier at Gillilands Grocery and Market in Mathiston for 30 years. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Choctaw County. She was a member of the V.F.W. Ladies Auxillary in Eupora. She loved her family. She enjoyed cooking for and entertaining them. She was an avid and accomplished cook. She also enjoyed keeping both her house and her yard in proper order. She enjoyed yardwork and flower gardening. She married L.U. Breland on October 7, 1962, in Mathiston. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband: Wilbur J. Huffman, Sr.; Her Two Sons: Wilbur J. Huffman, Jr, and Luther Clarence Huffman; Her Two Sisters: Mary Yeatman and Dellaweese Golson; and her Five Brothers: Joe, John Robert, Hubert, James David, and Jaydee "Cotton" Coggins. Funeral services will be Thursday, November 19, 2015, at 2:00 P.M. from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Wade Stevens and her Grandson Reverend Benny Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in West Point. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include Her Husband; Mr. L. U. Breland; Her Three Daughters, Maggie Bell Jones (Cecil), Addie Fondren (Max), and Lesa Wilson (Scott); Her Son, Robert Huffman (Ronda); and her Daughter-in-Law: Sheila Huffman all of Mathiston; 18 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; and 10 great-great grandchildren; Her Three Sisters, Annabelle Orr and Jane Golson both of West Point and Peggy Whitaker (Pat) of Germantown, TN, and Her Brother, Reverend Charles "Bulldog" Coggins (Ginny Lee) of Amory. Pallbearers will be her Grandsons: Reverend Benny Jones, Sammy Jones, Mark Jones, Kim Jones, Greg Fondren, Chad Fondren, Jeff Huffman, Clint Huffman, Daniel Huffman, Brad Huffman, Drew Huffman, and Jake Wilson. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 8217, Jackson, MS 39215 or to Alzheimers Foundation of Mississippi, 196 Charmant Drive; Suite 4, Ridgeland, MS 39157. Visitation will be Wednesday 5:00-8:00 PM at Calvert Funeral Home. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com

Mrs. Ella Mae Breland

May 27, 1923 - November 16, 2015