Mrs. Jane Posey

Mrs. Jane Posey, 90, passed away on September 18, 2019 at the Trinity Place Nursing Home in Columbus. Mrs. Jane was born on March 15, 1929, in Wichita Falls, Texas, the daughter of the late Joe Bailey Bell, Sr. and Odra Lee Jenkins Bell. She worked as a Secretary, Accountant, and was a caregiver. She was a member of First Christian Church in West Point. She was an avid and accomplished xylophone player and sketch artist. She was an avid card and board game player and she enjoyed the fellowship with her many friends. She enjoyed watching sports, especially tennis. She was a lifelong swimming instructor and was still teaching swim lessons at the age of 78 in Starkville. She will be remembered as one who put others before herself as a loving caregiver. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend. She married J. C. Posey on May 31, 1958 in Greenwood and he preceded her in death on April 18, 1998. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Jack Dale Brazil, a son, Jay Posey and a brother, Joe Bailey Bell, Jr. A Celebration of Life and Memorial Service will be on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 6:00 P.M. in the Stanley Center at the Trinity Place Retirement Community. A visitation will be on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 from 12:30-1:30 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home with graveside services to follow in Greenwood Cemetery at 2:00 P.M. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Survivors include her son, Joe Brazil (Bessie Kay) of West Point: three grandchildren; Jennifer Ready (Rod) of Weeping Water, Nebraska, Jacob Brazil of Ft. Stockton, Texas, and Joshua Brazil (Jordan) of Omaha, Nebraska: three great-grandchildren; Kayley Slack (Kyle) of Bellevue, Nebraska, Madison Godek of LaVista, Nebraska, and Michael Godek of Weeping Water, Nebraska, and a sister, Tawanna Tex Caplan of Mt. Vernon, Illinois Honorary Pallbearers will be the Nurses and Staff of Trinity Place Nursing Home, Dr. James Woodard, her many friends at Trinity Place Retirement Community and her many friends in her beloved Tibbee Community. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Trinity Place Retirement Community, 300 Airline Road, Columbus, MS 39702 or to The Gideons International, P.O. Box 661, West Point, MS 39773. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com

Mrs. Jane Posey

March 15, 1929 - September 18, 2019