Mrs. Ellis Vickers

March 12, 2013

A memorial service for Mrs. Verna Lou Ellis Vickers will be conducted on Friday, March 15, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel in West Point, Mississippi. Visitation is scheduled for Thursday, March 14, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and on Friday at 1:00 p.m. Born on August 27, 1922, Mrs. Vickers died in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 12, 2013. She was a life-long resident of West Point and Clay County until 2006, when she moved to Madison, Mississippi, to be near her son and his family. Mrs. Vickers was a retired Vice President at BancorpSouth Bank in West Point, where she worked for fifty-four years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in West Point. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas E. Vickers, and her parents, William Henry and Katie Lee Ellis. Survivors include one son, Tommy Vickers, and his wife, Jeannie, of Ridgeland, Mississippi; two grandsons, Drew Vickers and his wife, Beth, of Bartlett, Tennessee, and Scott Vickers and his wife, Joy, of Brandon, Mississippi; and a sister, Mrs. Peggy White, of West Point, Mississippi. Memorials may be made to the Remodeling Fund at Calvary Baptist Church, 460 McCord Street, West Point, Mississippi 39773, the Building Fund at Grace Bible Church, 380 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.