Mrs. Martha Elizabeth "Libby" Harpole Obituary (1929

Mrs. Martha Elizabeth "Libby" Harpole, 86, passed away on June 29, 2015, at her residence in Starkville. Mrs. Libby was born April 17, 1929, in Clay County, the daughter of the late Edgar Prentice and Geraldine Margarette Russell Brewer, Sr. She was a retired Clerk for the United States Postal Service, having worked in Starkville for 20 years. She was a volunteer at OCH Regional Medical Center in Starkville. She also volunteered for Contact Helpline. She was a member of Hebron Baptist Church in Pheba, but attended First Baptist Church in Starkville. She married Thomas Belton Harpole on June 15, 1946, in West Point, who preceded her in death on July 19, 1987. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Kristee Harpole Trammell; Two Brothers, Edgar Prentice Brewer, Jr. and James Kipling Brewer; and a Special Friend Harold B. Hall. Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at 4:00 P.M. from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Hal Hall officiating and assisted by Reverend Butch Simmons. Burial will follow in Memorial Garden Cemetery in West Point. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include Her Daughter, Kim Harpole Knox (Paul) of Amory; Her Three Sons, Thomas Wayne Harpole (Ellen), Belton "Shag" Harpole (Julie), and Larry Steven Harpole (Teresa) all of Cedar Bluff; One Son-in-Law: Floyd Trammell of Greenville; 15 Grandchildren and 15 Great-Grandchildren. Pallbearers will be David Foster, Joey Wright, Marlin Mowry, Franklin Brewer, Jimmy Tibbett and Kip Brewer. Honorary Pallbearers will be Charles Clanton, Sandra Kratz, Jean Morton, Erma Mowry, Nurses and Staff of Gentive Hospice, Dr. Everett McKibben. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1818, Memphis, TN 38101 or to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research, P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309. Visitation will be Wednesday 2:00-4:00 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com