Mrs. Mary Harris East Obituary (1944

Mary Virginia Harris East, 79, known as “Mimi” to friends and family, passed away on October 8, 2023, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point surrounded by family. Mimi was born on August 17, 1944, in Meridian to the late Edwin Silliman Harris and Sadie Lee Boyles Harris. She was a graduate of Meridian High School and Meridian Junior College. She married her high school sweetheart, Bill East, on December 31, 1964, in Meridian, and they were blessed with two children. She was a loving and selfless wife and mother. She retired in 1997 as an office manager of Meridian Ophthalmic Associates, and she and her husband retired to West Point to be near their children and their families. During her time in West Point, and when not caring for her six granddaughters, she and her husband were very involved in numerous local projects and nonprofit organizations. She was an active member of Riverside Chapel Baptist Church in West Point. She was preceded in death by her husband, her brother, Edwin S. "Buddy" Harris, Jr., and her sister, Allene McCrary. Survivors include her sister-in-law, Ann Wyche of Meridian, her daughter, Wendy Childress (Gene) of West Point, her son, Michael East (Tiffany) of Oxford, her granddaughters, Ashton Woodson (Jonathan) of Cedar Bluff, Madison Childress of Starkville, Anna Kathryn Middleton (Carver) of West Point, Julia Rae East of Oxford, Ava East of Oxford, and Michael Ann East of Oxford, and two great-grandchildren, Addison and Drew Woodson of Cedar Bluff. A graveside service was held on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. at Greenwood Cemetery in West Point with Reverend Jim Sallee officiating. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Memorials may be made to Riverside Chapel Baptist Church, P.O. Box 526, West Point, MS 39773, and/or Project Homestead of Clay County Mississippi, P.O. Box 891, West Point, MS 39773.