Mary Evelyn Brister
Published 5:00 am Monday, October 6, 2003
Services for Mary Evelyn Brister of Bogue Chitto were 2 p.m.,Sunday, Oct. 5, 2003, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel with burialin Wellman Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Brister, 65, died Oct. 2, 2003 at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. She was born in Lawrence County on April 2, 1938, to MinnieGivens Pate and A. C. “Lum” Pate Sr.
She was retired from Bill’s Auto Glass & Trim Shop. She wasa member of the Eastern Star-Topisaw Lodge 326. She was a member ofEasthaven Baptist Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents.
Survivors are her husband, Willie Morris “Bill” Brister of BogueChitto; her daughters, Martha Faye Robison of Bogue Chitto, SharonBeth Smith of Brookhaven, and Jan Douglas of Bogue Chitto; her son,Ricky Morris Brister of Bogue Chitto; her sisters, Alfia Bullock ofRuth, Lucie O’Quinn of New Orleans, and Alma Bullock of Brookhaven;her brothers, Henry Pate of Brookhaven and A. C. Pate Jr. of NewOrleans, La.; nine grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; threegreat-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.