James Scroggs

Published 6:00 am Monday, October 27, 2003

Services for James Scroggs of Gillsburg are 2 p.m., Monday, Oct.27, at Johnston Chapel United Methodist Church with burial in thechurch cemetery.

Visitation is Sunday from 5-8 p.m., at Catchings Funeral Home inMcComb, and Monday from noon-2 p.m., at the church.

Mr. Scroggs, 62, died Oct. 25, 2003, at his residence. He wasborn in Athens, Tenn., on April 11, 1941, to Daisy Mae Witt Scroggsand William Arthur Scroggs.

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He was a silo builder, and a member of Johnston Chapel UnitedMethodist Church. He was an Army veteran.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a sister, Carrie Eaves;a brother, Elmer Scroggs; and two stepdaughters, Judy and KathyStanford.

Survivors are his wife, Lana Woolheater Stanford Scroggs ofGillsburg; his daughters, Barbara Johnson of Summit, and LindaStanley of Bogue Chitto; his son, Tony Scroggs of Summit; hisstepdaughters, Elizabeth Karrol of Ridgecrest, Calif., andConstance “Connie” Rawlins of McComb; his stepsons, Edwin H.Stanford of Greensburg, La., William “Billy” Stanford of Gillsburg,and David Stanford of McComb; his sisters, Patsy Johnson of Athens,and Estelleen Gardner and Cora Belle Campbell, both of Riceville,Tenn.; his brother, Cletus Scroggs of Brookhaven; 25 grandchildren;five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Horizon Hospice, 140 N. Fifth St.,Suite B, McComb, MS 39648.