A memorial service for Sidney Mize “Butchie” Nations ofBrookhaven are 1 p.m., Thursday, May 20, at the Episcopal Church ofthe Redeemer.

Visitation is Thursday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at the church.

Mrs. Nations, 60, died May 17, 2004, in Brookhaven. She was bornin Forest on Sept. 11, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph SidneyMize.

She was a food columnist for The Clarion-Ledger and a formercaterer.

Mrs. Nations moved to Brookhaven at an early age and graduatedfrom Brookhaven High School and the University of Mississippi.After marrying Jerry Nations in 1964, she taught school at St.Francis parochial school and worked extensively with Girl Scouts.She was an active member of Brookhaven Junior Auxiliary, serving aspresident in 1971. She was the first Brookhaven member of JuniorAuxiliary to be elected to serve as a national officer, takingoffice as national recording secretary in 1973. She was a recipientof the Golden Crown Award for continued volunteerism to hercommunity. She was a member of Willing Hearts Circle, the Climber’sClub and Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a sustainingmember of the Krewe of Ceres. For 20 years, she served as thedirector of the Altar Guild at the Episcopal Church of theRedeemer. She was a past directress of the Mississippi DiocesanAltar Guild.

Being an Ole Miss fan was her favorite past time. She was thefirst woman to serve as president of the Lincoln County AlumniAssociation and was also chosen to serve as a member of theUniversity of Mississippi Alumni Board of Directors. Most Saturdaysin the fall Butchie could be found in “The Grove” cheering for herRebels.

She opened a catering business in Brookhaven in 1985, called”From Butchie’s Basket,” and later became a cooking schoolinstructor with Everyday Gourmet in Jackson. She was a weeklycolumnist for the food section of The Clarion-Ledger.

Preceding her in death were her parents and stepfather, EdgarApplewhite.

Survivors are her husband of 40 years, Jerry Nations; herdaughters and son-in-law, Betsy and Bill Wilson of Hilton Head,S.C., and Nancy Nations of Oxford; and a beloved grandson, WillWilson.

Memorials may be made to the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer ora charity of choice.