Tressa Lee Morris Costley

Published 5:00 am Friday, September 22, 2006

Services for Tressa Lee Morris Costley, of Meadville, are 11a.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at Franklin Funeral Home Chapel inMeadville with burial in Midway Cemetery in Meadville.

Visitation is Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of theservice at the funeral home.

Mrs. Costley, 85, died Sept. 21, 2006, at her residence. She wasborn in Improve on Aug. 22, 1921, to Oscar Morris and Leona CoulterMorris.

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She was a graduate of Mississippi State College for Women. Shewas a school teacher, dietitian for Franklin Memorial Hospital andExtension Home Economist for Franklin County. She was a member ofMeadville Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the Pine BurrGarden Club, where she was a flower show judge.

Preceding her in death were her parents.

Survivors are her husband of 60 years, Walter Mullins Costley,of Meadville; her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morris,of Improve; and a number of nieces, nephews and their families.

Memorials may be made to The Natchez Children’s Home, 806 N.Union St., Natchez, MS 39120.