Services for Mildred “Blondie” Scoggins, of Monticello, are 11a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with burialin New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Monticello.

Visitation is Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mrs. Scoggins, 85, died Nov. 24, 2008, at Lawrence CountyHospital in Monticello. She was born on April 8, 1923, to LynnSmith and Corelia Dickerson Smith.

She was a retired retail clerk from the former Jerry’s Shop inMonticello. She was a member of New Zion Baptist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, WilliamTroy Scoggins; her four brothers, Henry, Buddy, Vernon and EdgarSmith; and a sister, Charlean Carr.

Survivors are her a son, William Troy Scoggins III, of Star; adaughter, Shirley J. Fredette, of Monticello; her sisters, LizzieFarmer and Francis King, both of Monticello; her sevengrandchildren; and her 19 great-grandchildren.