Funeral services for Eva Imogene Anding Nations, of Brookhaven, are Thursday, April 6, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Brookhaven Funeral Home (Natchez Drive) with burial at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Brookhaven. Bro. Garland Boyd, Bro. Talmadge Smith and Bro. Nathan Case will officiate the services.

Visitation will be today, April 5, 2017, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Nations, 82, died Monday, April 3, 2017, at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was born May 24, 1934, in Lincoln County to Johnson and Eunice Case Anding. She, alongside her husband, owned and operated a dairy farm for 35 years. She was a lifetime member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother and friend.

Preceding her in death were her parents; sisters, Yvonne Boyte and Mavis Smith; and brothers, Denver Anding, Dallas Anding and Carlos Anding.

Survivors are her husband of 62 years, James Curtis Nations; children, Jill Pepper and husband Randy, Dudley Nations and wife Susan, Jackie McCullough and husband Reggie, and Lisa Jackson and husband Jimmy; grandchildren, Heather Wallace and husband Darron, Hope Smith and husband Toby, Jason Nations and wife Lanna, Ryan McCullough, James Thornton Jr., Chris Thornton and wife Autumn, Bridget DeDeaux and husband Jeremy, and Rusti Wallace and husband Jason; 17 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law Aileen Anding and Elsie Anding; and a host of family and friends.

Pallbearers are Stoney DeDeaux, Ryan McCullough, Jason Nations, Chris Thornton, James Thornton and Trace Wallace.

Honorary pallbearers are Bracen DeDeaux, Chase McCullough, Jacob Nations, Blake Thornton, Devyn Thornton and Caleb Morris.

The family would like to give a special thanks to St. Luke Home Health and Hospice Nurses for the wonderful care provided for their loved one. They would also like to express thanks to their many family members, friends and neighbors who prayed, visited, or sent their love in behalf of Mrs. Nations.

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