Emily Jeanette Sealy

August 22, 2009

Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford Emily Jeanette Sealy, age 73, died Saturday, August 22, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Born in Taylor, MS, she moved to Huntsville, AL, at age 18 and returned to the Oxford area in 1973. She was a retired seamstress from the North Mississippi Regional Center. Mrs. Sealy had been a member of the Parasol Garden Club while living in Huntsville. She was a certified Red Cross volunteer, a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Water Valley VFW, and an avid bingo player. Mrs. Sealy was a member of Anchor Baptist Church. Visitation will be held Monday, August 24, 2009, 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at Coleman Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Randy Hope officiating. Interment will be in the Abbeville Cemetery, Abbeville, MS. Coleman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include two sons, Karl Sealy of Oxford, MS and Roy Glen Sealy of Huntsville, AL; two daughters, Betty VonKohn of Oxford, MS and Lisa Minton of Abbeville, MS; three sisters, Irene Maples of Oxford, MS, Cecil Goolsby of Memphis, TN and Carra Mae Tidwell of Taylor, MS; 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Her parents, Floyd and Willie Bumgardner, preceded Mrs. Sealy in death. Memorials may be made to the Abbeville Cemetery Fund, Abbeville Bank, P.O. Box 39, Abbeville, MS 38601 or the American Cancer Society, 1800 West Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38801.