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Nancy <I>Thompson</I> Breland

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Nancy Thompson Breland

Birth
Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA
Death
4 Jul 2013 (aged 98)
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Leakesville, Greene County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Nancy Thompson Breland was born December 31, 1914, to Hugh and Fannie Turnage Thompson. She died July 4, 2013 in Jackson, Mississippi.

Funeral services will be held 11:00am Tuesday July 9, 2013 from the chapel of Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home High Street. Visitation will be from 10:00am till 11:00am Tuesday at the funeral home. Graveside services will be 3:30pm Tuesday at the Magnolia Cemetery, Leaksville, MS.

Mrs. Breland was a native of Lawrence County and attended New Hebron Elementary and High School. After graduation, she enrolled in Mississippi State Teachers' College, now University of Southern Mississippi and graduated in 1937.

She taught English in Anguilla and Beaumont schools and upper elementary grades in the Jackson Public Schools.

She was a member of Riverside Independent Methodist Church and was active in Sunday School and Women's Missionary Society.

She was preceded in death by her husband Dan E. Breland, Sr., her parents, her brother James D. Thompson and his wife Mary, and infant sister Evelyn Thompson.

She is survived by sons Dan Breland, James T. Breland and his wife Virginia, grandson Dr. Mark F. Breland, great-grandson Parker, nephews James D. Thompson, Hugh A. Thompson, Judge L. Breland Hilburn, Lloyd E. Turner and niece Elana Turner Pope.

Published in Clarion Ledger on July 7, 2013
Jackson

Nancy Thompson Breland was born December 31, 1914, to Hugh and Fannie Turnage Thompson. She died July 4, 2013 in Jackson, Mississippi.

Funeral services will be held 11:00am Tuesday July 9, 2013 from the chapel of Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home High Street. Visitation will be from 10:00am till 11:00am Tuesday at the funeral home. Graveside services will be 3:30pm Tuesday at the Magnolia Cemetery, Leaksville, MS.

Mrs. Breland was a native of Lawrence County and attended New Hebron Elementary and High School. After graduation, she enrolled in Mississippi State Teachers' College, now University of Southern Mississippi and graduated in 1937.

She taught English in Anguilla and Beaumont schools and upper elementary grades in the Jackson Public Schools.

She was a member of Riverside Independent Methodist Church and was active in Sunday School and Women's Missionary Society.

She was preceded in death by her husband Dan E. Breland, Sr., her parents, her brother James D. Thompson and his wife Mary, and infant sister Evelyn Thompson.

She is survived by sons Dan Breland, James T. Breland and his wife Virginia, grandson Dr. Mark F. Breland, great-grandson Parker, nephews James D. Thompson, Hugh A. Thompson, Judge L. Breland Hilburn, Lloyd E. Turner and niece Elana Turner Pope.

Published in Clarion Ledger on July 7, 2013


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  • Added: Jul 7, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113468743/nancy-breland: accessed ), memorial page for Nancy Thompson Breland (31 Dec 1914–4 Jul 2013), Find a Grave Memorial ID 113468743, citing Magnolia Cemetery, Leakesville, Greene County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by BKBK (contributor 47705417).