Georgia Lucille McLaughlin passed away on July 16, 2018 in Houston, Texas. She was 95 years old. Lucille was born on January 4, 1923 in Chickasaw County Mississippi to Ruth Hunter Clark McLaughlin and John Henry McLaughlin. She was preceded in death by her parents, her grandparents James Thomas Clark and Georgia Ann (Berry) Clark and Mary Ann (Grimes) McLaughlin and John Cornelius McLaughlin as well as two of her sisters Ruby Bergeron and Rose Bryant. Lucille is survived by her sister Mary Louise Peters and her brother Bill McLaughlin.
Lucille attended elementary school in Houston, MS and graduated from Vardaman High School. After graduation, Lucille was determined to become a teacher. But this was 1942 and the US had just come out of the Great Depression and World War II had started and her family did not have the means to send her to college. But this did not stop Lucille. She borrowed $65 from a neighboring farmer and took a six-week course at Blue Mountain College that allowed her to become a provisional teacher. Lucille began her teaching career in a one room school house in Center Point, Mississippi. After that, she moved to Thorn and another one room school house with a monthly salary of $102.00. It took Lucille 8 years to get her college degree. She taught school every year and attended summer school at Blue Mountain where she worked in the school cafeteria to support herself. And Lucille actually taught her sister Rose and her brother Bill. She went on to get her Master’s Degree at Mississippi State University.
After 11 years of teaching in Mississippi, Lucille came across an ad in the newspaper looking for teachers who would be willing to teach abroad for the Department of Defense. She mailed a one cent postcard asking for additional information. The year was 1953 and the rest is history!
Lucille embarked on a 27-year career of teaching abroad. Her students were the children of military personnel and she had the opportunity to teach at military bases in France, England, Germany, Turkey, Japan, the Philippines, the Azores, and Panama. And on her teaching breaks, she had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, Asia, and Central America. This lifestyle suited Lucille. She had many teaching friends, the opportunity to travel the world, often had her meals at the Officers Club and was home every summer in Mississippi.
Lucille retired in 1980 and enjoyed her life living at home in Mississippi. She was active in church and an avid bridge player. Due to injuries suffered in an auto accident, Lucille relocated to Houston, Texas in 2004 to be near her sisters and brother even though she always considered Mississippi her home. And Lucille continued to make new friends through her attendance at St. Peters Methodist Church in Katy, Tx and her bridge club.
Visitation for Lucille will be at Parker Funeral Home in Vardaman Mississippi on Friday, July 20, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with the funeral service on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 11:00 a.m., Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Vardaman with Bro. Roger McGrew officiating. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Vardaman. Memorial donations may be made to Mexico Mission Ministries, 2525 W. Veterans Blvd., Mission, Texas, 78572 or any charity of your choice.
Mexico Mission Ministries was founded by a local Vardaman Mississippi man, Wayne Fleming and his wife Nina. Lucille loved the ministry of this group. This ministry has built several churches as well as an orphanage in Mexico.
Lucille attended elementary school in Houston, MS and graduated from Vardaman High School. After graduation, Lucille was determined to become a teacher. But this was 1942 and the US had just come out of the Great Depression and World War II had started and her family did not have the means to send her to college. But this did not stop Lucille. She borrowed $65 from a neighboring farmer and took a six-week course at Blue Mountain College that allowed her to become a provisional teacher. Lucille began her teaching career in a one room school house in Center Point, Mississippi. After that, she moved to Thorn and another one room school house with a monthly salary of $102.00. It took Lucille 8 years to get her college degree. She taught school every year and attended summer school at Blue Mountain where she worked in the school cafeteria to support herself. And Lucille actually taught her sister Rose and her brother Bill. She went on to get her Master’s Degree at Mississippi State University.
After 11 years of teaching in Mississippi, Lucille came across an ad in the newspaper looking for teachers who would be willing to teach abroad for the Department of Defense. She mailed a one cent postcard asking for additional information. The year was 1953 and the rest is history!
Lucille embarked on a 27-year career of teaching abroad. Her students were the children of military personnel and she had the opportunity to teach at military bases in France, England, Germany, Turkey, Japan, the Philippines, the Azores, and Panama. And on her teaching breaks, she had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, Asia, and Central America. This lifestyle suited Lucille. She had many teaching friends, the opportunity to travel the world, often had her meals at the Officers Club and was home every summer in Mississippi.
Lucille retired in 1980 and enjoyed her life living at home in Mississippi. She was active in church and an avid bridge player. Due to injuries suffered in an auto accident, Lucille relocated to Houston, Texas in 2004 to be near her sisters and brother even though she always considered Mississippi her home. And Lucille continued to make new friends through her attendance at St. Peters Methodist Church in Katy, Tx and her bridge club.
Visitation for Lucille will be at Parker Funeral Home in Vardaman Mississippi on Friday, July 20, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with the funeral service on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 11:00 a.m., Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Vardaman with Bro. Roger McGrew officiating. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Vardaman. Memorial donations may be made to Mexico Mission Ministries, 2525 W. Veterans Blvd., Mission, Texas, 78572 or any charity of your choice.
Mexico Mission Ministries was founded by a local Vardaman Mississippi man, Wayne Fleming and his wife Nina. Lucille loved the ministry of this group. This ministry has built several churches as well as an orphanage in Mexico.
Georgia Lucille McLaughlin passed away on July 16, 2018 in Houston, Texas. She was 95 years old. Lucille was born on January 4, 1923 in Chickasaw County Mississippi to Ruth Hunter Clark McLaughlin and John Henry McLaughlin. She was preceded in death by her parents, her grandparents James Thomas Clark and Georgia Ann (Berry) Clark and Mary Ann (Grimes) McLaughlin and John Cornelius McLaughlin as well as two of her sisters Ruby Bergeron and Rose Bryant. Lucille is survived by her sister Mary Louise Peters and her brother Bill McLaughlin.
Lucille attended elementary school in Houston, MS and graduated from Vardaman High School. After graduation, Lucille was determined to become a teacher. But this was 1942 and the US had just come out of the Great Depression and World War II had started and her family did not have the means to send her to college. But this did not stop Lucille. She borrowed $65 from a neighboring farmer and took a six-week course at Blue Mountain College that allowed her to become a provisional teacher. Lucille began her teaching career in a one room school house in Center Point, Mississippi. After that, she moved to Thorn and another one room school house with a monthly salary of $102.00. It took Lucille 8 years to get her college degree. She taught school every year and attended summer school at Blue Mountain where she worked in the school cafeteria to support herself. And Lucille actually taught her sister Rose and her brother Bill. She went on to get her Master’s Degree at Mississippi State University.
After 11 years of teaching in Mississippi, Lucille came across an ad in the newspaper looking for teachers who would be willing to teach abroad for the Department of Defense. She mailed a one cent postcard asking for additional information. The year was 1953 and the rest is history!
Lucille embarked on a 27-year career of teaching abroad. Her students were the children of military personnel and she had the opportunity to teach at military bases in France, England, Germany, Turkey, Japan, the Philippines, the Azores, and Panama. And on her teaching breaks, she had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, Asia, and Central America. This lifestyle suited Lucille. She had many teaching friends, the opportunity to travel the world, often had her meals at the Officers Club and was home every summer in Mississippi.
Lucille retired in 1980 and enjoyed her life living at home in Mississippi. She was active in church and an avid bridge player. Due to injuries suffered in an auto accident, Lucille relocated to Houston, Texas in 2004 to be near her sisters and brother even though she always considered Mississippi her home. And Lucille continued to make new friends through her attendance at St. Peters Methodist Church in Katy, Tx and her bridge club.
Visitation for Lucille will be at Parker Funeral Home in Vardaman Mississippi on Friday, July 20, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with the funeral service on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 11:00 a.m., Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Vardaman with Bro. Roger McGrew officiating. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Vardaman. Memorial donations may be made to Mexico Mission Ministries, 2525 W. Veterans Blvd., Mission, Texas, 78572 or any charity of your choice.
Mexico Mission Ministries was founded by a local Vardaman Mississippi man, Wayne Fleming and his wife Nina. Lucille loved the ministry of this group. This ministry has built several churches as well as an orphanage in Mexico.
Lucille attended elementary school in Houston, MS and graduated from Vardaman High School. After graduation, Lucille was determined to become a teacher. But this was 1942 and the US had just come out of the Great Depression and World War II had started and her family did not have the means to send her to college. But this did not stop Lucille. She borrowed $65 from a neighboring farmer and took a six-week course at Blue Mountain College that allowed her to become a provisional teacher. Lucille began her teaching career in a one room school house in Center Point, Mississippi. After that, she moved to Thorn and another one room school house with a monthly salary of $102.00. It took Lucille 8 years to get her college degree. She taught school every year and attended summer school at Blue Mountain where she worked in the school cafeteria to support herself. And Lucille actually taught her sister Rose and her brother Bill. She went on to get her Master’s Degree at Mississippi State University.
After 11 years of teaching in Mississippi, Lucille came across an ad in the newspaper looking for teachers who would be willing to teach abroad for the Department of Defense. She mailed a one cent postcard asking for additional information. The year was 1953 and the rest is history!
Lucille embarked on a 27-year career of teaching abroad. Her students were the children of military personnel and she had the opportunity to teach at military bases in France, England, Germany, Turkey, Japan, the Philippines, the Azores, and Panama. And on her teaching breaks, she had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, Asia, and Central America. This lifestyle suited Lucille. She had many teaching friends, the opportunity to travel the world, often had her meals at the Officers Club and was home every summer in Mississippi.
Lucille retired in 1980 and enjoyed her life living at home in Mississippi. She was active in church and an avid bridge player. Due to injuries suffered in an auto accident, Lucille relocated to Houston, Texas in 2004 to be near her sisters and brother even though she always considered Mississippi her home. And Lucille continued to make new friends through her attendance at St. Peters Methodist Church in Katy, Tx and her bridge club.
Visitation for Lucille will be at Parker Funeral Home in Vardaman Mississippi on Friday, July 20, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with the funeral service on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 11:00 a.m., Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Vardaman with Bro. Roger McGrew officiating. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Vardaman. Memorial donations may be made to Mexico Mission Ministries, 2525 W. Veterans Blvd., Mission, Texas, 78572 or any charity of your choice.
Mexico Mission Ministries was founded by a local Vardaman Mississippi man, Wayne Fleming and his wife Nina. Lucille loved the ministry of this group. This ministry has built several churches as well as an orphanage in Mexico.
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