The funeral service for Jean A. Freeman will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, January 25, at Riverwood Family, with burial to follow in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is 5-8 p.m., Tuesday, January 24, at Riverwood and will resume from 1 p.m. until the time of the service on Wednesday.
Mrs. Freeman, 81, of Hazlehurst, passed away January 21, 2023, at Southwest Regional Medical Center in McComb. She was born in Booneville, MS, August 17, 1941, to Lester H. Abernathy and Ruth Abernathy. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where she was honored to play the piano. She also enjoyed free time gardening, reading a good book, or watching Judge Judy on television, and watching the stars with Michael. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends as well as her faith family at Pleasant Hill.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert W. “Bob” Freeman; her parents; brother, Euclid “Jr” Anderson; sister, Doris Sumrall; and nephew, Howard Sullivan.
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Deborah Costilow (Michael); son, Robert D. “Bobby” Freeman (Rhonda); and daughter, Donna Freeman; sisters, Faye Coke and Ann Coleman (Billy); four grandchildren, Courtney King, Micayla Ard, Derek Freeman, and Lexie Freeman; and three great grandchildren, Slayde King, Sylas Ard, and Robert Michael Freeman. She is also survived by other loving family members and friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, PO Box 1000 Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142
