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Ella Nell Mercier

Services for Mrs. Ella Nell Mercier of Bogue Chitto are 10:00 am, Friday, July 15, 2022,

at Riverwood Family with visitation from 5:00-8:00 pm, Thursday, July 14,

at Riverwood and interment at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Ella Nell Mercier, 77, went to be with her Lord on July 13, 2022. She was born on March 12, 1945,

to the late Miller Lee King and Jemmie Ainsworth King.

Mrs. Mercier was a homemaker and was a member of Pleasant Grove Church.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and daughter.

 

Preceding her in death were her parents; her son, Alex Aaron Townsend;

brothers, Lloyd King and James King; grandchildren,

Erica Townsend, Fisher Martin and best friends, Peggy Brown and Betty Chapman.

 

Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 31 years, Thomas Burns;

son, Chad Townsend and wife, Jennifer; daughter, Penny Miller and husband, John,

Chellie Hannah and husband, Randy; also sisters, Evelyn King and Brenda King;

13 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews. She will be missed by all that loved her.

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4 comments

  • Comment Link Debbie Foster Friday, 15 July 2022 11:40 posted by Debbie Foster

    Chad, so sorry for your loss. May God bring you peace in the days ahead.

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  • Comment Link David and arlette nOice Friday, 15 July 2022 07:51 posted by David and arlette nOice

    So sorry for your loss we loved our dear friend of many years our ????Are with tommy and all her children and grandchildren rip nell fly high david and arlette noice

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  • Comment Link Bobby Reynolds Thursday, 14 July 2022 17:51 posted by Bobby Reynolds

    So sorry, we sure loved our sister in law, Nell. Prayers for Tommy and all her family.

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  • Comment Link Dianne Altman Thursday, 14 July 2022 13:34 posted by Dianne Altman

    So sorry for the loss of your mother. Prayers for each of you as you face the coming days. Much prayer and love.

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