The funeral service for Karen Elaine Ramsey will be 2 p.m., Friday, February 16, at Riverwood Family, with burial to follow at Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery in Pricedale, MS. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m., Thursday, February 15, at Riverwood, and will resume from 1 p.m. until the time of service on Friday.
Mrs. Ramsey, 69, of Brookhaven, died February 12, 2024, at the Courtyard Nursing Care Center in McComb, MS. She was born in Bogue Chitto, MS, January 23, 1955, to Charles S. Cannon and Winnie Maude DeLaughter Cannon.
Mrs. Ramsey worked at McComb Extended Care for 23 years, until she met the love of her life, Alvin Ramsey. She was a devoted wife and mother.
During her lifetime, she always put her family first. Her favorite pastime was spending time with her grandchildren and cooking their favorite foods. She will be loved and missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Alvin Ramsey; her parents; four brothers, James Cannon, Charles Cannon, Charlie Cannon, and Terry Dale Cannon; and three sisters, Katherine Cannon, Audrey Dickerson, and Rosemary Hocker.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Michele Richardson, Renee Lee (Scott), Terri Jackson, and stepchildren, Shannon Moak (Tony) and Eric Ramsey; sisters, Lynda Roberts Williams (Jim), Dixie Boyd (Jimmy); ten grandchildren, Whitney Waldrop, Karley Smith, Joshua Whittington (Samantha), Blake Ramsey, Triston Lee, Gavin Jackson, Brycen Moak, Addyson Moak, Spencer Smallwood, Gracie Bailey; and four great grandchildren, Abigail Smith, Silas Hart, Jaxon Whittington, and Aiden Hodges. She is also survived by other loving family members and friends.