Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Saturday, August 3, 2002

Berta Faye Tatum

Carthage

Berta Faye Tatum, 78, a Licensed Practical Nurse, died Thursday, August 1, 2002, at Leake Memorial Hospital. Visitation is 8:30 a.m. today at Wilcox Funeral Home in Carthage. Services are 2 p.m. today at the funeral home with burial in Evans Tabernacle Cemetery.

Mrs. Tatum was a native of Leake County and a member of High Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors include: son, Sidney Tatum of Jackson; three daughters, Dean Sistrunk of Conehatta, Earline Hodges and Debbie Buffington, both of Carthage; four brothers, Henry Joiner, Benny Joiner, and Dale Joiner, all of Jackson, Sidney Joiner of Pasadena, Texas; four sisters, Jewel Womack, Mildred Knight, and Doris Ward, all of Jackson, Bessie Jo Hodges of Utica; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.