Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Saturday, May 12, 2001

Julie Mimms Hargrove

Jackson

Julie Mimms Hargrove, 97, died Thursday, May 10, 2001, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. Visitation is 11 a.m. today at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Jackson. Services are 12:30 p.m. today at the funeral home with burial in Utica City Cemetery.

Mrs. Hargrove, a native of Utica, was born January 1[6], 1904 to Nathaniel and Minnie Clay Mimms. She taught school for a number of years both in the Utica and Jackson Public School System. Mrs. Hargrove also worked as an orthoptist, where she tested the eyes of children. She retired after a number of years of service. Mrs. Hargrove was a long time member of the First Baptist Church of Jackson, where she often served as a Sunday School teacher. She was an avid member of the Belhaven Garden Club. She was preceded in death by her husband, John E. "Gene" Hargrove.

Survivors include: cousins, Andrew Mimms Dyess of Madison, Christopher Turner Dyess of Atlanta, Robert Burgess Dyess Ballard of Jackson and Elizabeth Dyess Ballard of Jackson.

Memorials may be made to American Red Cross, 875 Riverside Dr., Jackson, MS 39202.