IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Elizabeth Lanehart

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Barfield

January 15, 1928 – June 30, 2021

Obituary

Elizabeth Lanehart Collins Barfield, age 93, of Vicksburg, MS, passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at the Heritage House Nursing Home.

Elizabeth was born in Vicksburg on January 15, 1928 and grew up in Tallulah, LA. At age 16, her father passed away and she and her mother moved to Vicksburg. After her high school graduation from Carr Central High School, she married Marty Barfield in 1945. She attended Mississippi State College for Women while waiting for Marty to complete his military service in the US Navy. Elizabeth was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Vicksburg. Her interests were family, gardening, sewing, music, and reading.

She was preceded in death by her husband Marty, her mother Jessie Mae Haining, her father Lewis Collins, her step-father Emmette Haining, and her brother Edgar Lewis Collins. Surviving are her 4 children Bill Barfield (Peggy), Betty Murrie (Jim), Beverly Maynord (Steve), and Ginger White (Gerry); her 9 grandchildren Bryan Barfield (Erin), Meghan Quinlan (Brian), Jay Murrie (Megan), John Murrie, Dudley Maynord, Maggie Nasif (Blake), Katie Sheets (Tommy), Natashia Elliot (Blaine), Gerry White (Danielle); her 21 great grandchildren; and her 1 great-great grandchild.

Funeral services will be held Monday, July 5 at Riles Funeral Home,  5000  Indiana Avenue, Vicksburg. Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM followed by the funeral service at 2:00 PM in the Chapel. Graveside service will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery, Vicksburg.

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Funeral Services

Visitation

July
5

Fisher-Riles Funeral Home: Indiana Ave

5000 Indiana Avenue, Vicksburg, MS 39180

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Funeral Service

July
5

Fisher-Riles Funeral Home: Indiana Ave

5000 Indiana Avenue, Vicksburg, MS 39180

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Graveside Service

July
5

Starts at 3:15 pm

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