Notes (New):

  • Effective 29 Oct 2011, links to new FindAGrave entries are posted to Scroggin(s) Family News. Entries for recent deaths will also be posted here.
  • Effective 1 Jun 2011, new FindAGrave entries are included when added to that site, with a cross-reference from the death or original obituary date (if after 31 Dec 1969).
  • Now sending title lines for newly posted obituaries to Twitter: http://twitter.com/scrognobits.
  • Obituaries are posted by date (may be approximate) of the obituary. Pre-1970 ones will be posted as 1 Jan 1970, since Blogger will not support pre-1970 dates.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Scroggins, Peggy S. (8 Jul 1950 - 11 Mar 2012) [41892]

Peggy S. Scroggins
Wells Funeral Home & Cremation Services / Forrest Memorial Park, 16 Mar 2012
Peggy S. Scroggins
(July 8, 1950 - March 11, 2012)


Peggy S. Scroggins, age 61, died Sunday evening 3/11/12 at Trinity Mission Health & Rehab in Holly Springs, MS.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 3/14/2012, at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Kevin Crofford officiating. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from Noon until service time on Wednesday at Wells Funeral Home.

Ms. Peggy was born to Wilson Jones [40030] & Mildred Pauline Hallmark [40029] Scroggins on July 8, 1950, in Memphis, TN. She was of the Baptist faith.

She leaves one daughter, Tina Evans [tba] of Red Banks, MS; 2 sons, Johnney O'Neill [tba] of Hernando, MS and Steven Nash [tba] of Memphis, TN; one brother, J.D. Scroggins [tba] of Ripley, MS and 5 Grandchildren.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her 5 sisters, Mary [41891], Kathleen [41892], Jessie [42509], Judy [tba] and Tommie Jean [tba].

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Cook, James Edwin (24 Mar 1919 - 23 Jan 2012) []

Cook, James Edwin (24 Mar 1919 - 23 Jan 2012) []

Published online on January 24, 2012 courtesy of Dignity Memorial.
James Edwin Cook
March 24, 1919 - January 23, 2012
Obituary

J.E. "Jim" Cook, 92, of Amarillo died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Chapel of Memories at Memorial Park Funeral Home with the Rev. Roger Smith officiating. Entombment will follow in North Mausoleum in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangement by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40.

Jim was born March 24, 1919, in Tioga to John Henry and Vera Lucelle Scroggins Cook. He was a talented high school athlete. After high school, he enlisted in the Army and joined the 79th Troop Carrier Squadron. Upon his discharge from the service, he joined the railroad, where he went to work for the Rock Island Line, working as both a brakeman and conductor for more than 40 years. He was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church for more than 36 years.

Jim loved to garden, tending to his yard, his flowers and his landscaping. He was an avid fisherman, handyman and could fix just about anything that broke.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Blanche; two sisters, Tootsie and Gladys; and a grandson, Kim Cook.

Survivors include his wife, Norma Jean; two sons, Duane Cook and wife Vicki of Tulsa, Okla., and Tom Cook and wife Karen Owen of Athens; a daughter, Linda Ann Leamons and husband Ray of Kingwood; a stepson, John Wilson Jr. and wife Pam of Dawn; a stepdaughter, Jeanette Hooper and husband Vic of Collinsville; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and six stepgrandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.

Monday, January 09, 2012

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Scroggins, Marvin Leroy (18 Nov 1940 - 7 Jan 2012) [37423]

Leroy Scroggins, Record added: Jan 08, 2012, Find A Grave Memorial# 83154272
Leroy Scroggins, Published in The Southern Illinoisan from January 9 to January 10, 2012

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Friday, October 28, 2011

Frankie Garrett Scroggins (9 Mar 1911 - 27 Oct 2011) [7230]

Published in the Springfield News-Leader [MO] on October 28, 2011 [Legacy]
Record added: Oct 28, 2011; Find A Grave Memorial# 79481193 
BolivarMONews.com, 28 Oct 2011

Friday, October 21, 2011

Alicia Scroggins (ca. 1988 - 7 Oct 2011) []

Published in the Shreveport Times October 21, 2011
Record added: Oct 23, 2011; Find A Grave Memorial# 79136882

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Dena Marie Scroggins (21 Jan 1969 - 20 Sep 2011) []

Short notice published in Columbus Ledger-Enquirer on September 23, 2011
Long notince published in Eufala Tribune,  23 Sep 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Robbie Marie Cox Scroggins (13 Feb 1941 - 20 Sep 2011) [47812]

Robbie Marie Cox Scroggins
Obituary from Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home, Natchitoches, LA
Record added: Sep 21, 2011; Find A Grave Memorial# 76880099

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Elizabeth Hudgins Scroggins (ca. 1937 - 14 Sep 2011) []

Ingram Funeral Home and Crematory, Cumming, GA

Published in ForsythNews.com from September 14 to September 17, 2011 [Legacy]
Shorter notices:
Facebook:  In Loving Memory of Elizabeth Scroggins
Published in gainesvilletimes.com on September 15, 2011 [Legacy]
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on September 15, 2011 [Legacy]