Virgina Wise
Posted: August 29, 2015
GATTMAN — Virginia Wise, 83, died Aug. 28, 2015, at her residence. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Otts Funeral Home with Glenn Hughes officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery with Glenn Hughes will officiating. Mrs. Wise was born Nov. 30, 1931, in Monroe County, to the late Clovis and Alcie Mae Smith Downey. She was formerly employed at Gattman Sportswear and a member of Depriest Chapel Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thurston Wise; two brothers, Jim Bob Downey and Arlin Downey; and one sister, Dorothy Gilmore. She is survived by son, Phillip Wise of Tupelo; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brothers, Billy Downey of Priestville and Howard Downey of Sulligent, Alabama; and two sisters, Johnnie Wise of Priestville and Linda Gosa of Sulligent.