Alice Essig
Posted: October 6, 2020
STARKVILLE — Alice Fern Hudson Essig, 89, died Oct. 4, 2020. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, in Memorial Garden Park. Welch Funeral Home of Starkville is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Essig was born Feb. 19, 1931, in Parthenon, Arkansas, to the late John Edgar Hudson and Effie Stephens Hudson. She was a graduate of Harrison High School and the University of Arkansas. She was formerly employed as the director of nutrition services at Mississippi State University. She was a charter member of St. Luke Lutheran Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Werner Essig; and siblings, Virgie Noe, Pauline Villines and Vera Walters. She is survived by her children, Becky Murphy of Dallas, Texas and Stephen Essig of Niceville, Florida. Memorials may be made to Palmer Home or the Alice Essig Endowed Student Scholarship (Nutrition Scholarship), MSU Foundation P.O. Box 6149 Starkville, MS 39762.