Mary Jo Sargent

A Private Family Service for Mary Jo Sargent, 87 of Charleston, MS, formally of Corinth, MS, will be held at Magnolia Funeral Home – East Chapel with interment to follow at Lone Oak Baptist Church Cemetery. Charlie Browning will officiate the service. Visitation will be Saturday, January 30, 2021 from 11:00 A M to 1:00 P M at Magnolia Funeral Home – East. Mrs. Sargent passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at Tallahatchie General Extended Care in Charleston, MS. She was born March 17, 1933 in Corinth, MS to Daniel Jackson Dunn and Martha Albertine Butler Dunn. She was of the Baptist faith and a member of Oakland Baptist Church. Mary retired from ITT as an inspector after 38 years of service. She enjoyed cooking and listening to gospel music. She loved traveling, especially to the Smokies and being with her family. Mary is survived by her sons, Teddy Sargent and wife Pam of Corinth, MS and Mickey Sargent and wife Cami of Corinth, MS; her daughter, Beverly Watson and husband Ken of Charleston, MS; ten grandchildren, Valerie Martin and husband Jessie, Vickie McGoogan and husband Delonie, Daniel Garrett and wife Kristy, Shelby Sargent; Jennifer Stacy Marlar and husband Matt, Cody Matthew Sargent, Katie Kidd and husband Ashley, Taylor Watson, Tanner Watson and wife Jessica and Morgan Jones and husband Tyler; ten great-grandchildren, Isabell Meyers, Zane Meyers, Allie McGoogan, Brooke McGoogan, Farrah Garrett, Alexander Garrett, Layton McKenley Sargent, Isebella White, Emmett Daniel Watson and Lillie Presley Jones; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Enoch Sargent; her father, Daniel Jackson Dunn; her mother, Martha Butler Dunn; her brothers, George Dunn, Lonzo Dunn, Frank Dun, Daniel Dunn and Archie Dunn; her sisters, Etta Dunn Fowler and Ethel Dunn Pittman. Magnolia Funeral Home has been honored to serve the family of Mrs. Mary Jo Sargent. https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/QNB3TN2FKR7D3CSZ