Mrs. Betty Boyles

Betty Wright Boyles,88 passed away peacefully at Silver Cross Nursing Home in Brookhaven,Sunday January 15,2017.Visitation will be at Chancellor in Byram on Tuesday January 17,2017, 11:00 to 1:00 with interment immediately following at Lakewood South. Mrs. Boyles, was born in Cascilla on July 28,1928 and grew up in the Leverette area of Tallahatchie county. Her parents were Travis and Myrtle Crosthwait Wright. She is pre-deceased by her parents and her husband of 43 years, Senator Marion Enoch "Peck" Boyles and her four siblings, Eris Mae Wright Sharp, G. E. Wright, Claudine Wright Trim and June Wright Staten. She is survived by her brother-in-law, Knoff Staten and her first cousin Dell Crosthwait Bullion. While in high school Mrs. Boyles attended boarding school in Cleveland, Tennessee, but she returned home in order to graduate from Cascilla High School. She also attended Mississippi Delta Junior College in Moorhead. This is where she met her future husband,, Marion Boyles. After marriage the couple moved to Starkville where Mr. Boyles completed his college degree at Mississippi State University. Mrs. Boyles received her degree in elementary education at Delta State University. Most of Mrs. Boyles professional career was spent as a elementary school teacher, but at various time she would go on hiatus and try new adventures. She was a buyer in Ready to Wear for McRaes department store and she also owned her own dress shop. She loved to travel to market. Her passions were clothes, gardening, and decorating. She always enjoyed dressing in beautiful clothes and looking her best. Mrs Boyles moved from Charleston in 1965 to Jackson and later to Brandon in 1998. She loved her neighbors in "The Terraces" and always enjoyed their company. Her fabulous sense of humor and never ending storytelling was great entertainment to her neighbors. She is a present member of Crossgates Baptist Church and until she moved to Brookhaven, a very active member of the OverComers Sunday school class. She missed her church and church friends very much. Mrs. Boyles is suvvived by her two devoted daughters, Barbara Boyles Sanders and Marion Kay Boyles Brister (Eddie) and her much loved son-in law Eddie Brister. She is also surviverd by her four grandsons: Christopher Brister (Jennifer), Patrick Brister (Jennifer), Bradford Brister( Olivia) Blake Brister and 5 great-grandsons and 3 great-granddaughters. Pallbearers will be Christopher, Patrick, Brad and Blake Brister and 4 nephews, Lannie and Daryl Staten and George and Ed Trim. The family of Betty Boyles wish to thank the personnel of Silver Cross who so lovingly cared for their mother. Many blessings for your kindness. Mrs. Boyles adored and loved her housekeeper of many years, Shirley Taylor. They were very close and devoted to each other. Memorial donations may be made to the Gideons International and the Alzheimer's Association.