Mrs Marie Sullivan Palmer

A loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Marie Sullivan Palmer went to be with her Lord and Savior in the early morning hours on Saturday, February 3, 2018. Visitation is 4pm-7pm today, Sunday February 4, 2018 and again 10am Monday at First Baptist Church of Byram where Mrs. Palmer was a faithful member. Funeral services are 11am Monday at the church with interment to follow in Cedar Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Palmer was born in Smith County in 1919 to the late James and Alma Sullivan. She was a graduate of Mt. Olive High School and later attended MS College. She moved to Jackson in 1939 where she met her first husband Donald “Mickey” Cochran, Sr, they married in 1942 and had one child, Donald Cochran Jr. After the death of her husband Donald during WWII, Mrs. Palmer married Bobby R. Palmer in 1947; they had two sons, Doug and Greg. Mr. Palmer passed away after 37 years of marriage. Mrs. Palmer was employed as a secretary with the MS State Board of Health; she retired in 1989 and then began her employment with Woodville Heights Day Care for many years. She was a long time member of Parkway Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and served in the nursery. In 2005 she joined First Baptist Church of Byram. Mrs. Palmer was preceded in death by her husbands, Donald Cochran, Sr. and Bobby Palmer, her son, Donald Palmer, Jr, siblings, Cecil Sullivan, Ruth Smith and Inez Shoemak and her parents. She leaves behind her loving children, Doug Palmer and wife Sandy of Brandon, and Greg Palmer of Jackson, three grandchildren, Stephen (Jennifer) Palmer, Angela (Mike) Vincent and Heather (David Paul) McClelland, seven great-granddaughters, many nieces, nephews, extended family and a host of friends. Donations may be made to First Baptist Church Byram to the Children’s Ministry in honor of Mrs. Palmer’s love of children. Online guestbook may be signed at www.chancellorfuneralhome.com