Marion Grant Pleasant, Jr.

Marion G. Pleasant, 78, died Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland. Visitation will be 5-8pm Monday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram with funeral services 2pm Tuesday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Terry cemetery with full military honors.\ \ A native of Terry, Marion was the son of the late Marion Grant and Lena Mae Pleasant. After graduation from high school, he entered the U.S. Army and served for 22 ½ years. Following retirement from the military, he returned home and worked for Southern Vital Records Center of Flora. Marion enjoyed the simple things of life in his retirement and his greatest joys were his yard and garden, spending time with his family and friends, and attending military reunions with his army friends.\ \ He is preceded in death by his parents and his brother, William D. Pleasant.\ \ He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Vera McNerlin Pleasant; three children, Kathy Lucus, Bill Pleasant (Jenny) and Dianne Walker (Drew); his brother, Albert Pleasant (Gaylyn) and his sister, Frances Mitchell ( Billy C.) and 7 grandchildren\