James Scroggs
Published 6:00 am Monday, October 27, 2003
Services for James Scroggs of Gillsburg are 2 p.m., Monday, Oct.27, at Johnston Chapel United Methodist Church with burial in thechurch cemetery.
Visitation is Sunday from 5-8 p.m., at Catchings Funeral Home inMcComb, and Monday from noon-2 p.m., at the church.
Mr. Scroggs, 62, died Oct. 25, 2003, at his residence. He wasborn in Athens, Tenn., on April 11, 1941, to Daisy Mae Witt Scroggsand William Arthur Scroggs.
He was a silo builder, and a member of Johnston Chapel UnitedMethodist Church. He was an Army veteran.
Preceding him in death were his parents; a sister, Carrie Eaves;a brother, Elmer Scroggs; and two stepdaughters, Judy and KathyStanford.
Survivors are his wife, Lana Woolheater Stanford Scroggs ofGillsburg; his daughters, Barbara Johnson of Summit, and LindaStanley of Bogue Chitto; his son, Tony Scroggs of Summit; hisstepdaughters, Elizabeth Karrol of Ridgecrest, Calif., andConstance “Connie” Rawlins of McComb; his stepsons, Edwin H.Stanford of Greensburg, La., William “Billy” Stanford of Gillsburg,and David Stanford of McComb; his sisters, Patsy Johnson of Athens,and Estelleen Gardner and Cora Belle Campbell, both of Riceville,Tenn.; his brother, Cletus Scroggs of Brookhaven; 25 grandchildren;five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Horizon Hospice, 140 N. Fifth St.,Suite B, McComb, MS 39648.