Obituaries

Susan Evelyn Mitchell

Born Mar 9 1933 in Lebanon, PA, she was the daughter of the late LeRoy and Mary Elizabeth Scott Hain. She was an IT Programming Manager for the Federal Government in Washington, D.C.

Surviving are daughter Patti A. Basham; son Scott G. Stoltzfus; four grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren.

Contributions can be made in her name to the Leukemia Research Foundation, 820 Davis St., Suite 420, Evanston, IL 60201 or Hospice Foundation of America, 12000 Biscayne Blvd., #505, Miami Beach, FL 33181. Her memorial service will be private.

Nancy Burgin Basham

Visitation for Mrs. Basham will be Wednesday, August 25, 2004, from 1-2:30 p.m. at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004, in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Sammy Crawford officiating. Interment will be in Mayhew Cemetery, Mayhew, MS, with Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS, directing.

Mrs. Basham was born Aug. 30, 1922, in Columbus, MS, to the late William G. and Susie Will Gunter Burgin. As a young girl, Nancy also lived in Louisiana and California before the family returned to Mayhew, MS. Upon returning to Mayhew, the family constructed a new home at Thousand Oaks, just east of Starkville, MS. Nancy was a graduate of Starkville High School and Mississippi State College for Women. Following graduation from the “W,” she moved to Falls Church, VA, to work for the Federal Government and the war effort. She retired after over 50 years of employment with the National Security Agency in Washington, D.C., and returned home again a few years ago. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her loving husband, Ardis V. Basham, and her brother, William G. Burgin, Jr.

Nancy is survived by her stepmother, Nancy Henderson Burgin of Bells, TN; a brother, John Ramond Burgin of Big Stone Gap, VA; a sister, Jane Burgin Cox of Memphis, TN; sister-in-law, Catherine Harrison Burgin of Columbus, MS; nieces, Helen Burgin Jensen of Shaker Heights, OH, and Catherine Burgin Kola of Kent, OH; nephews, William G. Burgin, II of Greensboro, NC, Robert M. Burgin of Floyd, VA, John Ramond Burgin, Jr. of Chicago, IL, Ronny Harrison and William H. (Billy) Harrison, both of Columbus, and Richard Powell of Stafford, TX. She will also be missed by numerous grand-nieces and grand-nephews, as well as very special friends, Richard and Debbie Pearce of the Washington, D.C. area.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS, 39703-0746, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.