Joyce “Sally” Crump Holmes

CARTHAGE — Joyce “Sally” Crump Holmes, 81, of Joaquin, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in Carthage. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 13, 2026, at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. Bro. Haagon Lister will officiate. Interment will follow at Sholar Cemetery in Joaquin. Pallbearers will be Cole Gray, Wyatt Hairgrove, Tristan Hairgrove, Abram Hairgrove, Tate Obregon, Maddox Hutchins, and Kain Yates. Honorary pallbearers will be Dane Whiddon, Charles Rutherford, and Roger Rutherford. Born September 9, 1945, in the Logan Community of Panola County, Sally is the daughter of Clarence Bernard Rutherford and Fettie Vashtie Adams Rutherford. She was an avid reader, an excellent seamstress, and she also enjoyed hunting. Sally was a self-taught interior designer, and if you live in or around Shelby County, she likely hung your wallpaper. Sally was a member of R. B.

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