Essie Pullins

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, November 17, 2009

NATCHEZ — Services for Essie Mae Riley Pullins, 59, who died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at Southwest Regional Hospital in McComb, will be at 1 p.m. today at Milford Baptist Church with the Rev. Eddie Alsworth officiating.

Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Robert D. Mackel and Sons Funeral Home.

Mrs. Pullins was born July 28, 1950, in Detroit, the daughter of Riley Sr. and Malrea M. Montgomery.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include her husband, Horace Pullins Jr. of Detroit; four sons, Reuben Riley, Horace Pullins III and Maurice Pullins, all of Natchez, and Terrance Pullins of Baton Rouge; two daughters, Tiffany Pullins and Tiheshia Pullins, both of Natchez; 14 grandchildren; special friend, Will T. Tenner; and a number of relatives and friends.