Barbara Jernigan
Posted: August 17, 2018
SHUQUALAK — Barbara Ann Young Jernigan, 82, died Aug. 16, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Shuqualak Baptist Church with James E. “Jim” Prince and Gerald Butler officiating. Burial will follow at Shuqualak Cemetery. Visitation will be two hours prior to services at the church. Cockrell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Jernigan was born Jan. 16, 1936, in Birmingham, Alabama, to the late Vernon Benton and Mamie Lula Wilson Young. She was a graduate of West End High School and attended Howard College. She was formerly employed as a bank teller and was a member of Shuqualak Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her infant son, Aubry C. Jernigan Jr. She is survived by her husband, Aubry C. Jernigan; daughter, Allison Jernigan Newell of Meridian; sons, Doug Jernigan of Meridian and Mike Jernigan of Sardis; sister, Phyllis Gail Prince of Philadelphia; and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Eric Prince, Phillip Prince, Joseph Jernigan, Jake Newell, Doug Jones, Paul Prince, Joshua Jones and Bradley Clyde Poole. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.