Our beloved mother and grandmother, Alma June McGehee of Thaxton, Ms., passed away peacefully April 12, 2024, at the age of 90 in hospice care at Union County Health and Rehab Center in New Albany, MS.

She was born November 23, 1933, in Ecru, Mississippi to Burrell Gibson and Birdie Estelle Winfield. On August 8th, 1952, she married Travis Glen McGehee. They made their first home in Memphis TN and later moved to Thaxton in 1969 before his passing in 2016.

Alma June leaves behind three sons Paul Glenn McGehee and his wife Jum of Thaxton, Dennis Blake McGehee and his wife Connie of Washougal WA, Bruce Edward McGehee and his wife Mitsuko of Luray KS; five grandchildren Hollie McGehee Smith and her husband Ray, Justin McGehee and his wife Jenny, Carrie McGehee, Emily Hoffas, and Wyatt McGehee; two great-grandchildren Carter and Abigail Smith. She was the oldest of seven children and is survived by her six siblings Robbie Barham, Betty Bullard, Donald Winfield, Jack Winfield, Glenda Brown, and Patricia Brown.

Shortly after their marriage, she joined her husband Travis in Germany while he was in the U.S. Army where they resided until just before their oldest son was born. After the youngest of her three sons was born, she took a job in customer service with Memphis Light Gas and Water. In 1969, she and her family moved to Thaxton fulfilling a dream of returning to country life. After her youngest son went off to college, she decided to go back to school herself and successfully completed the course work to become a Licensed Professional Nurse, an accomplishment that she was extremely proud of and a job that she did for many years with distinction and highest possible standards. During all of her working years, she also worked extremely hard at being a homemaker and a good mother to her sons. She was exceedingly skilled at putting an amazing meal on the table whether it was for those of us that lived there or a large family gathering. If you went hungry at her house, it wasn't because there was not a surplus of good food prepared.

She also always displayed a deep abiding love for animals both wild and domestic. Having been a child of the great depression she simply could not stand the thought of any of God's creatures going hungry and went to great lengths to ensure as many as she could provide for were not only well fed but fed the things they most loved.

A private memorial service is to be held on the family property overlooking a spring, that in anyone's memory, has never stopped flowing. Per her longtime wishes, her remains are being cremated and will be comingled with the cremated remains of her late husband before

scattering upon the earth overlooking the spring she long adored. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.