Bernice Hartfield
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A funeral service celebrating the life of Mrs. Melissa Bernice Stuart Hartfield of Purvis, Mississippi, will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, October 2, 2020 at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Purvis. A graveside ceremony will follow at Boone Cemetery.
Mrs. Hartfield was born on February 18, 1938, and passed from this life on September 29, 2020 at the age of 82. A native of Pine, Louisiana and alumna of Pine High School and Southeastern Louisiana University, Mrs. Hartfield used her bachelor's degree in home economics in all parts of her life, first and foremost as a wife, mother and grandmother, and occasionally as a teacher at Purvis High School. A faithful member of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Mrs. Hartfield supported her church community throughout her life.
Mrs. Hartfield was preceded in death by her natural parents Robert Harvey Stuart and Mary Geneva Lewis Stuart, and her adopted parents Reverend James Stuart and Melissa Thomas Stuart, as well as her brothers Joseph, Lavon, Edward Earl, Cecil, and Douglas. Survivors include her husband, Roy Hartfield Sr. of Purvis; her three children, Vialla Hartfield-M?ndez (Huga M?ndez) of Decatur Georgia, Roy Hartfield, Jr. of Auburn, Alabama, and Stuart Hartfield (Nancy) of Harvest, Alabama; her grandchildren, Alexandra M?ndez, Elizabeth Hartfield, Walker Hartfield, Kate Hartfield, Jesse Hartfield, Jonathan Hartfield, and Joshua Hartfield, and her sister Rita Stuart Wood.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Tabernacle Baptist Church.