Ella Mae Tisdale Catchings
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Ella Mae Tisdale Catchings, 81, peacefully passed from this Earthly Home of Life, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, at NMMC in Tupelo, in order to enter into her Home of Glory. She was born August 21, 1939, to the late Jesse Gillon & Ethel Lou Gillon Armstrong. She was a member of Miracle Revival Center Holiness Church, attended West Amory High School. She loved & enjoyed watching the ball games, (The LA Lakers, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Mississippi State. She also enjoyed reading, studying the Holy Bible, and watching Christian programs on TV. She loved her church family and served as the Church Secretary for many years. She was one of the Mother's of the Church. At one time she was out in the world, but when the Lord called her in, she truly gave it her all.
A Homegoing Graveside Memorial Service Honoring Sister & Mother Catchings Life will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 17, 2020, at Masonic Cemetery with her beloved Bishop Keith Tisdale officiating.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5:00 p.m. and the family hour from 5 to 6:00 p.m. at Susie L. Darden Memorial Chapel today. Darden & Sons Funeral home is in charge of the final arrangements.
She is survived by three sons, Thedrick (Linda) Tisdale of Amory, Bishop Keith (Rachel) Tisdale of Meridian, and Luther (Deon) Catchings of Murrieta, CA; three daughters, Cynthia Ann Tisdale of Lawrenceville, GA, Vickie (Mike) Williams of Jackson, and Vivian (Robert) Pargo of Amory; two sisters, Bishop Corine Shumpert of Amory, and Louise Northington of Mt. Zion, IL.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ellis Catchings, three brothers, Robert Johnson, Jr, William Henry "Moonshine" Reed and Theodus Gillion, Sr, two sisters, Catherine Gillon Hill and Jessie Gillon Moore; Ellis Catchings, Jr, and Paulette Tisdale