Catherine Chessor

Catherine “Mama Cat” Chessor, 76, of Union City died March 28, 2017, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dale True officiating.
Entombment will follow at Fremont Cemetery.
The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Kyle Chessor, Gene Scurlock, Chris Scurlock, David Kay, Lester Galbraith and Glenn Reed.
Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Siglow, Charles Murphy and Lloyd Hunter.
The family requests memorials be made to Old Country Church, 263 West Highway 22, Union City TN 38261.
She was born Jan. 5, 1941, in Ridgely, the daughter of the late Chess and Katie (Lancaster) Hood. She married the Rev. Johnny Chessor July 3, 1955. He survives. She was the retired owner/operator of Mama Cat’s Daycare. She was a member of Old Country Church.
She is also survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Tammy and David Gray of Ridgely; two sons and her daughter-in-law, Kenny and Mary Chessor of Finley and John Chessor of Union City; five grandchildren and their spouses, Johnna and Keith Canada and Kayse and Allen Rice, all of Dyersburg, Kyle and Jamie Chessor of Arlington, Kayla and Richard Dawson of Halls and Anna Kathryn and Josh Nolen of Ridgely; nine great-grandchildren; three sisters and her brother-in-law, Peggy Smyth and Frances and George Leake, all of Minnick, and Kay Faulkner of Trimble; and her brother and sister-in-law, Ray and Donna Hood of Elizabethtown, Ky.
She was also preceded in death by her sister, Pauline Cook; and her brother, Robert Hood.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.