Ridgeland- Formally from Woodland- Mrs. Charlotte Deloris M ^c Cullough M ^c Quary, 92, passed away June 19, 2019 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Visitation will be Saturday, June 22, 2019 from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M., at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Woodland, Mississippi. Funeral Service will be at 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Woodland, MS with Rev. Danny Bryant, Rev. Rob Faulk and Dr. Wade Mathis officiating. Houston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

She was born July 8, 1926 in Algoma, Mississippi to John Thomas M ^c Cullough and Mary Edith Chrestman M ^c Cullough. She was a retired business schoolteacher for 39 years.

Woodland resident Charlotte M ^c Cullough M ^c Quary will be inducted into Holmes Community College Hall of Fame during the awards banquet help Sept. 29 as part of homecoming celebrations. When Mrs. M ^c Quary graduated from Holmes in 1946, the world was a very different place from what it had been when she entered as a freshman in the fall of 1944.  Describing the difference in the campus between her freshman and sophomore years, M ^c Quary said, "World War II had just ended. The Veterans swarmed the campus, causing great excitement among the girls. The campus was never the same."

While at Holmes, she met her husband, Doyle M ^c Quary, who had been serving in the South Pacific with the Marines while she was a freshman at Holmes. Together, they shared 49 ½ years, two daughters, six grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

However, one thing stayed constant for the Houlka native; her talent for basketball and her love for the sport. Selected an All-Star forward both her freshman and sophomore years, she was voted Most Athletic Girl by the student body in 1946.

She was also a member of the Women's Athletic Association. She and her teammates brought home the Junior College Basketball Championship trophy in 1945 and were second in the state the following year. As with any team, the coaches were instrumental; in the Lady Bulldogs success. M ^c Quary remembers Ras Branch and Frank Branch as coaches 'who taught us with great skill, patience and dedication how to play the game."

After Holmes, M ^c Quary Continued her education at Memphis State College, where she received a bachelor's degree in business education. When M ^c Quary began her teaching career in Tippah County, she used the coaching skills she had learned from the Branches to coach the girls' basketball team at Dumas High School and the softball team at Falkner. She taught business education for both schools. After five years, she and her husband, who was also a coach, left Tippah County and moved to Chickasaw County.

M ^c Quary taught at Woodland High School for 15 years and Houston High School for 19 years. In addition to her teaching duties, she also served as senior class sponsor, coached senior class plays, chaperoned senior class trips, served as chairperson of homecoming activities, assisted and planned graduation programs, served as school yearbook and newspaper sponsor, band parent and band chaperone. She also served as recording secretary of the County Teachers Association, which included all the schools in both Tippah County, and Chickasaw County.

She was a charter member of the Mississippi Pi Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honor society for women in education and has served as recording secretary, corresponding secretary and as chairperson of the scholarship committee. She has served three terms as president of the Delphian Club, a civic organization. She has also served as recording secretary of the group.

A member of Trace Regional Auxiliary in Houston, she has given over 2500 hours of volunteer service and has served as vice-president and chairperson of the Luncheon and scholarship committees for this organization. She was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Woodland, where she has served as Sundays School and Training Union teacher, Bible School teachers and chairperson of the nominating committee for church teachers and workers. She also served as chairperson of the hostess committee.

Her daughter, Lisa, is a teacher at Leake Academy in Madden. She and her husband, Dr. Rudy Posey reside in Philadelphia with their four daughters. Her daughter, Amy is a registered nurse with St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson. She lives in Brandon with her husband, James Barrett, and their son and daughter.

Mrs. M ^c Quary is survived by her two daughters, Lisa Deloris M ^c Quary (Dr. Rudy) Posey of Philadelphia, and Amy Renee M ^c Quary (James) Barrett of Brandon; her sisters, Annie "Ann" Laura Ellis of Mathiston, and Patsy Louise M ^c Cullough Lusty of Houlka; her six grandchildren, Paige Posey (Will) King, Anna Lisa Posey (Bryan) Truett, Meagan Posey (Jeremy) Miller, Dees Posey (Blake) Rome, James Zachary Barrett, and Amy Caroline Barrett; and her 7 great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, John Thomas M ^c Cullough and Mary Edith M ^c Cullough; her   husband of 49 ½ years, Doyle Morris M ^c Quary, who died December 21, 1995; her sisters, Peggy Jade, Bonnie Jolene Little, and Mary Alice Robinson; her brothers, John Thomas M ^c Cullough and Bill M ^c Cullough.

Pallbearers will be Zack Barrett, Kim Jade, Steve Lusty, Glen Vance, John Robert Woodruff, Harold Dendy, George Washington, Larry McQuary, and Gary McQuary.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Mildred Washington, Martha Rose Smith, Sarah Woodruff, Phyllis Nelson, Carolyn Irwin, and Brenda Woodruff.

Memorials may be made to:

Pleasant Ride Baptist Church or Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Fund

906 Co Rd 416

Woodland, MS 39776

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