Janis Pilgrim

Services for Janis Pilgrim will be held Saturday, March 14, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. from Neshoba Baptist Church in Neshoba County with Rev. Byron Howell and Rev. Michael Duff officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, March 13, 2020, from 5 until 8 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home and one hour prior to service at the church. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Pilgrim, 69, of Union, died Thursday, March 12, 2020, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. A native of Newton County, she was a resident of Neshoba County for most of her adult life. She worked as a LPN for Hilltop Manor Nursing Home for 20 years until she retired. She loved and enjoyed being a grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed working in her yard and her flowers, and loved riding around tending to her flowers with her pet Lucy. Mrs. Pilgrim was a member of Neshoba Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 46 ½ years, Dwight Pilgrim; daughter, Leanne Hollingsworth (David), son, Todd Pilgrim (Kristie), all of Union; grandchildren, Tyler Hollingsworth, Zach Hollingsworth, Macie Pilgrim and Mason Pilgrim; great-grandchildren, Sawyer and Bryer Hollingsworth, one great-grandchild on the way; and a host of nieces and nephews. Mrs. Pilgrim was preceded in death by parents, James Holder and Dot Holder Pinter; and sister, Cathy Rayner. Pallbearers are Tyler Hollingsworth, Zach Hollingsworth, John Stringer, Skyler Stringer, Joey Pilgrim, Ty Pilgrim, Mason Pilgrim and Luke Rayner.