Jewel Yates Blakely

March 31, 1939 - December 18, 2020

Services for Jewel Yates Blakely will be held Sunday, December 20, 2020 2:00 PM graveside in Odd Fellows East Cemetery with Wilton Neal officiating.

Mrs. Blakely, age 81, died on Friday, December 18, 2020 at her residence in Brandon.

She was born on March 31, 1939 in Leflore County, MS, to the late Melvin and Berta Loper Yates. She was a graduate of Greenwood High School and worked for many years as a bookkeeper for Mims Oil Company in Greenwood. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Bruce Allen Blakely, Sr., two brothers, and a sister.

She is survived by her daughter, Wanda Ingersoll of Brandon, MS; three sons, Bruce Blakely, Jr. of Madison, MS, Paul Blakely of Brandon, MS, and Charles Blakely of Greenwood, MS; two sisters, Jo Ann Ingersoll of Shalimar, FL, and Maurice Brownlee of Anniston, AL; and two grandchildren, Landyn Blakely, and Reid Blakely.

Williams and Lord Funeral Home is in charge.  Online guest book may be signed at www.williamsandlord.com