Mary Tharp Steed, 80, of Drew, MS, died Thursday, August 29, 2024 at AMG Specialty Hospital in Batesville, MS. Services will be 1:00 PM Sunday, September 1, 2024 at Walton Chapel Church of God in Minter City, MS, With visitation 11:00 PM until service time at the church. Burial will be in Rome (Tharp) Cemetery in Rome, MS. Rev. Linnie Maples will officiate the services.

Mrs. Steed was born August 27, 1944 to the late Robert Earnest Tharp and Leona Upchurch Tharp. She was a graduate of Drew High School and retired from the Mississippi Department of Corrections as a payroll clerk. She was a member of the Walton Chapel Church of God. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Kenneth Steed; sisters, Mildred Stone and Janie Kelly; and brothers, Robert Tharp, Doyle Tharp, and Harold Tharp.

She is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Pugh (T.J. Browning) of Lyon, MS; grandchildren, Kaitlin Pugh, Timothy Browning, Madison Gilbert (Wendell), and Colby Pugh; and great grandchildren, Noah Smith, Landon Gray, and one on the way.

Pallbearers will be T. J. Browning, Eli Maples, John Casey, Joel Kyle, Chance Robinson, and Byron Holden

Williams and Lord Funeral Home is in charge.