On Wednesday evening July 5, 2023, Janie Sue Perrigo Settlemires, 93, resident of Ripley, passed away peacefully surrounded by family in the comfort of her home.
Funeral Services for Ms. Settlemires will be at 2 PM Saturday, July 8 in The Heritage Chapel of Ripley Funeral Home with Bro. Doc Shelton officiating. Visitation will be from 11 AM to 2 PM Saturday, July 8 at The Ripley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Spout Springs Cemetery.
Ms. Settlemires was born August 29, 1929, in Prentiss County, the daughter of the late Dudley Elbert and Hattie Ozella Horton Perrigo. She was a 1947 graduate of Pisgah High School and was employed with local manufacturing companies that included Foot Caress and Genesco. A Christian, Ms. Settlemires was known as a “grandmother” to everyone and had an unconditional love for her family. She enjoyed the “simple things” in life, root beer floats, ice-cream, watching birds (especially her hummingbirds), reading, talking on the phone and eating dessert first. She overcame adversity to live her life with meaning and mindfulness that few of us are able to achieve. A “people person”, Ms. Settlemires cared deeply about those around her and interacted with her kindness, sweet spirit and love.
Wonderful memories will continue to be shared by a daughter, Sharon Settlemires, one son, Johnny Settlemires (Jeanette), eight grandchildren, Gerald Barnes, Emily Story (Kameron), Jonathan Holmes, Elise Fyke (Harry), Eric Waldon (Kirstie), Logan Bass, Deven Settlemires (Hannah) and Jon Settlemires, fourteen great-grandchildren, Victoria Grace Waldon, Kassidy Waldon, Kayleigh Waldon and Nicholas Waldon, Kylan (Kelly) and Elyse Story, Kenlea and Dalton Barnes, Lola Fyke, Randal and Weston Bass, Kinsleigh Robinson and Ezra Holmes, one great-great-grandchild, Kamri Jhene’ Story, that she was named after, One son in law, Dale Barnes (Linda), one sister in law, Carolyn Perrigo, and a host of nieces and nephews.
She is also preceded in death by a daughter, Sandra Settlemires, one sister, Margie Lou Mincy, four brothers, James Earl (Pappy), Elbert Hal, Alford Ray (Frog)and Jessie O’Neal Perrigo, two grandsons, Trey Settlemires and Randall Bleu Bass, sister-in-law, Clara Faye Perrigo and the father of her children, Johnnie Birt Settlemires.
The family would like to thank Legacy Hospice and her two special caregivers, Tawan Spight and Ashley Bennett, for their help at home.
Memorials can be made to Spout Springs Cemetery Fund C/O Paula Windham, P.O. Box 419, Ripley, MS 38663.
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