Valerie Coulon Chavis

For many years, she volunteered at the RSVP Senior Citizen Center and at Baptist Memorial Hospital. She also served as an Ambassador for Oxford for a short time.

She was a member of His Harvest Ministries and devoted her life to loving and serving Our Lord Jesus Christ and taught His word to everyone she met, bringing hundreds of people to the Lord.

She is preceded in death by her husband, William T. Chavis “Bill"; her parents August Joseph Coulon "Dan" and Estelle Josephine Coulon Mitchell; her brothers, Willard Lloyd Patrick Coulon, Chandler Anthony Coulon, Joseph Jerome Coulon, Carroll Charles Coulon, Ronald James Coulon and Doyle Frances Coulon; her sister, Elta Lou Coulon; her daughter, Debra A. Ennis; her son, Sterling N. Harris, III; her step-sons, Eric Chavis, Mitch Chavis, Wayne Chavis and Thomas Chavis; and her grandchildren, Weslyn Chavis, Jenny Chavis and Travis Chavis.

She is survived by her daughters, Lisa Harrison (Mark), Myrna Harrison (Mike) and Sherry Harris; also by her son, John Harris; her sister, Ina Coulon Jermyn; her step-brother, Jack Mitchell; 28 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

Visitation from 10am-11am, will be held at Brantley Funeral Home, 6875 Cockrum Street, Olive Branch, Mississippi on Friday, September 19th, followed by a service at from 11am-12pm, officiated by Apostle Eyvone Pastor Harry Smith and Pastor Pam Bowers.

A private graveside service will be held at 1pm for the immediate family at the Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, where she will be buried with her beloved late husband, a proud Atomic War Veteran of our great country.