The family will receive friends from 12:00pm until 2:00pm on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl, MS. The funeral service will follow at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2023 in the funeral home chapel. There will be no graveside service.
She was born on February 15,1933 in Magee, Mississippi to the late Hilliard Gatha Jones and Evie Lee Waters Jones. Catherine worked with AT&T as an operator for several years before taking time off to be a stay-at-home mom. When she returned to work, she was employed by the Mississippi State Department of Education as an accounting clerk senior. Catherine was a member of Oak Forest Baptist Church for more than 40 years where she worked with nursery care, hospitality, the Women’s Missionary Group and was treasurer of her Sunday School Class. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, and cooking for the many guests she and Harry entertained.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Mitchell Scarborough, brothers Hilton Jones of Mize, MS, and Horace Jones of Pearl, MS, and nephew Stanley Jones.
She is survived by her daughters, Karen Wells (Pepper) and Stacey Lovitt (Todd); grandchildren, Chanda Bridges Rogers (Rhett), Dustin Keith Bridges (Lora), Catherine Lovitt Tuminaro (Josh), Jacob Tanner Lovitt, and Dalton Reece Lovitt; siblings, Shirley Jones Layton, Charles D. Jones (Cecil), and Peggy Jones Hall (Billy) as well as 7 great grandchildren.
Catherine will be deeply missed by so many.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.baldwinleepearl.com for the Scarborough family.
