Virginia Lane Hite

Virginia Lane Hite, 85, a retired nurse with The Women’s Clinic and of Tuscumbia, Ala., and formally of Clarksdale, passed away Friday, July 3, 2020 at home.

Visitation is 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 11, 2020 at Riverside Baptist Church in Clarksdale. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Saturday, July 11, 2020 at Riverside Baptist Church in Clarksdale. Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale, MS is handling the arrangements.

Survivors include: son Griffin A. Hite (Cora) of Tuscumbia, Ala.; two daughters Marcia Stillions (Sandy) of Clarksdale, Jackie W. Strawbridge (Robert) of Cleveland; brother Sammy Steve "Butch" Griffin (Dianne) of Hendersonville, Tenn.; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by husband Jack Henderson Wilkinson; parents Grover Garfield Griffin and Ida Evelyn Crowe Griffin; son Judge Marcellas Wilkinson; sister Bernice Ferguson; brothers John W. Griffin, Douglas Griffin.

Memorials may be sent to Riverside Baptist Church at 135 E. Lee Drive, Clarksdale, MS 38614.