Ann McLendon

ANN McLENDON Tupelo - Ann Lumpkin McLendon, 92, died Monday, July 9, 2012 at the Martin House at Traceway. She was born June 22, 1920 to Houston and Chester Dare Lumpkin of Tupelo. She met her husband Larry in 1939 at Riley's Jewelers in Tupelo. They married in 1942 and they were married sixty-two years before his death in September 2004. She was a wonderful Christian wife and mother as well as a homemaker and member of the First Christian Church. Services will be 2 p.m., Saturday, July 14, 2012 at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors. Burial will be at Tupelo Memorial Park. Survivors include one son, Larry L. McLendon, III of Tupelo; one sister, Doris Gooden of Tucson, Arizona; many loved nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry L. McLendon, Jr.; two brothers, Elford Lumpkin and Houston Lumpkin, Jr.; three sisters, Margaret Martin, Katherine Jones and Nell Snipes. Visitation will be Saturday from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com