Funeral services for Fannie Lee McGrew will be on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at Brookhaven Funeral Home in Brookhaven, MS at 11:00 AM with burial to follow in Gum Grove Baptist Cemetery in Brookhaven, MS. Brookhaven Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be held at Brookhaven Funeral Home on Friday, March 20, 2026, from 5:00 PM till 8:00 PM.

Fannie Lee McGrew, 86, of Brookhaven, MS gained her wings on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at River Oaks Merit Heath Hospital in Jackson, MS. She was born in Brookhaven, MS on December 13, 1939, to Versie Lee Fauver and Willie Mae Dixon Fauver.

She was a long-time member of Gum Grove Baptist Church in Brookhaven. She worked at several places of employment including Stahl-Urban Manufacturing Plant, Auburn Sportswear, self-employed Dairy Farmer, Kellwood, and at Wal-Mart as a Greeter. She loved her garden with flowers and vegetables throughout her life. She loved Gospel Music and visited many concerts to hear the Word of God.

She loved basketball at West Lincoln and enjoyed playing on a State Championship team when she was in high school.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Versie and Willie Mae Fauver and her brother Donald Ray Fauver.

Survivors are her daughters, Karen McGrew Redd and Martha McGrew; grandchildren, Hedrick Redd, Carly Thompson, Tristan Thompson, and Ashton Thompson; great-grandchildren, Allyson, Aubree, and Kyzer; and her brother Calvin Fauver.

The family would like to offer a thank you to Bristol Hospice staff and River Oaks Merit Health Hospital CVR Unit for their loving and compassionate service.