Funeral services for Mrs. Nell Strong Speights will be on Friday, June 22, 2018, at Brookhaven Funeral Home (894 Natchez Drive) in Brookhaven, MS at 3:00 PM with burial to follow in the Riverwood Cemetery. Bro. Greg Warnock will be officiating the services. Visitation will be at Brookhaven Funeral Home on Thursday, June 21, 2018, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and on Friday, June 22, from 2:00 PM until 3:00 PM.

Mrs. Speights, 90, of Brookhaven, MS, passed from this life on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at her residence. She was born on October 21, 1927 in Dentville, MS, to Liston Strong and Ettie Barker Strong. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Brookhaven since 1949, the M.R.S.S. Club, Beta Sigma Phi, and the Business Women's Club. She enjoyed working in her yard, walking, and visiting with her neighbors and friends. She was a loving mother and grandmother.

Preceding her in death were her husband James Litt Speights; her parents and her step-father, David Alonzo Perkins; her sisters, Alice Strong and Mae Kirkland; and her 3 brothers, James Strong, Lon Strong, and L. J. Strong.

Survivors are her daughter, Connie Dunn and husband David; grandchildren, Garrett Dunn and wife Hollie Turpin Dunn, Misty Dunn, and Laina Dunn; and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.

The family would like to especially thank Hospice Ministries of Brookhaven and her caregivers who have been by her side, Velmon Chatmon, Teresa Dees, Beverly Britt, and Pat Newman.

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