Nellie Marie Cline, 85, passed from this life on Saturday, July 30, 2016, at her residence in Hazlehurst, MS. Visitation will take place at New Beginnings Church, Martinsville Exit, Hazlehurst, MS on Sunday, July 31, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, with the funeral taking place at the same location on Monday, August 1, 2016 at 10 AM. She will lie in state from 9 AM till the time of the service. Bro. Eddie Maher, Bro. John Eschete and Bro. Chad Ainsworth will be officiating the services. Brookhaven Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Cline was born on February 25, 1931 to Quintus Barlow and F. L. Bland Barlow in Copiah County, MS. She was retired as a dispatcher from the Copiah County Sheriff's Office. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Russell Earl Cline; sons Ronnie Cline and Larry Cline; granddaughter Cindy Cloy; sisters, Emma Mae Holder and Helen Munn; brother Son Barlow and son in law Paul Brooks.

Survivors are her daughter, Peggy Brooks; sons Jerry "Fuzzy" Cline and wife Valerie and Timmy Munn, all of Hazlehurst, MS; daughter in law Christine Cloy; grandchildren Rusty Cline, Mitzi Jordan, Ashlea Brooks Hutchinson, Brandon Brooks, Crystal Cloy Willson, Travis Cloy, Leigha Huff and Casey Cline; 21 great grandchildren and I great great grandson; sisters, Elizabeth Barlow and Eva Norton.