Geraldine "Gerri" Gardner

Geraldine “Gerri” Ferguson Gardner, age 88, passed away on Tuesday, June 25 2019 at St. Dominic Hospital.

Visitation will be on Thursday, June 27, 2019 from 5:00pm till 7:00pm at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Funeral services will be on Friday, June 28, 2019 at 11:00am at Brandon Baptist Church with visitation starting at 10:00am till service time at the church. Dr. Clarence Cooper and Rev. Gayden Harrell officiating. Graveside services will follow at 1:30pm at Mayton Cemetery in Puckett, MS.

She was preceded in death by two siblings, Casey Hamlet Ferguson, Jr. and Margaret Ruth Tubbs.

Gerri was born in Fern Springs, MS on October 11, 1930 to the late Casey Hamlet and Amanda Ophelia Kelley Ferguson. She retired from Sanderson and Morrow Insurance Agency. Gerri was a member and past Worthy Matron of the Brandon Chapter #269 Order of the Eastern Star, past Queen of Daughters of the Nile El Kanah #193. She loved to travel and loved her family.

She is survived by her husband of 63 years, E.O. Gardner, Jr.; son, Steve Gardner (Cheryl); sisters, Roma Green and Grace Marrs; grandchildren, Carolyn Marie Wong (Garrett), Catherine Nicole Brown (Jason), and Kevin Andrew Gardner ( Allison); great-grandchildren, Hunter Wong, Alex Wong, Charlie Wong, Cody Brown, and Landon Brown; other relatives and many friends.

Online condolences may be made at www.ottandlee.com.