Judy Rawls

Judy Rawls
July 5, 1933 – July 27, 2024
Judy Magee Laird Rawls died July 27, 2024. She was born July 5, 1933, in Tylertown to Hallie Reginald Magee and Evie Crowe Magee. She was preceded in death by her parents and husbands Dorroh Laird, and Winford Rawls.
Her first job was as a bookkeeper with Jewel Simmons’ motor company. In Dec. 1951, she married her husband Dorroh and became the bookkeeper at Laird Motor Co. for 46 years until its closure in 1996. They reared one daughter, and three grandsons in the Knoxo community, where she played the piano and organ in Knoxo Baptist Church. In 1961, she was initiated into the Order of the Eastern Star, Tylertown Chapter no. 165. She took care of the books for the Little League and Dixie Youth for many years. As an ambassador for Laird Motor Co., she and Brenda traveled to various Nissan events including but not limited to the Nissan plant in Tennessee, Hawaii and California.
After Dorroh’s death she became a member of the Tylertown Baptist Church where she enjoyed singing in the choir and Wednesday afternoon activities. Years later she married Winford Rawls, and they attended the Tylertown Methodist Church until his death. They enjoyed traveling with several cruises to Alaska, the Caribbean, and visiting his family in the mountains of North Carolina. For 16 years she worked with Livestock Producers.
She is survived by her daughter, Brenda Laird Ingram, three grandsons, Chris Laird, Jim Ingram (Lisa) and Nicolas Ingram; and two great grandchildren, AvaLeigh and A J Ingram; cousins Jean Richmond Hinman and Steve Magee (Alee) and Jeanne Burris and Dennis Crowe (JoAnn; and two brothers and sisters in law, Dr. Dorman and Henrietta Laird, and Duel and Alma Laird.
Funeral services were Aug. 1, 2024, at Capps Funeral Home, with Dr. Dorman Laird officiating, interment at the Tylertown Cemetery.
Pallbearers were her nephews, Mike Laird, Kenneth Laird, Jessie Laird, Everett Laird, Jace Laird, Andy Dillon and Chess Jackson. Honorary pallbearers were Hal Holloway, Chris Mitchell, Chad Parish, Mike Pigott, Bill Pendleton, and Joe Stinson.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to the Baptist Children’s Village, PO Box 27, Clinton MS 39060-0027, or to the University Medical Center, Children’s of Mississippi, PO Box 22789, Jackson, MS 39225-2789.
Capps Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. An online guestbook may be signed at www.hartmanhughesfuneralhome.com