Paula King Obituary

Age - 62

October 6, 2023

Laurel, MS

Paula Diane King, 62 of Laurel, MS passed away Thursday, October 5, 2023, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel, MS. She was born Monday, February 27, 1961, in Laurel, Mississippi. Visitation will be held on Sunday, October 8, 2023, from 5:00PM until 8:00PM at Ellisville Funeral Home in 1204 B Ave, Ellisville, Mississippi. Funeral services will be held on Monday, October 9, 2023, at 10:00AM at Ellisville Funeral Home in Ellisville, Mississippi. Burial will follow in Enon Baptist Church Cemetery in Stringer, MS. Bro. Brent Gilbert will officiate. Ellisville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 601-477-3797 She was preceded in death by her son, Casey L. Westmoreland; father, Gerald R. Windham; mother, Annie J. Spradley Windham; grandson, Cal Westmoreland; brother, James Windham; sister, Blanche Hurtt. Survivors include her son, Cassidy Westmoreland (Bobbie); daughter, Donna Prescott; grandchildren, Sarah Bryson Skinner (Tanner), Meri Cason Prescott, Colby Westmoreland, Cenan Westmoreland, Casey J. Westmoreland, Keyoria Westmoreland, Charles Patrick Culpepper and Natalie Westmoreland; brother, Gerald Wayne Windham (Ann); sisters, Linda Williamson (Allen), Brenda Chapman (Danny). Pallbearers will be Colby Westmoreland, Casey Westmoreland, Malachi Crabtree, Paul Bounds, Tommy Knotts, Jeremy Bray, and Jeremy Graves. An online guestbook may be signed at www. ellisvillefuneralhome. com

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