Funeral Services for Mrs. Eley D. Entrekin Grady will be held at 2:00pm on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at the Wade Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Grady, age 94, passed away from this life on Monday, March 25, 2019 in Collins. Reverend Dr. Joseph Bird and Reverend Gregory C. Gewin will officiate and Mrs. Janice Shanks will provide the musical service. Interment will follow in Collins Cemetery.

Wade Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers will be Bobby Faler, Greg Gewin, Joe Gewin, Gwen Magee, Stan Pedigo, David Shoemake, and Mark Shoemake. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Eddie Gibson, Dr. Martin Harvey, Frank Williams, and John Clayton Williams.

Eley D. Entrekin Grady was born in Biloxi on February 14, 1925 to John Joseph Entrekin and Amy Ethel Elder Entrekin. Mrs. Grady was the Librarian at the Collins City Library for 30 years. She attended the First Baptist Church of Collins.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father; her husband of 50 years, William Lyndell Grady; a daughter, Diane G. Duskin; 2 sons-in-law; DeWitt T. Allred, III and Cliff Duskin; 2 brothers, Leslie Entrekin and Bob Entrekin; and 3 sisters, Joyce E. William, Rosalie Hanson, and Nell Entrekin.

Survivors include her 4 daughters, Donna G. Gewin (Joe) of Gulfport, Jo G. Shoemake (David ) of Collins, Lynda Grady of Jackson, and Laura G. Mitchell of Starkville; 1 son, William Lyndell Grady, II of Collins; 10 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren, as well a host of other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 12:30pm until 2:00pm at Wade Funeral Home.