Georgia Pearline McBroom

Published 12:00 am Sunday, April 18, 2010

BATON ROUGE — Georgia Pearline McBroom, 84, passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2010, at a retirement center in Baton Rouge, La.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 19, 2010, at Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home in Vicksburg with the Rev. David Harrison officiating.

Burial will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the hour of service.

Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home of Vicksburg, Miss., is in charge of arrangements; 601-636-7373.

Mrs. McBroom came to Vicksburg at an early age. She worked for Broom’s Florist for 15 years and at Cassino’s Florist for several years. She has made her home in Baton Rouge for the last five years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ruth Stewart and Clarence Carlisle; her husband, Wesley Earl McBroom Jr.; her daughter, Linda G. McBroom; her brothers, Jeff Carlisle and William Carlisle; and her sister, Maxine H. Diego.

Survivors include a daughter, Judy Swan (Dan) of Baton Rouge; granddaughter, Abigail C. Swan of Baton Rouge; brothers, James Stewart of Philadelphia, Miss., and Dr. Albert Roy Stewart of Daleville, Ala.; and many nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Douglas Tanner, Benjamin Dutsch, Charles Hearn, Rusty Haydel, Milton Butler Jr. and George R. Swan.

Honorary pallbearers will be Kenny Johnson and Willie O. Scott.