Mrs. Miyo Oshiro Heggins died on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at Merit Health River-Region Medical Center. She was 85.

Mrs. Heggins was born on Oc. 20, 1933, in Itoman Okinawa, Japan, to her parents Gisei and Tsuru Oshiro. She had resided in Vicksburg since 1972 where she was the owner-operator of the Discount Furniture Barn. She loved her grandkids and enjoyed shopping and taking vacations.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry G. Heggins, Sr.; her parents and several brothers and sisters.

She is survived by her sons, Shigeru Heggins and John H. Heggins (Suzanne) of Vicksburg; daughter, Mary Landers (Ralph) of Vicksburg; brothers, Gijin Oshiro, Gemei Oshiro and Gihan Oshiro, all of Okinawa, Japan; grandchildren, Maggie Heggins, Mollie King, Courtney L. Hauptman (Jonathan), Haley Heggins, Madison Heggins and Casey Landers; great-grandchildren, Jordan McClelland, Jackson Brooks, Alex Brooks, Keegan King and Hart Keys.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at Glenwood Funeral Home, with the Rev. Roger Creswell officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday until the hour of the service.

Pallbearers will be James Purvis, Sr., Tommy Ray Berryhill, Terry Easterling, James Purvis, Jr., Seth Carpenter and Cody Zimmerman. Honorary pallbearers will be T. D. Easterling, William Tyler, Glenn McKay and Billy Joe Heggins.

Memorials may be made to Vicksburg Catholic Schools and Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital.