NATCHEZ — Mrs. Aubrey H. Mulkey, age 82, of Natchez, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, at River Region Medical Center in Vicksburg.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Laird Funeral Home Chapel in Natchez with the Rev. James Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home. Visitation will be tonight, Dec. 2, from 5 until 7 at Laird Funeral Home.

Mrs. Mulkey was born April 21, 1926, in Dumas, Ark. She was the daughter of Benjamin Flournoy Harrison Sr. and Nannie Wood Mason Harrison. She was an active member of Parkway Baptist Church and Sunday school until moving to Vicksburg in 2005 due to health reasons. She worked at the Home Bakery in Natchez for many years and was co-owner and operator of Mamie’s Cupboard.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Robert V. Hodges Sr. and Charles E. Mulkey; her son, Robert V. Hodges Jr.; and her brothers, B.F. Harrison Jr. and Charlie Roy Harrison.

She is survived by her son, Henry Harrison “Hank” Hodges and his wife, Rose, of Vicksburg; two grandchildren, Robert B. “Ben” Hodges and Dianna Rose Hodges, both of Vicksburg; three great-grandchildren, Christina, John-Wilson and Kiley ; a daughter-in-law, Charlene Hodges of Atlanta; a sister, Etha Jenkins of Lewisville, Texas; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Dwayne Dudley, Robert B. Hodges, Bo Dudley, Ray Hamilton, Chris Hamilton and Lloyd Foreman.

Honorary pallbearers will be Eugene Brown, C.B. Windham, Russell Vines, A.K. Moore and C.B. Jones.

Online condolences may be made at www.lairdfh.com.