Lucille Matthews Sessums departed this life on July 9, 2011, in Vicksburg. She was born in Scott County, Miss., on Jan. 7, 1923.

She retired from the Mississippi State Department of Welfare in Port Gibson. She was a devoted wife to her husband, Herman M. Sessums, who preceded her in death.

She is survived by two sons, David M. Sessums of Vicksburg and Gary M. Sessums of Washington, D.C.; a brother, Edwin Mitchell Matthews and Martha Matthews of Forest; grandchildren, John David Sessums and Kristin Sessums of Gautier, Eric Allen Sessums of Hattiesburg and Brian Tyler Sessums of Vicksburg; and two great-grandchildren, Molly Elizabeth Sessums and Emily Ann Sessums of Gautier.

Graveside services were at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery in Forest.