FLORENCE — Yvette Marie Mangum, 44, died Thursday, May 19, 2011, at home.

Ms. Mangum recently worked for Vicksburg Video Cable Company. She was the director of the Retirement Community Development Program for the Chamber of Commerce in Vicksburg for many years. She loved her family and enjoyed working in the yard. She fought a valiant battle against cancer for over two years.

She is survived by her parents, Robert (Elisabeth) Phillips of Yadkinville, N.C., and Emma (the late John) Edmondson of Moselle; her two daughters, Gabrielle Phillips and Danielle Mangum, both of Vicksburg; her brother, Robert (Cheryl) Phillips of Florence; her granddaughter, Emanuel Phillips; and many nieces and nephews.

An online guestbook may be signed at www.chancellorfuneralhome.com.