Mary Lee Rome, a Vicksburg resident, passed away Tuesday, April 30, at Shady Lawn Health and Rehab Center following a brief illness. She was 82.

She was a homemaker and member of Zion Travelers M. B. Church.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, Roosevelt Rome, James Rome Jr, and Timothy Barter; her sister, Eloise Ruffin; and her son, Carter Lee Rome.

She is survived by her sons, Anthony Rome and Joel Rome, both of Vicksburg; her daughter, Betty Clark of Vicksburg; her sister, Georgia Lee Jackson, of Oklahoma City; eight grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 5, in the Zion Travelers M.B. Church at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Alfred Lassiter Jr officiating.

Interment will follow in the Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be held Saturday, May 4, in the funeral home from 5 until 6 p.m.