Katherine Doubleday Carvan

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Katherine Doubleday "Susie" Carvan, age 81, passed away Monday, January 29, 2024, at Baptist Memorial hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. 

Funeral services for Susie will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service. 

Susie was born on January 7, 1943 in Yalobusha County, MS. She was a retired seamstress at the former Panola Mills. She enjoyed being outside and staying busy, whether she was tending her chickens, gardening, fishing, or canning fruits and vegetables. Susie found joy in drinking her morning coffee and taking care of others. 

The family left behind to cherish her precious memory include her two children, Vicky Thomas (Don) of Grenada, MS, and Ricky Carvan (Bernita) of Oakland, MS; one sister, Lovell Vance (Bud) of Greenwood, MS; four brothers, Bill Doubleday (Faye) of Oakland, MS, David Doubleday (Cathy) of Batesville, MS; Lewis Doubleday (Linda) of Pope MS, and Barry Lee Doubleday of Oakland, MS; five grandchildren, Les Thomas, Christy Tribble (Josh), Ricky Lyle Carvan, April Long (Charles), and Amanda Nicole Carvan; 9 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. 

She is preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Willie Lee Carvan; and five brothers, Donald Eugene Doubleday, Thomas Doubleday, Joe Doubleday, Jessie Martin Doubleday, and Sam Doubleday. 

In lieu of flowers, any memorial contributions in Susie's honor can be made to the American Cancer Society.