Lucille Murphy Booth was born to Marvin Murphy and Nora Holmes Murphy on May 18, 1937. She was married to Thomas Allen Booth for fifty-one years before his passing in 2014.

Lucille was a member of the Victory Baptist Church in Mathiston and served as a member of the Eastern Star, Mathiston Chapter until its closure. Upon graduating from high school, at the age of eighteen, she went to work at Wells Lamont where she remained until her retirement. Lucille liked going to the Food Center in Mathiston on Friday nights to play games, cards, and dominoes.

Lucille is survived by a son, Thomas A. (Tom) Booth II (Amy), stepdaughter in law, Kayla Booth, and a step grandson Timothy Allen Booth.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Marvin and Nora Murphy; her husband Thomas Allen Booth; brother Wiiliam Walter Murphy; sister Lola Mae Griffin and stepson Gerry Norman Booth.

A visitation for Mrs. Booth will be held Friday, June 21, 2024, from 6 pm until 8 pm at Wise Reed Funeral Home in Eupora, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 22,2024, at the LaGrange Methodist Church of Mathiston. The Committal service will follow the service in the church. Interment will be held at the LaGrange Church Cemetery in Choctaw County. Brother Marvin Weeks and Brother Vic Nichols will be officiating the services.

Wise Reed Funeral Home will oversee all arrangements