Ethel Jean Vance

Ethel Jean Vance, age 82, of Ocean Springs, passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. Ms. Vance, (Grandma or Cookie), born in Bismarck, ND, was a long time resident of Ocean Springs. She was a seamstress at Singer and at 50, she received her Associates Degree in Nursing form MGCCC and later retired as a Registered Nurse. She was a long time volunteer for The Lord is My Help Kitchen and an avid reader. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and friend to all who knew her. Ms. Vance is preceded in death by her parents, Kenneth and Ruth Coffing; her loving and well missed husband of 47 years, Tommy Lee Vance, Sr.; and three daughters, Ruth Ann (Robert) McCoun, Charlotte Jean (Ronnie) Riley, Linda Lee Marie (Thomas) Farris; one daughter in law, Sharon Vance; and two granddaughters, Tammy Tharp and Maudie Riley. Survivors include her sister Patricia Ann Butler; brother, Lloyd Foster Coffing; daughter, Virginia Lynn (Kerry) Brink; two sons, David Lloyd (Maureen) Vance and Tommy Lee (Sharon dec.) Vance, Jr.; and a granddaughter she raised Barbara Michelle McCoun; sister-in-law, Marie Guerard; 26 grandchildren; and numerous great and great-great grandchildren. Services will be held at Christus Victor Lutheran Church, Hwy 90, Ocean Springs on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 1:30 p.m., family and friends may visit up to one hour prior to the service. Interment will immediately follow at Crestlawn Memorial Park, Hwy 90, Ocean Springs. The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.