Jana Michelle Walmsley, 32, of Vancleave,MS died on December 7, 2011.
She taught American History at Gautier High School where she was Sponsor of the Student Council and Social Studies Chairperson. She organized the Beauty & Beau Pageant and Homecoming each year. She was a former church board member and worked in the Children and Youth Ministries at Crossroads Church of the Nazarene.
She is preceded in death by her grandparents, William and Marion Walmsley.
She is survived by her parents, Steve and Deborah Walmsley; sister, Stephanie Hayes, grandparents Tommie and Dorothy Manning; loving nephew Ven Hayes; and a host of aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Crossroads Church of the Nazarene in Ocean Springs at 5:00p.m., where friends may visit from 2:00p.m. until service time. Interment will be at Serenity Gardens in Escatawpa, MS at 2:00p.m. on Sunday, December 11, 2011.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like donations to be made to USA Mitchell Cancer Center , 1660 Springhill Ave., Mobile, AL 36609, in memory of Jana Walmsley; attn: to Kelly McCorron and specify Ovarian Cancer Research or St. Joseph Hospice, 1412 44th Avenue, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501.