Mrs. Deborah Susan Butler Kilgore, 63, of Gore Springs, passed away Monday, February 1, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Memphis.  She was born June 8, 1957 in Webster County to Elliott Cleo and Bessie Wilda Spruill Butler.  Debbie taught school in the Grenada School District for 33 years, retiring in 2004.  As a teacher, she touched the lives of many children through the years.  She enjoyed cooking, shopping and taking care of her family, especially her granddaughters.

A private, family memorial service will be held Friday at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service.

Survivors include her husband, William David Kilgore, Sr.; daughter, Lauren Elizabeth Jenkins(Chris) of Water Valley; son, Kenneth Randle Poss of Nashville, TN; step-son, William David Kilgore, II (Amy) of Holcomb; two wonderful granddaughters, Addyson Grace Kilgore and Hayden Quinn Jenkins; sister, Martha Lou Taylor of Alabama; and the father of her children, Dr. Randy Poss.

She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, James Elliott Butler, Lynn Jennette McMullen and Peggie Marie Butler.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com .

Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).