Ms. Edna Vera Smith Sessums Corder, 90, of Grenada passed away Friday, May 21, 2021.  She was born May 13, 1931 in Tie Plant to John Oliver Smith, Sr. and Vera Frances Boland Smith.  Ms. Corder was a life-long resident of Mississippi except for a short six month period that she resided in Roseburg, Oregon.  She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church where she was a proud member of the church choir.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service with Rev. Ron Sessums officiating.  Interment will follow in the Grenada Memorial Garden.  Family and friends will gather one hour prior to the service Tuesday at McKibben and Guinn.

Survivors include one daughter, Sherron Ann Hester; five sons, Fred Merrell Sessums, III, Ronald Earl Sessums, Alan "Tater" Sessums, Richard Todd Sessums and William Preston Corder; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Fred Merrell Sessums, Jr.; second husband, Charles Preston Corder; two sons, Michael Glenn Sessums, Sr. and Terry Lynn Sessums; and her siblings, Eloise Smith Lee, John Oliver Smith, Jr., James Smith and Billy Smith.

Pallbearers will be Chance Jackson, Zane Jackson, Preston Lee, Bailey Marshall, Cole Sessums and J.J. Storey.

Memorials may be directed to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Shriner's Children's Hospitals.

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).