Joan Blaylock Freely, 82, of Grenada, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on August 12, 2023, exactly one year after her husband of sixty-two years, Donald Freely. Joan was born on August 6, 1941, to Leslie and Pauline Blaylock. She was the oldest of six children. Joan graduated from Derma High School in 1959. She married Donald on September 4, 1959. Joan was an active member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She started her banking career as a teller at Grenada Bank where she was promoted to head teller, branch manager, and Vice President of Training. She enjoyed riding her bicycle, gardening, sewing, tending to her beautiful home, and hosting family events.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 19, 2023, at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Grenada. Interment will follow in the Alva-Parker Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until service time Saturday at Emmanuel Baptist Church.

Survivors include her son, Michael Freely (Jo Anna) of Starkville; daughter, Stephanie Case (Duane) of Hernando; grandchildren Cali Sims, Cole Freely, Colby Freely, Keegan Case, and Cory Freely; and great-grandchildren, David Sims, Isabella Sims, Kylan Sims, and Amelia Sims; sister, Betty Whitt of Calhoun City; brother, Leslie Blaylock, Jr.(Carolyn) of Iuka; sister-in-law, Sheila Freely of Vardaman and a host of other loved ones.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and siblings Charles Blaylock, Jerry Blaylock, and Ida Horton.

Pallbearers will be Cliff Blaylock, John Paul Blaylock, Phillip Blaylock, Michael Cox, Bubba Freely, Don Gober, Robert Hamblin, and Robert Hicks.

Memorials may be directed to Gideons International, the Emmanuel Baptist Church Building Fund, or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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).