BRENDA K. HARVEY, 77, A RESIDENT OF SUMMIT, MISSISSIPPI PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HER HOME SURRONDED BY FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. HER LIFE AND  VICTORY OVER ALZHEIMER'S

WILL BE CELEBRATED BY VISITATION ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER  30 ^TH , FROM 12 PM TO 1 PM AT NEW HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH IN SUMMIT WITH SERVICES TO FOLLOW. BURIAL WILL BE AT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY IN LIBERTY.

BRENDA WAS BORN APRIL 28, 1945 IN BATON ROUGE , LOUISIANA TO THE LATE VIRGINIA "DINAH"

KIRKLAND AND BENTON LOUIS (B.L.) KIRKLAND. SHE GRADUATED FROMLIBERTY ATTENDANCE CENTER WITH HONORS AS VALEDICTORIAN OF HER CLASS. SHE MARRIED HER SOUL MATE EARLY G. HARVEY ON APRIL 17, 1965. SHE RETIRED AS CITY CLERK OF LIBERTY, MISSISSIPPI AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS WHERE SHE ENJOYED TEACHING SUNDAY  SCHOOL  AND SERVING AS CHURCH SECRETARY.

SHE LATER BECAME A MEMBER OF ROMAR BAPTIST CHURCH IN ORANGE BEACH, ALALBAMA UNTIL SHE AND EARLY MOVED TO SUMMIT AND BECAME MEMBERS OF NEW HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHUCH. BRENDA VOLUNTEERED ON SEVERAL MISSION TRIPS TO ROMANIA WHERE SHE MADE MANY  LIFELONG CHRISTIAN FRIENDS. ONE OF HER MOST TREASURED MEMORIES WAS TRAVELING TO ISRAEL TO THE HOLY LAND WITH HER BROTHER RON AND HER NEPHEW DAVY. BRENDA ENJOYED TRAVELING BUT HER PASSION WAS SPENDING TIME WITH HER HUSBAND, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. WHETHER IT WAS SUMMERS BY THE POOL OR A WONDERLAND AT CHRISMASTIME, HER HOME WAS OPEN TO THOSE SHE LOVED.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND, HER TWO CHILDREN GINA BRYAN OF MCCOMB AND GRAY HARVEY OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, ONE SISTER, VICKI HAYS OF KATY, TEXAS, THREE GRANDCHILDREN, TORI HAVLIN (GARY),  CHLOE' GILL (DAN) MELEA COON (ALEX), FIVE GREAT  GRANDCHILDREN, BRYNNLEE, CLARK, JOHN CAGER, BRAXTON, CLARA AND NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS AND EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.

BRENDA IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, ONE SISTER PATSY (PAT) BOYKIN AND TWO BROTHERS DR. RON KIRKLAND AND JAMES (JIMBO) KIRKLAND.

PALLBEARERS WILL BE JASON KIRKLAND , DAN KIRKLAND, ADAM HAYS, JAMIE KIRKLAND, CLAY BOYKIN AND DAN GILL. HONORARY PALLBEARERS  WILL BE ALEX COON, JIM GOODWIN, AND JADEN GATLIN.

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE STAFF AT HOSPICE COMPASSUS FOR THEIR LOVING CARE AND DEVOTION.