Funeral services were held December 17, 2014, at Saulters Moore Funeral Chapel for Mrs. Cecil Louise Kirkley, age 88, of Prentiss, MS, who passed away December 14, 2014, at her residence in Prentiss. Interment followed in King Family Cemetery in Bassfield, MS.

Rev. D.R. Buckley and Rev. Glenn Hilton officiated. Serving as pallbearers were Craig Kirkley, Mark King, Kyle Smith, Bo Graves, Jason Graves, and Joseph Graves. Saulters-Moore Funeral Home of Prentiss handled all arrangements.

Mrs. Cecil Kirkley was born on September 12, 1926, in Jefferson Davis County, MS. She was the daughter Charlie King and Ollie Fales King. She was a homemaker and a member of Prentiss Apostolic Church.

Mrs. Kirkley is survived by two sons: J.V. Kirkley and wife, Nancy of Silver Creek, MS and Jerry Kirkley and wife, Marie, of Prentiss, MS; eight grandchildren, Angela Hayes, Amy Smith, Melissa Nicole Kirkley, Melody Smith, Rebecca Lee, Charity Smith, Diana Kirkley, Jerry Kirkley, Jr.; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jessie Kirkley; four brothers and three sisters.