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Note: !Eugie lived in Mendenhall, MS, Simpson Co, the greater part of his l
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other than a period of two or three years when he worked and lived in New
Orleans, Louisiana, working on the MS River loading and unloading boats, under
the supervision of Grady White, Aunt't Geneva Gates Donigan White's husband.
Eugie built his home, with the help of Uncle Willie Gates, on Tarapin Creek,
near the Poplar Springs Baptist Church and lived there all of his married
life. He worked as a Policeman in Mendenhall and later as a night guard and
policeman at the Sanitorium until his retirement. He and Irene have no
children. He had been ill several years with an infection on his leg
resulting from diabetes. He died after having planted several tomatoes in hisgarden and had just sat down at the dinner table while Irene, his wife, was
preparing his supper at approximately 6:30 PM. He was pronounced dead upon
arrival at the Mendenhall Hospital. Eugie was in state at the Upton-Mims
Mitchell Funeral home on Friday evening and was visited by a large score of
friends and relatives. His funeral services were held in the chapel at the
funeral home before internment at the Mendenhall Cemetery. Eugie had earlier
purchased and placed his headstone and that of his wife, Irene Dilmore. There
were many flowers at his burial sent my friends and relatives. My sister,
Billie Jean Drysdale, her husband Dee Drysdale of Sana Bernadino, CA,
flew home for his funeral.
!Obituary, "The Clarion-Ledger," Saturday, May 1, 1993, p 28
Mendenhall: Eugie Thomas Palmer, 82, a retired security guard, died of heart
failure Wednesday at Simpson General Hospital. Services are 11 a.am. today at
Upton Funeral Home with burial in Mendenhall Cemetery.
Mr. Palmer was a mendenhall native. He was a securitgy guard at Boswell
Retgardation Center and had been a mendenhall police officer. He was a member
of Mendenhall First Baptist Church.
Mr. Palmer was widely known for his ability at growing vegetables. "He was really famous for his greens," said nephew Mike Dilmore of Mendenhall. "He sold them byh the bunch so I would you could say when people
bought them, they bought a bunch."
Besides his vegetables business, Mr. Palmer sold used farming equiopment,
Dilmore said.
"He collected odds and ends, fixed up up and resold them," he said. "Everybody knew abouit his trading shop. He loved trading."
"Dilmore said Mr. Palmer particularly enjoyed bargaining with people."
"He loved to get over on people," he said. "If he couldn't get over on a
man, he'd give him somelthing anyway. He always told people that they weren't
going to leave his shop empty handed."
"Al Benton of Brandon, who grew up on a farm next to the Palmers' farm in
Mendenhall, said Mr. Palmer was a hard-working, industustrious person who was
well-liked by everyone."
"But as a child, Mr. Palmer was good at getting out of chores," Benton said.
"My dad was real good at never running out of things for us to do," Benton
said. "Eugie was real good at talking his dad into letting him go out and do
things. He and his brotgher used to alwlays come by on their way to the
swimming hole while we were working and carry on and laugh at us."
"Other survivors include wife Irene; brotgher, John T. Palmer of Santa Rosa,
Calif; and sisters Ruby Lee Murphy of Clifton Forge, VA, and Billie Drysdale of
San Bernadino, Calif.
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