Hilda Luke

Services will be held Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. from the chapel of McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Visitation will be Tuesday from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at McClain-Hays. Burial will be in the Coy Community cemetery. Rev. Mike Sims will officiate. Mrs. Luke was a native of Noxubee County and a longtime resident of the Coy Community in Kemper County for most of her life. She was employed with Northern Electric in Dekalb for several years; and then went to work for Kemper County Schools for nineteen years. Alongside of her career she was also a cotton and cattle farmer, and most importantly, a homemaker. Hilda was a member of Coy Community Church. She loved God, her husband, her children and their spouses, her grandchildren and great grandchildren, and her church family. Survivors include her daughters; Linda (Greg) McKee and Joy Luke; her sons, Ray (Cyndi) Luke and Mark (Brenda) Luke; her daughter-in-law, Lynda Luke; six grandchildren, Amber(Lee)Robertson, Clark(Mae)Luke, Lauren(Matt)Livingston, Corey(Libby)Luke, Benjamin(Jordan)Luke and Meredith(Evan)Humphries; 11 great-grandchildren, Maddox Robertson, Ivey Kate Robertson, Jack Luke, Thomas Luke, Tristan Luke, Liz Lyle Humphries, Adeline Humphries, Whitt Luke, Peter Luke, Riley Livingston and Layla Livingston; sister, Frances Bourgeois; brothers, JW Vernon and David Vernon. She was preceded in death by her husband, Benford Luke; son, Bobby Luke; granddaughter, Paige Kathleen Luke; parents, Webb and Mabel Vernon; brothers, Raymond Vernon and Ira "Bud" Vernon; sisters, Ann VanDevender and Joyce Lindley.