Anita Scoggins Masters

August 31, 1930 - October 29, 2020

Anita Scoggins Masters passed away at Jones County Rest Home in Ellisville, Mississippi on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at ninety years old. She was born on August 31, 1930 to Elmer Leon Scoggins and Etta Sellers Scoggins in Laurel, Mississippi. Anita was a 1949 graduate of Ellisville High School where she met the love of her life, Jim Masters. They were married on June 18, 1949 at Harmony Baptist Church. Anita was a former member of Harmony Baptist Church and a member of West Laurel Baptist Church. Anita is preceded in death by her parents, sister Cherie Tidwell, brother Lee Sellers Scoggins, and husband of seventy years, Jim Masters. She is survived by her two children, Mona Ann Wiggins (Mike) of Ranburne, Alabama and James Edward “Eddie” Masters (Kathy) of Ellisville, Mississippi. She is also survived by her three grandchildren, Josh Bishop of Carrollton, Georgia, Rebecca Masters Ramsey (Trevor) of Huntsville, Alabama, and Rachel Masters Carlisle (Grant) of Tallahassee, Florida, and great-grandson Jasper James Ramsey. The family will have a private graveside service at Lake Park Hills Cemetery on Sunday, November 1, 2020. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Veterans Memorial Museum located at 920 Hillcrest Drive in Laurel, Mississippi. The family would also like to thank the Jones County Rest Home for the exceptional care provided and kindness shown to Jim and Anita during the final months of their lives. To sign the online guest book, visit www.memorychapellaurel.com.