Arthur James Spiller

VICKSBURG, MS : Funeral services for Arthur James Spiller, 86,  who died Sunday, July 31, at Merit Health River Region Hospital in Vicksburg, MS, will be held at 1p.m.,  Sunday, August 7, 2022, at Mercy Seat M.B. Church with Rev. John McBride officiating.  Burial will be in the Forrest Grove Cemetery with Thompson Funeral Home, Inc. in charge of the arrangements.  Visitation will be Saturday, from 2p.m. until 5p.m. at the Thompson Funeral Home Chapel and Sunday, from noon until service time at the church. Due to recent events affecting the nations, we ask that you take precautions; mask must be worn and will not be provided.

Mr. Spiller was a member and deacon at Forrest Grove Christian Church under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Ray.  He was a member of the Vicksburg Tennis Club, the Sunday School Review Group in Port Gibson, and a lifetime member of the National Claiborne County Alumni Association.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Roosevelt Sr. and Katie Linston Spiller; two brothers, Roosevelt Spiller, Jr. and Louis D. Spiller and a sister, Annie R. Beasley.

Mr. Spiller is survived by his wife, Margie Spiller of Vicksburg, MS; a daughter, Antionette Coleman of Waukegan, IL; two brothers, Freddie Spiller of Chicago, IL and Andrew Spiller of Hermanville, MS; two sisters, Suzette Gibson of Douglasville, GA and Delores Spiller of Vicksburg, MS; a sister-in-law, Sadie McClodden of Hermanville, MS; 4 grandchildren; and a number of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and other relatives and friends.

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