Sally Qualls Griffith
May 9, 1926 - July 21, 2024
Sally Mae Qualls Griffith, age 98 of Horn Lake, MS, went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday, July 21, 2024, at the Landmark of Desoto in Horn Lake. She was born May 9, 1926, in Drew County, AR to the late Robert Newton Harris and Ollie Lee Wilkes Harris.
Sally was a devout member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was raised as part of a large, blended family in rural south Arkansas. Her playmates, mostly older, mostly boys, taught her toughness and tenacity. Combined with a sweet compassion for everyone, especially the underdog, she was a refuge and a transforming influence for many. She helped blaze a trail for strong purposeful women in a time when there was less space for that. Her formal education began in a one-room schoolhouse and ended with graduation from Drew Central High School class of 1944. She dabbled at writing children's literature, got more joy in catching a fish than most, and was an avid Razorback fan. She was a lover of children. Her forte' was in attending to, playing with, encouraging, and soothing children. One could not wish for a more supportive foundation. Even when she returned to full-time employment with Burlington Industries as a supervisor and trainer she still managed the competing needs of laundry, food, and transportation for four boys to various sporting events (one summer she had one son in each of four separate baseball leagues). Though content to stay ''close to home'' she relished trips to successive World's Fairs in San Francisco and Seattle. A product of her era, she had firm convictions about what was appropriate and inappropriate behavior but never let that judgment prevent her from loving people just as they are. Her nature was to always give people the benefit of the doubt. Her one service on a jury unsurprisingly resulted in a hung jury 11-1. He probably meant no harm, she rationalized. One juror could not be persuaded the defendant would intentionally do anything wrong. Of course!
Faith, hope, and love; the greatest of which is… Embodied in THIS life lived in THIS way which has left an impact that will live on!
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by four brothers, Ray, R.L., Travis and Alfred; one sister, Marlee; two sons, David Gary and John Glenn; and two spouses, Herschel Qualls and Waymond Griffith.
Sally is survived by two sons, Michael Lee Qualls (Rhonda) and Randy Mark Qualls (Linda); six grandchildren, Micah Qualls, Randi McMahon (Jonathan), Jada Herrington (John), Keitha Dodson, Melanie Qualls Kohrs and Will Qualls; seven great-grandchildren, Ethan Kohrs, Gavin Kohrs, Race Adcock, Bristol Adcock, Cayden Dodson, Aaron McMahon, Nicolas McMahon; a former daughter-in-law who loved her like her own mother, Marilyn Enloe, along with others blessed to fall into Sally's orbit (Know you were loved as family right to the end).
Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m. Sunday, July 28, 2024, at Rose Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. Jim Fisk officiating. There will be a visitation preceding the funeral service from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the church. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are John Herrington, Odell Lee, Barry Saffold, Jonathan McMahon, Ethan Kohrs, Gavin Kohrs, Race Adcock, Bristol Adcock, Cayden Dodson, Aaron McMahon and Nicolas McMahon. You can sign Mrs. Sally's guestbook registry on this page.
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