larry r. jernigan ~ Overton, Texas

Memorial services for Dr. Larry R. Jernigan,
59, were held on Saturday, January 4, 2003 at
the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel with the
Reverend Paul Klewer officiating.

larry died on Thursday, January 2, 2003 in 
Henderson, Texas. He was born August 22, 1943 
in Breckenridge, Texas to the late Herbert 
Jernigan and Nellie Helen Juneau Jernigan. 

larry received his PhD from Texas Christian 
University in Fort Worth, Texas and was a 
professor at several colleges and universities
including Southern Methodist University in Dallas,
Texas. He moved to the Overton area in the year
2000 from Mississippi. larry was a Baptist.

larry is survived by two sons and daughters 
in law, Jeff and Melanie Jernigan and Stephen
and Teri Jernigan, all of Greenville, Mississippi;
one daughter and son in law, Dana and Gene Pigg 
of Auburndale, Florida; his parents, T. R. and
Nell Lumpkin of Silsbee, Texas; one brother, Gary
Jernigan of Wright City, Texas; six grandchildren, 
Abigail Ann Jernigan, Stephen Ross Jernigan, II,
Cooper Allen Jernigan, Allen Nelken Jernigan, 
Matthew McCrory Jernigan and Benjamin Floyd Pigg;
and numerous neices and nephews.