SERVICES:  Monday, May 26, 2025

Jones and Son Chapel, Hattiesburg

11:00 a.m.

VISITATION:  Monday, May 26, 2025

Jones and Son Funeral Home, Hattiesburg

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Naomi "Juanee" Pearson was born on March 31,1938 near Batesville, Mississippi to Loyce and Nellie Sims. She passed from this life into the life everlasting on May 23, 2025 at Bellevue Assisted Living in Hattiesburg.

Raymond and Juanee married on August 1, 1958.  Though north Mississippi was their home, she and Raymond lived in Petal, Mississippi for a brief time and enjoyed living more than 25 years in New Mexico, in the communities of Lovington, Artesia, and Carlsbad, where they made many life-long friends. They returned to Batesville in 1988. Juanee worked as a police dispatcher among other part-time jobs. She moved to Bellevue Assisted Living in Hattiesburg in 2021.

She was a lifelong member of the Church of the Nazarene, but her current membership was at Longleaf United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg. Also dear to her heart were the people of New Hope Church of God. She enjoyed playing piano and accordion, crocheting, and listening to Southern Gospel music.

Her family would like to express their deep appreciation to the many caregivers who assisted her these last four years. She chose to donate her body to science through the Genesis Legacy of Life program.

Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Raymond Pearson; and her youngest brother, Paul Sims.

She is survived by her daughter, Rev. Amy Roller (Paul); and granddaughters, Sophia and Kara, all of Hattiesburg, MS. She is also survived by brothers, Winston "Ted" Sims and Denny Sims; along with a host of extended family and friends.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 26, 2025 at Jones and Son Funeral Home chapel in Hattiesburg, preceded by an informal visitation at 10:00 am. Her ashes will be interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to New Hope Church of God, 296 Hwy 35 N, Batesville, MS 38606 or Longleaf United Methodist Church, 5317 Old Hwy 11, Suite 1, Hattiesburg, MS 39402.