April 13, 1933 – May 12, 2012

NATCHEZ — Services for Margaret Spencer “MiMi” Wilson, 79, of Natchez, who died Saturday, May 12, 2012, in Baton Rouge, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Laird Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Walton Jones officiating.

Burial will follow at the Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Wilson was born April 13, 1933, in Natchez, the daughter of Louis Martin Spencer Sr. and Fannie Smith Spencer.

Margaret loved ballet and tap dancing, under the direction of Martha Hootsell School of Dancing, and spent a number of years performing in the Confederate Pageant Tableau.

She was a lifelong member of Trinity Episcopal Church where she taught Sunday school for a number of years. She was also a member of the Eastern Star.

Margaret loved working in her yard and making beautiful flower beds. She loved cooking for her family and friends. She had a wonderful smile that would light up a room. In her career, she was an agent for Aflac Insurance and enjoyed her many part-time retail jobs.

Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by her parents and one daughter, Gina Wilson Green.

Survivors include two daughters, Shereé Bryant of Natchez and Amy Sanders and husband, Justin, of Baton Rouge; four grandchildren, Tabitha Cain, Brittany Bryant, Julia Sanders and Chloé Sanders; two great-grandchildren, Alain Cain and Caleb Cain; one brother, Louis M. Spencer Jr. and wife, Barbara; two nieces, Kate Spencer Jabbia and Beth Cummins; cousins, Lamar Spencer, Woody Allen and wife, Sissy, and their children, Spencer Allen and Jenny Allen and Anne Hash; and special friends, Patsy Galler and Darryl Wilkinson.

Pallbearers will be Rodney Daggett, Justin Sanders, Woody Allen, Lamar Spencer, Darryl Wilkinson and Bryant Adams.

The family extends a special thank you to the Old Jefferson Community Care Center for their loving and compassionate care.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Online condolences may be sent to www.lairdfh.com.