Emma Louise Ferguson Nix, 96, of Ellisville, passed away Friday, December 23, 2022, at the Comfort Care Nursing Center in Laurel, Mississippi. She was born Wednesday, August 25, 1926, in Ovett, Mississippi.

Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. at Walters Cemetery in Ellisville, with burial immediately following. Andy Nix will officiate. Ellisville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 601-477-3797

Mrs. Nix was a retired registered nurse. She worked for many years at Ellisville State School.

She was preceded in death by her husband, O.L. Nix, Jr.; son, George Buchanon Nix; father, Zimri Ferguson; mother, Emma Margaret Fatheree Ferguson.

Survivors include her sons, Andy Lowry Nix (Daphne) and John Charles Nix (Lisa), all of Hattiesburg, MS.

An online guestbook may be signed at www.ellisvillefuneralhome.com