Mrs. Sara Nell Trusty Champion

Sara Nell Trusty Champion, 80, of Water Valley, MS died Monday, December 7, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital North-Mississippi in Oxford, MS. The funeral service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Water Valley, MS on Friday, December 11, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Harold Sprayberry officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 10, 2020, beginning 1:30 P.M. to 3:30 P.M. in the Waller Funeral Home Chapel and again prior to the service beginning at 1:30 P.M. Burial will follow at Oxford Memorial Cemetery in Oxford, MS.  

Mrs. Champion was born to William Thomas Trusty and Nell Birdsong Trusty on April 22, 1940 in Oxford, Mississippi. She was raised in Water Valley. Mrs. Champion attended Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Education with a major in mathematics from Ole Miss in 1961. In 1972, she received a Master of Combined Sciences with a major in mathematics and a minor in zoology from the University of Mississippi. Later she did post-graduate work at Ole Miss and Delta State University. She spent 28 years teaching in secondary schools and 4 years as a computer programmer for the University of Mississippi. She also taught some night classes in mathematics and computer science for Northwest Community College. In retirement, she worked part-time for 8 years as the mapper for the Yalobusha County Tax Assessor. 

She was an Associate member of the Water Valley Town and Country Garden Club, the Grand Slam Bridge Club, The Literary Club, The Fuller Housing Board, The Water Valley Chamber of Commerce and Chamber Ambassadors, The Water Valley Community Band, the First Presbyterian Church, The Women in the Church, The University Chapter of the American Guild of Organist and The Order of the Eastern Star. She served as organist for the church for 17 years. 

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 37 years, Elvis O. Champion, Jr. and a step-daughter, Linda Diane Champion and her parents, William T. Trusty and Nell Williams, and step-father, Paul Williams. She is survived by a step-son, Gary P. Champion, Sr. and his wife, Carmel, four step-grand-children, Stephanie Reedy Teel, Kelly Champion McDaniel, Holly Champion Roberson, Gary P. Champion, Jr. (P. J.), and 5 step-great-grand-children.  

Expressions of sympathy or memorial contributions in Mrs. Champion’s memory may be made to First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 590, Water Valley, MS 38965.

For further information or to leave an online condolence, please call 662.234.7971 or visit www.wallerfuneralhome.com.