Makayla Lynn Coggins

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Makayla Lynn Coggins, 23, and her infant daughter, Alayia Izanae Myles, passed away on May 31, 2022 at OCH Regional Medical Center in Starkville. Makayla was born on June 22, 1998, in West Point, the daughter of Terry Coggins, Sr. and Tammy Austin Smith. Makayla attended West Point High School. She enjoyed sports, especially softball. She loved spending time with her babies and hanging out with her friends. She was of the Baptist faith.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Buddy and Mable Coggins and maternal grandparents, James R. and Eva Austin.

Visitation will be Sunday, June 5, 2022 from 1:00-2:00 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home in West Point. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 P.M. from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. James Towery officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in West Point. Calvert Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.

Survivors include her daughter, Jayla Myles, two sons, Kameron Coggins and Kash Myles, her mother, Tammy Smith (James), her father Terry Coggins, Sr., and two brothers, Terry Coggins, Jr. and Ryan Coggins.

Pallbearers will be Terry Coggins, Jr., Mike Coggins, James Smith, Patrick Osburn, Cameron Osburn, Brandon Smith, Robert Stegall, Jr., and C. W. Walters.

Honorary Pallbearer will be Johnny Coggins.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place; Memphis, TN 38105, LeBonheur Children's Hospital, 50 Dunlap Street, Memphis, TN 38103, or to Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216.

Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com