Patty Jarrett Varner

Mrs. Patty Jarrett Varner, 80, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, July 7, 2025, at her home in Oxford, Mississippi. The funeral service will be Thursday, July 10, 2025, at 11:30 A.M. at Union West Baptist Church, with Bro. Mark Gray officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 10:00 A.M. at the church. Burial will follow the service in Browning Cemetery. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Born in Oxford, Mississippi, to the late Glenn Russell Jarrett and Mildred Tidwell Jarrett, Mrs. Varner was a longtime employee of Mechanics Bank and a homemaker. She was a faithful member of Union West Baptist Church in Oxford, Mississippi. Patty was known for her kindness and her servant’s heart. She loved her husband of 62 years, her children, her grandchildren, and great-grandchildren deeply and spent every day showing them how much they meant to her. Her love for the Lord showed in everything she did. Her family will fondly remember her passion for Christ and the lessons she always taught them. Mrs. Varner was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Beverly Gail Varner, and her parents, Glenn Russell Jarrett and Mildred Tidwell Jarrett.

Mrs. Varner is survived by her husband, Wilson Dean Varner of Oxford; three children, Greg Varner (Elaine) of Oxford, Julie Varner Ingram (John) of Water Valley, and Karen Varner of Canton; sisters, Imogene Brown, Yvonne Hughes, and Becky Moffett, all of Water Valley; five grandchildren, Ross Ingram (Madison), Brittany Williams (Joey), Julianna Ingram, Wilson Varner, and Reese Ingram; and three great-grandchildren, Layla Burell, Bowen Williams, and Collier Jenkins.

Expressions of sympathy or memorial contributions in Patty’s memory may be made to Son Valley Christian Group Home, Post Office Box 3076, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39158, or online at https://sonvalley.net/, or to Browning Cemetery Fund, c/o Libby Callicoat, 324 County Road 321, Oxford, Mississippi 38655.