Waterford, MS: Jerry Glen Talley, age 55, a tile setter by trade, died Saturday morning at his home in Waterford.
Mr. Talley was born in Selmer, the son of Louise Isbell McCullar and the late James Edward Talley. He lived in Memphis for several years and was married to Patricia Sheffield in 1977. He moved to Waterford in 1996. He was a laborer in construction and more recently was a tile setter. He broke his neck in 2000 in a ladder accident and had been disabled since then.
He is survived by his wife Patricia Sheffield Talley of Waterford; a son Cody Doss of Waterford; a daughter Regina Clanton of South Haven, MS; six grandchildren; his mother Louise McCullar of Henderson, TN and a sister Linda Talley of Selmer. He was preceded in death by a sister Joyce Johnson in 2007.