Mary Rose Haywood Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Mary Rose Haywood (Hernando, Mississippi), who passed away at the age of 82, on January 19, 2026. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Mary Rose Haywood to show support.
As we bid farewell to this luminous soul, let her loved ones carry forward the torch of her memory, illuminating the path ahead with the warmth of her love and the brilliance of her spirit. Though Mary Rose may journey beyond the horizon of our sight, her essence remains woven into the very fabric of our being — a guiding light in the darkness, a beacon of hope in the night.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Estel Whitehead and Vadeen Whitehead; her son Kevin Leach; her grandson Steven Thompson; and her sisters, Colleen Weeks and Christine Peeler.
She is survived by: her husband James Haywood; her daughters, Scarlet Newsom (Kenny) and Sindy Harris (Grady); her daughter-in-law Lisa; and her brother Thurman Whitehead (Sarita).
