Nancy Burgin Basham 

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Nancy Burgin Basham, 81, of Columbus, MS, passed away Saturday, 
Aug. 21, 2004, at Trinity Healthcare, Columbus, MS. Visitation for 
Mrs. Basham will be Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004, from 1-2:30 p.m. at 
Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. 
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004, in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with
 Bro. Sammy Crawford officiating. 

Interment will be in Mayhew Cemetery, Mayhew, MS, with Lowndes 
Funeral Home, Columbus, MS, directing. 

Mrs. Basham was born Aug. 30, 1922, in Columbus, MS, to the late 
William G. and Susie Will Gunter Burgin. As a young girl, Nancy also 
lived in Louisiana and California before the family returned to 
Mayhew, MS. 

Upon returning to Mayhew, MS, the family constructed a new 
home at Thousand Oaks, just east of Starkville, MS. Nancy was a 
graduate of Starkville High School and Mississippi State College 
for Women (now MUW). Following graduation from the "W", she 
moved to Falls Church, VA, to work for the Federal Government 
nd the war effort. 

She retired after over 50 years of employment with the National 
Security Agency in Washington, D.C., and returned "home" again a 
few years ago. 

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her loving 
husband, Ardis V. (Jack) Basham, and her brother, William G. (Bill) 
Burgin, Jr. Nancy is survived by her stepmother, Nancy Henderson 
Burgin of Bells, TN; a brother, John Ramond Burgin of Big Stone Gap, 
VA; a sister, Jane Burgin Cox of Memphis, TN; sister-in-law, Catherine 
Cathy) Harrison Burgin of Columbus, MS; nieces, Helen Burgin Jensen 
of Shaker Heights, OH, and Catherine (Katy) Burgin Kola of Kent, OH; 
nephews, William G. Burgin, III of Greensboro, NC, Robert M. Burgin 
of Floyd, VA, John Ramond Burgin, Jr. of Chicago, IL, Ronny Harrison 
and William H. (Billy) Harrison, both of Columbus, and Richard Powell 
of Stafford, TX. 

She will also be missed by numerous grand-nieces and grand-nephews, 
as well as very special friends, Richard and Debbie Pearce of the Washington, 
D.C. area. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made
 to Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS,39703-0746, 
or to a charity of the donor's choice.