MRS. CHESTEAN DEARING BOUNDS

VISITATION....................5-9 PM TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012 AT JOHN E. STEPHENS CHAPEL FUNERAL SERVICES; FUNERAL......................2 PM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2012 AT BETHSAIDA BAPTIST CHURCH; INTERMENT.................CHURCH CEMETERY; OFFICIATING................REV. SCOTT BOUNDS & REV. BRETT COOPER; On Saturday, December 19, 1942 Cecil and Stacie Dearing had a baby girl. They named her Vivian Chestean Dearing. She came home to an older brother, Harvey Dearing. Later a younger brother came along, Carlie Dearing. They grew up in the Bethsaida community and attended Bethsaida Baptist Church where she was saved and baptized. She was a Neshoba Central High School graduate of 1960. She married Winfred C. Bounds in May of 1960. Three years later they welcomed a new baby boy, Winfred Scott Bounds. Six years later they welcomed a new baby girl, Tammy Lynn Bounds. They made their home in the Bethsaida community until they moved to the Coldwater community in 1970. She returned to college with her son and received an associate's degree in business. In 1996, she became a full-time grandmother to Landon Scott Bounds and kept him every day with great joy. A second grandson came along two years later, Matthew Young Eaves. Then came a new joy with the arrival of her only granddaughter in 2000, Lauren Rene' Bounds. She just thought she had her hands full with two rowdy boys! Her life-long mission and greatest joy came from helping to care for these three grandchildren. In 2002, she endured the loss of her husband of over forty years, Winfred Bounds. She then suffered an even greater loss in 2009 when she lost her daughter, Tammy Eaves. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Stacie Dearing. She departed this earth to be with her Lord and Savior from her home on June 10, 2012. She was a member of Pine Grove Church of God of Dixon. She is survived by her son, Scott Bounds, and his wife, Tammy Rene' Bounds of Philadelphia; three grandchildren, Landon and Lauren Bounds of Philadelphia and Matthew Eaves of Louisville; a son-in-law, Paul Eaves of Louisville; two step-grandchildren, Jamie and Michael Eaves of Louisville; two brothers, Harvey Dearing of Albany, Georgia, and Carlie Dearing of Philadelphia; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Pall bearers for the service include Teddy McGee, Landon Bounds, Jamie Eaves, Michael Eaves, Terry Dearing, Chris Dearing, Shannon Williamson, Ashton Killen, and Allen Johnson.