Graveside services for Mrs. Sandra Kay Tatum, age 58, of Tatum, Texas, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 5, 2009, at Tatum Cemetery with Pastor Freeman Pierce officiating under the direction of Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Mrs. Tatum passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2009, in Dallas.

Sandra Kay Watson Tatum was born on August 26, 1951, in Center, Texas to J. E. and Georgie Marie English Watson. She moved to Tatum in 1988, from Kilgore. Mrs. Tatum was a Baptist. She married Billy Ray Tatum on August 19, 2004, in Tatum. Mrs. Tatum was preceded in death by her parents and her daughter-in-law, Stephanie Scott.

Mrs. Tatum is survived by her husband, Billy Ray Tatum of Tatum; two sons, Tracy Scott and wife Mindy of Tatum and Edward Knight of New Caney; one step-daughter, Shirley Tatum of Tatum; four step-sons, Robert Tatum and wife Elizabeth of Tatum, William Tatum and wife Patricia of Tatum, Daniel Tatum of Tatum, and David Tatum and wife Ronne' of New London; one brother, T. J. Washburn and wife Nell of Liberty City; five sisters, Jeanette Callens and husband Clyde of Louisiana, Sherry Moore and husband Calvin of Houston, Patsy Clawson of Longview, Beverly Willison and husband Bill of Longview, and Janice of Monohans; and five grandchildren, Jasmine Scott, CeCelia Smith, Joann Knight, Barbara Knight, and Elizabeth Knight. Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and many friends also survive Mrs. Tatum.

If desired, memorials may be made to Heart's Way Hospice, 437 W. Panola, Carthage, TX 75633.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.