Tonja O'Callaghan Pannell

Tonja O'Callaghan Pannell (61) passed away Sunday, November 30, 2025 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was a member of Lambs Chapel Methodist Church. She enjoyed cooking, taking care of her home & animals and spending time with her family.

Services are 2 pm Wednesday, December 3, 2025 in the Booneville Chapel of Kesler Funeral Home with Bro. Shane Eaton officiating. Burial will follow in the Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation will be 12-2 pm Wednesday in the Booneville Chapel of Kesler Funeral Home.

Tonja is survived by her husband, Jeff Pannell; her sons, James Edge and William Pannell; her brothers, Ricky Holley (Sharon) and Wayne Holley; her sisters, Tammy Thornton, Tina Suddieth (Shane) and Karen Huckaby; her granddaughter, Emery Edge; her special friends, Dorothy Barnes, Shane Eaton, Mark Edge, Freddy Haynes, Polly Strange and Freda Morgan and a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, Frank O'Callaghan; her mother, Phyllis Holley; her step-father, Johnny Holley; her sisters, Theresa Barnes, Janet Betts & Rhonda Huckaby; her brother-in-law, Dean Thornton; her nephew, Joseph Cannon Suddieth; her aunt, Sue Michael and her uncle, Bobby Gene Michael.

Pallbearers are Mark Edge, James Edge, Shane Eaton, Erik Eaton, T.J. Edge, Robert Earl, T.L. Jackson and Jackson Worley.

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