Pace v. Barrett

205 So.2d 647 (1968)

Mrs. Lynn Barrett PACE

v.

Berlon BARRETT et ux.

No. 44655.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 2, 1968.

Houston & Chamberlin, Aberdeen, Cunningham & Cunningham, Booneville, for appellant.

Johnny N. Tackett, Aberdeen, for appellees.

ROBERTSON, Justice:

On January 11, 1966, Appellant, Mrs. Lynn Barrett Pace, filed her Petition to Modify and Amend Child Custody Decree and to gain custody of her minor son, Benjamin Orbie Barrett, in the Chancery Court of Monroe County. Berlon Orbie Barrett, her former husband and father of the minor child, was killed in an automobile wreck on October…