Mrs. Rachel Pauline McGinnis Pryor Baygents, 90, of Waynesboro, MS passed from this life Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at ComfortCare Nursing Center in Laurel, MS. She was born in Laurel, MS on Thursday, August 1, 1935, to the late Charlie McGinnis and Alice Smith. She retired as a supervisor at Northern Electric Company and Co-Owner of Baygents Curb Market & Washeteria.

   Mrs. Baygents is preceded in death by her father, Charlie McGinnis; mother, Alice Smith; first husband, James Ruble Pryor; second husband, Henry Lee Baygents; daughter, Janice Craddock; two brothers, Oscar Montgomery, Jr. and Orlon Montgomery; four sisters, Geraldine Thorton, Betty Scott, Mary Jo Williams, and Catherine Clark; two step-sons, Alton Baygents and Wallace Baygents; step-daughter, Margaret Louise Scoggins. She is survived by her son, Tommy Pryor (Donna) of Waynesboro, MS; sister, Lucille Davis of Laurel, MS; step-son, Jessie Baygents (Mary Ann) of Waynesboro, MS; three step-daughters, Hilda Cochran of Georgia, Dola Ard (Charlie), and Debbie Roberts (Jimmy); step-Daughter-In-Law, Judy Baygents, all of Waynesboro, MS; a host of step-grandchildren and step-great grandchildren.

   Visitation for Mrs. Baygents will be held from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, June 26, 2026, at Freeman Funeral Home, 1305 Skyland Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, June 27, 2026, at Freeman Funeral Home in Waynesboro, MS with Rev. Terry Williams and Rev. Darrell Lloyd officiating. Interment will be in Serenity Gardens Cemetery in Waynesboro, MS.