— Willie Ashley Jr., 75 —Gloria Brumfield, 63 — Pearla Ann Gatlin, 84 — Julius Henry IV, 22 — Buckey Jones, 82 — Jessie Moore, 90 — Bob Reeves, 90 — Betty Rushing, 69 — Shirley Welch, 84 —
Buckey Jones
Buckey Morris Jones, 82, of the Thompson community passed away May 30, 2022, at his residence.
Visitation will be 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Thompson Baptist Church and continue 9 a.m. Friday until services at 11. The Rev. Jim Bradford will officiate. Burial will be in the Thompson Cemetery.
Hartman-Jones Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Bob Reeves
Robert Simmons Reeves, 90, of McComb passed away May 30, 2022, at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb.
Graveside service is 10 a.m. Friday at Magnolia Cemetery in Magnolia. Dr. David Millican will officiate. Hartman-Jones Funeral Home of McComb is in charge of arrangements.
Robert, or Bob as he was better known, was born June 23, 1931, in McComb. He was the son of the late Rufus Bressie and Madge Simmons Reeves.
Bob was a retired Marine colone, having served more than 30 years in active and reserve status beginning with his much loved 2-56 Basic Class. He also retired as an attorney, having served for more than 30 years. He attended J.J. White Presbyterian Church and earlier he had served as a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Magnolia.
Bob had a full and active life, and he was always and forever a Marine. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines in October 1955 and reported to Quantico, Va., in January 1956 for the 13th Officer Candidate Course. His last billet in the U.S. Marine Corps reserves was as staff judge advocate for the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing. He participated also in NATO amphibious landing operations in Germany and Denmark and many other operations with the Marines.
During his attorney years, he was a deputy director for the Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi, and a Special Assistant Attorney General assigned to PERS. He practiced law for many years in McComb in partnership with his brother, R.B. He was a Pike County prosecuting attorney, an attorney for the South Pike School District and was part of many other legal institutions during the course of his practice.
One of Bob’s proudest memories is during the civil unrest of the 60’s when the KKK became very active in Pike County and were responsible for church bombings and assaults on local citizens. He was serving as the Pike County prosecutor and along with the district attorney, sheriff and local constables stood up against these hate crime and were able to bring them to the “Bar of Justice.”
He was a wonderful and loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and he will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved him.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Judee McElwee Reeves; and a brother, R.B. Reeves.
He is survived by his wife of four happy years, Sue D. Reeves; two sons, Robert Simmons Reeves Jr., and Charles Bressie Reeves (Stacey); two daughters, Julia Reeves Leggett (Tim) and Abba Reeves Mapp (Claude); Mrs. Sue Reeves’ loving family, Jennifer Schroder, James Jones, Reagan Jones, Dennis Jones and Jacqueline Blacker; nine grandchildren, Brandon, Justin, Sarah, Tommy, Clay, Faith, Eevee, Matthew and Kaitlyn; 10 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to J.J. White Presbyterian Church of McComb and the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Gift Processing Administrator, 18251 Quantico Gateway Drive, Triangle, VA 22172.
Share condolences at www.hartmanjonesfuneralhome.com.
Jessie Moore
Jessie A. Moore, 90, of Liberty, died May 29, 2022.
Arrangements are incomplete at Craft-Dillon Funeral Home.
Pearla Ann Gatlin
Arrangements are incomplete at Young’s Funeral Home in Summit for Pearla Ann Gatlin, 84.
Shirley Welch
Shirley A. Welch, 84, of Magnolia, went to be with the Lord May 30, 2022.
Mrs. Welch was born Jan. 30, 1938.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Myrtis Addison and Jewell Addison; brothers Julius (Dude) Addison, Herman Addison, Carey Addison and Eugene Addison; two sisters, Thelma Addison and Christine Addison; and two sons, Randy Alan Welch and and Carey Lynn Welch.
Survivors are her children, Clifford Welch, Kenneth Welch and Kimberly Welch; and five grandchildren, April Smith Rushing, Bon David Welch, Karea Melissa Welch, Randy Wade Welch and Hope Welch; seven great-grandchildren and two unborn great-grandchildren.
Willie Ashley Jr.
Willie Ashley Jr., 75, of McComb, died May 28, 2022, at Southwest Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete at Peoples Undertaking Co.
People’s Undertaking Co., (601) 684-3131
Julius Henry IV
Julius Henry IV, 22, of Liberty, died May 27, 2022, at his residence.
Arrangements are incomplete at Peoples Undertaking Co.
Gloria Brumfield
Gloria J. Brumfield, 63, of Magnolia departed this life May 25, 2022, at her mother’s residence.
Arrangements are incomplete at Peoples Undertaking Co.
Betty Ann Rushing
Betty Ann Rushing, 69, of McComb passed away May 27, 2022. at Merit Health Wesley in Hattiesburg.
Visitation will be 9 a.m. Friday, June 10, at Hartman-Jones Funeral Home until services at 11. Dr. David Millican will officiate.
