Waymon Rivers, 86, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2019 at the Hospice of East Texas in Tyler, TX. Visitation is scheduled from 12:30 -1:30 pm at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Hollandale, with a funeral mass at 1:30 pm. Burial will follow at the Hollandale Cemetery.
Mr. Rivers was born on April 13, 1933 in Darlove, MS, and was the sixth of eleven children of the late Claude Eugene and Lucy Mae Rivers. He was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force in 1962. At that time, he returned to his native Washington County to settle down with his family, he was a longtime resident of Hollandale.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by the love of his life and wife of 49 years, Elma Jane Myers Rivers and son, Jody Eugene Rivers. Survivors include his children, Diane Keith (Bennie) of Starkville, Waymon Rivers, Jr. (Carla) of Gravette, AR, and Donna Ramey of Tyler, TX; sisters, Ronnie Hyer of Hollandale, Nola Roncali of Shaw, Lillie Stokes of Nashville, TN and Eugenia Odenwald of Ferriday, LA.
The family request memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1900 Dunbarton Street, Jackson, MS 39216.
Mr. Rivers was born on April 13, 1933 in Darlove, MS, and was the sixth of eleven children of the late Claude Eugene and Lucy Mae Rivers. He was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force in 1962. At that time, he returned to his native Washington County to settle down with his family, he was a longtime resident of Hollandale.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by the love of his life and wife of 49 years, Elma Jane Myers Rivers and son, Jody Eugene Rivers. Survivors include his children, Diane Keith (Bennie) of Starkville, Waymon Rivers, Jr. (Carla) of Gravette, AR, and Donna Ramey of Tyler, TX; sisters, Ronnie Hyer of Hollandale, Nola Roncali of Shaw, Lillie Stokes of Nashville, TN and Eugenia Odenwald of Ferriday, LA.
The family request memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1900 Dunbarton Street, Jackson, MS 39216.
Waymon Rivers, 86, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2019 at the Hospice of East Texas in Tyler, TX. Visitation is scheduled from 12:30 -1:30 pm at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Hollandale, with a funeral mass at 1:30 pm. Burial will follow at the Hollandale Cemetery.
Mr. Rivers was born on April 13, 1933 in Darlove, MS, and was the sixth of eleven children of the late Claude Eugene and Lucy Mae Rivers. He was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force in 1962. At that time, he returned to his native Washington County to settle down with his family, he was a longtime resident of Hollandale.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by the love of his life and wife of 49 years, Elma Jane Myers Rivers and son, Jody Eugene Rivers. Survivors include his children, Diane Keith (Bennie) of Starkville, Waymon Rivers, Jr. (Carla) of Gravette, AR, and Donna Ramey of Tyler, TX; sisters, Ronnie Hyer of Hollandale, Nola Roncali of Shaw, Lillie Stokes of Nashville, TN and Eugenia Odenwald of Ferriday, LA.
The family request memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1900 Dunbarton Street, Jackson, MS 39216.
Mr. Rivers was born on April 13, 1933 in Darlove, MS, and was the sixth of eleven children of the late Claude Eugene and Lucy Mae Rivers. He was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force in 1962. At that time, he returned to his native Washington County to settle down with his family, he was a longtime resident of Hollandale.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by the love of his life and wife of 49 years, Elma Jane Myers Rivers and son, Jody Eugene Rivers. Survivors include his children, Diane Keith (Bennie) of Starkville, Waymon Rivers, Jr. (Carla) of Gravette, AR, and Donna Ramey of Tyler, TX; sisters, Ronnie Hyer of Hollandale, Nola Roncali of Shaw, Lillie Stokes of Nashville, TN and Eugenia Odenwald of Ferriday, LA.
The family request memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1900 Dunbarton Street, Jackson, MS 39216.
