William Cabaniss, retired florist
William Lindsey Cabaniss, 83, of Lyncrest Avenue, a retired florist, died of renal failure Tuesday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.
Services are 3 p.m. today at St. Andrew Episcopal Cathedral with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation is after 1 p.m. today at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home.
Mr. Cabaniss, a Meridian native, was past president of the Southeastern Florist Association and the Mississippi Florist Association. He was a graduate of Central High and Mississippi State University, where he was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps, Scabbard & Blade and Kappa Sigma fraternity. He further studied floraculture at Ohio State University. He was the owner of Capital Floral Co., a longtime family business, until the early 1980s.
"It was once the largest florist in town," said a daughter, Rita Paschall of Puryear, Tenn. "Daddy had his own greenhouse and grew all of his own hothouse flowers and things like that." Paschall said she and other family members would help at the shop during holidays and on special occasions.
An Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Cabaniss was a graduate of the
General Staff and Command School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was an officer with the 3rd and 5th armored divisions in the European Theater of Operations and retired as a full colonel. He received four battle stars, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart for wounds received in Belgium.
He was a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans and Woodmen of the World.
Himself an Eagle Scout with two palms, Mr. Cabaniss was scoutmaster of Troop 1 in Jackson for 48 years. He was a recipient of the Silver Beaver, one of the Boy Scouts' highest awards. Another daughter, Betsy Holcomb of Alexander City, Ala., said her father used his Army experience to lead his Scout troop.
"He was an Army colonel, and he ran that troop like an Army unit. I think they respected that,' Holcomb said. She said the discipline her father taught his Scouts helped produce 63 Eagle Scouts during his tenure as scoutmaster of Troop 1.
He was a member of North Jackson Lions Club, Capitol Masonic Lodge No. 600 F&AM and was a 32nd-degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Wahabi Shriner. He served on the vestry and was a lay reader at St. Andrew's Episcopal Catherdral.
Other survivors include: wife, Betty; daughter, Susan Culbertson of Jackson; and seven grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
William Lindsey Cabaniss, 83, of Lyncrest Avenue, a retired florist, died of renal failure Tuesday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.
Services are 3 p.m. today at St. Andrew Episcopal Cathedral with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation is after 1 p.m. today at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home.
Mr. Cabaniss, a Meridian native, was past president of the Southeastern Florist Association and the Mississippi Florist Association. He was a graduate of Central High and Mississippi State University, where he was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps, Scabbard & Blade and Kappa Sigma fraternity. He further studied floraculture at Ohio State University. He was the owner of Capital Floral Co., a longtime family business, until the early 1980s.
"It was once the largest florist in town," said a daughter, Rita Paschall of Puryear, Tenn. "Daddy had his own greenhouse and grew all of his own hothouse flowers and things like that." Paschall said she and other family members would help at the shop during holidays and on special occasions.
An Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Cabaniss was a graduate of the
General Staff and Command School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was an officer with the 3rd and 5th armored divisions in the European Theater of Operations and retired as a full colonel. He received four battle stars, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart for wounds received in Belgium.
He was a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans and Woodmen of the World.
Himself an Eagle Scout with two palms, Mr. Cabaniss was scoutmaster of Troop 1 in Jackson for 48 years. He was a recipient of the Silver Beaver, one of the Boy Scouts' highest awards. Another daughter, Betsy Holcomb of Alexander City, Ala., said her father used his Army experience to lead his Scout troop.
"He was an Army colonel, and he ran that troop like an Army unit. I think they respected that,' Holcomb said. She said the discipline her father taught his Scouts helped produce 63 Eagle Scouts during his tenure as scoutmaster of Troop 1.
He was a member of North Jackson Lions Club, Capitol Masonic Lodge No. 600 F&AM and was a 32nd-degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Wahabi Shriner. He served on the vestry and was a lay reader at St. Andrew's Episcopal Catherdral.
Other survivors include: wife, Betty; daughter, Susan Culbertson of Jackson; and seven grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
William Cabaniss, retired florist
William Lindsey Cabaniss, 83, of Lyncrest Avenue, a retired florist, died of renal failure Tuesday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.
Services are 3 p.m. today at St. Andrew Episcopal Cathedral with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation is after 1 p.m. today at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home.
Mr. Cabaniss, a Meridian native, was past president of the Southeastern Florist Association and the Mississippi Florist Association. He was a graduate of Central High and Mississippi State University, where he was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps, Scabbard & Blade and Kappa Sigma fraternity. He further studied floraculture at Ohio State University. He was the owner of Capital Floral Co., a longtime family business, until the early 1980s.
"It was once the largest florist in town," said a daughter, Rita Paschall of Puryear, Tenn. "Daddy had his own greenhouse and grew all of his own hothouse flowers and things like that." Paschall said she and other family members would help at the shop during holidays and on special occasions.
An Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Cabaniss was a graduate of the
General Staff and Command School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was an officer with the 3rd and 5th armored divisions in the European Theater of Operations and retired as a full colonel. He received four battle stars, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart for wounds received in Belgium.
He was a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans and Woodmen of the World.
Himself an Eagle Scout with two palms, Mr. Cabaniss was scoutmaster of Troop 1 in Jackson for 48 years. He was a recipient of the Silver Beaver, one of the Boy Scouts' highest awards. Another daughter, Betsy Holcomb of Alexander City, Ala., said her father used his Army experience to lead his Scout troop.
"He was an Army colonel, and he ran that troop like an Army unit. I think they respected that,' Holcomb said. She said the discipline her father taught his Scouts helped produce 63 Eagle Scouts during his tenure as scoutmaster of Troop 1.
He was a member of North Jackson Lions Club, Capitol Masonic Lodge No. 600 F&AM and was a 32nd-degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Wahabi Shriner. He served on the vestry and was a lay reader at St. Andrew's Episcopal Catherdral.
Other survivors include: wife, Betty; daughter, Susan Culbertson of Jackson; and seven grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
William Lindsey Cabaniss, 83, of Lyncrest Avenue, a retired florist, died of renal failure Tuesday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.
Services are 3 p.m. today at St. Andrew Episcopal Cathedral with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation is after 1 p.m. today at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home.
Mr. Cabaniss, a Meridian native, was past president of the Southeastern Florist Association and the Mississippi Florist Association. He was a graduate of Central High and Mississippi State University, where he was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps, Scabbard & Blade and Kappa Sigma fraternity. He further studied floraculture at Ohio State University. He was the owner of Capital Floral Co., a longtime family business, until the early 1980s.
"It was once the largest florist in town," said a daughter, Rita Paschall of Puryear, Tenn. "Daddy had his own greenhouse and grew all of his own hothouse flowers and things like that." Paschall said she and other family members would help at the shop during holidays and on special occasions.
An Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Cabaniss was a graduate of the
General Staff and Command School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was an officer with the 3rd and 5th armored divisions in the European Theater of Operations and retired as a full colonel. He received four battle stars, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart for wounds received in Belgium.
He was a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans and Woodmen of the World.
Himself an Eagle Scout with two palms, Mr. Cabaniss was scoutmaster of Troop 1 in Jackson for 48 years. He was a recipient of the Silver Beaver, one of the Boy Scouts' highest awards. Another daughter, Betsy Holcomb of Alexander City, Ala., said her father used his Army experience to lead his Scout troop.
"He was an Army colonel, and he ran that troop like an Army unit. I think they respected that,' Holcomb said. She said the discipline her father taught his Scouts helped produce 63 Eagle Scouts during his tenure as scoutmaster of Troop 1.
He was a member of North Jackson Lions Club, Capitol Masonic Lodge No. 600 F&AM and was a 32nd-degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Wahabi Shriner. He served on the vestry and was a lay reader at St. Andrew's Episcopal Catherdral.
Other survivors include: wife, Betty; daughter, Susan Culbertson of Jackson; and seven grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
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