Saturday, November 2, 2013

Cecil Jennings

Mr. Cecil Jennings, 92, died Saturday, November 2, 2013, at his son’s home in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, November 4th, at First Baptist Church, with Rev. Jimmy Porter officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home,
and again Monday from 9:00 A.M. until service time at the church. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Jennings was born October 7, 1921, in Louisville, MS. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Mr. Jennings spent 32 years in law enforcement, serving as an ABC Agent, a city police officer, a deputy sheriff, and then Winston County Sheriff for 12 years. Mr. Jennings was also a charter member of Dancing Rabbit Hunting Club, and a faithful member of The Wrinkled Roosters. 

He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Burns Jennings; his daughter, Patricia Egger; one sister, Dorothy Jennings Goss ; and three brothers, Oralee Jennings, Marvin Jennings, and Rayford Jennings.
He is survived by his son, T.J. (Birdie) Jennings; one sister, Bessie Fay Marshall; one brother, Chuck Jennings; three grandchildren, Ryan Egger, Heather (Kyle) Fulton, Brandon (Ashton) Jennings; and five great grandchildren, Jennings Fulton, Landon Fulton, Colt Fulton, Harley Grace Egger, and Easton Jennings
 
Pallbearers will be Joseph Fleming, Larry Woodward, Jimmy Woodward, Casey Sloan, Marty Federick, and B.O. “Buck” Walters. 

To sign the guest register, go to www.porterfuneralhome.net