Services for Hilton Boswell will be on Saturday, July 25, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with minister-in-charge, Rev. Randall Dunaway, officiating. Burial will follow from Henry’s Chapel Cemetery in Neshoba County. McClain-Hays Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Boswell, 74, died Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at his residence.
A native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County, he was owner/operator of Valley View Barber Shop for many years. He was a building contractor for commercial and home building. Mr. Boswell was a member of New Zion United Pentecostal Church. He served in the Mississippi National Guard for 20-plus years.
Survivors include wife, Carolyn; children, Robin Dungan (Craig) of Meridian, MS, Jason Boswell of Marietta, GA, Erin Rogers of Dunwoody, GA, Jessica Blanton (Eric) of Louisville, MS, Phillip McCool (Selena) of Conehatta, MS, Mary Ellen McCool-Salvagno (Gui) of Kissimmee, FL; brother, Joe Boswell (Loretta) of Collinsville, MS; sister, Barbara Boswell of Morton, MS; mother-in-law, Mary Moore of Philadelphia, MS; 13 grandchildren, Jazmine McCool, BettyLou McCool, Macey McCool, Austin Dungan, Hunter Dungan, Will Dungan, Sara Dungan, Wyatt Blanton, Kayla Blanton, Cameron Boswell, Hilton Walker Boswell, Bragg Rogers, McKaye Rogers; two great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Boyer and Margot Boyer; special animals; and a host of family and friends.
Mr. Boswell was preceded in death by mother, Sally Lucille Boswell; father, Joe C. Boswell; siblings, Jimmy Dale Boswell, Travis “Jack” Tolbert, Norman Lane Tolbert, R. L. Tolbert, Lamar Tolbert, and Lillian Tolbert.
Pallbearers are Hunter Dungan, Will Dungan, Austin Dungan, Eric Blanton, Wyatt Blanton, Cameron Boswell, Hilton Walker Boswell, Bragg Rogers, Dale Dickerson, Larry Walker, and Rudy Lovern.