Mr. Marion Edwin Hisaw, 73, died Friday, August 2, 2013, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, August 5th, at Porter Funeral Home, with Mr. T. J. Jennings and Rev. H. D. Smith officiating. Interment will be in Ellison Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Porter Funeral Home.
Mr. Hisaw was born June 18, 1940, in Winston County. He was a 1958 graduate of Nanih Waiya High School, and was a retired salesman for Fair Propane. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Shriners, the Gideons, and served as Deacon of Ellison Ridge Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, Annie Beth Fuller and Robert Edwin Hisaw; a sister, Fannie Hisaw; and a brother, Robert Berlin Hisaw.
He is survived by his wife, Susan Herrington Hisaw of Louisville; a son, Robert Charles Hisaw of Louisville; a daughter, Anna Beth (Clint) Hanson of Columbus, MS; sisters, Gayle Persons of Shuqualak, Bertie Jo Hisaw of Louisville, Joy (Van Dorn) Ming of Louisville, and Dorothy (Joe) Gutierrez; a sister-in-law, Carolyn J. Hisaw; and a brother, Embree Hisaw of Philadelphia.
Pallbearers will be Delbert Ming, Brent Gutierrez, Larry Cockrell, Marshall Winstead, Reed Simpson, and Stevie Herrington. Honorary pallbearers are Kenny Persons and the Deacons of Ellison Ridge Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to Ellison Ridge Cemetery Fund, the Gideons, or the Baptist Children’s Village.