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Jack Edwin Yelverton
(November 3, 1926 – July 10, 2022)
Jack Edwin Yelverton, 95 of Taylorsville, Mississippi passed away from his earthly home to his heavenly home on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at the Asbury Hospice Home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He was born Wednesday, November 3, 1926, in Taylorsville, Mississippi.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Taylorsville United Methodist Church on Welcome Street, Taylorsville, Mississippi.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at Taylorsville United Methodist Church. The burial will follow in Fellowship Cemetery in Taylorsville, Mississippi, with military rites. Reverend Trey Harper will officiate. Special music will be provided by Ms. Sue Sherman and Mrs. Sue Gorell. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Taylorsville is in charge of arrangements. 601-785-6564
Mr. Jack was a member of Taylorsville United Methodist Church. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, and friend. He served our country in the United States Navy. He worked for Southern Pine for over thirty years as a Linesman Foreman. After retirement, he enjoyed hunting, visiting friends, sitting under his pecan tree, and most of all spending time with his family and friends. He will be greatly missed by all of his loving family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Barney Yelverton; mother, Bertha Anderson Yelverton; brother, Joe Guy Yelverton; and sisters, Ann Yelverton Rayner and Hazel Yelverton Johnson.
Survivors include his loving wife of sixty-seven years, Mary L. Welborn Yelverton of Taylorsville, Mississippi; two sons, Joey Yelverton (Maureen Smith) of Ridgeland, Mississippi and Byron Edwin Yelverton, Sr. (Angela) of Spanish Fort, Alabama; one daughter, Suzanne Yelverton Colbert (Chad) of Brandon, Mississippi; four grandchildren, Byron Edwin Yelverton, Jr. (Ally) of Alpharetta, Georgia, Blake Yelverton of Spanish Fort, Alabama, Jordan Colbert Watts (Wesley) of Brandon, Mississippi, and Sara Grace Colbert (Mason McKay) of Brandon, Mississippi; one great-granddaughter, Lily Watts of Brandon, Mississippi; one sister, Jan Yelverton Bond of Taylorsville, MS; and a host of other family members and friends.
Pallbearers will be Blake Yelverton, Chad Colbert, Lane Wiley, William Wiley, Wesley Watts, and Byron Yelverton, Jr.
In lieu of flowers the family requested donations to be made to the Taylorsville First United Methodist Church.
An online guestbook may be signed at www.colonialchapelmageemendenhall.com
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