Leo Terrell Jr.

Published 6:00 am Friday, January 21, 2005

Services for Leo Terrell Jr., of Bogue Chitto, are 2 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 23 at Mt. Zion M.B. Church in Bogue Chitto with burialin the church cemetery.

Visitation is Saturday from noon until 7 p.m. at R.E. TylerFuneral Home. Family will be present from 6-7 p.m.

Mr. Terrell, 58, died Jan. 18, 2005, at his residence. He wasborn in Lincoln County on April 24, 1946, to Leo Terrell Sr. ofBogue Chitto, and Clementeen Kelly Terrell.

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He was an auto painter and owned his body shop, Terrell BodyShop, for 15 years. He was a graduate of Eva Harris High School andwas an auto body graduate of Southwest Community College in Summit.He served in the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Reserves wherehe received the National Defense service medal and Meritorious UnitCommendation.

Preceding him in death were his mother; his wife, Alice LouisePorter-Terrell; his brothers, Robert and Calvin; and his sisters,Shirley, Mary Lee and Sally.

Survivors are his daughters, Tammy Renee Terrell-McNair, ofStarkville, and Cynthia Terrell, of Bogue Chitto; his sons, LeoTerrell III, of Jayess, and LeKeith Terrell, of Bogue Chitto; hissisters, Celestine Terrell and Mary Ann Terrell Fells, both ofBogue Chitto; his brothers, Jessie Terrell, of Hazlehurst, andLeroy Terrell, of Bogue Chitto; four grandchildren; and a host ofnieces and nephews.