Francis Joe Speights

Published 10:24 am Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Funeral services for Francis Joe Speights are Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Riverwood Family Funeral Service with burial in Easthaven Cemetery.

Visitation is today from 5:30 until 8 p.m. and will resume Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at 10 a.m. at Riverwood.

Mr. Speights, 85, died Monday, July 18, 2016. He was born Feb. 27, 1931, in Jefferson Davis County to Joe Speights and Lula Polk Speights.

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He was a retired licensed civil engineer, United States Army veteran, past president of the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce, and deacon and member of Easthaven Baptist Church. Mr. Speights graduated from Monticello High School and obtained a degree in civil engineering from Mississippi State University in 1953. While at MSU, he was a member of the MSU baseball team and captain of a Scabbard and Blade Drill Team. As a licensed civil engineer, he engineered and constructed over 300 safe bridges and many miles of roads. He loved his church family and especially enjoyed his work with the construction of the current church facilities.

Survivors include his daughter, Pam Speights Harrison and husband, Joel; his son, Joseph Scott Speights and wife, Sharon; three grandchildren, Laura Jill Speights, Anna Frances Speights and Luke James Harrison.

Memorials may be made to Easthaven Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 882, Brookhaven, MS 39602 or Mississippi Baptist Children’s Village, 114 Market Ridge Road, Ridgeland, MS 39157.

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