Bonnie Gean Rucker

Services for Bonnie Gean Rucker were held Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. David Hardy and Rev. Lonnie Alexander officiating.  Visitation was held Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until time of service.  Burial followed in Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery of the Stephenstown Community in Neshoba County.  McClain-Hays Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Miss Rucker, 85, of Newton, died Saturday, March 20, 2021.

A native and lifelong resident of Neshoba County, she attended County Line and Beatline schools. Miss Rucker was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Stephenstown. 

Survivors include sisters, Martha Ann Marsh, Bessie Mae Ford and Lessie Faye Chunn and Linda Jane Watkins; and a host of nieces and nephews. 

Miss Rucker was preceded in death by parents, Pete Mimzy and Minnie Lee Rucker; sisters, Bertha Lee Rucker, Thelma Dean Gill and Mattie Lou Creighton.