Jeffery Pettis

Services were held Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 12:00 noon from Evans Tabernacle in Union, Ms. with Bro. Nolan Pinter officiating.  Burial followed in Evans Tabernacle Cemetery. McClain-Hays Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Pettis, 51, of Conehatta, died Friday, April 7, 2023, at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. 

Jeffery was born in Meridian, MS, and attended Newton High School.  He was employed as a truck driver almost all of his life; and loved to fish, camp, and anything outdoors.  Mr. Pettis was Christian by faith.

Survivors include his parents, Ivan and Patricia Day of Conehatta, MS; daughter, Summer Pettis; sons, William Gilbert and Alex Thompson; sisters, Teresa Fincher and Jennifer Wilkerson of Detroit, MI; brothers, Thomas Fincher of Philadelphia, MS, and Richard Pettis of Union, MS.

Preceding Mr. Pettis in death were his son, JC Gilbert; and grandmother, Shelby Pettis.