Bill Delaughter
Published 5:00 am Friday, July 6, 2007
Bill Delaughter, 82, of Natchez, died Tuesday, July 3, 2007, atGlenburney Nursing Home in Natchez.
Funeral services were Friday, July 6, at 10 a.m. at LairdFuneral Home Union Street Chapel with the Rev. Ray Hollandofficiating. Burial followed at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemeteryunder the direction of Laird Funeral Home.
Visitation was Thursday, July 5, from 5 until 8 p.m. at thefuneral home.
Mr. Delaughter was born Jan. 17, 1925, in Brookhaven. He was theson of Ferdinand B. and Eunice Graves Delaughter. He was precededin death by his parents; a brother, Leroy Delaughter; and twosisters, Bessie Rollins and Sara Bardwell.
Survivors include his wife, Margie Delaughter, of Natchez; threesons, Billy D. Delaughter and his wife, Patsy, Johnny Delaughterand his wife, Tina, and Gary Delaughter, all of Natchez; twodaughters, Janis Norris and her husband, Carl, of Natchez, andElaine Green and her husband, Clarence, of Alabama; ninegrandchildren, Mark Norris, Kevin Delaughter, Johnny DelaughterJr., Tinia Grantham, Elizabeth Collier, Christine Delaughter,Jennifer Delaughter, Danyelle Kilgore and Angel Netterville; ninegreat-grandchildren, Patrick Delaughter, Mark Norris Jr., E.J.Grantham, Bridgett and Marilyn Delaughter, Taylor and AshleyGrantham, Tiffany Norris and Grace Marie Murphy; and four sisters,Mary Alice Bardwell, Christine Smith, Erma Nell Beeson and AnnieBelle Carter.
Pallbearers will be his grandsons and friends of the family.