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Carroll Joseph “Dickie” Fugitt Veteran

Birth
Booneville, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
Death
9 Jan 2005 (aged 65)
Booneville, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
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BOONEVILLE - Carroll Joseph "Dickie" Fugitt, 65, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville. He was born Dec. 26, 1939, in Booneville to Joseph Henry Fugitt and Ophelia Hare Fugitt. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Booneville. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a retired construction inspector with Rural Development (formerly FmHA) after 22 years of service. An architectural draftsman, he assisted in the design of the Hancock Building in Chicago and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. He designed numerous houses and buildings in the Booneville area, including the Booneville City Hall. He was a licensed pilot. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, NASCAR and playing the harmonica.


Services will be at 1 p.m. today at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bobby Hankins officiating. Burial will be in the Oaklawn Memorial Park Cemetery.


Survivors include his wife, Lyla J. Lambert Fugitt; a daughter, DeAnna Fugitt Dorman and her husband, Gragg, of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Carolyn Sue Fugitt Cole an her husband, Eddie Wayne, of Booneville; three nephews, Carey McLain of Booneville, Bobby Fugitt Jr. of Columbus, and Mickey Fugitt of Sebastapol; a stepdaughter, Leana Gargus and her husband, Ricky, of Boonevile; three step-grandchildren, Amanda Gargus, Kim Perrin and Meagyn Wren; six step-great-grandchildren, Whitney Calloway, Randel Dorsey, Kolton Dorman Caperton, Brianna Perrin, Jaxen Perrin and Hannah Wren; and special aunts and uncles.


He was preceded in death by his first wife, Patricia Ann Hare Fugitt; his parents; and a brother, Bobby Fugitt Sr.


Pallbearers will be Carey McLain, Bobby Fugitt Jr., Mickey Fugitt, Frank Wright, Billy Taylor, Keith Latham, Wayne Michael and Bobby Goddard. Honorary pallbearers will be Sgt. Ricky Gargus and the staffs of Rural Development and FSA.


Memorials may be made to the Hare Cemetery Fund, 211-A Hare Road, Booneville, MS 38829.

Tupelo Daily Journal, January 10, 2005
BOONEVILLE - Carroll Joseph "Dickie" Fugitt, 65, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville. He was born Dec. 26, 1939, in Booneville to Joseph Henry Fugitt and Ophelia Hare Fugitt. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Booneville. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a retired construction inspector with Rural Development (formerly FmHA) after 22 years of service. An architectural draftsman, he assisted in the design of the Hancock Building in Chicago and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. He designed numerous houses and buildings in the Booneville area, including the Booneville City Hall. He was a licensed pilot. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, NASCAR and playing the harmonica.


Services will be at 1 p.m. today at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bobby Hankins officiating. Burial will be in the Oaklawn Memorial Park Cemetery.


Survivors include his wife, Lyla J. Lambert Fugitt; a daughter, DeAnna Fugitt Dorman and her husband, Gragg, of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Carolyn Sue Fugitt Cole an her husband, Eddie Wayne, of Booneville; three nephews, Carey McLain of Booneville, Bobby Fugitt Jr. of Columbus, and Mickey Fugitt of Sebastapol; a stepdaughter, Leana Gargus and her husband, Ricky, of Boonevile; three step-grandchildren, Amanda Gargus, Kim Perrin and Meagyn Wren; six step-great-grandchildren, Whitney Calloway, Randel Dorsey, Kolton Dorman Caperton, Brianna Perrin, Jaxen Perrin and Hannah Wren; and special aunts and uncles.


He was preceded in death by his first wife, Patricia Ann Hare Fugitt; his parents; and a brother, Bobby Fugitt Sr.


Pallbearers will be Carey McLain, Bobby Fugitt Jr., Mickey Fugitt, Frank Wright, Billy Taylor, Keith Latham, Wayne Michael and Bobby Goddard. Honorary pallbearers will be Sgt. Ricky Gargus and the staffs of Rural Development and FSA.


Memorials may be made to the Hare Cemetery Fund, 211-A Hare Road, Booneville, MS 38829.

Tupelo Daily Journal, January 10, 2005


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