William Stennis Vail
May 28, 1939 — September 17, 2017
2017, at his residence. Funeral services will be Tuesday, September 17,
2017, at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David
Westmoreland officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Mt.
Pleasant Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Lamar County, AL. Visitation
will be from 11:00 AM until the time of the service.
Mr. Vail was born and raised in Caledonia, MS, to the late Jesse
Michael and Minnie Bell Partain Vail. He was a 1957 graduate from Caledonia
High School and attended Draughon's Business College in Jackson, MS, where
he earned a degree in accounting. William was a member of Freewill Baptist
Church in Vernon, AL. He will be laid to rest at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
where both of his parents and his two sons Michael Vail and Clayton Vail were laid to rest.
William Stennis and his wife, Charlene Vail, moved their family from
Dyer, TN, back to Caledonia, MS, with his job at Ceco Buildings in Columbus
where he retired years later. He had a huge passion and love for all
children and pets. He made numerous donations to the Palmer Home of
Columbus, Columbus Lowndes Humane Society, and Wildlife Conservation.
He has left behind many friends, family, class mates, and co-workers that
cared for him deeply and he will never be forgotten. The family wishes to
thank all friends, neighbors, and the staff of Camellia Hospice of Columbus.
Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Charlene Matlock Vail,
children, Crystal Pyle, Charlotte Russell, Wendy Blankenship, Randy Autry,
and Mike Autry, brother, Bobby Vail, grandchildren, Austin Middlebrooks,
Carlee Middlebrooks, Christopher Vail, Jacob Vail, Lorie Russell, Megan
Blankenship, Brian Russell, Ashley Vail, Kristen Laster, and Keith Vail, and
8 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Austin Middlebrooks, Brian Russell, Christopher Vail,
Jacob Vail, Steve Pyle, Wayne Russell, Brent Pyle, and Harold Wayne Partain.
Honorary pallbearers will be John Harvey Partain, Ray Dyer, Jason Dyer,
Larry Vail, Joe Vail, Sonnie Corbett, Lanetta Avery, Mary Partain, Leslie
Perkins, Susie Perkins, Billy Goodman, Willie Quin Vail, and Andrew Kilburn.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to The Palmer Home
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