Wayne Truitt

WAYNE TRUITT

Wayne Walley Truitt, age 79, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 23,
2015, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS.  Funeral
services will be Friday, November 27, 2015, at 12:00 PM at First Baptist
C hurch with Dr. Shawn Park er of ficiatin g and Dr. Bobby Douglas assisting.
Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of the service at the
church.  A grav eside co mmittal will be Friday, November 27, 2015, at 3:30 PM
at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington, MS.  Memorial Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Truitt was born December 4, 1935, in Lexington, MS, to the late Rob
Roy and Ida Mae Kyzer Truitt.  He was a veteran of the Army National Guard
and was called to serve during the Berlin Crisis from 1961-1962 while
stationed at Fort Rucker.  Mr. Truitt was a graduate of Mississippi College
in 1957 with a B.A. degree in Social Studies, and in 1962 received his M.Ed.
degree from Mississippi College.  Mr. Truitt also received his Ed.S. degree
from Mississippi State University in 1972.  He was a teacher in Moss Point,
MS, and became administrative assistant for Federal Programs while in
Picayune, MS.  After moving to Columbus, MS, Mr. Truitt served as Director
of State and Federal Programs for the Columbus Municipal School District for
more than 20 years, retiring in 1990.
Mr. Truitt was a member of the First Baptist Church where he served in
the church library, and actively participated in the Christmas Ministry for
many years.  He loved his Lord and church.  He was an avid fisherman and
hunter, loved landscaping and yard work, wood work, leather work, and also
working with stained glass.  In addition to his parents, Mr. Truitt was
preceded in death by his brothers, Charles Lee Truitt and Charles Freeman
Kealhofer, and sisters, Faye Truitt Massey, Mary Catherine Wilson, and
Maxine Majure Johnson.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Sonia Gilliam Truitt of
Columbus, MS, son, Hal Gilliam Truitt and his wife Kaye of Columbus, MS,
sister, Martha Truitt Bailey of Winona, MS, and grandchildren, Anna Truitt
Bush and her husbnad Matt of Hattiesburg, MS, Mary Alice Weeks and her
husband Levi of Hattiesburg, MS, and Richard Wayne Truitt of Hattiesburg,
MS.
Pallbearers will be Ricky Truitt, Matt Bush, Chuck Truitt, Ricky
Bailey, Lee Bailey, Michael Burgess, Forrest Allgood, and Paul Brady.
Honorary pallbearers will be the men of Perrin Smith's Sunday School
Class of Frist Baptist Church, Glenn Lautzenhiser, Ray Hastings, W. R.
Martin, Tommy Southerland,  Gwendell Pearson, and Bobby Ables.
Memorials may b e made to the Baptist Children's Villiage, P.O. Box 27,
Clinton, MS, 39060, or the Lottie Moon Foreign Missions or Christmas
Offering, P.O. Box 829, Columbus, MS, 39703.