CHARLES "BUD" BOYETTE Charles Eugene "Bud" Boyette, age 83, of Steens, MS, passed away January 25, 2012, at his residence. Graveside services will be held Friday, January 27, 2012, at 2:00 PM at Houston, MS, City Cemetery with Rev. Ben Butler officiating and with full military honors. Visitation will be held Thursday, January 26, 2012, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Mr. Boyette was born February 23, 1928, in Atlanta, MS, to the late Irvin and Sevilla Faulkner Boyette. He was a graduate of Mississippi State University and retired from the United States Air Force. Mr. Boyette also worked for 17 years in civil service at Columbus Air Force Base and was a member of Caledonia United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Ethel Edwards Boyette of Steens, MS, sons, Charles Eugene Boyette, Jr. and his wife Lucy of Grenada, MS, and Joseph Stephen Boyette of Raleigh, NC, daughter, Michele Boyette Kross and her husband Major Kenneth Kroll of Caledonia, MS, grandchildren, Delane Boyette, Stephanie Booher and her husband Dan, Tracie Parker and her husband John, and Marcus Doss and his wife Tina, and 11 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be the Columbus Air Force Base Honor Guard. Memorials may be made to the Caledonia United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1, Caledonia, MS, 39740.
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