Robert Lee Loftis

ROBERT LOFTIS – Robert Lee “Bob” Loftis, age 90, of Caledonia, MS, passed away March 14, 2019, at Covington County Hospital in Collins, MS. Funeral services will be Monday, March 18, 2019, at 2:00 PM at Caledonia United Methodist Church with Rev. Charity Gordon and Rev. Don Harding officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, March 17, 2019, from 5:00 – 9:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory College St. location.

Mr. Loftis was born August 5, 1928, in Caledonia, MS, to the late Robert M. and Oma Clara Stillman Loftis. He was a graduate of Caledonia High School and veteran of Korea serving in the United States Army. Mr. Loftis retired from the Mississippi Employment Security Commission after 36 years, working in job placement and ending his career in the unemployment tax division. He raised cattle in Caledonia and served on the Caledonia School Board and Columbus Fairgrounds Board. Mr. Loftis was a member of the Caledonia United Methodist Church where he served as Sunday school superintendent and lay reader. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Bettye Browning Loftis and an infant brother.

Survivors include his sons, Terry Loftis of Seminary, MS, and Bobby Loftis of Brilliant, AL, grandchildren, Emily Ladner and her husband Deon, Clay Loftis, Brandy Cox and her husband Will, Tara Bryant and her husband Robbie, and Brooke Loftis, and 8 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Roger Minton, Glenn Scarbrough, Rick Hayes, Clint Weeks, Dennis Gates, and Mert Campbell.

Memorials may be made to the Caledonia United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1, Caledonia, MS, 39740.