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Gatho Overby
Gatho Overby, 72 of Magee, passed from this life Monday, August 27, 2012 at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00am, on Friday, August 31, 2012 at Mims Mitchell Funeral Home in Magee. Burial will be in Coat Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00pm until 8:00pm at Mims Mitchell Funeral Home Thursday, August 30, 2012.
Mr. Overby was a Master Mason. He enjoyed gardening, raising dogs and bee-keeping.
Mr. Overby is survived by his sons, Steve Overby (Joy), Scottsboro, Al and Keith Overby, Dutton, Al; daughters, Melanie Lacy (Craig), Henagar, Al and Melissa Zech (Ken), Scottsboro, Al; 10 grandchildren; 1 great granddaughter; sister, Gladys Spell (Jack), Mendenhall; a number of nieces and nephews and a very special, loving niece, Frances Brown and his “main man”, Andrew Brown.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Allen Matthew Overby & Onnie Ware Overby; wife of 11 years, Shirley Anderson Overby and three brothers, Eugene Overby, Cledous Overby and Durwood Overby.
Pallbearers are Michael Overby, E.J. Overby, Richard Spell, Trey Spell, Paul Spell and V.J. Moore. Honorary pallbearers are Christopher Smith and Lowell Forehand.
Depending on the Tropical Storm, services may change.
(June 18, 1940 - August 27, 2012)