Extracted from The Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS)
Sunday, May 23, 2010

Obera R. `Bill' Holifield

JONES COUNTY -- Services are 11:30 a.m. Monday at Memory Chapel in Laurel for Obera Ray "Bill" Holifield, 88, of Jones County, who died May 22, 2010, in Meridian.

Burial is in Hickory Grove Cemetery in Laurel.

Mr. Holifield was service manager with Laurel Ford (Swartzfager) for 43 years. He also served in the U.S. Coast Guard on the USS Menges DE 320. He was a member of Heritage Heights (Second Avenue) Baptist Church in Laurel, the American Legion of Laurel, Veterans of Foreign Wars of Laurel Chapter, Number 24 Eastern Star and Mason 414 Masonic Temple.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Brogan Holifield; two sons, Michael R. Holifield of Ellisville and Steve Holifield of Meridian; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Morris Holifield and Dicy Wood Holifield, both of Laurel; and a granddaughter, Carrie Ann Holified of Ellisville.

Visitation is 9:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.