Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
July 2008

Oree Baucum Sr.

Oree Baucum Sr., 86, of Laurel, died on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 25, at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel. Burial will be in Good Hope Cemetery in Jones County. The Rev. Harry Burge will officiate. Mr. Baucum was a retired meat cutter. He served in the US Army during WWII.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise Baucum.

Survivors include a son, Oree Baucum Jr. of Laurel; daughter, Dianne Cheeks Herrington of Laurel; brother, J. C. Baucum of Vero Beach, Fla.; sister, Margaret Cobb of Laurel; three grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Kevin Baucum, Mark Houston, Lynn Hodge, Jeffrey Lawson, Jason Lawson and Frank Cobb.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, which is in charge of the arrangements.