William Tatum
Posted: August 31, 2015
STARKVILLE— William Louis “Bill” Tatum, 81, died Aug. 29, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Services are Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Welch Funeral Home in Starkville with the Rev. Dickery Bryan officiating. Burial will be Oddfellows Cemetery in Starkville. Visitation is one hour prior to the service. Mr. Tatum was formerly employed Four County Electric Association as a staking engineer. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and was a veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alden Carson and Helen Lena Coker Tatum; daughter, Roxie Lynn Tatum; son, William Scott Tatum; brothers; Carson Tatum and Dwight Tatum; sisters, Dorothy Lavern Mann and Lena Aldene Allen. He is survived by his wife, Sarah James Tatum of Starkville; daughter, Lisa Tatum Holt of Byhalia; stepson, Paul Lee Phillips of Dothan, Alabama; brothers, Edward Harold and Ronald Kay Tatum; sisters Joy Overman and Helen Mivela Radford; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Fellowship Baptist Church , 545 Frye Rd. Starkville MS 39759.