Ernest Deas
Posted: December 5, 2019
STARKVILLE — Ernest B. “Happy” Deas, 76, died Nov. 27, 2019. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Johnson Hall of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection. Visitation will be from 1-2:30 p.m. prior to services at the church. Welch Funeral Home of Starkville is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Deas was born Feb. 20, 1943, in Jackson, to the late Horace Allen and Virginia Wells Deas. He attended Jackson public schools and was a 1961 graduate of Provine High School and a 1965 graduate of Mississippi State University. He was formerly employed with Humble Oil and Refining Company and Mississippi Power and Light Company. He was also self-employed in the engineering field. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Horace Allen Deas Jr. He is survived by his wife, Babs; son, Donald Trent Deas of Madison and David Reese Deas of Memphis, Tennessee; and two grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 105 N. Montgomery St., Starkville, MS 39759.