Kenneth Johnson Fernandez passed away November 8, 2004 at his home in Water Valley, Mississippi.
The visitation will be held at Seven Oaks Funeral Home on Tuesday, Novmeber 9, 2004 from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm. The funeral service will be Wednesday at College Hill Presbyterian Church in Oxford, Mississippi at 11:00 am, with Reverend Alan Cochet and Reverend Amos Sims officiating. The committal service will be in the College Hill Cemetery with Frank Fernandez III, Phil Coleman, Scott Fernandez, Greg Fernandez, Ernie Rice, and Phil Rice serving as pall bearers. Honorary pallbearers are Bob Ward, Eddie Mitchell, Wilbur Herring, Jim Oakley, Charles Sharp, Frank Murphy, W.A. Hyatt, Dr. Robert Derbeloy, Robert Moore, Sterling Allen, Toby Waldo, and Gary Scott Rotenberry.
He is survived by: his wife Julia York Fernandez, two daughters, Cindy Fernandez of Oxford, Mississippi and Amy Fernandez McMinn of Water Valley,Mississippi, and two brothers, Pacolet Fernandez of Hernando, Mississippi and Frank Fernandez Jr. of Coffeeville, Misissippi.
Mr. Fernandez was a former Yalobusha County Beat 1 Supervisor, a United States Army Veteran, and a member of the Coffeeville Presbyterian Church in Coffeeville, Mississippi. Mr. Fernandez graduated from Darling High School in Darling, Mississippi and the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi.