Mr. William Champion passed away Sunday, September 11, 2005. The visitation will be held at Seven Oaks Funeral Home on Monday, September 12, 2005 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The funeral service will take place at Anchor Baptist Church on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 10:00 am with Dr. Gerald Shook presiding. The committal service will be in Anchor Cemetery with Don Ferguson, Dean Varner, Mark Brown, Kenneth “Buck” Dalton and Gerald Stanford serving as pallbearers.
Mr. Champion was born on February 11, 1937 in Lafayette County to the late Mr. William Lloyd and Josephine Tallant Champion. He worked in the field of Agricultural Research and was a member of Anchor Baptist Church.
Mr. Champion was preceded in death by his parents and a son, William Allen Champion, March 18, 1973.
He is survived by his wife, Geraldine Renfrow Champion of Oxford, MS; daughter, Patricia Champion Cloer of Jackson, MS; son, Thomas Wayne Champion of Portland, OR, and brother, Jimmy Wayne Champion of Big Sandy, TX.