Mr. Toy J. Sutherland, 77, passed away in Baptist Memorial Hospital N-MS at Oxford, MS on December 17, 2005. He was retired from the US Postal Service and worked in the Water Valley Office for many years. A Veteran of the US Navy, he served his country in the Korean War.
Mr. Sutherland was a member of Mt. Liberty Church where he served as Deacon, Song Leader, and Sunday School Teacher.
A visitation service will be held at Seven Oaks Funeral Home on Sunday December 18, 2005 from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM and the Funeral Service will be held at Mt. Liberty Church at 2:00 PM on Monday, December 19,2005. Officiating the service will be Bros. Ed Barlow, Steve Standard and Dan Dickerson. Committal will follow in the church cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are: Phillip Dickey, Allen Dickey, Dennis Sutherland, Larry Kimzey, Robert Samuel Sutherland and Dorris Cain. Honorary Pallbearers are: Rayford Edgar, Curtis Berry, Hubert Sanders, Jack Craven, Crip Tyler,Wallace Forsyth, Paul Parker, Tommy Ashford, Charles Heath, Bobby Heath, Barney Pullen, Bill Larson, Jack Grass, Gene Simpson and Glynn Gabbert.
Survivors are: Wife, Sammie Carothers Sutherland of Water Valley, MS - Daughter, Cindy Sutherland Dickey of Water Valley, MS - Son, Tim Sutherland of Pittsboro, MS - Sisters, Syble Dickey and Ruby Barlow of Water Valley, MS - Grandchildren, Lacey Dickey Caine, Robert Samuel Sutherland, Elizabeth Anne Sutherland and Dillon James Toy Dickey - Great-Grandchildren, Georgia Parrish Caine and Ian Sutherland Caine.
Mr. Sutherland was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Chester and Birdie Zelma Dickey Sutherland and a brother, Russell Sutherland.