Richard Murray Surrette, age 64, passed away Monday, May 19, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, North MS in Oxford, MS. He was born to the late George Clifton and Frances Lorene Shearer Surrette on September 15, 1943 in Water Valley, MS. He was a member of the Air Force ROTC at Ole Miss and was a self-employed master carpenter. He was a member of Sylva Rena Baptist Church of Water Valley, MS.
The visitation will be at Seven Oaks Funeral Home on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 5 to 7 p.m. The funeral service will be at 2:00 Friday, May 23, 2008 in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks with the committal following the service at the Sylva Rena Cemetery. Bro. Ken White will officiate the service, and Anthony Boxx, Dennis E. Karr, Gerald W. Redwine, Jesse E. Harris, Sylas R. Westmoreland, and Joe Elliott, Jr. will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Breck Surrette and Kevin O'Connor.
He is survived by one daughter, Frances Leona Surrette of Water Valley, MS; two sons, Richard David Surrette and Jason Murray Surrette, both of Oxford, MS; two stepsons, Bradley Gene Hanks of Oxford, MS and Bryan McKavin Hanks of Germany; five brothers, M. H. “Butch” Surrette of Water Valley, MS, Morris Clifton Surrette of Water Valley, MS, Joseph William Lee Surrette of Grenada, MS, John Mark Surrette of Tupelo, MS, and Kevin Lorenzo Surrette of Atlanta, GA; and nine grandchildren.