Charles Dennis Head Sr.
71, Columbia
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at West Columbia Church of God for Charles Dennis Head Sr., 71, of Columbia, who died on Sunday, Dec. 27, in Gulfport. Burial followed in Emmanuel Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Lane Turnage and Rev. James Williamson officiated at the services. Visitation was held from noon until the time of the services on Monday, Jan. 4, at West Columbia Church of God.
A native of Poplarville, and longtime resident of Columbia, he was a diesel mechanic and a veteran of the United States Navy. He attended West Columbia Church of God.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, LaRita Joyce Brumfield; parents, William Lampton Head and Sylvester Warden Head; sisters, Dixie Lucille Head and Christine Head Smith, and brothers, Thomas Sollie Head and Morgan Lampton Head.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Head of Columbia; five daughters, Tracey Lynn McBride (Ricky) of Picayune, Melissa Jane Rasp (Jason) of Loxley, Ala., and Shannon Marie Head Duncan (David), Pamela Renee Alford (Michael) and Tina Marie Hedgepeth (James), all both of Columbia; three sons, Charles Dennis Head Jr. (Sherry) of Oak Vale, Oliver William Ray Hudson of Georgia and Alton LeeRoy Hudson (Ashley) of Columbia; a sister, Vivian Cook (Leon) of LaCombe, LA; a host of grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Michael Alford, Caleb J. Hudson, Caleb M. Hudson, Peyton McBride, Michael Smith and Randall Allange.
Friends and family are invited to share condolences and memories at: www.colonialfuneralhomes-ms.com.
Colonial Funeral Home in Columbia was entrusted with arrangements.
