PALLBEARERS

Natchez Hunting Club Members

Family and Friends

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Words cannot express the appreciation that we have for the many friends

and loved ones who have been so gracious in this time of grief. The family

of Willie Earl Nettles wants to say “thank you” to each of you. Your telephone

calls, visits, prayers and kind expressions of support have been registered in

our hearts forever. We pray that God blesses you and ask that you continue

to pray for our family in the days that lie ahead.

The Nettles Family

Saturday, December 26, 2015

2:30PM

J. F. Shields High School

Rev. Osbry Millender, Eulogist

Willie Earl Nett le s

In Loving

Memory

Banks Memorial Funeral Home & Cremations 2127 Highway 84 West, Frisco City, AL

(251) 575-7003

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FLOWER BEARERS

Family and Friends

“Big Will”

His Life

The Order of Service

A Time to Be Born

Willie Earl Nettles was born on October 25, 1950, to the late John and Olivia Nettles in Beatrice, AL. He was the fifth of thirteen children born to this loving union.

A Time to Live

He accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful member of New Liberty A. M. E. Church where he attended and served until his death. He was educated at Rosanwald School (Greer) in Tunnel Springs, AL, and then joined the U. S. Job Corps in Wisconsin. He later returned home to Beatrice and began working in the Pulp Wood business owned by his father. No stranger to hard work, his career led him to drive trucks for the Monroe County Road Department. His jovial spirit and truck number soon earned him the CB handle, “45”. In 1978, Will began driving for the Monroe County Board of Education. He was a faithful bus driver and quickly became a favorite of the students and parents of Beatrice. The athletic department of J. F. Shields High School relied heavily on his driving skills and tapped him to drive the student athletes of for many years. Even after retirement, his true love for the school system and the Beatrice students led him to continue to drive the bus as a part-time substitute. Will was a member of the Monroe County Educational Support Personnel Organiza-tion (ESPO) , and the National Education Association. An avid hunter and fisherman, he was a mem-ber and President of the Natchez Hunting Club. “Big Will”, as he was affectionately known, loved life and lived it to the fullest. He was happiest when surrounded by the laughter of family and friends.

A Time to Die

God called this humble servant Home on Dec. 21, 2015, in Beatrice, AL.. He departed this earthly home for a mansion in the sky. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Valerie Nettles and a brother, Gerome Jimmy Nettles.

A Time to Mourn

He leaves to cherish his precious memories, three daughters: Lisa Marshall of Robertsdale, AL, Renee Nettles of Excel, AL and Rose Marie Nettles of Columbus, GA; three sons: Earl (Monique) Nettles of Ocean Springs, MS, Melvin Nettles and Dejuan Nettles both of Mobile, AL; a loving com-panion: Rita Lett of Beatrice, AL; six brothers: Clevester (Doris) Nettles; John Joseph Nettles, Norman Nettles and David Nettles all of Moss Point, MS, Ronnie (Linda ) Nettles of Beatrice, AL and Perry Nettles of Mobile, AL; five sisters: Clara Nettles of Hemmitt, CA, Viola (Melvin) Davis of Compton, CA, Frances Richardson of Moss Point, MS, Geraldine Lee of Frisco City, AL, and Myra Nettles Howard of Mobile, AL; one aunt, Ernestine Liddell of Moss Point, MS; two uncles: Mick Fountain of Los Angeles, CA and Joe Nettles of Arizona, eleven grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews and many other loved relatives and attentive friends.

PROCESSIONAL

SELECTION

SCRIPTURES:

OLD TESTAMENT………………………………………………………………………………...Rev. Duran Odoms

NEW TESTAMENT………………………………………………………………………….Minister Derek Nettles

PRAYER…………………………………………………………………………………………………………....Rev. Corey Morrow

EXPRESSIONS:

AS I KNEW HIM (NEIGHBOR/COUSIN)……………………………………………..…...…Sis. Bertha Black

OTHERS……………………………………………………………………………..………………………..2 Min. Please

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF RESOLUTIONS,

CARDS AND RESOLUTIONS……………………………………………………………………….……………Sis. Carol Rogers

SELECTION OF COMFORT

EULOGY………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Rev. Osbry Millender

In the Hands of the Funeral Home

RECESSIONAL

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane.

I’d walk right up to Heaven and bring you back again.

No farewell words were spoken, no time to say “good-bye.”

You were gone before we knew it, and only God knows why.

My heart still aches with sadness and secret tears still flow;

What it mean to love you— No one can ever know.

But now I know you want me,

to mourn for you no more. to remember all the happy times;

life still has so much in store.

Since you’ll never be forgotten. I pledge to you today,

a hollowed place within my heart is where you’ll always stay.

Love Kids Star Bright Angels

“If Tears Could Build A Stairway”