Date of birth: 16 Aug 1952
Date of death: 07 Dec 1995

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Burial Information

Section 05 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 001A-07
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary

William Thomas Chisholm

William Thomas “Billy” Chisholm, 43 died of leukemia at University Hospital in Jackson on Thursday, December 7.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, December 9 at First Baptist Church in Durant with Rev. Joel Smith officiating, assisted by Daniel Blaylock. Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington with Southern Funeral Home of Durant in Charge of arrangements.

He was a native of Adams County and was employed as a job superintendent at Hammett Gravel Company in Lexington. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Lexington.

Survivors include his fiancée, Dolores Bell of Durant; son, William Thomas Chisholm II of Durant; parents, T. O. and Jean Chisholm of Lexington; sisters, Debbi Branch of Sidon and Vivian McBride of West; brothers, Don Chisholm of Hampton, Virginia, Ronnie Chisholm and Brent Chisholm, both of Lexington.

Active pallbearers were Joe Ballard, Joe Ballard, Sr., Donald Byrd, Hal Hammett, Johnny Word, and Tommy Mitchell. Honorary pallbearers were James Bordelon, Harold Hammett, Jr., Richard Hammett, and Dick Atkinson.

The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS)
December 14, 1995, vol. 37, no. 50, pg. 7

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Family Members

Parents
Thomas O'Ferrell "Red" Chisholm
1930–2014

Siblings
Debra Anne "Debbi" Chisholm Killebrew
1955–2018

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