Charles Conner

Charles Wadelow Conner Jr, 70, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi. The family will receive friends on Saturday, August 03, 2024, from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM at Yellow Leaf Baptist Church (50 Co Rd 435, Oxford, Mississippi 38655). The funeral service celebrating his life will take place at 11:00 AM in the sanctuary of Yellow Leaf Baptist Church. Interment will take place in Yellow Leaf Cemetery. Charles was welcomed into this world on November 6, 1953 as one of five children born to Myra Kellum Conner and the late Charles Wadelow Conner. Charles provided for his family as a skilled butcher and would later become a truck driver. Charles enjoyed deer hunting and fishing - especially for bass and crappie. When he was younger he loved training and riding horses and raising hunting dogs. Charles enjoyed watching football and baseball games , both college and high school. He never met a stranger and like talking and telling stories to friends and family. Although Charles has departed from our presence, his memory will forever hold a cherished place in the hearts and minds of his loved ones and friends. Charles leaves behind a loving family. Colleen Edwards Conner of Oxford, his two sons, Payton Conner and his wife Kasey of Oxford. Kyle Conner and his wife Amanda of Oxford, his daughter Casey Tramel and her husband John Cole Tramel of Oxford and his two granddaughters, Andi and Kendall Tramel. He also leaves one grandson of Payton and Kasey Conner who will soon grace the world with his presence. He leaves his mother, Myra Kellum Conner, his sister Diane Sturdivant and husband Tommy, of Oxford his two brothers, Dwight Conner and wife Marla of Water Valley, and Owen Conner and his wife Cathy of Oxford. He also leaves a host of nieces and nephews and extended family members. The loved ones who departed from this life before him include his father, Charles Wadelow Conner, and his Sister Pat Conner. In place of traditional flowers, the family has requested that donations be given to Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo Mississippi, (P.O. Box 2177, Tupelo, MS 38803). The Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford staff is honored to serve the family during this challenging season of life. Online condolences may be left on this Tribute Wall at www.colemanfuneral home.com.

Charles Conner

November 6, 1953 - July 31, 2024

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