Reba Bacon 1921-2016

Reba Lavelle (Hood) Bacon, 95, of Aberdeen, Miss., passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton.

She was born April 19, 1921 in Monroe County, Miss., the daugh­ter of Clarence Lee and Nettie Lee (Rieves) Hood.

Reba graduated from Aberdeen High School (Aberdeen, Miss.) in 1940. She had lived in the Aber­deen community for 52 years. She had also lived in Okolona, Miss., and currently in Holton since 2012. Reba worked for Sears Roebuck in Mississippi and was a homemaker devoted to her family and garden­ing. She was a member of the Ab­erdeen First Baptist Church and Eastern Star.

Reba married William A. Bacon on April 16, 1941, in Monroe County. He preceded her in death on Jan. 12, 2005. She was also pre­ceded in death by a son-in-law, Harry Massey; three sisters, Mabel Kincaid, Eula Mae Kynard and Sarah Hankins; and five brothers, Bobby Hood, Garnie Hood, J.B. Hood, Louis Hood and Billy Hood.

Survivors include two sons, William A. “Bill” Bacon (Sandra) of Enterprise, Ala., and Robert A. “Tony” Bacon (Dannye) of Hous­ton, Miss.; a daughter, Linda S. Massey of Holton; a sister, Virginia Lanning of Windsor, Va.; a brother, Howard Hood (Buster) of Southaven, Miss.; six grandchil­dren, William A. Bacon III, Chris A. Massey, Mindy Walden, Mi­chelle Jones, Elisha Benton and Lesli McCully; and five great-grandchildren, William Bacon IV, Laurel Bacon, Joel Cawby, Grand Cawby and Katherine McCully.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 25 at Tisdale-Lann Memorial Chapel in Aber­deen, Miss. Burial will follow in the Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery in Aberdeen.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Aberdeen First Baptist Church, sent in care of Mercer Fu­neral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436. To leave a special mes­sage for the family, please visit www.mercerfuneralhomes.com. Mercer Funeral Home in Holton is assisting the family with local ar­rangements.

(PAID OBITUARY)