Funeral services for Robert Funches Jr. will be Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 11 a.m. at the Vicksburg City Auditorium with the Rev. Kevin Winters officiating; interment shall follow in the Cedar Hill Cemetery with W. H. Jefferson Funeral Home in charge. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 19, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the funeral home.

Robert Funches Jr., the son the late Robert Funches Sr. and Lydia Wallace, was born on January 18, 1922, in Fishlake.

He passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 12, in his residence following a brief illness.  He was 95. 

He was a veteran of World War II, where he earned several medals including the American Theatre Ribbon, EAME Theatre Ribbon, the Bronze Star and the Victory Medical II.   He had worked at the Hydrate Gas Company until their closure and then worked at the All Saints School until retirement.

He is survived by his companion, Ida Mae Evans of Vicksburg (51yrs); two sons, John L. (Penny) Evans, and Tommy L. Evans both of Vicksburg; Mary (Vernon) Thomas and Edna (Ollie) Dixson both of Vicksburg; 39 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren, and 20 great-great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews and others.