To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Mississippi Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Mississippi, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 12/9/13 • Approved: 6/20/24 • Last Updated: 6/23/24 • R687-G0-S3
Feb 26,1938-Apr 16,2013
Husband of Frances Wooten Ramshur
Son of Vester Sr and Valeria Crout Ramshur
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 18, 2013 in the Chapel of Colonial Funeral Home for Mr. Vester "J.B." Ramshur Jr., 75, of Columbia, who died Tuesday, April 16 in Columbia. Interment was in the Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. J.R. Hartfield officiated at the services. Visitation was held from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17 at Colonial Funeral Home.
A native of Marion County, he was a retired diesel mechanic and a member of Temple Baptist Church and served in the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vester Ramshur Sr. and Valeria Crout Ramshur and a sister, Joyce Kane.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Wooten Ramshur of Columbia; four daughters, Debbie Pierce (Ken), Cathy Ramshur Seal and Delana Haddox (JimBo), all of Columbia and Jeannie Bennett (the Rev. Stan Bennett) of Perkinston; four sisters, Carol Boudreaux of Pass Christian, Janie Forbes of Sandy Hook, Bonita Swanigan of Mt. Vernon, Ky. and Rachel Hogue of Concord, N.H.; three brothers, Jessie Ramshur of Columbia, Murphy Ramshur of Sumrall and Victor Ramshur of Denver, Colo.; nine grandchildren; four great grandchildren and many other friends and family.
Colonial Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Contributed on 12/9/13 by bill060
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 687