Oscar Lee Shead
Oscar Lee Shead, 82, of Byhalia, died Sept. 28, 2018, at Great Oaks Rehab and HealthCare in Byhalia. A retired, self-employed landscaper, he was a member of Isaac Chapel CME Church in Byhalia.
Visitation will be Oct. 5 from 1-6 p.m. at the funeral home; and at the church on Oct. 6 from 10-10:55 a.m.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Oct. 6 at Mt. Pisgah CME Church in Cayce, with burial in Clayton Cemetery in Byhalia. Rev. Dexter Garrison will officiate. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He leaves a son, Leon Shead of Memphis, Tenn.; six daughters, Earlene Garrison of Byhalia, Delores Doyle of Olive Branch, Augusta Anderson, Selena Wright, both of Memphis, Lillie Poplar of Michigan City, Patricia Lofties of Collierville, Tenn.; two sisters, Rena Todd, Hazel Hale, both of Byhalia; 17 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Darrell Jenkins.