Charles Covington
Posted: March 27, 2015
TUPELO —Charles L. Covington Sr., 80, died March 23, 2015, at Community Hospice in Verona. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Lane Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Tupelo with the Rev. Cheryl Penson officiating. Burial will follow at Sturdivant Cemetery in Caledonia. Visitation is today from 3-8 p.m. at Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus. Mr. Covington was born in Caledonia on Sept. 5, 1934, to the late Memory and Nellie Mae Covington. He was formerly employed with the State Mental Hospital in Tupelo and a U.S. Army Veteran. He was a member of Lane Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, the Elks of Columbus and a Mason. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Eddie Covington Sr. He is survived by his wife, Cornelia Walker Covington of Tupelo; son, Charles L. Covington Jr. of Tupelo; and adopted brother, Estrice Boone of Memphis, Tennessee. Pallbearers are James Bolden, Rufus Davis, Carl Boone, Odies Power, Marraye Collins, James Holt, William Copeland and Everette Hill.