Jesse Gregory
Posted: December 15, 2017
STEENS — Jesse Will Gregory, 70, died Dec. 7, 2017. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at New Zion MB Church with Rev. W.C. Talley officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is from noon to 6:30 p.m. today at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home in Columbus. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Gregory was born Dec. 22, 1946, in Steens, to Nellie G. Owens Gregory and the late Bennie M. Gregory. He attended Hardy Bluff and Anderson Grove schools. He was formerly employed with Airline Manufacturing Company and retired from Phillips Contracting Company. He was a member of Sixth Avenue Baptist Church in Columbus. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his sister, Gladys Owens. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Clara Gregory of Steens; two sons, Steven Gregory of Columbus and Shawn Gregory of Calera, Alabama; one sister, Lola Daniels-Smith of Columbus; four brothers, Bennie Gregory of Antioch, California, Jimmy Gregory and Gilbert Petty, both of Columbus, and Deforest Petty of Montgomery, Alabama; and four grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Willie Bouldes, Larry Bouldes, Johnny Craddieth, Keith Craddieth, Johnny Pounds, Willie Pounds and Jerome Willis.