Forrest Reed "Hoss" Tuttle, 93, widower of Bonnie Mae Hopper Tuttle, died Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday, November 26, 2006 at First United Methodist Church in Batesville witih burial in. Magnolia Cemetery.
Forrest was born to Robert Adison and Myrtle Sanders Tuttle on September 19, 1913 in Panola County.
Mr. Tuttle was both the Law Enforcement Marshall of Batesville and Chief of Police in 1961. Later he served as Panola County Sheriff in 1968 and served until 1975 in that capacity. He was Constable in 1998 as well. His career in law enforcement offered many opportunities for Mr. Tuttle. He was able to direct and lead the Freedom March for the Civil Rights Movement in Panola County alongside James Meredith and many others. Forrest was also the first Sheriff to provide security for the Panola County Public Schools. He was honored to work under 5 Mississippi Governors during his tenure in law enforcement; Ross Barnett, Paul B. Johnson, John Bell Williams, William Waller and Kirk Fordice.
Before he began a career in law enforcement he was a farmer and a logger. Mr. Tuttle helped construct Sardis Dam as well. He was an avid hunter throughout his life. Mr. Tuttle served in the C.C. Camp. He was a member of Tocowa Baptist Church in Courtland.
He is survived by his daughter: Bobbie Jean Tuttle Pounders of Batesville; 3 granddaughters, Sheila Pounders of Batesville, Jackie Langlow & husband, Dr. John Langlow of Birmingham, Ala., Amy Bailey & husband, Scott of Crowder; four great-grandchildren, Caitlin Claire Bailey, Carson Scott Bailey, John Robbins Langlow, IV & Jackson Rhodes Langlow.
He was preceeded in death by: his wife: Bonnie Mae Hopper Tuttle two sisters, Mabel Tuttle Trigg and Robbie Tuttle Mangrum, and granddaughter, Sherrie Lane Pounders.
Memorials can be made to Tocowa Baptist Church in Courtland, MS.
Published in Clarion Ledger on November 25, 2006
Forrest was born to Robert Adison and Myrtle Sanders Tuttle on September 19, 1913 in Panola County.
Mr. Tuttle was both the Law Enforcement Marshall of Batesville and Chief of Police in 1961. Later he served as Panola County Sheriff in 1968 and served until 1975 in that capacity. He was Constable in 1998 as well. His career in law enforcement offered many opportunities for Mr. Tuttle. He was able to direct and lead the Freedom March for the Civil Rights Movement in Panola County alongside James Meredith and many others. Forrest was also the first Sheriff to provide security for the Panola County Public Schools. He was honored to work under 5 Mississippi Governors during his tenure in law enforcement; Ross Barnett, Paul B. Johnson, John Bell Williams, William Waller and Kirk Fordice.
Before he began a career in law enforcement he was a farmer and a logger. Mr. Tuttle helped construct Sardis Dam as well. He was an avid hunter throughout his life. Mr. Tuttle served in the C.C. Camp. He was a member of Tocowa Baptist Church in Courtland.
He is survived by his daughter: Bobbie Jean Tuttle Pounders of Batesville; 3 granddaughters, Sheila Pounders of Batesville, Jackie Langlow & husband, Dr. John Langlow of Birmingham, Ala., Amy Bailey & husband, Scott of Crowder; four great-grandchildren, Caitlin Claire Bailey, Carson Scott Bailey, John Robbins Langlow, IV & Jackson Rhodes Langlow.
He was preceeded in death by: his wife: Bonnie Mae Hopper Tuttle two sisters, Mabel Tuttle Trigg and Robbie Tuttle Mangrum, and granddaughter, Sherrie Lane Pounders.
Memorials can be made to Tocowa Baptist Church in Courtland, MS.
Published in Clarion Ledger on November 25, 2006
Forrest Reed "Hoss" Tuttle, 93, widower of Bonnie Mae Hopper Tuttle, died Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday, November 26, 2006 at First United Methodist Church in Batesville witih burial in. Magnolia Cemetery.
Forrest was born to Robert Adison and Myrtle Sanders Tuttle on September 19, 1913 in Panola County.
Mr. Tuttle was both the Law Enforcement Marshall of Batesville and Chief of Police in 1961. Later he served as Panola County Sheriff in 1968 and served until 1975 in that capacity. He was Constable in 1998 as well. His career in law enforcement offered many opportunities for Mr. Tuttle. He was able to direct and lead the Freedom March for the Civil Rights Movement in Panola County alongside James Meredith and many others. Forrest was also the first Sheriff to provide security for the Panola County Public Schools. He was honored to work under 5 Mississippi Governors during his tenure in law enforcement; Ross Barnett, Paul B. Johnson, John Bell Williams, William Waller and Kirk Fordice.
Before he began a career in law enforcement he was a farmer and a logger. Mr. Tuttle helped construct Sardis Dam as well. He was an avid hunter throughout his life. Mr. Tuttle served in the C.C. Camp. He was a member of Tocowa Baptist Church in Courtland.
He is survived by his daughter: Bobbie Jean Tuttle Pounders of Batesville; 3 granddaughters, Sheila Pounders of Batesville, Jackie Langlow & husband, Dr. John Langlow of Birmingham, Ala., Amy Bailey & husband, Scott of Crowder; four great-grandchildren, Caitlin Claire Bailey, Carson Scott Bailey, John Robbins Langlow, IV & Jackson Rhodes Langlow.
He was preceeded in death by: his wife: Bonnie Mae Hopper Tuttle two sisters, Mabel Tuttle Trigg and Robbie Tuttle Mangrum, and granddaughter, Sherrie Lane Pounders.
Memorials can be made to Tocowa Baptist Church in Courtland, MS.
Published in Clarion Ledger on November 25, 2006
Forrest was born to Robert Adison and Myrtle Sanders Tuttle on September 19, 1913 in Panola County.
Mr. Tuttle was both the Law Enforcement Marshall of Batesville and Chief of Police in 1961. Later he served as Panola County Sheriff in 1968 and served until 1975 in that capacity. He was Constable in 1998 as well. His career in law enforcement offered many opportunities for Mr. Tuttle. He was able to direct and lead the Freedom March for the Civil Rights Movement in Panola County alongside James Meredith and many others. Forrest was also the first Sheriff to provide security for the Panola County Public Schools. He was honored to work under 5 Mississippi Governors during his tenure in law enforcement; Ross Barnett, Paul B. Johnson, John Bell Williams, William Waller and Kirk Fordice.
Before he began a career in law enforcement he was a farmer and a logger. Mr. Tuttle helped construct Sardis Dam as well. He was an avid hunter throughout his life. Mr. Tuttle served in the C.C. Camp. He was a member of Tocowa Baptist Church in Courtland.
He is survived by his daughter: Bobbie Jean Tuttle Pounders of Batesville; 3 granddaughters, Sheila Pounders of Batesville, Jackie Langlow & husband, Dr. John Langlow of Birmingham, Ala., Amy Bailey & husband, Scott of Crowder; four great-grandchildren, Caitlin Claire Bailey, Carson Scott Bailey, John Robbins Langlow, IV & Jackson Rhodes Langlow.
He was preceeded in death by: his wife: Bonnie Mae Hopper Tuttle two sisters, Mabel Tuttle Trigg and Robbie Tuttle Mangrum, and granddaughter, Sherrie Lane Pounders.
Memorials can be made to Tocowa Baptist Church in Courtland, MS.
Published in Clarion Ledger on November 25, 2006
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