Services for Mr. Rex Lamar Rutland of Ruth are 2:00 pm Sunday, July 12, 2020,

at Riverwood Family Chapel with interment at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is from 1:00 until the time of service at Riverwood.

Mr. Rex Lamar Rutland, 83, went to be with his Lord on July 9, 2020, in Leland, Mississippi.

He was born on November 30, 1936. Mr. Rutland served his country in the United States Army.

He was a member of Providence Baptist Church and was a retired cotton gin manager. He will be missed by all that knew and loved him.

Mr. Rutland was preceded in death by his parents, Woodie James Rutland, and Ethel Geneva Smith Rutland;

son, Bobby Lamar Rutland; brothers, Jerry Earl Rutland, and wife Ramona; Willie Smith Rutland; and sister, Bettye Rutland Price, and husband, Gordon.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Ruth Williams Rutland; daughters, Patricia Rutland Smith, and husband, Roy;

Pamela Rutland Hudson, and husband, Wendell; Brenda Rutland Smith, and husband, George; sister, Barbara Dell Rutland Adair, and husband, Don;

and sister-in-law, Vivian Rutland, brother and sister-in-law, David and Polly Carter.

He is also survived by his 8 grandchildren, Benjamin Smith, Justin Smith, Courtney Smith Longnecker,

Joshua Smith, Emily Smith, Gary Hudson, Lisa Hudson Wilbourne, Daniel Smith and 8 great-grandchildren; Colton Smith, Liam Smith,

Gauge Smith, Eastlyn Longnecker, Oliver Smith, Wilson Smith, Rhye Longnecker, and Wesley Wilbourne; and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends who knew and loved him.

Memorials can be made to the Providence Cemetery Fund, 3266 Mallalieu Dr., Ruth, Mississippi 39662.