Graveside service for Mr. Tommie Boyte, Jr., of Brookhaven are 11:00 am Monday, December 28, 2020, at Union Baptist Church Cemetery.

Tommie Boyte, Jr., 92, went to be with his Lord on December 23, 2020. He was born on May 7, 1928, to the late Tom Ellis Boyte

and Lillie Elizabeth Hemphill Boyte. He was a member of Union Baptist Church. Mr. Boyte was a business owner and truck driver.

He enjoyed working on trucks and vehicles, especially his Mercedes. He was a member of the VFW of Wesson,

and of the Gray Beards of Richardson, Texas.

Preceding him in death were his parents; daughter, Donna Faye Boyte; sister, Jessie L. Hilton; brothers, Wessie D. Boyte;

and Hugh L. Boyte and great- granddaughter, Brooklyn Scout Brister.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 72 years, Mary Margaret Gau Boyte; daughters, Mary Ann Boyte Brister Herrin,

and Sue Ellen Boyte Gould and husband, Charlie; sisters, Johnnie Marie Acy, of Brookhaven, and Joan Boyte Hester, of Garland, TX.

Along with 6 grandchildren, Nicholas Brister, Tod Brister, Adam Brister, Nelson Gould, Logan Gould and Lillian Gould and a host of nieces and nephews.