The funeral service for Mr. William Edward Hathorn will be 11 a.m., Friday, February 14, 2020, at Heucks Retreat Baptist Church. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m.,

Thursday, February 13, at Riverwood, and will resume Friday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at Heuck's Retreat.

Mr. Hathorn, 76, of Brookhaven, passed from this life on February 10, 2020, at St. Dominic Medical Center in Jackson, MS.

He was born on October 12, 1943, in Columbia, MS. His parents were the late Richard Carlos Hathorn and Sallie Bell Haynes Hathorn.

Mr. Hathorn served his country in the United States Air Force. He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi, where he earned both his Juris Doctorate a

and his Bachelor of Business Administration. He practiced law as a member of the Mississippi Bar Association and was an entrepreneur who

founded many business enterprises. His career spanned decades and intertwined law, banking, and several business ventures including oil and gas.

Mr. Hathorn is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Alford Hathorn; and son-in-law, Dean Boutwell; and father and mother-in-law,

Michael O’Roarke Speights and Beulah Courtney Speights

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Dianne Speights Hathorn; son, William Michael Hathorn, and wife, Jana; daughters,

Elizabeth Anne Hathorn, Kimberley Kaye Calcote and husband, Preston, Courtney Dianne Owens and husband, Chuck, and

Carla LeAnne Boutwell; sister, Mary Nell Patterson, and husband, Charles; 17 grandchildren, Lauren, Lindsay and Lanie Heffker,

Ryan, Rachel and Ross Calcote, Trace, Turner, and Trent Owens, Bo, Owen, Oliver, Anna Claire, and Cooper Boutwell,

Bonnie Hutcheson and husband, Blake, Adalyn Kate and Grayson Hathorn. He is also survived by his brother-in-law, Bobby Speights.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Heucks Retreat Baptist Church, Sanctuary Renovation Fund, 2167 Heucks Retreat Road NE, Brookhaven, MS 39601