Mr. Willard Arthur Harvey, 87, of McComb, MS, died May 13, 2020, at Southwest Regional Medical Center.
He was born in Oak Grove, Louisiana, December 23, 1932, to his parents, Joseph Mack Harvey, Sr. and Effie Wilma Beckworth Harvey.
He served his country in the United States Navy and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, McComb Branch.
Mr. Harvey worked in the medical field as an x-ray technician. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He also enjoyed working in the garden.
He leaves a legacy of love in the family he leaves behind.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Ruby C. Harvey; his parents; and one grandson, Benjamin Woods; and five brothers and one sister.
Those left to cherish his memory are his sons, Willard A. Harvey, Jr. and family, Brooks R. Harvey and family, Reed J. Harvey and family,
and Lawrence J. Fowler and family; daughters, Marlene H. Rich and family, Connie Pearson and family, and Ann Woods and family;
sister, Wilma Harvey Gardner (Mark); two sisters-in-law, Jessie Mae Harvey and Betty Rose Harvey; 15 grandchildren, Briana Stewart (Drake),
Frederick Rich IV (Tracey), Allissa Rich, Willard Harvey III, Katie Howell (Jacob), Garret Harvey (Symantha), Ronald Rosson (Leah),
Tamara Dunne (Derek), Kindred Harvey, Zasean Fowler, Amber Holm (Brian), Aamon Fowler, Zflan Swayzee (Lee), Ian Pearson (Mitzi), and Erin Woods(Alan Lasserty);
and 23 great-grandchildren.
There will be a memorial service for Mr. Harvey at Bury Military Cemetery in Biloxi at a later date.
