Funeral service for Donald Laron “Ronnie” Rutland will be 2 p.m. Sunday,
February 14, 2021 at Calvary Pentecostal Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, February 13, at Calvary.
Mr. Donald Laron “Ronnie” Rutland, 59, of Jayess, passed from this life and entered
eternity February 12, 2021. He began his walk here on earth March 15, 1961, born to
John Thomas “Buck” Rutland and Sarah Evon Dunaway. He was employed as a
heavy equipment operator in the construction business. He was a member of Calvary Pentecostal Church.
Mr. Rutland is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Joe “PeeWee” Rutland and
John Patrick “Pat” Rutland; and sister, Birdie Mae Temple.
Those left to cherish his memory are his son, Jonathan Rutland of Jayess; daughters,
Laronda Boyd (Richie) of Jayess, MS, Lanita Blaylock (Craig) of Caledonia, MS; brothers,
Wendell Rutland (Sue), Braxton “Shorty” Rutland (Sandra), and Thomas “Tommy” Rutland (Cathy);
sisters, Barbara Janette Perry, Bonnie Phillips, and Glenda Marberry. He is also survived by ten grandchildren,
Cohen Boyd, Trenton Boyd, Declan Boyd, Dawson Boyd, Maddox Blaylock, Jaylen Blaylock, Khloe Blaylock,
Chapel Blaylock, Haven Rutland, and Honor Rutland, as well as a host of nieces and nephews.
