The Obituary for Billy Joe Estes is being forwarded to the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug. Cummins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 4:13 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Estes of Weir, MS Estes CLEVELAND - Funeral services for Billy Joe Estes, 64, of Southaven and formerly of Rosedale, will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Ray Funeral Home chapel, Cleveland. He died April 2, 2005, at Baptist DeSoto Hospital, Southaven. Burial will be in Beulah Cemetery, Beulah. Mr. Estes was born on July 4, 1940, in Weir, Miss., to Richard Lee Estes Sr. and Carrie West Estes. He graduated from Rosedale High School and the Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Academy, completing many advanced schools for investigators, and he received specialized training in homicide investigations, fingerprint identification and fingerprint classifications. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1960-62 as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division. He was on the Rosedale Police Department from 1962-65, Rosedale chief of police from 1965-72, chief deputy, Bolivar County Sheriff's Department 1972-1987, and chief investigator, Bolivar County Sheriff's Department 1987-2001. Billy Joe served on the Rosedale City Council from 1983-1991 and on the local school board from 1984 to 1988. He was selected "Law Enforcement Officer of the Year" by the Cleveland Exchange Club in 1978, 1982, 1990 and 1991. He was active in his community, serving on the committee with Sen. Bill Alexander and Hilliard Lawler that was instrumental in bringing the Great River Road Park to Rosedale. He worked with Eddie Lucas to bring CWC to Rosedale. He received the Optimists Club award for Community Service in 1994. He was honored by the Terreine Masonic Lodge for service to the community. He received numerous awards for support and service to the Rosedale Eagles' Football Team. On December 1990 and May 2001, he received Resolutions of Commendation for community and law enforcement services from the Bolivar County Board of Supervisors. On Sept. 20, 2001, he received the Community Service Award from the National Society Daughter's of the American Revolution. His lifetime commitment and love was to his family, friends, community and the Bolivar County Sheriff's Department. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carrie and Richard Lee Estes Sr. Survivors included his beloved wife of 38 years, Sherryl Cochran Estes of Southaven; two daughters, Joey Estes of Jackson and Frankie Britt and her husband Woody of Germantown, Tenn.; son, Randy Estes of Memphis, Tenn.; two dearly loved grandchildren, Hayes Britt and Tori Britt of Germantown, Tenn.; two sisters, Barbara Tweedle and her husband J.M. of Rosedale, and Jenny Bono and her husband Jack of Cleveland; four brothers, Johnny Estes and his wife Darleen, Richard Lee Estes Jr., Carey "Dinky" Estes and Ronnie Estes, all of Rosedale; and four brothers-in-law, Tyrus Stone and his wife Shirley Cochran of Memphis, Tenn., Don Cochran and his wife Kim of Southaven, Chet Cochran of Lake Village, Ark., and Tony Cochran of Chillicothe, Ohio. Pallbearers are H.M. "Mack" Grimmett, Charles Gilmore, Charles Griffin, Mike Thompson, Toby Nokes and Gerald Wesley. Honorary pallbearers are all Bolivar County Sheriff's Department officers, Judge Kenneth Thomas, Judge Elzy Smith, John Wiggins and Clyde Couey.