George E. Drones

Published 2:54 pm Wednesday, February 24, 2016

By Holley Cochran

Funeral services for Mr. George Earl Drones, 63, Dickson, TN and formerly of Prentiss, MS., were  held on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 11 a.m.  from the Point Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church.

Interment was in the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.  Reverend Clifton Preston, Jr. officiated the services.  Reeves Funeral Home, Inc., Mount Olive, MS was in charge of the arrangements.

Pallbearers:  Troy Edmondson, Rickey Funches, Jr.,Emmanuel Johnson, Adrain Dones, Arrit Drones, and Eli Johnson.
Honorary Pallbearers:  Jimmie Cooper, Rickey Funches, Clarence Phillips, and Raymond Sweatt.
Flower Bearers:  Nieces and Friends

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Mr. Drones attended the public schools of Jefferson Davis County. He was employed with Magnetek, Magee, MS  prior to relocating to TN. He devoted much of his time volunteering and offering his service to others throughout  his community.  He spent a great deal of time assisting others at the Dickson Senior Citizen Center.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Dan and Dorothy Drones and sister, Louise.

Survivors include, his wife, Monica Jackson Drones, one son, Darren Dewayne Slater ( Nikita); one daughter, Veronica Drones.One brother, Clarence Allen Phillips(Daisy, Prentiss, MS ); sisters, Carolyn Ann Cooper (Jimmie), Grettel Melissa Ash (Raymond), all of Clarksville, TN, and Linda Gail Funches (Rickey), Magee, MS; three grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

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