Funeral services were held Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Galilee Baptist Church in Prentiss, for Mrs. Tina Michelle Drones Oatis, 56, who died Monday, April 15, 2024, at Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg. 

Bishop Gregory Partman officiated with interment following in the church cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Tina Oatis was born to the late Willie L. Drones and Mrs. Mazzie L. Drones in Laurel. 

She attended Prentiss High School and was a member of Galilee Baptist Church.

She married Darryl L. Oatis and to this union, three children were born.

After separation from her husband, she met Willie E. Mikell.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Hattie Drones and brother-in-law, Carl.

She is survived by: mother, Mazzie Drones of Columbia; siblings, Daisy (James) Lowe of Columbia; Robert Drones, Lewis Drones and Macie Drones all of Prentiss; three sons, Jeremy Oatis of Magee; Quintarius  (Chelsea) Oatis and Kebryan Oatis of Prentiss.