Mr. Jason "J.J." Lee Locke, age 29 of Steens, MS, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016, in Vernon.
Mr. Locke was born November 25, 1986, in Columbus, MS. He was a 2005 graduate of Lamar County High School then graduated from Concordia in 2011 with a BS in Accounting. Mr. Locke was preceded in death by his brother, Patrick Clinton Locke; his grandfathers, Lee Foy Jones and J.E. Locke; and his grandmother, Dorothy Vice.
Services will be Sunday at 3:00 from the chapel of Chandler Funeral Home with James Black and Michael Thomas officiating. Burial will follow at Christian Chapel. Visitation will be Saturday evening 5-9.
Active pallbearers will be Shannon Cox, Corey Cox, Bryan O'Mary, Brantley Stanford, Blake Acker, Brannon Nunnelley, Lucas Smith, Bubba Parker, Chad Hudson, Joey Frye, Chris Willingham, Greg Moore, Jonathan Mosley, Jay Mordecai, Richard Mayers, Al Christian, and Phillip Bobo Powers.
Honorary pallbearers will be Anthony Jones, Stanley Locke, Alex Amro, Junior Amro, Shawn Locke, Kevin Locke, Ethan Locke, Randy Locke, the LCHS Class of 2005, Sweet Heat Softball team, Showtime Softball team, BTH Softball team, HSC Softball team, House of Restoration Softball team, the Bradford family, Concordia Baseball 2007-09, Michael Thomas, Mid-State Petroleum, Billy Dollar, the Eaves family, Eaves Karate, Jason Moore, the Stanford family, Bill Boman, Shelly Sims, Mike Issa, and Jimmy Ghanem.
Survivors include his wife, Taylor Locke of Steens, MS; his parents, Pat and Pattie Locke of Vernon, AL; four brothers, Randy Locke, Ethan Locke, Kevin Locke, and Shawn Locke; two sisters, Samantha Locke and Shannon Locke; two nieces, Madison and Kareagan Locke; his nephew, Kaden Locke; his grandmother, Elizabeth Jones; his step-grandfather, Ray Vice; Anthony Jones; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.