Frank Stodghill

SERVICES:  THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 201011:00 A. M.  MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 20105:00 - 8:00 P. M. OFFICIATING:  REV. CHRIS SHELTONINTERMENT:  MORROW CEMETERY Frank lived as a native Jacksonian until his retirement from Big 10 Tire Company in 1992 where he was acting president and Chief Executive Officer.  He was a graduate of Central High School in Jackson and had attended Alta Woods Presbyterian Church where he was a deacon and Sunday School Teacher.  Following retirement he moved to the Dixon Community of Neshoba County.  He worked several years for McClain-Hays Funeral Home and was currently a starter/marshal at Dancing Rabbit Golf Club.  He was a member and Elder of Dixon Presbyterian Church where he also taught Sunday School.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during the Korean Conflict aboard the USS RECLAIMER as a radar operator and navy diver.   He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Helen Stodghill of Philadelphia; daughters, Debbie Lott of Meridian, Donna Spooner and her husband, Wade,of Madison, and Dinah Kennedy and her husband, Jim of Madison; grandchildren, Frank Stodghill Rader, Melissa Hill, Ashley McGlaun, Melissa Ebner, Wesley Spooner, and Kyle Smith; great-grandchildren, Dillon Rader, Braden Rader, Jakob McGlaun, Marley Grace McGlaun, Chandler Welgos, Jaden Ebner, Ashton Espinoza, Camryn Spooner, and Rivers Spooner; sister, Virgie Shea of Orlando, FL; brothers, Dr. John Stodghill of Waynesboro and Gerald Stodghill of Marietta, GA; numerous nieces, nephews and their families; and sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.   He was preceded in death by parents, Charles Ellis and Hattie Stodghill; sisters, Vera Zawidski and Janie Ports; and brothers, Charles Stodghill and George Stodghill. In lieu of flowers memorials by made to Dixon Presbyterian Church Renovation Fund, c/o Randy Thomas, 11340 Road 402, Philadelphia, MS  39350.