Eunice Colbert

Obituary For Eunice Colbert

Funeral services will be Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 1:00 p.m., Garden Memorial Park, 8001 Highway 49, Jackson, MS 39209.

Mrs. Eunice Colbert was born April 6, 1934, to the late Millie Williams in Pocahontas, MS. Eunice confessed her life to Christ at an early life uniting with Society Ridge M.B. Church in Pocahontas, MS and later joined Pleasant Gift M.B. Church under the leadership of Rev. Mark Johnson. Eunice was a homemaker. She was also the “Neighborhood Mom” and daycare. All the children were welcome to come talk, eat and play. They loved her and she loved them. Eunice didn’t mind listening and talking to people. When asked her opinion or for advice, she wouldn’t hold back. She’d say what she mean and meant what she said. She loved to dance. Eunice was preceded in death by her mother Millie Williams, her husband Walter Colbert, Sr., her brother Robert Benson, and sister Liza Bell James. Eunice leaves to cherish her memories: five loving daughters: Annie V. (Dan) Course, Victoria (Alvin) Patton, Jr., Shirleen Colbert, Linda (Eddie) McEntee and Mary A. (Lawrence) Holliday, all of Jackson, MS; four devoted sons: Walter (Lelia) Colbert, Jr. of Clinton, MS, Robert E. (Beverly) Colbert of Ridgeland, MS, John Ivy Colbert and Tyrone Dwayne Colbert of Jackson, MS; a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; two sisters-in-law: Manervia Jane McNair of Harkee Heights, TX; Shirley Smith of Phoenix, AZ; four brothers-in-law: James (Trish) Corbert of Chamberburg, PA; Albert Ray Corbert of Phoenix, AZ, Elijah Corbert and Johnnie B. Gaines of Jackson, MS; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.